Celebrate Valentine's Day with some true romance classics. These movies have it all: great acting, witty dialogue, lots of sparks, and, of course, true love! So snuggle up with a loved one and celebrate the day at home with great movies.
Roman Holiday
Take a trip to romantic Italy with enduring stars Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Hepburn, who won an Oscar for this breakout role, plays a demure European princess bored with her official duties. Peck is the handsome American newspaper reporter she falls for on her day under cover as an ordinary girl.
When Harry Met Sally
This 1989 romantic comedy asks the age-old question: Can men and women just be friends? Unlikely chemistry develops over the course of a decade between fun-loving Harry (Billy Crystal) and type-A Sally (Meg Ryan). With a backdrop of the beautiful Big Apple, anything can happen.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Based on the best-selling book by the same name, this film will have you laughing your knickers off. British "singleton" Bridget Jones, played by Renée Zellweger, chronicles her unsexy life in a self-depracating diary. Much to her surprise, she ends up in a love triangle with her dashing boss (Hugh Grant) and a seemingly smug lawyer (Colin Firth).
Like Water for Chocolate
A feast for the senses! This Mexican movie is not just about romantic love; it's also about love for food, family, and tradition. Pedro and Tita can't get married because Tita's mother wants her oldest daughter to be married first – to Pedro. And she wants Tita to stay home and take care of her. Tita acquiesces, but finds that her cooking has unusual powers.
Shakespeare in Love
This Oscar-winning film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes imagines a love story about the guy who wrote the book on love — Shakespeare. Sprinkled with famous Shakespeare quotes, it's hard not to fall for this 1998 classic.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor sizzle in the movie version of this Tennessee Williams play. Newman and Taylor play Brick and Maggie "the cat," a couple whose marriage has hit a particularly rocky point. But "Big Daddy" (Burl Ives as Newman's rich southern dad) wants grandkids. And Maggie will do anything to hang onto her marriage. Great acting all around in this classic.
