Romantic Movies to watch together while cuddling
on the sofa!
Serve a Sexy Dinner with A Romantic Movie
Dinner and a romantic movie...the quintessential date.
Thousands of couples have used this time-honored method...eyes
gazing over tempting plates, holding hands under the
table or in a dark movie theater, mesmerized by the
action on the screen and the steaming body heat of their
partner. The classic combination of dinner and a movie
appeals to all of our senses, connecting us to one another
in a shared experience. Enjoying a reel with a meal
at home expands the experience to a truly intimate one,
where the nuances of the meal and the innuendos of the
movie can be discussed while the play is on pause.
My favorite romantic movies include 'My
Big Fat Greek Wedding',
for a funny and lighthearted experience. Serve it with
a meal just as easy going, hummus sandwiches on pita
bread with radicchio and perhaps an ouzo toast! For
"romanza di italia" check out 'Big
Night'
and find that famous timballi recipe in 'Essentials
of Classic Italian Cooking'.
Stir up a champagne cocktail with a splash of Cointreau
and enter "Rick's Cafe American" in 'Casablanca'.
Prepare to feast on romance and intrigue while you serve
a Moroccan menu from 'The
Slow Mediterranean Kitchen : Recipes for the Passionate
Cook'.
Or escape to exotic Brazil in 'Woman
on Top',
shake up a caipirinha and steam fresh fish in banana
leaves for the full effect of the film.
DVD
Mood Movies
Turn your TV screen into the perfect background for a
romantic evening or dinner with these DVDs. Each has 9
different "scenes" of a romantic and relaxing
setting with sound. About 5 minutes long for each scene
or each scene can be set to loop playing over and over
on your DVD for longer enjoyment. Some of the titles;
Satin Sheets, Bay Bridge, Misty Moon, Fireplace, Eiffel
Tower, Gondola ride, celtic sunset, firworks, sunset palms
etc.
Emma
(1996)
This delightfully fun and lighthearted comedy is based
on the story that inspired the hit movie CLUELESS! Dazzling
Gwyneth Paltrow (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS)
shines as EMMA, a mischievous young beauty who sets up
her single friends. Funny thing is ... she's not very
good at it! So when Emma tries to find a man for Harriet
(Toni Collette -- THE SIXTH SENSE, ABOUT A BOY), she makes
a hilariously tangled mess of everyone's lives. You'll
enjoy all the comic confusion ... until Emma herself falls
in love, finally freeing everyone from her outrageously
misguided attempts at matchmaking.
When
Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Nora Ephron wrote the brisk screenplay for this 1989 romantic
comedy, director Rob Reiner made a nicely glossy New York
story (very much in a Woody Allen vein) out of it, and
Billy Crystal's unstoppable charm made it something really
special. Crystal and Meg Ryan play longtime platonic friends
who keep dancing around their deeper feelings for one
another, and Bruno Kirby and Carrie Fisher are their respective
pals who fall in love and get married. Ryan doesn't get
a lot of funny material, but her performance is typically
alive and intuitive, and she more than holds her own with
Crystal's comic motor mouth and sweet sentimentality.
Reiner is on comfortable ground, liberated from the burden
of making serious statements in the lead-footed manner
of subsequent features. --Tom Keogh
Shakespeare
in Love (Miramax Collector's Series) (1999)
Triumphant winner of 7 Academy Awards(R) -- including
Best Picture -- this witty, sexy smash features Oscar(R)-winning
Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow (SLIDING DOORS, THE ROYAL
TENENBAUMS) and an amazing cast that includes Academy
Award-winners Judi Dench (Best Supporting Actress), Geoffrey
Rush (Best Actor -- SHINE), and Ben Affleck (GOOD WILL
HUNTING, PEARL HARBOR). When Will Shakespeare (Joseph
Fiennes -- ELIZABETH) needs passionate inspiration to
break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with
the beautiful Lady Viola (Paltrow) starts the words flowing
like never before! There are just two things he'll have
to learn about his new love: not only is she promised
to marry someone else, but she's successfully impersonating
a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production!
A truly can't-miss motion picture event with outstanding
critical acclaim to match its impressive collection of
major awards -- everyone will love this funny behind-the-scenes
look at the writing of the greatest love story ever told!
Hitch
(Widescreen Edition)
Alex Hitchens (Will Smith) is "The Date Doctor."
He helps men to land dates. Sara (Eva Mendes) is a gossip
columnist for a New York City tabloid. Both are very guarded
around the opposite sex. Despite their natures, Alex and
Sara begin a relationship. Complications ensue when Sara's
latest scoop happens to be one of Alex's clients...
Must
Love Dogs (Widescreen Edition)
Sarah Nolan, a recently divorced thirty-something year
old, has a family that just can't help getting involved
in her personal life, or lack there of. After her sister
puts her profile on PerfectMatch.com, this preschool teacher
goes on a number of outrageous and hilarious dates. But
will she be able to find the one, who must love dogs?
While
You Were Sleeping
Lucy's life consists of constant lonliness that is until
she saves Peter's life. Now she is a part of his family,
and with a strong heart and fate on her side, others begin
to realize what a terrific person she is, especially Jack,
Peter's brother. An extraordinarily true-to-life sequence
of events begin to take place as Lucy and Jack become
closer and learn more about each other and themselves
than one would ever expect from such coincidental, yet
believable events.
Sleepless
in Seattle (10th Anniversary Edition)
Sam is a recent widower who is seeking someone new. Sam's
son Jonah, is also looking for a new mother, so when Jonah
puts his father on national radio, hundreds of women write
to him. One of the women is Annie. She's engaged to Walter,
but he's a bit strange. Annie goes to great lengths to
meet Sam.
French
Kiss
A woman flies to France to confront her straying fiancé,
but gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next
to her uses her for smuggling.
Something's
Gotta Give
Harry Langer (Nicholson) is an aged music industry exec
with a fondness for younger women like Marin (Peet), his
latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward
when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's
mother Erica (Keaton). Left in the care of Erica and his
doctor (Reeves), a love triangle starts to take shape.
Sabrina
While she was growing up, Sabrina Fairchild spent more
time ] perched in a tree watching the Larrabee family
than she ever did on solid ground.As the chauffeur's daughter
on their lavish Long Island estate, Sabrina was invisible
behind the branches, but she knew them all below... There
is Maude Larrabee, the modern matriarch of the Larrabee
Corporation; Linus Larrabee, the serious older son who
expanded a successful family business into the world's
largest communications company; and David, the handsome,
fun-loving Larrabee, who was the center of Sabrina's world.
Until she was shipped off to Paris. After two years on
the staff of Vogue magazine, Sabrina has returned to the
Larrabee estate, but now she has blossomed into a beautiful
and sophisticated woman. And she's standing in the way
of a billion dollar deal.
Notting
Hill (Collector's Edition) (1999)
Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) is the world s most famous
movie star. Her picture has been plastered on the cover
of every magazine, and every time she makes a move, the
entire world knows about it. William Thacker (Hugh Grant)
owns a travel bookstore in the quaint neighborhood of
Notting Hill. His business is stagnant, he has the roommate
from hell and his love life is completely nonexistent.
Then one day, their paths cross and the couple comes to
face the ultimate question: can two people fall in love
with the whole world watching?
Before
Sunrise
A French grad student named Celine (Julie Delpy) meets
an American boy named Jesse (Ethan Hawke) on the Budapest-Vienna
train. They get off the train in Vienna and hang out for
a while.
Secretary
Lee Holloway is a smart, quirky woman in her twenties
who returns to her hometown in Florida after a brief stay
in a mental hospital. In search of relief from herself
and her oppressive childhood environment, she starts to
date a nerdy friend from high school and takes a job as
a secretary in a local law firm, soon developing an obsessive
crush on her older boss, Mr. Grey. Through their increasingly
bizarre relationship, Lee follows her deepest longings
to the heights of masochism and finally to a place of
self-affirmation
The
Wedding Date (Widescreen Edition)
"The Wedding Date" centers around Kat Ellis
(Messing), who returns to her parents' London home for
her sister's wedding. Afraid of confronting her ex-fiancé,
who dumped her two years before, she hires a top-drawer
male escort (Mulroney) to pose as her new boyfriend...
My
Big Fat Greek Wedding
Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family's
restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago. All her father
Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy.
But Toula is looking for more in life. Her mother convinces
Gus to let her take some computer classes at college (making
him think it's his idea). With those classes under her
belt, she then takes over her aunt's travel agency (again
making her father think it's his idea). She meets Ian
Miller, a high school English teacher, WASP, and dreamboat
she had made a fool of herself over at the restaurant;
they date secretly for a while before her family finds
out. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek.
He has to learn to accept Ian; Ian has to learn to accept
Toula's huge family, and Toula has to learn to accept
herself.
Chocolat
When a single mother (Juliette Binoche) and her six-year-old
daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop
- with Sunday hours - across the street from the local
church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon
as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious
products, they are warmly welcomed.
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which is filled with over 80 recipes that can match
any romantic movie. Also, a great movie guide with menus
to match is '
DVD
Mood Movies
Emma
(1996)
When
Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Shakespeare
in Love (Miramax Collector's Series) (1999)
Hitch
(Widescreen Edition)
Must
Love Dogs (Widescreen Edition)
While
You Were Sleeping
Sleepless
in Seattle (10th Anniversary Edition)
French
Kiss
Something's
Gotta Give
Sabrina
Notting
Hill (Collector's Edition) (1999)
Before
Sunrise
Secretary
The
Wedding Date (Widescreen Edition)
My
Big Fat Greek Wedding
Chocolat
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