The other day I found out I could buy the soundtrack to my A-number-one most favorite romance movie ever! Can’t buy the movie because it won’t play on my American DVD player. I’d need one that plays the Region 2 or whatever that is. Or do I have it backwards? Anyhoo, I’ve been wishing and wishing they’d put out a version of this romance movie that could buy. I’ve seen it exactly twice on TV several years apart.
What is my favorite romance movie of all time? It’s an Australia movie staring Hugh Jackman and is called Paperback Hero. It was made before pretty much anyone in the U.S. even knew Hugh Jackman. I love, love this romance because Hugh Jackman plays a trucker in Australia who is a closet romance writer. His love interest, who is really just his friend (yeah, right) is a crop duster. She’s a tomboy and is in a relationship with another man who she cares about. But through a series of interesting events the trucker and the crop duster discover they are in love. Love it!! Anyhooo, if you every get a chance to see this movie, please do. The ending scenes in this movie is enough to make you cheer and cry and drool. At least I did. So, with that in mind, here’s that list of favorite romance movies or movies with strong romantic elements…at least the ones I could think of, anyway.
Paperback Hero
The Very Thought of You
Ever After
Ladyhawke
Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day-Lewis version)
The Matchmaker
The Big Easy
Year of the Comet (another movie that isn’t in DVD)
Elizabethtown
Angel Eyes
Mrs. Winterbourne
IQ
Someone Like You
Dirty Dancing
Spiderman
Spiderman 2
Only You (Marisa Tomei version)
Pride and Prejudice (all the versions except for that black and white one where the people wore clothes from the wrong decade.)
Persuasion
The Mask of Zorro
Pirates of The Caribbean
Under The Tucson Sun
Bridget Jones’s Diary
You Got Mail
Underworld
Underworld: Evolution
Speed
Chain Reaction
King Kong (latest version)
The Cater Street Hangman
There are probably more I’m just not remember, but these are a few that stand out for me. Can you think of others not on this list that you love?
October 31st, 2007 at 5:35 am
Morning Denise!
I’ll have to check out that movie. I’d add Murphy’s Romance (one of my all time favorite romances) and Quigley Down Under to your list
October 31st, 2007 at 8:23 am
Hi Sarah! I definitley like Quigley Down Under fur sure.
Another one I thought of is 10 Things I Hate About You. Fun, irreverent movie. 
And Lordy…I just noticed the typo I made in the blog. Oy!
Denise A. Agnew
October 31st, 2007 at 8:24 am
AHEM. I guess I’ll just blame it on Halloween.
Apparently I can’t type today. I mean definitely. 
Denise A. Agnew
October 31st, 2007 at 9:36 am
I loved Under the Tuscon Sun too!! And Practical Magic is one of my all time favorite movies it needs to be on the list. I was glad to see The Matchmaker on there, I think it is a movie that alot of people never even seen. The Truth about Cats and Dogs is another one I love. BBC Pride and Prejudice is my fave of that movie. There are so many more I was a romantic comedy junkie for a long time. Playing By Heart was wonderful and French Kiss too. Okay I’m done for now I promise.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:15 am
For me, I loved Someone Like You with Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd. I also love Notting Hill. Gotta mention Footloose too (but that could be because at the time Kevin Bacon was just hot!!!!)
October 31st, 2007 at 10:30 am
Hi Jade!
Practical Magic is a great one, too. The Matchmaker is not only a great romance, but it is so, so funny. I think one thing that is so funny about The Matchmaker is that it goes over the top on stereotyping the Irish in Ireland. But at the same time, it all has a grain of truth. I remember my time in Ireland, so I can say from experience…and the fact that I’m of Irish decent, too.
How could I forget The Truth about Cats and Dogs. That’s a fun one. I really enjoyed French Kiss, too. Now Playing By Heart I haven’t heard of. Who is in that one?
Denise A. Agnew
October 31st, 2007 at 10:31 am
Hi Laura J.
Someone Like You has some great, great moments in it. I have to admit that I couldn’t hook into Notting Hill…but I could relate in one way because I’ve been to Notting Hill a few times.
Hey, girl, Kevin Bacon is still hot. He, he! What a fabulous actor. Say, if you want to see him in a scary movie, watch Stir of Echoes. He’s great in that. And he’s so evil in River Wild.
Denise A. Agnew
October 31st, 2007 at 12:51 pm
My favorite is The Notebook with Ryan Goosling and Rachael Mcadams.
October 31st, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Great list, I would add Ghost, too.
October 31st, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Teresa,
Oh, yes, The Notebook is an awesome movie. Sexy, even.
The first time I saw it the ending made me bawl like a baby. 
Denise A. Agnew
October 31st, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Cathy M.
How could I forget Ghost? That’s another movie that made me cry at the end.
And that “pottery” scene was something else. WINK.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:09 am
Ooooo Playing by Heart is such a good movie. It is jam packed full of great actors too! It has Sean Connery Ellen Burstyn, Angelina Jolie, Ryan Phillippe, Gillian Anderson, Dennis Quaid, Madelyn Stowe, Jay Mohr and Gena Rowlands. I bought this movie years ago, it came out in 1998. And I still watch it. It is a wonderful love story, actually a whole bunch of wonderful love stories. I really love this movie.
November 3rd, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Jade,
I was really late commenting on this. :)Thanks for letting me know who is in the movie, etc. I’ll have to check it out.
Denise A. Agnew