Final week, Guardian writers shared their favorite romantic moments in cinema – listed below are some extra chosen by readers from world wide.
The ending in Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore, 1989
Within the final scene, a grown, jaded Toto watches the compiled love and kissing scenes that the priest has had excised from each movie he would watch as a toddler, with Morricone doing peak Morricone on the soundtrack. To me, it’s not solely an eulogy to cinema, or a meditation on these loves – each friendships and romantic we lose over the course of a life – it’s a visceral reminder of the love I had (and nonetheless have) for love. Brad Elliott, Nairobi
Cellphone name scene in It’s a Fantastic Life
Frank Capra, 1946
After a row, George and Mary’s relationship seems to be on the rocks earlier than it’s even began. Then they’re compelled to share the telephone to speak to a pal long-distance. With their heads nearly touching, we watch as their mutual attraction develops and renders them just about speechless, ending in essentially the most passionate kiss. Liz, Witney
The ultimate scene of Metropolis Lights
Charlie Chaplin, 1931
The highest of one of the best is the Metropolis Lights ending. I defy anyone to have a look at it and not using a tear. Andre, Montreal
The brand new diary in Bridget Jones’s Diary
Sharon Maguire, 2001
Colin Firth (Mark Darcy) buys Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones) a brand new diary at finish of Bridget Jones’s Diary. Sean, Missouri
Campfire declaration of affection in My Personal Personal Idaho
Gus Van Sant, 1991
Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott (Keanu Reeves) are intercourse employees on a highway journey seeking Mike’s long-lost household. Mike asks Scott what he means to him, earlier than Scott says: “Mike, you’re my finest pal.” It turns into clear that Mike is in love with Scott (the movie has been constructing to this second). “I imply, for me, I may love someone, even when I wasn’t paid for it. I really like you and also you don’t pay me,” confesses Mike. Scott pulls Mike in the direction of him and holds him, earlier than kissing the highest of his head. Though his advances have been rejected, it’s such a young second. Jessica, Brighton
When Lorens tells Martine ‘All issues are potential’ in Babette’s Feast
Gabriel Axel, 1987
Two sisters in a Jutland village select household obligation over love. As a younger girl, Martine reluctantly rejected her suitor Lorens. After a 49-year separation, throughout his first return to the village, and after the feast, Lorens quietly says to Martine, “I’ve been with you day-after-day of my life. Inform me you already know that …” His speech ends with “… on this stunning world of ours, all issues are potential”. Julia, New Jersey
Battlefield kiss in Gone With the Wind
Victor Fleming, 1939
On their flight from Normal Sherman’s sacking of Atlanta, Rhett leaves Scarlett on the highway to hitch the Accomplice military for its ultimate stand at Gettysburg. Rhett, with no illusions about Scarlett, professes his love for her and forces a kiss. The lighting and the script are extremely romantic. Maxine, New York Metropolis
Once they move on the road in Your Identify
Makoto Shinkai, 2016
In Your Identify, directed by Makoto Shinkai, there’s a heart-stopping second on the finish the place the principle love pursuits (who’ve been speaking throughout time) move one another on the street – they each aren’t certain if the opposite is who they suppose it’s. Out of politeness, awkwardness, they each proceed to stroll away … then on the similar time, each flip and shout to verify if it will possibly actually be them. Such a good looking ending to a fantastically animated movie. Chloe, London
‘I’m only a lady …’ in Notting Hill
Roger Michell, 1999
“I’m only a lady standing in entrance of a boy …” It’s tough to not fall for Julia Roberts in that scene. Unforgettable. Francisco, Brazil
‘You had me at howdy’ in Jerry Maguire
Cameron Crowe, 1996
The scene from Jerry Maguire when Jerry (Tom Cruise) bares his soul to his spouse (Renée Zellweger). She interrupts him, telling him to simply shut up, and you’ll see in his face the crushing realisation that he might have blown his final likelihood along with her. Then she says, “You had me at howdy”, and also you see him immediately go from heartbreak to pleasure. It will get me each single time. Larry, Arlington, Texas
The ‘apparent bit’ in The Worst Particular person within the World
Joachim Trier, 2022
The apparent bit, the place time stands nonetheless for all however two folks in Oslo, as Julie rushes throughout town to fulfill Eivind. It’s pure cinema, expressing that “we’re the one folks within the universe” feeling we get throughout the adrenaline rush of infatuation, particularly when operating in the direction of feelings we’ve been resisting.
Once they meet, Julie and Eivind are the one actual issues in a fantasy world, or the one fantastical issues in the true world. And I suppose that’s the purpose: essentially the most romantic moments in life, nonetheless transient, separate our perspective from everybody else alive. Ned, London
Steve and Peggy dance in Avengers: Endgame
Anthony and Joe Russo, 2019
I cried watching Avengers: Endgame – the scene the place Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers (Captain America) dance to It’s Been a Lengthy, Lengthy Time. It’s a comfortable/unhappy, transferring romantic second – they’ve been aside for therefore lengthy and at last – reunited – they dance. The music itself is comfortable/unhappy romantic. A mirrored image of the heartache and heartbreak of its time – when so many by no means acquired that promised dance. Cecilia, North Carolina
Remaining scene of I Know The place I’m Going!
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1945
It’s been greater than 40 years since I first noticed it, however the ultimate scene of I Know The place I’m Going! makes me cry each time. The expression on Roger Livesey’s face when he hears the pipes within the distance after which he and Wendy Hiller run into one another’s arms and all that wonderful uncertainty she’s accepted as a result of she’s sure she loves him and it’s reciprocated. There may be nothing else prefer it. Penelope, Nebraska
Waterfall scene in The Final of the Mohicans
Michael Mann, 1992
“You keep alive. It doesn’t matter what happens, I’ll discover you! Irrespective of how lengthy it takes, regardless of how far, I’ll discover you!” In fact it helps that it’s Daniel Day-Lewis saying it. Melanie, London
Consuming spaghetti in Woman and the Tramp
Walt Disney productions, 1955
I used to be a 10-year-old once I noticed the film in an area theatre. The scene was stuffed with humour, enjoyable, and a beautiful depiction of two shy beings discovering love. I hoped that sometime I might expertise that and share a plate of spaghetti like Woman and Tramp did. Properly, one out of two ain’t dangerous. I found love, however have but to share a plate of spaghetti along with her like Tramp did. Jeff, New Hampshire
Refined seduction scene in Swades
Ashutosh Gowariker, 2004
No yodelling on the Alps or dancing via picturesque mustard fields for our king of romance, Shah Rukh Khan, right here. In a slow-burn of a phase, he romances the beauteous Gayatri Joshi with flickering eyelids and the shyest of smiles, as she drapes him in conventional Indian put on. AR Rahman’s smooth tabla beats within the background, echoing their wayward hearts, and it’s wand-waving film magic but once more! Not a contact, not even a graze, not a kiss; pure sensual nirvana. Krishna, Bengaluru
New Yr’s Eve scene in When Harry Met Sally …
Rob Reiner, 1989
Harry’s declaration of affection in When Harry Met Sally …, as a result of he sees her for who she is and loves each little bit of her due to it. To me, there is no such thing as a fashionable movie that describes precisely what a girl desires from a person: a finest pal who not solely permits her to be herself unapologetically, however is head over heels for her for it. Lindsay, Ohio
The quarrel in Marriage Italian Model
Vittorio De Sica, 1964
In Matrimonio all’Italiana (Marriage Italian fashion), the film by De Sica based mostly on the variation of the play Filumena Marturano by De Filippo, with Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The scene of the quarrel between the 2 characters, which ends with a deadly kiss, nearly regardless of themselves. Love, ardour and chemistry in a nutshell. Susanna, Milan
Church scene in The Graduate
Mike Nichols, 1967
Arms down one of the best is the top of the basic 1967 movie The Graduate. (In the event you haven’t seen it, cease studying this to keep away from the spoiler alert and go watch it as a excessive precedence!) The strain is off the charts, with the younger bride (Katharine Ross) on the church, about to marry the fallacious man.
Mid-ceremony, the beforehand discarded man (Dustin Hoffman) – who solely finds out in regards to the wedding ceremony on the final minute – manages to succeed in the church and get her consideration in a dramatic approach from the opposite facet of a wall of glass. What is going to she do? Coronary heart in my mouth! It’s unbearably intense! Oh, the thrill as she makes a split-second choice and all of the sudden does a runner! And the look on his face as quickly as he registers what’s occurred? Chaos ensues! In amongst all of the chaos, they reunite (nonetheless operating!). It’s euphoric! It’s the type of ending the place you simply need to rewind and watch it repeatedly. Maia, Queensland
Crossing paths one final time in The Manner We Have been
Sydney Pollack, 1973
For me, Sydney Pollack’s 1973 masterpiece The Manner We Have been, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, is the final word romantic movie. Probably the most romantic second comes on the very finish when Katie and Hubbell cross paths by likelihood one final time on a bustling Manhattan avenue.
Their silent understanding, the simple love nonetheless between them, and the painful realisation that their time has handed – it’s all so devastatingly stunning. Each time I watch Katie gently brush that stray lock of hair from Hubbell’s brow within the ultimate scene, I’m screaming in my head: “Come on, you two! Simply this as soon as – change your minds, make it work!” Nadja, London
‘I really like you.’ ‘I do know.’ in The Empire Strikes Again
Irvin Kershner, 1980
Leia: “I really like you.” Han: “I do know.” The great and sorely missed Carrie Fisher taking part in the snooty and really clever princess lastly admits her true emotions for the “scruffy-looking nerf herder” Han Solo. His response is ideal. I used to be solely 12 and I acquired it. Kate, Brighton
The dancing scene in The Sound of Music
Robert Sensible, 1965
The scene in The Sound of Music, the place Maria is dancing with the kids within the courtyard whereas all the delicate friends dance within the ballroom, and the captain seems. It’s such an harmless scene however the chemistry between Maria and the captain as they dance completely fizzles. Whilst just a little lady I felt that this was a fully essential second for these characters. This scene additionally began my lifelong obsession with brooding major characters, so completely (albeit begrudgingly on the time) portrayed by Christopher Plummer on this movie. Ellie, South Korea
Lara and Yuri alone collectively in Physician Zhivago
David Lean, 1965
In David Lean’s epic Physician Zhivago, at 2hrs 40min in, Zhivago and his lover are in mattress collectively understanding that each might be arrested any day: Zhivago for desertion; Lara for being married to the chief of the dropping military. Lara says: “If our days are actually numbered, Yuri …” He interjects: “Sure, we higher dwell them, earlier than we’re parted.” It’s a fatalistic second when love outshines the appalling circumstances of their time. They’re resigned to be forcibly parted, however select to spend each final minute collectively. Tim, Yorkshire
The ending in Everlasting Sunshine of the Spotless Thoughts
Michel Gondry, 2004
After we uncover that, regardless of every little thing, Joel and Clementine (Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet) have discovered one another once more – and even understanding how brutally it ended final time, they need to do it another time. Aileen, Scotland
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