The most romantic movies

With Valentines Day on the horizon, here’s a look at some romantic movies to watch to get you in the mood.

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”Before Sunrise”

After an intriguing chance encounter on the Eurail, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) provocatively suggests that Celine (Julie Delpy) postpone her return to France and instead embark upon a spontaneous expedition of Vienna.

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“Say Anything”

John Cusack as Lloyd Dobler in the 1989 film about an average student who tried to start a relationship with valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye).

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“Moulin Rouge!”

Nicole Kidman, left, plays cabaret singer Satine, and Ewan McGregor plays Christian, a young poet who falls in love with her, in this film that re-creates late 19th-century Paris.

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“Moonstruck”

Cher plays 37-year-old Loretta Castorini, an accountant in New York, and Nicolas Cage plays Ronny Cammareri, whom Cher’s character eventually marries in the 1987 film.

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“Annie Hall”

Woody Allen and Diane Keaton play a couple whose relationship is chronicled over the course of several years in this critically acclaimed film, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1977.

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“When Harry Met Sally”

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal play Sally Albright and Harry Burns, a couple who start as friends and eventually forge a romantic relationship.

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“Pride and Prejudice”

Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen star in this adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel.

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“Notting Hill”

Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts in this film about an independent bookstore owner (Grant) who falls for a Hollywood actress (Roberts).

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“Titanic”

Kate Winslet and Leonard DiCaprio play forbidden lovers in this epic Oscar winning romance set on the historic RMS Titanic, which sank in the Atlantic Ocean.

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“The Notebook”

Rachel McAdams as Allie and Ryan Gosling as Noah in the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’s novel of the same title.

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“Casablanca”

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in this Oscar winning classic about an American (Bogart) living in Casablanca who runs into a former lover (Bergman).

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“Pretty in Pink”

Molly Ringwald and Jon Cryer star in this film about love and cliques in the 1980s.

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“Up”

”Up” isn’t a traditional romance — it’s a kids’ movie about a widower who goes on an unexpected adventure after his wife dies — but the montage of their romance in the beginning of the film is a beautiful tear-jerker.

“Breakfast at Tiffany’s”

Audrey Hepburn, center, plays a socialite who becomes romantically interested in a man (George Peppard) who moves into her New York apartment building and is having an affair with a wealthy benefactor (Patricia Neal, right).

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“Roman Holiday”

Actor Gregory Peck, left, appears with actress Audrey Hepburn in a scene from this 1953 romantic comedy about a princess and a reporter.

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“Love Story”

Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw in the 1970 film about a wealthy Harvard law student who falls in love with a working-class Radcliffe music student.

“Dirty Dancing”

Patrick Swayze plays a dance instructor at a Catskills resort who falls in love with Jennifer Grey.

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“An Affair to Remember”

Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr have a poolside chat in the 1957 film.

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“The Philadelphia Story”

Katherine Hepburn plays a socialite who finds herself in a bind when her ex-husband and an attractive journalist come into her life at the same time.

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“Four Weddings and a Funeral”

Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell are two friends who repeatedly meet at weddings and a funeral in this 1994 British comedy.

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