Favorite Romance Movies.. Girly Flicks



Everyone will probably think that my favorite titles would be ones such as Titanic, The Notebook, Bridget Jones movie series, Ghost, Love Story, Dirty Dancing, PS I Love You etc.. and while I do love any romantic movie especially movies that bring me to tears .. Below are a few of my favorites

1. Terms of Endearment.. 1983 , while this tear jerky is filled with drama and comedy keep watching the movie is very descriptive of life most of us can identify in one way or another.  For me I could feel it within just the first few minutes.. after all I could remember waking my baby when I was a new mother just to make sure she was still breathing..  Ha.. yes I was one of those.. got so bad eventually I would drop to the floor below her line of sight to crawl out of the room .. after all I didn't want her to see me and want to be picked up.

The story highlights Emma played by Debra Winger as a young woman coming into her own as a mother and wife while dealing with her mother (Aurora) played by Shirley Maclaine. Lets just say the storyline is highly addicting and I can identify in many ways to the riveting conflict yet love between the two of them.. after all, sometimes it takes life altering events to realize the people who truly love you..

I can't say enough about the emotions this movie is filled with .. at times you will laugh, at times you will definitely be brought to tears.. but in the end your heart will be filled.. please watch this Academy award-winning movie and allow yourself to see life.

2.  Steel Magnolias..1989 .. another good life based tearjerker.. Steel Magnolias tells about the loving bond between a few women in a small Louisiana town.. The strong loving mother (Sally Field) of a young woman (Shelby played by Julia Roberts) who has battled Type 1 diabetes all her life.. and their loving friends and family characters surrounding them..

The movie instantly pulls you in with comedy and drama and focuses on the upcoming nuptials of Shelby.  Filled with love, laughter and twists and turns this movie highlights the lives of the full cast  and ultimately the traumatic loss this group of women will have to endure.

Something else worth mentioning is while the cast is filled with talent.. Shirley Maclaine is also one of the main characters in this movie as Terms of Endearment previously listed.

All I can say is this movie will break your heart and lift your soul .. a true GEM and worth watching by everyone.

3. Letters to Juliet  2010 This movie focuses on Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) a young writer who goes on a vacation with her fiancé to Italy.. but soon is drawn into story of a long-lost love.. brought about by an unanswered letter .. Sophie meets up with the woman seeking her long lost love and attempts to write her story while helping her fulfill her hopes of reconnecting with him.. with many twists and turns this movie highlights not only the search for love lost but a new beginning for Sophie.. and one that will surely bring both tears and joy..

I loved the heartwarming feel of this entire movie.. Amanda Seyfried was perfectly cast for the part of Sophie and delivers a truly ideal almost princess like ever after love that most people can only hope to find.. and one that in my case I have longed for my entire life..

Happily Ever After .. are words that truly deliver in this movie .. so go ahead..believe in true love and watch this movie

4.  Pretty Woman 1990 .. This movie is often thought of as one of the best updated "Cinderella type, love story films" starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.  The movie focuses on a struggling hooker who meets a very wealthy man who ends up offering her a large amount of money to be his exclusive companion for one week.  Ultimately the two see something far more enticing than they originally expected in one another and it comes down to whether there can be a fairytale ending. Most people can tell by the way the movie progresses how this will all work out in the end.. but it is one of those movies that draws you in and just flat-out makes you feel good.. A definite must see for anyone who believes in fairytale endings still can come true..

5.  Silkwood 1983 .. While at first one might wonder why I included this very disturbing, drama filled true story in the Romance / Girly movies section.  I will gladly tell you.

Silkwood is one of those movies that from the moment I first watched touched my soul.. The movie is based on the true story of Karen Silkwood, a chemical technician and union activist that worked at Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site Plant.  Karen's job was making plutonium pellets for nuclear reactor fuel rods that go into nuclear plants.  In the movie it details how the employees can and have in the past been exposed and upon doing so have to be decontaminated. During the time she worked at the facility the plant had experienced theft of plutonium by workers. Under suspicious circumstances both Karen Silkwood and her home was found to have been contaminated.  Karen testified about her concerns to the Atomic Energy Commission and later died in a mysterious car crash while attempting to meet with a New York journalist.

The movie Silkwood and it's cast did an exceptional job at bringing Karen Silkwood's dramatic story to life.. brought me to tears


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