Loaded question, I know.

Whenever a romance movie with a sad, or even bittersweet ending is mentioned here, people tend to bond over their sadness/anger over it. "That ending utterly destroyed me!" Fair enough, that means that the movie was doing something right and accomplished it's goal.

However, from a writing standpoint, when would you say a solemn ending is earned? Or even more controversial, when a movie has a happy ending but a sad one would've been more meaningful.

I just got done watching a pretty popular film that was a long time coming. I'm not going to go into what it was, I'll bring it up on the weekly discussion thread, but the ending left me... conflicted. It was emotionally gratifying that everything worked out when it almost didn't, however I feel like the film was leading up to a sad ending that the MC just has to cope with. Maybe because the audience was expecting it to be sad, it was a nice surprise that it didn't go that way. It's really hard to say.

I'm curious on you guys' thoughts on when a movie should be sad/bittersweet and when it should be happily ever after.

We will discuss on Sunday, December 8th.

I am looking for some good Romance movies like Unfaithful, Love and other Drugs, and so on. I don't want romance comedy movies, but those with some seriousness to them, they can be either American or French. Thanks

Im not very well versed in romance movies considering I never really watched them growing up and I wanna know if there are any good romance movies I should watch. I think I would prefer movies with good character building.

Movies I have watched include: Ten Things I Hate About you But I'm a Cheerleader (idk if this is technically a romance movie) Red White and Royal Blue

Can I plss get some romance movie suggestions. I'm looking for something in the early 00s and 90s but i've pretty much watched everything. Any recommendations, here are just a few that i've seen

- wedding daze
- chasing liberty
- along came polly
- shes all that
- wedding planner
- maid in Manhattan
- leap year
- htlag in 10 days
- no reservations
- 27 dresses
- when in rome
- the holiday
- the proposal
- just my luck
- save the last dance
- the prince and me
and many more hahah

Rate and review what you've recently watched.

1. Sound of Music

As a kid, I just took this story for what it was. I was aware they were based on a real married couple and this was the really the first "enemies-to-lovers" movie I had been introduced to aside from Beauty and the Beast. I was sold the narrative of Maria was the best choice of mother for the kids, and she was the one to get Georg to loosen up. However, when I watch it now, Georg and the Baroness just made so much more sense. He had been courting her way before he met Maria, they had better chemistry imo, and their banter just felt so natural. Even their little trio with Max was fun to watch. Georg and Maria, aside from one dance, had no time at all to really connect on a personal level. I know they tried at the last minute to make the Baroness unlikable by "scaring" Maria away, but I get it. I know the idea that she didn't connect with the kids, which is arguably the most important, but Maria could've helped with that. I know they're bound to end up together like their real life counterparts, but I feel like they should've made the Baroness more unlikable from the start, or balanced it out with more moments between him and Maria.

2. the Notebook

Another one where I naively bought the narrative because it was so written in Allie and Noah's favor. They threw everything at these two to make them as star-crossed as possible. As an adult, man did they do the other guy dirty. Allie and Noah were actually really toxic back in the day. I get that the parents were wrong to hide the letters, but really I think Lon was the best thing for her. She actually seemed to respect him, didn't try to be the alpha of the relationship, and seemed to be over Noah. Then she saw the paper and it was like a floodgate being opened. She cheats on Lon, who was perfectly decent, and the movie still tries to sell this soulmates narrative with the elderly versions.

3. Sweet Home Alabama

This one will seem to be a little backtracking from the last one. The first time around, I also sympathized with Andrew the same way as Lon. To top it all off, her and Andrew spent more of the movie actually building up the relationship. So it just felt like a real stab in the back to go back to Jake after they spent the whole movie bickering and planning a wedding to someone else. However, in hindsight, as much as my sympathy for Andrew hasn't wavered, I do understand that the marriage probably wouldn't have worked. She tried so hard to "reinvent" herself and leave her old life behind, that it just wasn't healthy. It would've come back to haunt her somehow. Not to mention his mother was just the worst. As much as her and Jake seemed to be unhappy back then, you get the sense of they just got married too soon. Now that they're older, and actually got to contront the relationship from a new perspective, the romance could actually bloom (even if she was in a relationship with someone else). Honestly, I don't think she deserved Andrew, and it's really for the best that she went back to Jake. I know I said in the Notebook Lon was better for Allie, but that's because he actually seemed to mature Allie and match her personality wise (which she needed). Andrew just seemed to represent what Melanie wanted to be, not who she really was and what she was meant for. If that makes any sense.

I think mine are:

1. Snowed Inn Christmas (2017)

2. Ghost of Christmas Always (2022)

3. Next Stop, Christmas (2021)

4. A Biltmore Christmas (2023)

5. A Country Christmas Harmony (2022)

6. Naughty & Nice (2014)

7. Christmas in Notting Hill (2023)

8. #Xmas (2022)

9. The Spirit of Christmas (2015)

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Hey r/Romancemovies -

Welcome to our weekly movie request thread for quick requests and simple questions!

If your request is specific and detailed, or you've got a bunch of examples you want to share, please create your own request post instead of commenting here!

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Happy watching!

I feel like I haven't seen a new wartime romance movie released in 2022, 2023 or 2024. Nothing except the series The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

Do you know about anything? Or about something in production?

I miss those great movies like Pearl Harbor, Atonement, Allied, Black Book, Flyboys, The Last Hope: U-Boat 864, Their Finest, The Aftermath, Suite Française, Silence of the Sea, The Exception, Testament of Youth etc.

Amazing chemistry between Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galzintine; they're both gorgeous and the age gap didn't bother me at all. I cried a handful of times throughout. The relationship was convincing and conversations had depth to them to help us really understand and connect with the characters. I thought it was fabulous and want to watch it again!

This movie was extremely charming. I recall when it was released last year that many enjoyed it. I had tried to start it, but I was just not in the mood for it at the time. I had planned to go back and finally did so.

It was really sweet, and I liked how it matched feelings of fate with also be an active participant in your love story. The actors had good chemistry and played their characters well.

I will add it to my list of mostly one-day love stories (one fine day, about fate). They are difficult to pull off, but they are really nice when it happens. It feels like a capsule story but you know there is more that will happen.

Rate and review what you've recently watched.

Can you name your favorite romance movies starting with every letter?

Articles don't have to count (i.e. the), but they can if you want them to.

I'll go first...

A- the Age of Adaline

B- Beauty and the Beast

C- Corpse Bride

D- Duke and the Great Pie War

E- Ever After

F- Falling Inn Love

G- Ghost

H- Huntsman: Winter's War

I- It's a Wonderful Life

J- Just Married

K- Kate and Leopold

L- Les Miserables

M- Move Over, Darling

N- the Nutcracker (Barbie)

O- Overboard (1987)

P- the Princess Bride

Q- Quest for Camelot

R- Regarding Henry

S- a Star is Born (1938)

T- Tangled

U- Undertaking Betty

V- the Vow

W- West Side Story (2021)

X- X-Men: First Class

Y- Yentl

Z- Zootopia (debatable)

La película era romántica, el protagonista era hombre y adolescentes. Además la película parecía estar ambientada en los años 50 porque vestían de camisa blanca y tirantes (aunque por la calidad de la película parece haber salido en los 2000 o los 2010). Creo recordar que en un momento el chico va a la casa de la chica a escondidas y le habla por la ventana, creo recordar también que le escribía cartas. El protagonista tenía un amigo que creo que estaba relacionado con el servicio militar o algún deporte tal vez. Cómo verán no me acuerdo mucho de la película más que algún que otro vago recuerdo, sólo recuerdo que me gustó mucho y esperaba que con ayuda de una comunidad e ir descartando opciones quizá refrescando me la memoria y añadiendo más características pueda encontrarla, porfa ayuda sobre todo a los que saben de cine romántico...

Hey r/Romancemovies -

Welcome to our weekly movie request thread for quick requests and simple questions!

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Be sure to check out responses to other users' requests in the thread, as you may find plenty of ideas there as well.

Happy watching!

I literally had to have a box of tissues while watching it. Some of the tear inducing moments were a little painful but it was beautiful. There was a couple of moments I REALLY wanted but didn’t get. Overall a great movie if you wanna feel a lot. Confirmation of love and loss of love stuff really bring on the emotions and tears for me so if that’s your kind of stuff too this one will be a winner.

This one is a random feel good re watch for me. Not sure why but it has a nice intertwining story. Some good acting. Seems like a heartwarming family movie

okay im interested in movies that are lowkey like wattpad not 365 days tho in terms of mafia love, but does anyone have any suggestions towards like dark, enemies to lovers romance?

My list of those I've seen and will watch soon:

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

12 Dates of Christmas (2011)

50 First Dates (2004)

About Fate (2022)

About Time (2013)

Amélie

An Officer And A Gentleman (1982)

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

A Room With a View (1985)

A Summer's Tale (1996)

A Veteran's Christmas (2018)

Bachelor Mother (1939)

Bed of Roses (1996)

Before Sunrise

Blast From the Past (1999)

Blind Date (2015)

Breezy (1973)

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

Bull Durham (1988)

Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

Chalet Girl (2011)

Chances Are (1989)

Chasing Liberty (2004)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Continental Divide (1981)

Dating the Enemy (1996)

Dave (1993)

Definitely, Maybe (2008)

Doc Hollywood (1991)

Drive Me Crazy (1999)

Every Jack Has a Jill (2009)

Finding You (2021)

For Love of The Game (1999)

Forever Young (1992)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

French Kiss (1995)

Get Over It (2001)

Groundhog Day (1993)

He Said, She Said (1991)

High Fidelity (2000)

Holidate (2020)

Holiday (1938)

HouseSitter (1992)

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

It Could Happen to You (1994)

It Happened One Night (1934)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Jerry Maguire (1996)

Jet Lag (2002)

Just One of the Guys (1985)

Just Write (1997)

Kate and Leopold (2001)

Laws of Attraction (2004)

Leap Year (2010)

Long Shot (2019)

Love On the Sidelines (2015)

Love Unplugged (2017)

Lover Come Back (1961)

Made of Honor (2008)

Marty (1955)

Me, Myself and Irene (2000)

Midnight (1939)

Midnight in Paris (2011)

Moonstruck (1987)

Mr Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Mr Handy, Mr Hong (2004)

Mr Right (2015)

Music and Lyrics (2007)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

My Man Godfrey (1936)

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)

Next Stop Wonderland (1998)

Ninotchka (1939)

Notting Hill (1999)

One Fine Day (1996)

Only the Lonely (1991)

Only You (1994)

Overboard (1987)

Paperback Hero (1999)

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Petty Romance (Jje-jje-han) (2010)

Pillow Talk (1959)

Populaire (2012)

Rainbow Days (2018)

Roman Holiday (1953)

Romancing The Stone (1984)

Romantics Anonymous (2010)

Roxanne (1987)

Sabrina (1954)

Sabrina (1995)

Say Anything (1989)

Secret Admirer (1985)

Serendipity (2001)

She's the Man (2006)

Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Some Kind Of Wonderful (1987)

Somewhere in Time (1980)

Splash (1984)

Starman (1984)

Still Breathing (1997)

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Strictly Ballroom (1992)

Summer Catch (2001)

Summer Lovers (1982)

Take Me Home (2011)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

The Cutting Edge (1992)

The Decoy Bride (2011)

The Enchanted Cottage (1945)

The Family Man (2000)

The Holiday (2006)

The Memory Book (2014)

The More the Merrier (1943)

The Mummy Returns (Great Romance in it)

The Princess Bride (1987)

The Proposal (2009)

The Replacements (2000)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

The Sure Thing (1985)

The Sweetest Thing (2002)

The Thrill of it All (1963)

The Very Thought of You (1998)

The Wedding Singer (1998)

This Is Not What I Expected (2017)

Tin Cup (1996)

Tootsie (1982)

Valley Girl (1983)

Vision Quest (1985)

Watcha Wearin' (Na-eui PS) (2012)

What Women Want (2000)

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

When We First Met (2018)

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Who Am I This Time? (1982)

Wimbledon (2004)

You've Got Mail (1998)

P.S.: There are 2 famous ones with John Cusack that I won't watch because Minnie Driver is in both of them, even if the movie is great I refuse to watch, I don't know why, but I can't stand the sight of her.

P.S.2: With the exception of Roman Holiday, all these have a happy ending.

Hiya. I’m looking to melt into a sad romance drama today. One of my favorites is a movie called Life Itself.

Typically my favorite romance movies I throw on for comfort -

• Love, Rosie

• Me before you

• The Worst Person in the World

• The Big Sick

I feel like I’ve watched all the romance drama movies, though.

Anyone have any recommendations similar to these movies I’ve mentioned, please?

I’m looking for movie recommendations where a girl has experienced a traumatic past, such as sexual assault or abuse, and a boy helps her heal.