Here are some films that will tug at your heartstrings and add to our unrealistic Hollywood-induced expectations.
The Notebook (2004)
True, taken out of context (or even discussed further than ˜but Ryan Gosling’s such a babe!’), this movie can easily be considered the worst. However, reality aside, the heart-wrenching, tear-filled story of Noah and Allie is the perfect counterpart to eating chocolate and curling up on the couch “ just don’t ask why neither of them chose to communicate like adults.
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
If you didn’t spend your teen years quoting Shakespeare out of context and vying for guys in loose-fitting Hawaiian shirts, you’ve not only done a disservice to pop culture, but a disservice to your heart. The most tragic of all sagas, provided you forgot that they were teenagers with terrible timing; this movie likely shaped you in more ways than you’ll ever know. (At least in terms of Halloween costumes and long term feelings for Leonardo DiCaprio.)
Casablanca (1942)
Humphrey, Ingrid, the piano: nothing else matters when the love of one’s life boards a plane with a boring rich guy and leaves the person she’s meant to be with behind. (Sob.) Classic lines, well-fitted trench coats and the most famous lines in the history of cinema, most love stories now pale in comparison “ especially since they lack a certain, handsome, heavy-drinking Bogart.
Annie Hall (1977)
Now, before you hold your hands up in protest, remember this: Woody Allen knows relationships (provided they’re not his own), and if you’re in for a dose of reality, you can truly appreciate the Woody/Diane dynamic that’s successfully articulated most of our pivotal romance-related neuroses. After all, sometimes great relationships just don’t work out, and you fall out of love: and maybe that’s the greatest tragedy of all.
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
While this movie may have forever damaged platonic male/female relationships (since we all secretly think they’ll evolve into decade-spanning love stories), it’s still impossible to resist the charms of Billy and Meg. Humour, conversation and the best I love you confession since, well, any movie released before it, Nancy Meyers proves that while drama breaks hearts, there are few things that beat reality.
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