Thank you for your list. I’ve seen many time and time again; Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Roman Holiday to name a few. I can not wait to get started on more classics that you suggested : )

Some others you might like which have that boy meets girl, struggle and then the ahhhhhh ending;
1.Chocolat: with Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, and Judy Dench.
2.Family Man: with Tea Leoni and Nichols Cage (my all time fav.) because it reminds me of my husband and I. Our first five years of marriage we had three children and he commuted to Cleveland, Ohio from Orlando 50 out of 52 weeks a year/5 days a week—home on weekends when the plane didn’t ice over. He lived at the Hilton Hotel, had a per diem to entertain clients/aerospace corp. and a Cadillac to drive. When he came home he was lost.
3. Shadowlands: Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. An actual true story…..get your tissues ready. This story takes you to places of the heart, transitions of what is important, and a committment like in the “Notebook.”
4. Moon Struck: Nicholas Cage and Cher—-I’m half Italian and half Hick, yes Hick/redneck. My parents met a dance in Georgia. My Dad was from Long Island. I was raised in Long Island and totally get the family. It’s so animated, quirky, and the “Moon,” seems to bring love to all.
5. Sweet Home Alabama: Andy Tennant,Reece Witherspoon, and Patrick Dempsy and Here is my “Hick side.” My family roots on my Mother’s side are good faithful people, some in mobile home/trailers with hound dogs etc. for hunting on up to a lawyer and a dentist…..very big family. On occassion people break out from my family, get educated, get a little high faloot n’, and then return back to enjoy the tender simple life and what is real. The antics are fun and care free but the stuggle hits home and you actually root for the home town boy….even though the city slicker is every womans dream….
6. Dr. Shivago (abc on the spelling please)Omar Shariff and ?
My mother and I’s favorite together. I even have a Jewelry box that plays “Laura’s Theme,” that my Mom and Dad gave me.
It’s complexity at it’s best, war time in Russia, passion, choices, and ultimate sacrifices. A very poinent master piece of the human struggle and love.
7. The Wedding Planner: Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConnauhey.
I’ve seen this so many times and I love how much the young Italian man loves her, makes her a beautiful doll house/to give her a dream home and proposes to her offering his heart. Mean while her heart belongs to the Groom of the couple she is planning their wedding…..I saw this movie at least 20 times with my daughters—Once with several of our friends/neighbor couples in Leu Gardens/at night on a three story blow up screen. There we were watching a movie in a park, seeing JLo watching a movie in the park with Mathew McConnauhey. It was a perfect place to feel what they were portraying.
8. Maid in Manhattan: JLo again, with Bob Hoskins, and Ralf Fiennes…..and my favorite quote, To serve people takes dignity and intelligence. But remember, they are only people with money. And although we serve them, we are not their servants. What we do, Miss Ventura, does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after falling. —the movie depicts how many of Americans work. All of us are not blessed to have comfy office jobs or perks. I feel fortunate to have risen above my parents struggles; Dad-family came from Italy and my Mom–literally Cotton pickers/share croppers. It was there vision and hard work that paved my way.
9. Juliette; the 1960’s version Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussy—-my favorite quote,”Romeo andGive me my Romeo; and, when he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.” —this introduced me to Love, Shakespear, and wonderful lyrical dialogue.
10. Shakespear in Love: Joseph Fiennes, Judith Dench and Gwyneth Paltro—-Pure fun and a look at what Shakespear might have lived; his desires, dreams, and inspiration. You are the fly on the wall.
****Also It Happened one Night; Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. All black and white…a laugh from beginning to end….saw this the first night they had the movies in Leu Gardens(Orlando, FL) several years ago. It was a treat back then…they didn’t post the name of the movie….you just went and then you found out. This movie is so Clark Gable.
Lastly, “The African Queen,” Humpfrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. A likely unlikely pair, suspense, and courage. Man saves woman….a tough one at that.
Okay, I hope you have enjoyed reading my top ten. They are not in any particular order. On any given day my number 1 could change. Definately for Christmas time though, “The Family Man.” I fall in love with my husband all over again. We have been married 24 years and laugh at how it started.
Again, thank you…..getting the pop corn ready.
with much sincerity, Deb G.

Thank you

From Sapna