What could be better than enjoying romantic and emotional movies like “The Great Gatsby,” “Love Story,” or “One Day” with your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day?
- Fifty Shades of Gray
Coming from a novel of the same name. Fifty Shades of Gray revolves around the love between a young, sadistic billionaire, Christian Gray, and an innocent female student, Anastasia Steele, with scenes depicting very naked and violent sex scenes. However, the movie version is considered more romantic than sexual.
- The Great Gatsby
Adapted from the great novel of the same name by the great writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby brings viewers back to the prosperous America of the 1920s with so much vanity and fantasy. In the middle of Long Island City, Nick Carraway is fascinated by the mysterious and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. No one knows who Gatsby is or where he comes from, and no one has ever met Gatsby in real life. All that people know about him is the splendid mansion and the parties all night and all morning…
The Great Gatsby is a romantic film in which the main character is a rich man, Gatsby, who has an intense love for the beautiful Daisy. With the appearance of Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, and Lana Del Rey’s charming song “Young and Beautiful,” director Baz Luhrmann created a romantic and flashy The Great Gatsby that audiences have talked about for years after its release.
- The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars is the romantic movie that is most mentioned in 2014. The Fault in Our Stars is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer John Green. The film is the story of a young girl with thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs, living carelessly in the last days of her life, and a boy with bone cancer with a prosthetic leg. The two met at a club for cancer patients. They argue about death will eventually come to everyone…
The Fault in Our Stars has many romantic scenes in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam. The performances of the two main actors, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, are so good that they have shed tears in the audience.
- One Day
Based on the novel of the same name by David Nicholls, One Day tells the story of a 20-year “love chase” between Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway). It all started on that fateful night in 1988, when the two had just graduated from the University of Edinburgh. Back at Emma’s apartment, instead of having a “one-night stand” and becoming two strangers the next morning, they lie in bed and talk like two friends.
After that, they turned to two different paths and experienced enough ups and downs in their careers and love. The youthful dreams and brief romantic moments are described in One Day, making the work more or less create a feeling of regret (tiếc nuối) in the hearts of the audience. Regretted (tiếc nuối) because Dexter and Emma seem to be born for each other, but they can’t be together, and it’s only when their feet are tired that they realize it. This is a movie in which many people have seen their reflection and missed opportunities in love…
- Love Story
Love Story is a famous romantic novel written by American writer Erich Segal in 1970 and then made into a movie in December of the same year. The film tells the love story of Oliver Barret IV (played by Ryan O’Neal) and Jennifer Cavilleri (played by Ali MacGraw). Oliver, the son of a wealthy and prestigious family, the Barret family, is an excellent student at the prestigious Harvard School; and Jennifer, a student at the same school, is the child of a poor family, won a scholarship to study at Harvard and is the custodian of the library. Fate brought them together, but Oliver’s family did not agree with the love story between the two, especially his father. Despite the rejection, they still get married, but then Jennifer finds out she has cancer…
Love Story is a tearful work of art by director Arthur Hiller, listed as one of the best films of the 20th century for touching millions of hearts around the world. It can be said that Love Story is a typical film for those who dare to fight for their true love to win happiness. They don’t have to feel regret because they have lived true to their heart. The saying “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” in the movie has become a classic in the movie industry.
- The Theory of Everything
Nominated for 5 Oscar Awards in 2015, The Theory of Everything is also one of the most romantic films of 2014. Based on the memoir “Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen” by Jane Hawking, Stephen Hawking’s first wife, the film tells the extraordinary but unfortunate life of a talented physicist and astronomer on the journey to fight a dangerous disease and to continue to pursue and devote himself to space science.
Realistic moving material from the memoirs of Jane Hawking, a woman associated with most of Stephen Hawking’s life, was recreated on the screen by director James Marsh with simple, natural footage. The two main actors, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, also had excellent incarnations and both won Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Actress in 2015.
- Ghost
Released in 1990, Ghost quickly became a favorite romantic movie, with love transcending all borders (here is the boundary between life and death). Sam (played by Patrick Swayze) and Molly (Demi Moore) are immersed in love. But during a date, Sam was suddenly murdered by a bandit and became an unjust soul left on earth. He finds a way to protect a vulnerable Molly from danger with the help of Oda Mae (Whoopi Goldberg)…
The love story in Ghost touched viewers’ hearts, helped the film receive five Oscar nominations, and was the best-selling film of 1990. Those who have seen the film cannot help but be moved by the sad scene where Sam reunites with Molly and with the immortal love song “Unchained Melody” by The Righterous Brothers.
- Begin Again
Begin Again is a delicate, touching, and romantic work set in New York City (USA). Begin Again is the story of a musical love affair.
It all started with the meeting between Dan Mulligan (Mark Ruffalo), a music producer in crisis because of the exhaustion of artistic inspiration and trouble in his marriage, and Greta (Keira Knightley), an English girl grieving over the breakup with her boyfriend in New York. Like two lost stars, they meet by chance and find many similarities. Begin Again is a movie dedicated to those who are suffering from breakups on Valentine’s Day.