Roman Holiday and 4 Other Best Old Movies About Love You Can't Miss
The most beautiful, and simply the best movies about love that have stood the test of time.
Movies about love have always been popular. This is not surprising, since this universal emotion is close and understandable to everyone.
Melodrama, like no other genre, is able to evoke strong emotions, create an atmosphere of comfort and hope for a bright future, which everyone needs.
1. Roman Holiday, 1953
Ann is a young heiress in a European state, busy with the routine affairs of a princess. She arrives in Rome on an official visit, where every day is filled with unbearably boring activities, be it social events or business trips.
Ann misses her free life and secretly escapes to the noisy city at night. There she meets journalist Joe Bradley, who is about to attend the princess's press conference, but has no idea what she looks like.
2. City Lights, 1931
Wandering through the city, The Tramp meets a flower seller. He realizes that she is blind, and the girl, in turn, takes him for a rich man because The Tramp gave his last money for the flower without taking change.
Soon The Tramp learns that an operation in an Austrian eye clinic will help restore his new acquaintance's sight.
Trying to get money for the treatment, the man takes on any dirty work and gets into various problems. The solution comes out of nowhere, but The Tramp will have to pay an exorbitant price for it.
3. Casablanca, 1942
World War II, Rick Blaine is an immigrant who has moved from the US to Morocco. In Casablanca he has opened a café and a night gambling club.
One day, Ilsa Lund, the love of his life, who left Rick several years ago, appears in this godforsaken place. Now the woman has a husband, Victor, from the anti-fascist resistance, who has become a target of the Nazis.
Her husband needs documents that would allow him to go to the US to continue his work. To help Victor, Ilsa turns to Rick, who still has feelings for her.
4. Chungking Express, 1994
The movie consists of two separate stories connected by time and place. In the first story, police officer He Zhi Wu breaks up with his girlfriend and pines for her for almost a month. Everything changes when he meets a mysterious woman smuggling drugs.
In the second story, police officer Wei also experiences a breakup with a flight attendant. He regularly visits a 24-hour diner where he meets a saleswoman named Faye who dreams of moving to California. As it turns out, these people have much more in common than they could have imagined.
5. Annie Hall, 1977
Jewish Alvy Singer is a stand-up comedian who has been seeing a psychoanalyst for many years. He sees every minor event as a manifestation of a universal conspiracy against the Jews and considers everything around him to be absolutely meaningless.
His acquaintance with the aspiring singer Annie Hall has almost no effect on his negative perception of the world, but warm feelings develop between the characters.
According to many viewers, Annie Hall is the best movie of Woody Allen's career. The intellectual comedy won four Academy Awards and had a profound impact on pop culture.