10. Say Anything (1989)- A lovable underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer after high school graduation. When family and the college of her dreams make her life complicate, she must choose between what she thought she always wanted and what could be the love of her life.
9. Ghost (1990)- Killed while being mugged, Sam Wheat has a love so strong for Molly Jensen that in order to protect her from the same attacker that killed him, he comes back to her as a ghost. A perfect story of undying love.
8. West Side Story (1961)- Set in upper west side New York in the 1950s, two teenagers from rival gangs fall in love with each other. Loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, the two try to find peace between the gangs and convince everyone that love can prevail. A classic story of forbidden love with a musical twist.
7. When Harry Met Sally (1989)- In New York City, a man and a woman with an intermittent friendship based on their mutual agreement that men and women cannot “just be friends” soon grow very close to each other, and eventually fall in love and get married. A story that proves that falling in love with your best friend is extremely likely.
6. Wuthering Heights (1939)- A classic tale of star crossed lovers that takes place in the late 1700s and early 1800s, Heathcliff and Cathy grow up together as soul mates and companions, until Heathcliff is reduced to the class of a servant and Cathy is forced to marry a man of her own superiority despite her love for Heathcliff.
5. Dirty Dancing (1987)- Set in a Catskill Mountains Ski resort in 1963, seventeen year old Frances “Baby” Houseman falls in love with the lead dance instructor, bad boy Johnny Carter while rehearsing for a big dance number. Baby and Johnny struggle trying to balance class, moral, and family issues while trying to make others see that their love is real.
4. The Notebook (2004)- An elderly man reads a love story to his wife who has Alzheimer’s disease, which we eventually find out is the story of how they met, fell in love, and fought for their love together.
3. Titanic (1997)- During the ill fated voyage of the Titanic, Rose Bukater finds her life change every minute when she falls in love with Jack Dawson. Though eventually torn about by death, their relationship teaches Rose to live the life she wants for herself instead of the life everyone else wants for her.
2. Gone With the Wind (1939)- A story set in the Civil War about a spoiled, rich debutante who falls for a womanizer and learns throughout their turbulent love affair to finally stand on her own.
1. Casablanca (1942)- Set during World War II, a man named Rick has to choose between helping a Czech Resistance leader escape from the Moroccan city of Casablanca to continue to fight the Nazi’s or the love he has for the man’s wife, Ilsa.