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Gakked from CrazedFairy16... how sad it is that I've seen and loved every single one of those movies?

1. Rick Blaine & Ilsa Lund from Casablanca (1942) They'll always have Paris and we'll always remember a love that was sacrificed so that two people could fight the evil of Nazi Germany.

I love that movie. And loathe it. *sigh*

2. Romeo Montague & Juliet Capulet from Romeo & Juliet (1968) Shakespeare's classic couple defy their families and deny their names to engage in an affair doomed by Verona politics and re-created in so many guises that this list could be filled out with only its innumerable incarnations.

This story has been overdone in my case, but I used to adore it. And the 1968 version is definitely the way to go, as it ROCKS ON.

3. Richard Collier & Elise McKenna from Somewhere in Time (1980) Few men can literally give up everything for a woman, but this man gave up his entire world and transcended time itself to meet a woman he knew only from history books.

I worship and adore this movie. *sighs* I've been watching it since I was a little girl and... wow. Just... wow.

4. Westley and Buttercup from The Princess Bride (1987) Theirs was a fairy tale romance that topples giants, disarms great swordsmen, and outsmarts Sicilians at games of chance.

Westley! I HEART WESTLEY! Buttercup, not so much, but Westley? Teh sigh. He is so gorgeous. And wonderful. "Death cannot stop true love, it can only delay it for awhile."

5. Lloyd Dobler & Diane Court in Say Anything… (1989) If there's any argument against having "our song," Lloyd puts it to rest with a scene repeated by unworthy men all over who held their ghetto blasters aloft for love.

*squee* To know Lloyd is to love Lloyd.

6. Harry Burns & Sally Albright from When Harry Met Sally… (1989) This classic answer to whether or not a man and woman can be friends without sleeping with each other still sets the standard for the romantic comedy and forever alters the sandwich eating experience.

*giggles* This movie has Carrie in it. I'm not so keen on this couple... but it's cute enough. But not one of the top ten best love stories.

7. Charles & Carrie from Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) The British prove that romance can blossom across the Atlantic with this charming tale of bad timing, slightly worse timing, tragic timing, and appallingly unforgivable timing that ends up quite lovely in the end, despite the rain.

Same as above. Cute enough story, but top ten? Dude?

8. Laszlo de Almasy & Katharine Clifton from The English Patient (1996)Casablanca's doppelganger portrays a man who will sell his country out to the forces of evil for the sake of the woman he loves.

To say that I love this movie is like, not a strong enough sentiment. I adored it. It might have something to do with the complete and utter adoration I have for Ralph Fiennes (*melt melt melt*) But this love story? Sad and star-crossed and tragic and USTy and.... yeah. Fan-damn-tastic.

9. William Shakespeare & Viola De Lesseps from Shakespeare in Love (1998)
The bard becomes entangled with a young woman defying Elizabethan tradition and taking to the stage as a man. When she is betrothed to another, Stratford's playwright concocts the second story on our list and defeats the writer's block that threatened to derail his course to classrooms the world over.

Hee, I loved this movie! It had a Fiennes brother and it was cute and I liked it tons and bunches. And it was Shakespeare without the stupid weird dialogue and ubertragic storylines. And it had Colin Firth! Mr. Darcy! *squees*

10. Christian & Satine from Moulin Rouge (2001) Once again, true love (of the Bohemian variety) leads a writer into a doomed love affair with a Parisian showgirl promised to another, but in love with our handsome hero in this manic musical medley of pop music and period drama.

*sighs* Oh, Christian and Satine. Why isn't this higher up on the list? Why? This love story ROCKS ON, yo. It dominates the romance category. It should be on top.

Come to think of it, I can think of a lot of couples that belong on this list. Hello, Han and Leia? (*giggles*) Esther and Norman from 'A Star is Born'? SYD AND VAUGHN? Oh, this is just movies, my bad.

We had a big family party the 5th with everyone. It was interesting.

*coughs* Anyway, today sucked. It was good, 'cause we went to see Laura sing and she sang me 'Somewhere over the rainbow' in Lake George, and we went to Martha's for ice cream and went to the Coach outlet... but then we came home and Gram's PSYCHO DOG bit Mel.

I don't even want to go into it. It was a nightmare.

Anyway, as the dog has bitten everyone in the entire family except for my mother, me and those intelligent enough to heed warnings and not come to Gram's anymore, we're taking him back to the breeder or something.

*groans* Otherwise it was good. honest.