The American Film Institute recently announced it’s latest “List” – America’s 100 Greatest Love Stories. This month’s article is a tribute to those films and a glimpse at why they were chosen.
1 CASABLANCA 1942
2 GONE WITH THE WIND 1939
3 WEST SIDE STORY 1961
4 ROMAN HOLIDAY 1953
5 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER 1957
6 THE WAY WE WERE 1973
7 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 1965
8 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946
9 LOVE STORY 1970
10 CITY LIGHTS 1931
11 ANNIE HALL 1977
12 MY FAIR LADY 1964
13 OUT OF AFRICA 1985
14 THE AFRICAN QUEEN 1951
15 WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1939
16 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952
17 MOONSTRUCK 1987
18 VERTIGO 1958
19 GHOST 1990
20 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 1953
21 PRETTY WOMAN 1990
1 CASABLANCA 1942
Victor Laszlo: I know a good deal more about you than you suspect. I know, for instance, that you're in love with a woman. It is perhaps a strange circumstance that we both should be in love with the same woman. The first evening I came to this café, I knew there was something between you and Ilsa. Since no one is to blame, I-- I demand no explanation. I ask only one thing. You won't give me the letters of transit: all right, but I want my wife to be safe. I ask you as a favor, to use the letters to take her away from Casablanca.
Rick Blaine: You love her that much?
Victor Laszlo: Apparently you think of me only as the leader of a cause. Well, I'm also a human being. Yes, I love her that much.
2 GONE WITH THE WIND 1939
3 WEST SIDE STORY 1961
4 ROMAN HOLIDAY 1953
Reporter: Which of the cities visited did Your Highness enjoy the most?
General Provno: Each, in its own way...
Princess Ann: Each, in its own way, was unforgettable. It would be difficult to-- Rome! By all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here in memory as long as I live.
5 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER 1957
6 THE WAY WE WERE 1973
7 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 1965
8 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946
9 LOVE STORY 1970
Oliver Barrett IV: Love means never having to say you're sorry.
10 CITY LIGHTS 1931
11 ANNIE HALL 1977
12 MY FAIR LADY 1964
13 OUT OF AFRICA 1985
14 THE AFRICAN QUEEN 1951
15 WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1939
16 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952
17 MOONSTRUCK 1987
Ronny Cammareri: I love you.
Loretta Castorini: Snap out of it!
Ronny Cammareri: Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and die.
18 VERTIGO 1958
19 GHOST 1990
20 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 1953
21 PRETTY WOMAN 1990
Vivian: I'm gonna treat you so good, you're never gonna let me go.
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