Top 10 Date Movies

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10. Ghost
This film may have overkilled the whole "ditto" appeal, but it was a nice, sweet, mushy-as-hell movie. Perhaps Whoopi Goldberg at her best, Demi Moore at her most innocent, and Patrick Swayze in an emotional and compassionate role (at least one where he doesn't dance). The many satirical takes on this movie are deserved (pottery class anyone?), but so were the tears that flowed. This movie will make you and your loved one(s) get close and embrace one another as you realize how precious life is.

9. Sleepless in Seattle
Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks... moviegoers have learned that this is pretty much the formula for a great date flick. Whether it was Tom Hanks' emotional role, Meg Ryan's naiveté, or the maybe it was the Seattle backdrop, whatever it is, Sleepless in Seattle will probably make everyone's "top date movies" list. Rent it as soon as you can.

8. Reality Bites
While the movie does not help in killing the "Generation X" stereotypes, it is a catchy and interesting take on post-college life, and about how different people's paths can easily cross. Ethan Hawke is likeable and Winona Ryder is downright adorable. Chain smokers unite in this movie. Another Ethan Hawke movie, Before Sunrise, could have also made the cut. While less popular, Sunrise describes the one-night journey of a couple in Vienna.

7. Cocktail
Tom Cruise has played so many roles in so many movies, that picking only one is a challenge. Ultimately, there is something about him ripping up a check that girls find sexy and guys find cool. The fact that you get to see a movie about late-night partying and big-league bartending does not hurt. Oh yeah, a sexy female lead always does the trick too.

6. Titanic
It may be long, drawn-out and very cheesy, but it definitely provides one of the best action scenes, as a huge mock up of the ill-fated boat goes down. I have seen this with three different girls, which suggests how successful this movie was at the box office (what, you think I change girlfriends as often as I change socks?). Leonardo DiCaprio plays the hero, while we come to really like Kate Winslet. This movie is also long enough to increase your chances of getting "closer" throughout the movie.

5. Swingers
This is more of a lad movie than a date movie, but it's just so damn good that you cannot resist renting it. It would also be a great date movie because it provides a glimpse into men, so women may not find us so crazy after all. This movie was on at a party once, so I was watching bits and pieces (the rest of the time, I had my eyes on other things...), but I was so curious to see the whole thing that I rented it at 4am, when I got home.

4. Say Anything
A classic date movie, somewhat cheesy thanks to the geek meets girl storyline, but funny nonetheless thanks to John Cusack. Somewhat utopian? Perhaps, but with a great romantic climax, Say Anything is a great classic and a good benchmark for what a great date movie should be about. It will also inspire you and your date to make "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel your song.

3. Pretty Woman
What do you get when you cast Julia Roberts as a naïve but daring prostitute, Richard Gere as a successful but shrewd businessman, and Jason Alexander as the evil business associate in a rather unrealistic movie about a businessman who meets his trophy gal on Hollywood Blvd. and tries to convert her into a good girl while the business associate tries to... you know what, this is not what's important. What's important is that in a strange way, the female viewer wishes to be Julia and the guy wishes he were Richard -- don't deny it.

2. Four Weddings and a Funeral
Now, there is something about this movie, starring Andie MacDowell and Hugh Grant, that will make every couple love this classic. We might, to this day, ask what the hell Mr. Grant was thinking when he picked up some skanky prostitute (on the topic of Pretty Woman) when he had British bombshell Liz Hurley at home, but there is nothing we can reproach about his performance in this movie.

1. There's Something About Mary
This is perhaps the only movie in the list where the guy will not want to stop watching. Cameron Diaz is probably the ultimate girlfriend, Ben Stiller is hilarious as ever, Chris Elliott is scary, and Matt Dillon is downright creepy. One of the best guy movies to come out, and a perfect date movie because it broaches various topics that are bound to come up (or stick up) down the road.

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