Top 10 Classic Love Stories for Valentine's Day

What would Valentine's Day be without a romance filled movie? Here are 5 of the best love stories ever. Which is your favorite?

CASABLANCA (1942): Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in this story of an intense love triangle between a jaded nightclub owner in Morocco during World War II, his ex-lover and her husband, a famous Czech rebel and nationalist. This is said to be the greatest love story ever put to film.

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939): Who can forget the beautiful and scheming Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) and her passionate, tortured relationship with the aloof Rhett Butler (Clark Gable)? Scarlett's world changes forever with the outbreak of Civil War. Obsessed by her first love who is married to another, Scarlett struggles to survive the war and its aftermath.

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1957): Set on an army base in Hawaii in the days before the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, this film is the story of the love affair between a sergeant (Burt Lancaster) and the wife (Deborah Kerr) of his commanding officer. The beach scene where Lancaster and Kerr kiss in the sand as the waves crash over them is one of the most famous in romance film history.

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957): Terry (Deborah Kerr) and Nickie (Cary Grant) meet and fall in love on a ship traveling across the Atlantic Ocean. Both engaged to other people, they say goodbye, but agree to meet atop the Empire State Building in six months if their feelings remain the same.

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965): Omar Sharif is the poet and doctor Yuri Zhivago. He's married to his childhood sweetheart, Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), but carries on a passionate affair with the beautiful, troubled Lara (Julie Christie) against the tumultuous backdrop of the Russian Revolution.

There have been many excellent love stories since, but these classics remain at the top of the list for Valentine's Day viewing.