Romantic Movies Give Us Unrealistic Expectations of Love
Romantic movies give us unrealistic expectations of love. How the couple meets, at first they hate each other, but in so many, they also fall in love so fast. They barely (or even not at all) know each other, and somehow fall head over heels for each other. So much of the time, the two don’t even seem to take the time to get to know each other before they seem to fall deeply and madly in love.
It doesn’t matter if the movie is animated or not, if it’s romantic, it’s bound to be unrealistic. In the 1950 Disney animated classic Cinderella, fantasy stuff aside, the prince falls in love with Cinderella after just seeing and dancing with her at the ball. He knows nothing about her except how she looks and the sound of her voice. This gives children the idea that as long as you fancy up and just show up, you’re gonna find true love. Then you get hit with reality and realize that that is not how love goes, it’s a long process.
In John Lennon’s song “Mind Games” he says, “Love is the flower you have to let grow,” and that is so true. In romantic films, the love seems to blossom almost right away, unless it is based on a true story. They show how love can happen in the blink of an eye, which isn’t true. Hopeless romantics will many times buy into fictional film versions of falling in love, then realize that’s not how it really is.
Love is not formed at first sight, it needs time to grow, you need to get to know the person first. Movies come out every year with plotlines filled with silly love stories that could never happen in real life. Why do directors do this? Because who wants to see a film where the couple’s love forms slowly like in real life. Who wants to set and watch a couple talk and casually date for weeks or more? Not many. Audiences want to get straight to the meat of the tale, straight to lovey dovey, mushy gushy stuff. They don’t care that much about how the couple fell in love, they just want them to fall in love.
No great, lasting relationship of any kind happens right away, but movie directors seem to always erase that fact. We are lead into fantasy worlds where couples who weren’t fond of each other, end up living happily ever after. The nerd or geek when the heart of the hot jock, the pauper wins the heart of a rich character, the couple that hated each other at first, end up head over heels, yes these scenarios can happen, but there is a low chance. Not many people end up living that happy for life lifestyle, and just because the lovers ride off in a carriage or on a horse or whatever in the end of the story, that’s it, toll credits. You don’t know what happens afterward (unless there is a sequel). The couple could up seperating, divorcing, etc. That is not what Disney and other production companies want people to know.
Children need to learn the real ways of relationships, the smooth and the rocky, and that not all couples are happy and that many aren’t meant to be together. I’m not saying children to see abusive marriages and stuff like that, but just not the sugarcoated stories that are marketed to them. They need to learn that no relationship is perfect like those on screen. Love takes time and it’s time that films start showing more of that.
Love is not perfect, so come on directors, show a real kind of relationship.
Top 150 Greatest Crime Movies and Documentaries
- The French Connection – 1971
- Tales of the Grim Sleeper – 2014
- The Usual Susoects – 1995
- The Act of Killing – 2012
- The Big Sleep – 1946
- The Thin Blue Line – 1988
- Pulp Fiction – 1994
- Murder on a Sunday Morning – 2001
- Chinatown – 1974
- O.J.: Made in America – 2016
- Goodfellas – 1990
- The Imposter – 2012
- The Godfather – 1972
- Brother’s Keeper – 1992
- The Godfather Part II – 1974
- Tower – 2016
- Heat – 1995
- Bus 174 – 2002
- Scarface – 1983
- F for Fake – 1973
- Fargo – 1996
- Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art – 2020
- L.A. Confidential – 1997
- Capturing the Friedmans – 2003
- City of God – 2002
- Animal Kingdom – 2010
- Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father – 2008
- Trainspotting – 1996
- Lost for Life – 2013
- Rocco and His Brothers – 1960
- Mommy Dead and Dearest – 2017
- Graduation – 2016
- Sour Grapes – 2016
- Mystic River – 2003
- The Central Park Five – 2012
- The Big Risk – 1960
- The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden – 2013
- Grisbi – 1954
- The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz – 2014
- The Last Seduction – 1994
- Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop – 2015
- The Silence of the Lambs – 1991
- The Newburgh Sting – 2014
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – 2020
- The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman – 2001
- The Departed – 2006
- The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer – 1992
- Widows – 2018
- The Cheshire Murders – 2013
- Sweet Sixteen – 2002
- The Grifters – 1990
- Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills – 1996
- Drug War – 2012
- Into the Abyss – 2011
- Traffic – 2000
- 1971 – 2014
- In the Bedroom – 2001
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley – 2019
- Boys Don’t Cry – 1999
- Our Father – 2022
- Dreamcatcher – 2015
- Murder to Mercy: The Cyntonia Brown Story – 2020
- The Murder of Fred Hampton – 1971
- Sophie: A Murder in West Cork – 2021
- The Executioner’s Song – 1982
- The Hunting Ground – 2015
- Serpico – 1973
- WeWork: Or the Making of $47 Billion Unicorn – 2021
- The Fugitive – 1993
- Fyre – 2019
- In Cold Blood – 1967
- Museo – 2018
- Baby God – 2020
- Hell or High Water – 2016
- American Murder: The Family Next Door – 2020
- Band of Outsiders – 1964
- The Tinder Swindler – 2022
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – 2017
- Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist – 2022
- On the Waterfront – 1954
- Abducted in Plain Sight – 2017
- Assault on Precinct 13 – 1976
- The Girl in the Picture – 2022
- American Hustle – 2013
- 13th – 2016
- United 93 – 2006
- Athlete A – 2020
- A Bright Summer Day – 1991
- Strong Island – 2017
- The Crying Game – 1992
- The Fog of War – 2003
- No Country for Old Men – 2007
- 4 Little Girls – 1997
- Cool Hand Luke – 1967
- Big Men – 2013
- Badlands – 1973
- Time – 2020
- Elevator to the Gallows – 1958
- Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 – 2017
- Taxi Driver – 1976
- I Called Him Morgan – 2016
- Double Indemnity – 1944
- Citizenfour – 2014
- Mean Streets – 1973
- Crime + Punishment – 2018
- 12 Angry Men – 1957
- Deliver Us from Evil – 2006
- Rififi – 1955
- Red Roll Red – 2018
- Touch of Evil – 1958
- The Night of the Hunter – 1955
- The Good Nurse – 2022
- My Friend Dahmer – 2017
- Audrie & Daisy – 2016
- L’Argent – 1983
- Charm City – 2018
- Tell Me Who I Am – 2019
- Shoplifters – 2018
- White Boy – 2017
- Why Did You Kill Me? – 2021
- The Red Circle – 1970
- Uncut Gems – 2019
- 16 Shots – 2018
- The Seven Five – 2014
- The Ladykillers – 1955
- The Wolf of Wall Street – 2013
- Pervert Park – 2014
- Team Foxcatcher – 2016
- Foxcatcher – 2014
- Dark Waters – 2019
- A Prophet – 2009
- 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets – 2015
- Private Violence – 2014
- Bonnie and Clyde – 1967
- The Fear of 13 – 2015
- Gangs of Wasseypur – 2012
- Piccadilly – 1929
- Bernie – 2011
- Man Bites Dog – 1992
- Bowling for Columbine – 2002
- The Phantom – 2021
- Capote – 2005
- Strangers on a Train – 1951
- Collective – 2019
- Icarus – 2017
- To Kill a Mockingbird – 1962
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room – 2005
- Inside Job – 2010
- Amanda Knox – 2016
- Gomorrah – 2008
The 110 Most Iconic Movie Dresses of All Time
- Jean Harlow – Dinner at Eight (1933)
- Judy Garland – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Vivien Leigh – Gone With the Wind (1939)
- Rita Hayworth – Gilda (1946)
- Marilyn Monroe – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Grace Kelly – Rear Window (1954)
- Marilyn Monroe – The Seven Year Itch (1955)
- Grace Kelly – High Society (1956)
- Natalie Wood – West Side Story (1961)
- Elizabeth Taylor – Cleopatra (1963)
- Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music (1965)
- Diana Ross – Mohogany (1975)
- Olivia Newton John – Grease (1978)
- Jennifer Grey – Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman (1990)
- Kate Winslet – Titanic (1997)
- Reese Witherspoon – Legally Blonde (2001)
- Jennifer Lopez – Maid in Manhattan (2002)
- Anne Hathaway – The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- Amy Adams – Enchanted (2007)
- Isla Fisher – Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
- Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I (2011)
- Emma Stone – La la Land (2016)
- Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
- Emma Watson – Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- Lily James – Cinderella (2015)
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City 2 (2010)
- Keira Knightley – Atonement (2007)
- Anika Noni Rose, Beyonce Knowles, and Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls (2006)
- Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- Anne Hathaway – The Princess Diaries (2001)
- Audrey Hepburn – May Fair Lady (1964)
- Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
- Leslie Caron – Gigi (1958)
- Grace Kelly – To Catch a Thief (1955)
- Dorothy Dandridge – Carmen Jones (1954)
- Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina (1954)
- Elizabeth Taylor – A Place in the Sun (1951)
- Ingrid Bergman – Casablanca (1942)
- Billie Burke – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Katherine Hepburn – Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Fay Wray – King Kong (1933)
- Julie Christie – Shampoo (1975)
- Audrey Hepburn – Two For the Road (1967)
- Mia Farrow – The Great Gatsby (1974)
- Sharon Stone – Casino (1995)
- Maggie Cheung – In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Julia Roberts – Mystic Pizza (1988)
- Sophia Loren – Arabesque (1966)
- Goldie Hawn – Death Becomes Her (1992)
- Marlene Dietritch – A Foreign Affair (1948)
- Ginger Rogers – Swing Time (1936)
- Ava Gardner – The Killers (1946)
- Lauren Bacall – To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Anita Ekberg – La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Molly Ringwald – Pretty in Pink (1986)
- Michelle Pfeiffer – Scarface (1983)
- Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins (1964)
- Jennifer Gardner – 13 Going on 30 (2004)
- Carrie Fisher – Star Wars (1977)
- Keira Knightley – Anna Karenina (2012)
- Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games (2012)
- Deborah Kerr – The King and I (1956)
- Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
- Nicole Kidman – Moulin Rouge (2001)
- Jennifer Connelly – Labyrinth (1986)
- Carey Mulligan – The Great Gatsby (2013)
- Kirsten Dunst – Marie Antionette (2006)
- Gleen Close – Dangerous Liasons (1988)
- Rachel McAdams – The Notebook (2004)
- Robin Wright – The Princess Bride (1987)
- Julie Christie – Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- Kate Hudson – How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
- Rachel McAdams – The Vow (2012)
- Julia Roberts – Runaway Bride (1999)
- Jane Russell – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Maya Rudolph – Bridesmaids (2011)
- Audrey Hepburn – Funny Face (1957)
- Moira Shearer – The Red Shoes (1948)
- Katherine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- NIa Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
- Drew Barrymore – Never Been Kissed (1999)
- Kim Basinger – LA Confidential (1997)
- Doris Day – Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
- Elsa Lanchester – The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Toni Collette – Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
- Jessica Rabbit – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice (1988)
- All the dresses in Sissi (1955)
- Catherine Deneuve – Belle du Jour (1967)
- Catherine Deneuve – Donkey Skin (1970)
- Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night (1934)
- Ginger Rogers – Carefree (1938)
- Bette Davis – Dark Victory (1939)
- Gene Tierney – The Razor’s Edge (1946)
- Lucille Ball – The Long, Long Trailer (1953)
- Lauren Bacall – How To Marry a Millionaire (1953)
- Shirley Jones – Oklahoma! (1955)
- Brigitte Bardot – And God Created Woman (1956)
- Sophia Loren – Houseboat (1958)
- Ann-Margaret – Viva Las Vegas (1964)
- Katherine Ross – The Graduate (1967)
- Barbara Streisand – Funny Girl (1968)
- Candice Bergen – The Adventurers (1968)
- Simonetta Stanfanelli – The Godfather (1972)
- Talia Shire – The Godfather (1972)
- Meryl Streep – Out of Africa (1985)
- Shari Headley – Coming to America (1988)
- Julia Roberts – Steel Magnolias (1989)
- Alicia Silverstone – Clueless (1995)
Greatest Film Songs of All Time
- All That Jazz – Chicago (2002)
- Lose Yourself – 8 Mile (2002)
- Seems Like Old Times – Annie Hall (1977)
- (I’ve Had ) The Time of My Life – Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Arthur’s Theme (The Best That You Can Do) – Arthur (1981)
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- Isn’t It Romantic? – Love Me Tonight (1932
- Summer Nights – Grease (1978)
- Streets of Philadelphia – Philadelphia (1993)
- My Favorite Things – The Sound of Music (1965)
- Tonight – West Side Story (1961)
- Suicide is Painless – M*A*S*H (1970)
- (I’m a) Yankee Doodle Dandy – Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Rainbow Connection – The Muppet Movie (1979)
- The Shadow of Your Smile – The Sandpiper (1965)
- I’m Easy – Nashville (1975)
- The Rose – The Rose (1979)
- Buttons and Bows – The Paleface (1948)
- Let the River Run – Working Girl (1988)
- Long Ago (and Far Away) – Cover Girl (1944)
- Do Ri Me – The Sound of Music (1965)
- Put the Blame on Mame – Gilda (1946)
- 9 to 5 – Nine to Five (1980)
- Up Where We Belong – An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
- Good Morning – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- On the Good Ship Lollipop – Bright Eyes (1934)
- No Body Does It Better – The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
- Thanks for the Memories -The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
- Get Happy – Summer Stock (1950)
- Flashdance… What a Feeling – Flashdance (1983)
- Goldfinger – Goldfinger (1964)
- Fame – Fame (1980)
- Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- Don’t Rain on My Parade – Funny Girl (1968)
- Wind Beneath My Wings – Beaches (1988)
- New York, New York – On the Town (1949)
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Mary Poppins (1964)
- Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – Shall We Dance (1937)
- Stormy Weather – Stormy Weather (1943)
- Some Enchanted Evening – South Pacific (1958)
- ‘Ol Man River – Show Boat (1936)
- Everybody’s Talkin’ – Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- Caberet – Caberet (1972)
- Evergreen (Love Theme from ‘A Star is Born’) – A Star is Born (1976)
- My Heart Will Go On – Titanic (1997)
- Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- The Sound of Music – The Sound of Music (1965)
- When You Wish Upon a Star – Pinocchio (1940)
- Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
- As TIme Goes By – Casablanca (1942)
- High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’) – High Noon (1952)
- America – West Side Story (1961)
- Make ‘Em Laugh – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- Summertime – Porgy and Bess (1959)
- Get Happy – Summer Stock (1950)
- Beauty and the Beast – Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- The Windmills of Your Mind – The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
- Shall We Dance? – The King and I (1956)
- Rock Around the Clock – Blackboard Jungle (1955)
- That’s Entertainment – The Bandwagon (1953)
- The Way You Look Tonight – Swing Time (1936)
- Fight the Power – Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Theme from Shaft – Shaft (1971)
- Aquarius – Hair (1979)
- Born to be Wild – Easy Rider (1969)
- The Trolley Song – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- Jailhouse Rock – Jailhouse Rock (1957)
- Someday My Prince Will Come – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- I Could Have Danced All Night – My Fair Lady (1964)
- Cheek to CHeek – Top Hat (1935)
- People – Funny Girl (1968)
- The Man That Got Away – A Star is Born (1954)
- Stayin’ Alive – Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- Mrs. Robinson – The Graduate (1967)
- Singin’ in the Rain – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- Over the Rainbow – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Way We Were – The Way We Were (1973)
- Somewhere – West Side Story (1961)
- I Got Rhythm – An American in Paris (1951)
- Swinging on a Star – Going My Way (1944)
- Days of Wine and Roses – Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
- Luck Be a Lady – Guys and Dolls (1955)
- Hakuna Matata – The Lion King (1994)
- To Sir, With Love – To Sir, With Love (1967)
- Purple Rain – Purple Rain (1984)
- In Your Eyes – Say Anything (1989)
- White Christmas – Holiday Inn (1942)
- A Whole New World – Aladdin (1992)
- Gangsta’s Paradise – Dangerous Minds (1995)
- You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Toy Story (1995)
- Stuck in the Middle With You – Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- I Have Nothing – The Bodyguard (1992)
- Skyfall – Skyfall (2012)
- Against All Odds – Against All odds (1984)
- St. Elmo’s Fire – St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
- Gonna Fly Now – Rocky (1976)
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight – The Lion King (1994)
- Live and Let Die – Live and Let Die (1973)
- Shallow – A Star is Born (2018)
- Hopelessly Devoted – Grease (1978)
- Unhained Melody – Ghost (1990)
- The Power of Love – Back to the Future (1985)
- Footloose – Footloose (1984)
- Circle of Life – The Lion King (1994)
- Don’t You Forget Abour Me – The Breakfast Club (1985)
- Maniac – Flashdance (1983)
- They Can’t Take That Away from Me – Shall We Dance (1937)
- Jeepers Creepers – Going Places (1938)
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Buck Privates (1941)
- Baby Mine – Dumbo (1941)
- Chattanooga Choo Choo – Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
- I Fall In Love Too Easily – Anchors Aweigh (1945)
- Baby It’s Cold Outside – Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening – Here Comes the Groom (1951)
- Secret Love – Calamity Jane (1953)
- Three Coins in the Fountain – Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
- Love is a Many Splendored Thing – Love is a Many Splebdored Thing (1955)
- High Hopes – A Hole in the Head (1959)
- Alfie – Alfie (1966)
- The Look of Love – Casino Royale (1967)
- The Bare Necessities – The Jungle Book (1967)
- I Just Called to Say I Love You – The Woman in Red (1984)
- Let’s Hear it for the Boy – Footloose (1984)
- Take My Breath Away – Top Gun (1986)
- Under the Sea – The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Be Our Guest – Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- A Wink and a Smile – Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- Colors of the Wind – Pochahontas (1995)
- Part of Your World – The Little Mermaid (1989)
- You’ll Be in My Heart – Tarzan (1999)
- Strangers Like Me – Tarzan (1999)
- Save Me – Magnolia (1999)
- If I Didn’t Have You – Monsters Inc. (2001)
- The Hands That Built America – Gangs of New York (2001)
- Scarlet Tide – Cold Mountain (2003)
- Falling Slowly – Once (2007)
- Jai Ho – Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
- The Weary Kind – Crazy Heart (2009)
- Down in New Orleans – The Princess and the Frog (2009)
- We Belong Together – Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Let It Go – Frozen (2013)
- Glory – Selma (2014)
- Writing’s on the Wall – Spectre (2015)
- City of Stars – La La Land (2016)
- How Far I’ll Go – Moana (2016)
- Remember Me – Coco (2017)
- When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
- Stand Up – Harriet (2019)
- I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away – Toy Story 4 (2019)
- Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
- No Time to Die – No Time to DIe (2021)
- Down to Joy – Belfast (2021)
- Be Alive – King Richard (2021)
- When She Loved Me – Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Wise Up – Magnolia (1999)
- Eye of the Tiger – Rocky III (1982)
- It Might Be You – Tootsie (1982)
- I’ll Wait For You – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
- Charade – Charade (1963)
- A Kiss to Build a Dream on – The Strip (1951)
- Pennies from Heaven – Pennies from Heaven (1936)
- I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Born to Dance (1936)
- It Might as Well be Spring – State Fair (1945)
- That Old Black Magic – Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
- Whatever Lola Wants – Damn Yankees (1958)
- Steam Heat – The Pajama Game (1957)
- Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered) – Pal Joey (1957)
- Oh What a Beautiful Morning – Oklahoma! (1955)
- Getting to Know You – The King and I (1956)
- If I Were a Rich Man – Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
- And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going – Dreamgirls (2006)
- I’ve Got the Sun in the Morning – Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
- I Enjoy Being a Girl – Flower Drum Song (1961)
- Put on Your Sunday Clothes – Hello, Dolly! (1969)
- Le Jazz Hot – Victor/Victoria (1982)
- Mein Herr – Cabaret (1972)
- People Will Say We’re in Love – Oklahoma! (1955)
- A Hard Day’s Night – A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
- Pure Imagination – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- Where the Lost Things Go – Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
- The Time Warp – The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- 76 Trombones – The Music Man (1962)
- Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
- Easter Parade – Easter Parade (1948)
- Put on a Happy Face – Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
- Help! – Help! (1965)
- Too Darn Hot – Kiss Me Kate (1953)
- Pinball Wizard – Tommy (1975)
- Love, Rein O’re Me – Quadrophenia (1979)
- (You Gotta) Have Heart – Damn Yankees (1958)
- The Real Me – Quadrophenia (1979)
- You Only Live Twice – You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Diamonds Are Forever – Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Nobody Does it Better – The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
- Rich Man’s Frug – Sweet Charity (1969)
- Big Spender – Sweet Charity (1969)
- Earned It – 50 Shades of Grey (2015)
- The Empty Chair – Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
- See You Again – Furious 7 (2015)
Greatest Fantasy Films of All Time
- Highlander – 1986
- Labyrinth – 1986
- Nanny McPhee – 2005
- The City of Lost Children – 1995
- Big Fish – 2003
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – 2005
- Stardust – 2007
- The Spiderwick Chronicles – 2008
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – 2001
- Jason and the Argonauts – 1963
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – 1971
- Life of Pi – 2012
- The BFG – 2016
- Matilda – 1996
- Pinocchio – 2019
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec – 2010
- Where the Wild Things Are – 2009
- The Dark Crystal – 1982
- Nanny McPhee Returns – 2010
- Sleepy Hollow – 1999
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – 2013
- Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – 2003
- Edward Scissorhands – 1990
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 2009
- The Witches – 1990
- The Adventures of Baron Muchausen – 1988
- The Spirit of the Beehive – 1973
- Beauty and the Beast – 2017
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 2004
- Enchanted – 2007
- Mary Poppins – 1964
- Pete’s Dragon – 2016
- The Princess Bride – 1987
- A Monster Calls – 2016
- The Wizard of Oz – 1939
- Ugetsu – 1953
- Mary Poppins Returns – 2018
- The Thief of Bagdad – 1924
- Orpheus – 1950
- Blancanieves – 2012
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – 2016
- Time Bandits – 1981
- Bridge to Tarabithia – 2007
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – 2002
- Tale of Tales – 2015
- The Holy Mountain – 1973
- Excalibur – 1981
- The Neverending Story – 1984
- The Hobbit: An Expected Journey – 2012
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – 2007
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I – 2010
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – 2005
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II – 2011
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – 2001
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit – 1988
- The Thief of Bagdad – 1940
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 2003
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 2002
- Pan’s Labyrinth – 2006
- Enter the Void – 2009
- A Ghost Story – 2017
- The Purple Rose of Cairo – 1985
- Coraline – 2009
- Jumanji – 1995
- Aladdin – 1992
- Princess Mononoke – 1997
- King Kong – 2005
- Big – 1988
- The Red Shoes – 1948
- My Neighbor Totoro – 1988
- Spirited Away – 2001
- Fantasia – 1940
- The Nightmare Before Christmas – 1993
- Beauty and the Beast – 1991
- Hugo – 2011
- Wings of Desire – 1987
- Shrek – 2001
- Toy Story – 1995-2019
- Alice in Wonderland – 1951
- The Taste of Tea – 2004
- It’s a Wonderful Life – 1946
- Orlando – 1996
- Pinocchio – 1940
- King Kong – 1933
- The Exterminating Angel – 1962
- The Secret of Kells – 2009
- Kwaidan – 1964
- Russian Ark – 2002
- Frozen – 2013
- Coco – 2017
- Juliet of the Spirits – 1965
- Blood of a Poet – 1932
- Field of Dreams – 1989
- Celine and Julie Go Boating – 1974
- Tigers Are Not Afraid – 2017
- Cabin in the Sky – 1943
- Howl’s Moving Castle – 2004
- Luca – 2021
- The Little Mermaid – 1989
- Beetlejuice – 1988
Most Visually Stunning Films of All Time
- Barry Lyndon – 1975
- Children of Men – 2006
- Days of Heaven – 1978
- Pan’s labyrinth – 2006
- Spartacus – 1960
- The Master – 2012
- Vertigo – 1958
- Fanny and Alexander – 1982
- Chinatown – 1974
- Blade Runner – 1982
- 2001: A Space Odyssey – 1968
- Contempt – 1963
- Floating Weeds – 1959
- Pierrot Le Fou – 1965
- Singin’ in the Rain – 1952
- The Godfather – 1972
- The Godfather Part II – 1974
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp – 1943
- Gravity – 2013
- The Revenant – 2015
- The Tree of Life – 2011
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – 2014
- Hugo – 2011
- The Night of the Hunter – 1955
- Arrival – 2016
- Mank – 2020
- Mullholland Dr. – 2001
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory – 1971
- Gone With the Wind – 1939
- La La Land – 2016
- The Red Shoes – 1948
- Maleficent – 2014
- Carnival of Souls – 1962
- Suspiria – 1977
- Big Fish – 2003
- Russian Ark – 2002
- Life of Pi – 2012
- The Lovely Bones – 2009
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – 2004
- 1917 – 2019
- The Sound of Music – 1965
- The Wizard of Oz – 1939
- Black Swan – 2010
- Star Wars – 1977
- Amelie – 2001
- Interstellar – 2014
- Belle De Jour – 1967
- Cries and Whispers – 1972
- Lawrence of Arabia – 1962
- No Country for Old Men – 2007
- Wild Strawberries – 1957
- Persona – 1966
- Melancholia – 2011
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – 2001-2003
- The Truman Show – 1998
- The Matrix – 2001
- Don’t Look Now – 1973
- 8 1/2 – 1963
- Apocalypse Now – 1979
- Black Narcissus – 1947
- The Spirit of the Beehive – 1973
- Samsara – 2011
- Cloud Atlas – 2012
- Solaris – 1972
- In the Mood for Love – 2000
- Playtime – 1967
- The Impossible – 2012
- The Shining – 1980
- Fantasia – 1940
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – 1964
- Once Upon a Time in the West – 1968
- Schindler’s List – 1993
- Metropolis – 1927
- The Passion of Joan of Arc – 1928
- Enter the Void – 2009
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s – 1961
- Harry Potter Series – 2001-2011
- Titanic – 1997
- A Clockwork Orange – 1971
- Braveheart – 1995
- The Pianist – 2002
- The Road – 2009
- Amadeus – 1984
- Skyfall – 2012
- Raise the Red Lantern – 1991
- The Phantom Carriage – 1927
- Alphaville – 1965
- Eraserhead – 1977
- House – 1977
- The Birds – 1963
- Spirited Away – 2001
- Paprika – 2006
- Princess Mononoke – 1997
- Howl’s Moving Castle – 2004
- The Secret of Kelis – 2009
- Loving Vincent – 2017
- The Triplets of Belleville – 2003
- Kirikou and the Sorceress – 1998
- The Searchers – 1956
- The Last Emperor – 1987
Top Feminist Films Part 1
- Hidden Figures – 2016
- The First Wives Club – 1996
- Wild – 2014
- A League of Their Own – 1992
- Roma – 2018
- The Joy Luck Club – 1993
- Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – 1975
- The Passion of Joan of Arc -1928
- The Trouble With Angels – 1966
- Nine to Five – 1980
- I’ve Heard the Mermaids Signing – 1987
- The Color Purple – 1985
- Frida – 2002
- Little Women – 1933, 1949, 1994, 2019
- Queen of Katwe – 2016
- Persepolis – 2007
- Mustang – 2015
- Girlhood- 2014
- All Bout Eve – 1950
- Desperately Seeking Susan – 1985
- Erin Brockovich – 2000
- His Girl Friday – 1940
- Cleo from 5 to 7 – 1962
- A Woman Under the Influence – 1974
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – 2007
- Diary of a Lost Girl – 1929
- Orlando – 1992
- The Silence of the Lambs – 1991
- Rosetta – 1999
- One Sings, the Other Doesn’t – 1977
- My Brilliant Career – 1979
- The Circle – 2000
- Working Girl – 1988
- All About My Mother 1999
- Zero Dark Thirty – 2012
- Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – 1974
- Norma Rae – 1979
- The Women – 1939
- The Kids Are Alright – 2010
- Princess Mononoke – 1997
- My Life to Live – 1962
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – 1964
- The Day I Became a Woman – 2000
- Mystic Pizza – 1988
- Smooth Talk – 1985
- Suffragette – 2015
- Coal Miner’s Daughter – 1980
- Certain Women – 2016
- 20th Century Women – 2016
- Legally Blonde – 2001
- Whale Rider – 2002
- Daughters of the Dust – 1991
- On the Basis of Sex – 2018
- Lady Sings the Blues – 1972
- North Country – 2005
- Confirmation – 2016
- The United States vs. Billie Holiday – 2021
- The Help – 2011
- The Best of Enemies – 2019
- Appropriate Behavior – 2014