Top 10 Romantic movies for Valentine's Day

With your big day on the horizon, you and your fiancé may be looking for simple ideas to celebrate this Valentine's Day together. But low-key doesn't necessarily mean unromantic! 

As a big fan of Hollywood love stories and a hopeless romantic myself: I put together a list of my Top 10 (I promise you'll cry) romantic movies. Paired with a couple ideas to set the mood, this February 14th, enjoy a movie marathon night snuggled up on your couch with your honey. Happy Valentine's Day!

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SET THE MOOD:

1. Popcorn (Make it yummier with this caramel popcorn recipe) 
2. A bottle of wine or bubbly
3. A big blanket
4. A few scented candles
5. A kleenex box

TOP 10 MOST ROMANTIC MOVIES:

Descriptions and ratings by IMDb

#1: 

The Note Book (2004) 

A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. They soon are separated by their social differences. 8.0/10

#2: 

A very long Engagement (Original title: Un long dimanche de fiançailles - 2004)

Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One. 7.8/10

#3: 

Love Actually (2003)

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England. 7.7/10

#4: 

Titanic (1997)

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat, expecting to be married to a rich claimant by her mother, falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. 7.7/10

#5: 

A walk to remember (2002)

The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is made to do community service. 7.4/10

#6: 

PS: I love you (2007)

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life. 7.0/10

 

#7: 

Roméo & Juliet

1996 version: 

Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. 6.9/10

2013 version: 

Romeo and Juliet secretly wed despite the sworn contempt their families hold for each another. It is not long, however, before a chain of fateful events changes the lives of both families forever. 5.6/10

 

#8:

The Vow (2012)

A car accident puts Paige in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo works to win her heart again. 6.8/10

#9:

Séraphin, un homme et son pêché (original french version - 2002)

A young woman is forced to marry an old greedy man to save her father from bankruptcy although she has promised her heart to another man. 6.8/10

#10:

50 first dates (2004) *The funny/romantic option*

Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment up until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams, until he discovers she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the very next day. 6.8/10