Ahhh… it’s Valentine’s Day.
Yes it’s perhaps a commercial birthday where flower and candy shops get to guilt people to get something nice for their significant other. I actually told my hubby not to get me flowers this year and instead we’d get something nice for BOTH of us to enjoy. It is after all, a holiday to celebrate LOVE and it’s a two-way street.
For today’s post, I want to shine a spotlight on movie couples from various genres. Some of these pairings might not necessarily be from a romantic film, but their romance certainly are memorable. I deliberately exclude those that I have included in my first top 10 movie couples list I did three years ago just for the sake of not being redundant. Here it is again as I’m sure most of you didn’t read that post:
- Julia Roberts & Hugh Grant in Notting Hill
- Gerard Butler & Emily Mortimer in Dear Frankie
- Russell Crowe & Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential
- Christian Bale & Emily Watson in Equillibrium
- Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge
- Harrison Ford & Julia Ormond in Sabrina
- Gregory Peck & Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday
- David Duchovny & Minnie Driver in Return to Me
- Heath Ledger & Julia Stiles in Ten Things I Hate About You
- Michael Douglas & Annette Bening in The American President
Just to make things easier for me to narrow down, I’m focusing on films from the 90s and up. If I were include classic movies however, no doubt I’d include Rick and Elsa (Casablanca), Nickie & Terry (An Affair To Remember), Maria & Capt. Von Trapp (The Sound of Music), Joe & Anna (Roman Holiday) and Rhett & Scarlett (Gone with the Wind).
So here are [a sampling] of fourteen of my favorite movie couples, wonderful pairings elevated by bewitching chemistry of the actors. No matter what the circumstances, even if their romance didn’t work out as they (and we) wish it to be, their passion ignites the screen and warm the heart. Some couples are such an enchanting match that it lives on for decades (Before Sunrise), whilst others have become more memorable than the films themselves (The New World)… at least to me anyways.
Well, as pictures are often louder than words… I’ll let these images speak for themselves:
Aragorn & Arwen
(Viggo Mortensen & Liv Tyler – The Lord of the Rings trilogy)
Amélie & Nino
(Audrey Tatou & Mathieu Kassovitz – Amélie)
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Kate & Harvey
(Dustin Hoffman & Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey)
Hawkeye & Cora
(Daniel Day-Lewis & Madeline Stowe – The Last of the Mohicans)
Darcy & Elizabeth
(Matthew MacFadyen & Keira Knightly – Pride & Prejudice – 2005)
Jesse & Celine
(Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy – Before Sunrise)
Frank & Rachel
(Kevin Costner & Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard)
Jack & Rose
(Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet – Titanic)
Pocahontas & John Rolfe
(Christian Bale & Q’orianka Kilcher – The New World)
Phantom and Christine
(Gerard Butler & Emmy Rossum – Phantom of the Opera)
Jin and Xiao Mei
(Takeshi Kaneshiro & Ziyi Zhang – House of Flying Daggers)
Paul & Victoria
(Keanu Reeves & Aitana Sánchez-Gijón –A Walk in the Clouds)
Bond & Vesper
(Daniel Craig & Eva Green – Casino Royale)
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Robbie & Cecilia
(James McAvoy & Keira Knightley – Atonement)
I invite you to check out my past romance-related posts:
10 Romantic Comedies I LOVE | Favorite Unconventionally-Romantic Flicks | Roman Holiday Appreciation | Favorite Period Drama Heroes Part I and Part II
Thoughts about my picks of movie couples? Feel free to add your own picks in the comments below.