As usual, another example of a female blaming men for what women have brought upon themselves. It is very difficult to be 'romantic' with Western women today, and that is of course reflected in film as anywhere else. The post feminist female is butch, (suffering from gender identity disorder) confrontational, slutty, hateful, and women have no respect for men by choice & have killed chivalry as well as romance. Men aren't feeling too romantic nowadays.

Mark, Austin, Tx.

Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in his yacht 'True Love', sing ing that song,in the film 'High Society'.

David Aldrich, minehead, somerset,england

Depends if you're talking romance or lust ... Al Pacino as Michael in the Godfather when he meets and courts Appollonia - the chemistry is amazing!

Polly, London, UK

You ruined it by mentioning the dreadful Titanic. The only bit I enjoyeed was when Jack drowned.

Gwilym Rhys-Jones, Costa del Sol, Spain

"We will still ahve the Paris" from Casablanca, when Rick lets his love fly away with her husband, even though he still loves her.

Andrzej, Zyrardow, Poland

The most romantic moment EVER must be in ‘Affair to Remember’ when Cary Grant takes his beloved grandmother’s shawl to Deborah Kerr who is sitting on a sofa with her legs covered (and, by the way, it’s Christmas and she’s alone). During a bitter, sad conversation Grant comes to realise that Kerr can’t walk – because she had had a car accident on the way to meet him at the top of the Empire State Building. Oh the electricity as he realises that she DID turn up at the appointed time and she DOES love him!

What about when Julie Andrews is teaching the Laendler (sp?) dance to the boy Kurt, and Christopher Plummer takes over? Phew! (‘Sound of Music’)

Fay Weldon’s article was very interesting. She says that there’s a good market for romantic comedy but has to be undermined for the single- household audiences. I’m not sure I agree with that. I think people - male and female – ENJOY romance, and it doesn’t need to be like their everyday lives.

Anna Tinker, Wokingham,

The scene at the very end of La Belle et La Bete, and the end of Un Homme et Une Femme.

All of the Brando & Eve Saint Marie scenes in On the Waterfront.

The flashback scene towards the end of Infernal Affairs where the gangster policeman first falls in love with his future wife whilst booking her for drunken behaviour, and by then you already know that she has confronted him with his corruption and their marriage is over.

All the husband and dying wife scenes in Hana Bi.

The love scenes between Eliane and Jean Baptiste in Indochine.

The reconciliation between Maggie and Brick at the end of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Spellbound.

The bit in Last of the Mohicans where the rejected lover offers himself up for burning at the stake when he could have offered Nathaniel instead.

The hard cop and prostitute falling in love in LA Confidential. The scene at the very end of Lantana, when the hard cop cries whilst telling his estranged wife that he doesn’t want to lose her.

And for tragic, ended romance – the scene at the end of Godfather One, where the door is closed on Michael’s wife as he receives honour from various gangsters as the new godfather, is far more poignant than the “don’t give a damn” scene in Gone With the Wind.

jane, london, uk

"Sleeper" Keeton's character says to Allen's character that the authorities will remove his brain his reply is "my brain? thats my second favourite organ" Keats would have used more words. Priceless

Bill, Taunton, UK

My favourite romantice scene of all time is the final of Mayerling with Omar Sharif. The prospect of living apart was so unbearable that the couple choose the ultimate sacrifice and die together. What can be more romantic that that?

Joyce Marriott, Pyrton, Oxfordshire

No contest for me "GIGI". Looking at these chosen films,they do seem to divide MALE / FEMALE.

DAVID VINTER, Louth, Lincs., UK.

Agree with Nicky, London - Clint Eastwood telling Meryl Streep "I love You" with his eyes, from his truck in the pouring rain. She's clutching the door handle - ready to leave her husband. will she? Won't she? Disagree with Fay Weldon, Eastwood managed love, romance, heartache all in one. I left the cinema sobbing, and still cry every time I see Bridges of Madison County.

Christine Burridge, Sunderland, U.K.

The ending of Casablanca - I tear up thinking about it. I waited years to see this movie on the big screen, and when I did it lived up to every expectation. It still leaves me breathless.

Gianna Wichelow, Toronto, Canada

John Wayne standing in the wind-blown door of his cottage with Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man.

About as romantic , in the 19th century, over-the-top sense, as it gets.

A subtler kind of romantic scene with sparkling humor would be Kathryn Hepburn and Spencer Tracy having lunch out of a paper bag on the roof of their office building in Desk Set.

John Chuckman, Toronto, Canada

Lady and the Tramp.

LTH, CA, USA

Clint Eastwood's "The Bridges of Madison County" - the scene where he is sitting in his car in the rain at a gas station, behind the car in which Meryl Streep's character is sitting. He is just looking at her and she can see him looking at her. And his eyes say: "I love you. Leave your husband." Meryl's character grips the door handle and you think she is going to get out, because you know she loves Clint's character too. But she doesn't and they both drive off into the rain never to see each other again. Heart-breaking!

Nicky, London,

Oh boy!

Yes, Casablanca, but not the ending. The “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine” scene was the one that brought a lump to my throat from when I first saw the film as a teenager to present day, and the scene where Rick smacks his fist on the table as he goes into flashback. Nothing more romantic than a hard, dry humoured cynic crumpling up! Plus the bit in the flashback where he’s suggesting to Ilsa that they marry and she is being evasive because she has just found out that contrary to her earlier information, her husband is actually still alive. And the scene where he receives her kiss-off note at the train station. In fact, also the scene where he jokes about it to her when they unexpectedly meet up again, saying to her that as he was left with a spare ticket he feels that she owes him an explanation.

jane, london, uk

Minghella's "The English Patient", when Ralph Fiennes is startled
awake by Kristen Scott Thomas appearing in his room and the ensuing scene. Also, the scene where they are dancing together and he looks at her with such a searing focus. A lot of heat there! It was a totally romantic movie, enhanced with beautiful scenary and music.

Lillian Hetherington, Berkeley, CA

I know it's French, but JP Jeunet's 'Amélie' is I feel, incredibly sweet and romantic for a modern film, as are certain moments in 'A Very long Engagement'.

Other 'non-romance' films which involve scenes I find romantic include: 'Cinema Paradiso', (the end scenes of) 'The Apartment' [Wilder] and "A Matter of Life and Death" [P&P].

The most quoteable romantic film I've probably ever seen is "Cassablanca", but we reserved Brits don't do too badly with "Brief Encounter".

Shaun Rawding, Mosta, Malta

'The English Patient". I still cry every time I watch it.

Kim, Ottawa, Canada

i love Gone With the Wind but wouldn't really describe it as a romantic film.
Pride and Predudice (prefer the Firth and Ehle version though u could refer to the Knightly version as well) strikes me a classic romantic story, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is also great and though it may sound like an odd choice but A Walk to Remember also has a nice storyline (i've read the book, maybe that's why), though i agree that the best romantic films were made before this time e.g. Breakfast at Tiffany's,

ogo, london,

I suppose romance is seen as being for teenagers now a days. I have seen a number of films that are seen as teen romances because I suppose every feels you grow out of romance one you've had your first relationship and realise you won't be together forever. However they still echo the theme of finding one person in the world who understandand accepts you.
Some good teen movies to try are:

The Princess Diaries
She's all that
John Tucker must die
The Facualty (not strictly a romance but has the alien thing is just a reason for the group to form)
The Breakfast club
Pretty in Pink
and my personal favorite:
A walk to remember (have a some tissues handy - DO NOT watch if suicidal)

A couple of films I am supraised are missing are Amelie and The Piano.

Holly Dean - Young, Rotherham, England

I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her".

Notting Hill. Gets me every time!
Keith, Cornwall,

Nice in the movie, but as I discovered, living in Notting Hill too, it doesn't work... :-(

D, London, UK

The English Patient. Kristin Scott Thomas and Ralph Fiennes were just brilliant. The scene where they were dancing together for the first time...

Agnes, Wroclaw, Poland

The final scene of Chaplin's "city lights".
Impossable to watch dry eyed,no words and nearly
80 years old.unbeatable.

kevin widgery, london, england

Women in Love,
Far from the Madding Crowd
Both films where the lighting and the looks between characters are incredibly romantic and erotic.

Brannigan, Boston, USA

'Sense and Sensibility' when a rain-drenched Kate Winslet whispers a sonnet on the hill above her lover's house - absolutely heartbreaking, a beautiful evocation of lost love.

'Gladiator' - certainly not your archetypal romantic film, but when Connie Nielsen says to Russell Crowe 'I have felt alone my whole life, except with you,' tears well up at the thought of two characters forced to be political rather than private people, unable to touch each other. That stolen kiss in the middle of such a violent film is undeniably poignant.

'Shakespeare in Love' - Will tells Viola that 'You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die'. A poetic, painful goodbye, it sums up the idea of drama immortalising love and lovers and of clinging on to a lost love. Sob. Joe Fiennes' big puppydog eyes certainly help matters!

Naomi , York, United Kingdom

You had me at 'Hello'

Jerry Maguire

Tony Hayes, Ruislip, UK

I fall to pieces with the scene in The Horse Whisperer where Kirsten Scott Thomas is dancing with Robert Redford at the barn dance. They say nothing but the way they hold each other while the singer sings the wistful 'A Soft Place to Fall' is heart-tuggingly sublime.

Of your critics choices, I think Monsoon Wedding has the edge.

Keep romance alive in the movies!

Kathryn Brodie, Morden, Surrey

The Secretary when she is told to read out the letter

Peter, portsmouth,

I think some of the most romantic moments in film seem to be when the two characters either cannot or should not be together. Most of my favourites seem to fall within this context. A personal favourite that hasn't been mentioned yet is 'Blade Runner' when Decard goes against everything he believes in by falling in love with a replicant, and gets furstrated when he knows she feels the same but is scared. Vangelis' score also helped make this scene a classic.

Dale, Peterborough, UK

For me, 'Random Harvest' offers the quintessential romantic scene right at the end when a simple voice from a wisp of memory takes shape and becomes reality for Ronald Coleman's lost love. He turns round - remembers Greer Garson's name in a wondrous moment and rushes to meet her at the gate.

Another film that springs to mind is 'Maytime' where Jeanette Macdonald's diva is reunited on stage with former lover Nelson Eddy whilst her husband John Barrymore looks suspiciously from the wings. At one point, in the duet, she cannot hold back her feelings any longer and impusively reaches out to caress - to the chagrin of her husband and of her dresser who secretly knew of the relationship. Brilliant editing here as the camera switches from the stage to the wings and back.

As to Fay Weldon's premist on romance in film, as long as future generations can be peruaded to listen and glean from their elders there's always the chance that romance will happen.

Jack Conway, Denton, Manchester, England

zeferlli's romeo and julliet; gone with the wind; brief encounter; dr zhivago; casablanca; wuthering heights; lorna doone ghost; breakfast at tiffany's; an affair to remember; love story

neil murphy, cromer,

As a film maker myself, I regret your headline is on the button! There is so little romance in modern cinema; we must therefore be grateful for DVD and access to the classics of a half-century ago. My wife and I treasure our evenings in the company of GONE WITH THE WIND, CASABLANCA, BRIEF ENCOUNTER and NOW VOYAGER. But none moves us so much as our favourite, AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, a remake of "Love Affair" (1939). In the later Cary Grant-Deborah Kerr version, I defy men with hearts of steel to avoid tears when Grant discovers Deborah's crippling illness.

EUAN LLOYD, LONDON, UK

"I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her".

Notting Hill. Gets me every time!

Keith, Cornwall,

Zeferelli's Romeo and Juliet has got to be in the top twenty surely! What a beautiful film.

Naomi, London, UK

It has to be the ending of Breakfast at Tiffany's - with Holly, Fred and Cat in the rain when she realises that they all belong together - that's a real piece of film romance that struggles to be equaled.

Trudy, Cornwall,

The Ghost and Mrs Muir.

It's the most romantic ending I have seen.

Sonja Faria Rosa, London,

"The Notebook", my favourite romantic film in recent years. Movies like this do make me think: true love does still exist!!!

Wai-Chi Cheng, London, UK

The scene in 'Out of Africa' where Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) and Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) take off in his bi-plane and she reaches out to touch his hand behind her.

In 'Falling in Love' when Molly (Meryl Streep) and Frank (Robert de Niro) see each other on the train and know that despite trying to avoid an extra-marital affair they can't be without each other.

In both of these scenes no words are spoken - pure and unadulterated chemistry!

Jan Elliott, PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland

Moonstruck. When Nicholas Cage is waiting for Cher outside the Met, turns round and there she is looking spectacular. The look on his face lets you know he's a goner.... no need for words. (Of course, the Puccini helps!)

Sue S, Pinner, Middlesex

Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck were perfect. There was even a bedroom scene but no nudity or sex. Lovely, just perfect.

Jack Gamon, Sussex, England, England

The film of Dr Zhivago appears to bear no relation to the book, but it does seem to contain many of the themes that Fay Weldon says militate against romance: she's strong, he's an aimless weakling with no control over anything in his life, and the climax comes when he realises that only the slob with no values and no loyalty to anything can protect her.

But my lip quivers when I watch it. Or maybe all the romance lies in that darned music and not in the movie....

Ian Kemmish, Biggleswade, UK

"On the Waterfront"
"Return to Me"
"Pride and Prejudice" AKA "I Love Mr. Darcy" BBC
"Far from the Madding Crowd"
"African Queen"

Betty Tolsma, Schertz, Guadelupe/Texas

The Man and A Woman in the beginning. No dialogue just looks and music...wow!

Tiffany Blake Grant, Palm Desert, CA, USA

I think "The Notebook" is a very romantic movie. Norah and Allie, their true love overcomes many difficulties, the class discrimination, the disagreement of Allie's mom, etc. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams' performance is excellent, too.

Na Zhang, Fuzhou, China

"A place in the sun". Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters. Directed by George Stevens. Based on Dreiser's novel "An american tragedy". Most romantic scenes, the first meeting of the couple in the billiards room, and the goodbye in prison.
Also "Casque d'or". Cast: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin. Directed by Jacques Becker.

Emilio Daireaux, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1. Casablanca - the final scene between Rick and Ilsa at the airport.
2. Bladerunner - Man falls for machine - the 'Piano Scene" between Rachel and Deckard.
3,. Sommersby. Jodie Foster and Richard Gere.

Vivian Simonelli , Melbourne, Australia

The most romantic movie I ever seen, "Casque d'or". Serge Reggiani, Simone Signoret, Claude Dauphin. Directed by Jacques Becker. Is a story of romantic love over an impresionist landscape seems like Renoir or Monet paintings. A love story with a tragic end.
A second one "A place in the sun. Directed by George Stevens based on Dreiser's novel "An american tragedy". Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters. Romantic scenes the first meeting at billiards room, the goodbye in prison.

Emilio Daireaux, Buenos Aires, Argentina

why your list is not included NOTORIOUS movie ?!

It is Alfred Hitchcock's most romantic movie casting Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman and is famous because of it's longest kiss in cinema history.
The chemistry between ALICIA and DEVLIN is unique.

Please add it to the list. It is far better from most of these movies in the list.

Mike, Dubai, UAE

Goodbye Again. An estranged couple Yves Montand and Ingrid Bergman are dancing with other partners, they pass each other and he gives her a look of utter longing, I still remember it forty years later.

Elspeth Ash, Thornhill, Ontario Canada