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Who doesn't love a sappy romance movie?
I certainly adore them, so I've compiled a list of some of my favorites (most of these made me cry).
Of course we have The Notebook and Titanic, but here are some more.....

Catch and Release-
Kevin Smith co-stars as the best friend of Jennifer Garner, who plays Gray, a girl who's fiance dies. Lots of sad and heartwarming things happen to her as the movie progresses. Just watch it, it's good.

Sabrina-
Who doesn't love Audrey Hepburn. Need I say more?

The Wedding Singer-
A fun film starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. It's a wonderful, funny love story set in the 80's.

How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days-
I don't know why I like this movie. It's about a writer who works for a magazine that gives her the challenge of writing an article about all the things women do wrong in relationships. Matthew Mcconaughey is in it, and he does a wonderful job alongside Kate Hudson who is gorgeous and funny as always.

Sixteen Candles-
Part of the plethora of Molly Ringwald's career in 80's highschool movies. But we love her as she falls for the popular boy. It's a movie I'm sure we've all seen and loved.

Between Love and Goodbye-
A gay drama about two lovers who have more than a few problems after a certain family member reappears. This one choked me with heaving sobs.

Who's That Girl-
It turns out that Madonna plays the sassy, confident girl very well. A comedy and a romance, without being a romantic comedy. It's quirky, fun, and anything but cliche.

RENT-
A movie all about love. The musical that changed the world. Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Idina Menzel, Rosario Dawson....I haven't met someone who didn't cry during this.

Les Chansons D'Amour-
Commonly known as Love Songs. A stereotypically melancholy French musical. It's worth watching if you're alright with reading subtitles.

Before Sunrise-
A sweet film about a French girl and American boy who fall in love one day when they meet on a train in Europe. The sequel, Before Sunset, is also good.

Wristcutters: A Love Story-
An independent film, too strange for words. Yet a love story nonetheless, I enjoyed it (although I haven't seen it in years)

50 First Dates-
Another Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore film. A pretty girl has amnesia, while a sweet, funny guy falls in love with her. Also I hope you like Reeses, Spam, Hawaii, and penguins.

You've Got Mail-
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan star in a movie that is a modern day Pride and Prejudice. The wealthy owner of a bookstore chain accidentally falls in love with the owner of a local bookstore, it just so happens that their businesses are competing. And incidentally they've been talking online without knowledge of who the other person is; interesting, isn't it?

Desperately Seeking Susan-
Another Madonna movie. Rosanna Arquette plays a housewife obsessed with romance and the personal ads in the newspaper. The plot becomes full of mystery and romance as Rosanna's character loses her memory and accidentally switches places with Susan (Madonna's character).

Amelie-
A wonderful French film about a girl who finds love for everyone else and by chance falls in love herself. Filled with eccentric characters and an indie film flair.

Love Actually-
Another foreign film, actually an English film. I love Colin Firth so much. Keira Knightley is also in this one. It's all about love in all it's forms, involving several different stories and many different characters.

Bend it Like Beckham-
Not strictly a romance, but romantic enough to make my list. It's about an Indian girl in England who wants desperately to play Football (Soccer), her family is very traditional and doesn't approve. To make matters worse she falls in love with her coach.

My Best Friend's Wedding-
You've heard this one before....In love with your best friend? Made a pact to get married if you never find someone? Too bad he just did find someone. Classic Julia Roberts, you really can't go wrong.

A Walk To Remember-
Mandy Moore is the typical church on Sunday kind of good girl. Shane West is the typical delinquent bad boy. What happens when they fall in love? Well, a tragic plot twist.

Clerks 2-
Kevin Smith, you've done it again. Scandalous, hilarious, and heartwarming. Jay, Silent Bob, Randall, Dante, Rosario Dawson and even Ben Affleck appear in this wonderful movie. Among the sexual innuendos and clever cracks for nerds there is the central story of Dante and Becky's gradually changing relationship. My explanation really can't do justice to this film.

10 Things I Hate About You-
Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger in a typical highschool romantic comedy, based on Shakespeare's Taming of The Shrew. It's definitely a feel good film, and I'm pretty sure every girl in their teens or twenties probably loves this movie.

Cold Mountain-
Based on the novel of the same name. Set in the American Civil War, sometimes gruesome and terribly sad. Lots of famous people in this one, such as Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, and Natalie Portman.

Love in The Afternoon-
Another Audrey Hepburn film. She plays a sweet girl in France who meets an incurable playboy by chance. As always Audrey is lovely and sincere, it's one of her lesser known films.

Pride and Prejudice-
So many versions of this film, it is the quintessential love story. My favorite version is the one from A&E starring Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.

Bright Star-
A film about the famous romantic poet John Keats and his romance with Fanny Brawne. This movie is truly sad, and the epitome of romance.

Pretty in Pink-
Molly Ringwald in another highschool movie. This time she falls for a guy from the right side of the tracks, and everyone they know just doesn't want it to happen. Can love truly transcend even the gap between rich and poor? People have been asking that question for decades.

Benny and Joon-
Johnny Depp is crazy and falls in love with a crazy girl....and we have a crazy love story. This movie always makes me smile, who doesn't love lovable weirdos.

The Princess Bride-
A classic in its own right. Everyone loves this movie, and rightly so. It's fantasy, it's romance, it's amazing.

Immortal Beloved-
A movie about Beethoven and his secret love...his Immortal Beloved. Another sad movie that I adore.

13 Going on 30-
A girl turning thirteen just wants to be "thirty, flirty, and thriving." When a birthday wish goes awry she wakes up and is a thirty year woman working for a fashion magazine (Jennifer Garner). She eventually realizes that she's lost her best friend from childhood (that she falls in love with) and that she's not a good person. Can she make things right before it's too late?

Becoming Jane-
Anne Hathaway plays Jane Austen in this romanticized biography of the stories that inspired so many of her novels.

Better Off Dead-
An odd 80's highschool movie about a guy who tries to kill himself after his girlfriend dumps him, and the French foreign exchange student who's staying with the family who lives across the street.

Chocolat-
About a nomadic woman and her daughter who open a chocolate shop in a French town during lent. It includes stories of the townspeople and a romance between the woman and a gypsy (Johnny Depp)

Zack and Miri Make A Porno-
Kevin Smith does it again. Two best friends from highschool can't pay their rent, so they come up with a plan to make/distribute a porno. And who would've guessed that they fall in love. This movie is risque beyond belief and sometimes I can't believe that they show it on tv. It's a great movie though, under all the terribly funny sex jokes there is something very sweet and simple. Not to mention Jason Mewes nakedness definitely helps.

So that was most of my favorite romantic movies ever, I hope you like the list. Whatever you do today make sure you remember that love is always found when least expected, and that there's nothing wrong with a passionate romance between you and 'Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream'