Top 10 Valentine's Day Movies

08 February 2010

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Valentine’s Day comes every year, but every year the dilemma remains what to do? Skip the expensive night out in London and spend it on the sofa for cheap with a choice from this list of recommended films for Valentine’s Day.

To celebrate the DVD release of Driving Aphrodite this is out on DVD, On Demand and Digital Download from 8th February 2010, courtesy of Warner Home Video join us as we look at 10 of the best Valentine’s themed movies.

1. Pretty Woman

Pretty_woman.jpgLike a pumpkin that transforms into a carriage, some very shrewd casting (and the charisma of Julia Roberts, in particular) morphed this story of a Hollywood whore into a Disneyfied Cinderella story--and a mainstream megahit.

This is the movie that made Roberts a star; the charm of her personality helping tremendously to carry viewers over the rough spots in the script (which was originally a cynical tale about prostitution called 3000--after the amount of money Richard Gere's character pays the prostitute to stay with him for the week).

2. Breakfast At Tiffany's

Based on Truman Capote's novel, Audrey Hepburn's iconic performance as Holly Golightly earned her an Oscar nomination for Breakfast At Tiffany's. Holly is busy charming her way to gifts from wealthy admirers when she meets writer Paul Varjak (a young, handsome George Peppard).

They click immediately, but both of them are financially 'kept' by other people. The two leads both exude charisma in this film which is light on plot, but full of nuance. The glimpses of the real Holly and Paul, visible when their facades momentarily slip, are what gives this film its romantic heart.

3. Moulin Rouge

A dazzling and yet frequently maddening bid to bring the movie musical kicking and screaming into the 21st century, Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge bears no relation to the many previous films set in the famous Parisian nightclub.

There is something genuine brewing between co-stars Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman (as, respectively, a poor writer and his unobtainable object of desire), and their vocal talents are impressive enough to match Luhrmann's orgy of extraordinary sets, costumes, and digital wizardry.

4. Ghost

Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze play a couple in love who move to the big city and . . . okay, so Patrick Swayze is dead for most of the movie. But he refuses to let a little thing like mortality get in his way.

In fact, Swayze's sudden demise only seems to make their love stronger, as he returns from the grave to right a few wrongs and say goodbye to Moore. Who says true love can't last forever?

5. Sleepless In Seattle

A recently engaged woman (Meg Ryan) hears the sad story of a grieving widower (Tom Hanks) on the radio and believes that they're destined to be together.

She's single in New York, he lives in Seattle with a young son, but the cross-country attraction proves irresistible, and pretty soon Meg's on a westbound flight. What happens from there is ... well, you must have been living in a cave to have let this sweet-hearted comedy slip below your pop-cultural radar.

6. Pride & Prejudice

Based on the Jane Austen novel, Pride & Prejudice is a classic tale of love and misunderstanding unfolding in class-conscious England near the close of the 18th century.

Starring Keira Knightley as Lizzie, one of the five Bennet sisters, and Matthew Macfayden as Mr. Darcy, the man aiming to win her heart. Directed by Joe Wright

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