Period Romance

A strong secondary favorite of mine, I have watched A LOT of period romance dramas. This list is not complete at this time, but I hope to continually add to it.

1. North and South (BBC with the heavenly Richard Armitage)
2. Jane Eyre (My fav- Masterpiece Theater's version, 2006)
3. Pride and Prejudice (BBC with Colin Firth, but I also really like the new one)
4. Persuasion (LOVE the 1995 version with Ciaran HInds)
5. The Young Victoria
6. The Last of the Mohicans (with Danial Day-Lewis)
7. The Painted Veil
8. Jodhaa Akbar
9. The Three Musketeers (Disney, 1993)
10. Moulin Rouge
11. Shakespeare in Love
12. Stage Beauty
13. Ever After
14. Tristan and Isolde
15. Mansfield Park (1999)
16. Emma (1996)
17. Possession (mix of modern day and period settings)
18. Nicholas Nickleby

Fantasy Romance

I will start with my favorite cross-genre: fantasy romance. I am going to start this list with as many as I can and (hopefully) add more later. These are by no means ranked nor are they all favorites- but I have watched them all =) They span a variety of age ranges and time periods. The romantic themes may not be the main story plot, but are present.

1. Penelope
2. Twilight Saga
3. Stardust
4. Lady Hawk
5. Practical Magic
6. Blood and Chocolate
7. Lost in Austen
8. The Illusionist
9. The Secret of Moonacre
10. Ondine
11. Beastly
12. Snow White: A Tale of Terror
13. Somewhere in Time
14. Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog
15. Chocolat

Love, Action, Adventure

I love movies, especially romantic ones. Who doesn't? But I find that I am in the mood for something specific from tragic, star-crossed lovers to 80s high school romances to sweeping period epics. But I have never really found a good list of movies based on rankings more specific than "romance" followed by "drama" or "comedy". Given the wide range of movies with love stories in them, I wanted to add some of my lists for favorite movies of different genres that all have a good romantic plot (or subplot). These are not ranked in any particular order, I will try to update them as I find/see/recall movies that fit my categories.