Romantic Films to Watch on Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day weekend is coming up. If you're staying in with your someone special and want to watch something romantic, here's a wide range of offerings that are great movies!

Casablanca (1942) - Really, with Ingrid Bergman's expressive face and Humphrey Bogart's wit, who doesn't love this one? It's not necessarily a happy ending, but it really shows how much they love each other by the time the movie's climax ends.

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Comedy with some love thrown in, Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly, a girl who really doesn't know who she is or what she wants of life. She throws Paul's (George Peppard) life into disarray when he moves into her apartment building.

Romeo and Juliet (1968) - You could substitute the DiCaprio version, but the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, starring Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting is done as a period piece instead of being updated.

When Harry Met Sally (1989) - By far my favorite movie, quotable, funny and quirky, Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal will never disappoint you. One of many cookie-cutter romantic comedies that somehow breaks out of that forgettable category and plants itself in people's memories.

Sleepless in Seattle (1993) - Another meg Ryan movie, this time co-starring Tom Hanks, interesting because the main characters don't actually meet each other until almost the end of the movie. Has a great top-of-the-Empire-State-Building finale.

Speed (1994) - This one's for the guys. It's mostly action, but the Keanu Reaves and Sandra Bullock romance is undeniable! Don't both with its sequels, but enjoy Dennis Hopper's crazy madman while Reeves and Bullock work to save a bus full of people.

French Kiss (1995) - Meg Ryan again, you say? Yes. She's pretty much the queen of Romantic Comedy from the early 90s. In this one, Ryan plays a woman with a phobia of flying who finally gets on a place to confront her fiance while he's cheating on her in France. The leading man (not the fiance!) is played by Kevin Kline, with a hell of a French accent.

Sabrina (1995) - You could go for the older version of this one, but I'm a huge fan of Harrison Ford, so I opt for this one. Julia Ormond plays the title character, Greg Kinnear is the third angle of the love triangle.

What Dreams May Come (1998) - You will need tissues. Robin Williams proves to us he can be a serious actor whn he plays a man whose children die and whose wife commits suicide. He goes to find his wife, and the journey is almost more important than the end. How far can love go? This movie answers that.

40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) - Much less serious, Josh Hartnett and Shannyn Sossamon team up here as a sex-addicted guy who swears he won't have carnal relations during Lent and the girl he meets who throws a very big wrench into it.