The 90s was kind of an edgy decade in which a lot of different things in terms of entertainment were taking on a new look, using new attitudes, and even bringing up new ideas to the film industry in terms of romance. It began to get pretty interesting throughout the decade as romance stories started to showcase a few topics here and there that had been seen before but were now being released to generations that hadn’t understood what was going on decades earlier. In all honesty romance doesn’t change that much from decade to decade but the methods used to deliver it tend to switch up now and again in order to keep it entertaining and amusing so as not to bore the audience and allow them to seek other forms of entertainment that will keep them interested instead of loading them down with sugary, sticky dialogue that doesn’t do anything for the movie.
Here are a few romance movies from the 90s that were considered some of the best.
5. 10 Things I Hate About You
You might roll your eyes at teenage romance since far too often it’s so fleeting and seems to begin and end with the current school day, but this movie at least has something to say in terms of how it goes down on a regular basis. Teenage hormones plus the feelings of love that emerge when boys and girls see one another in a different light for the first time are a dangerous mix. Put them together with the added drama that’s so readily available by the truckload in high school and you get a volatile concoction that can cause massive blowback and collateral damage to anyone in the vicinity when the real fireworks start.
4. Titanic
Was anyone else kind of waylaid by the fact that James Cameron, someone that’s known for unearthly films that leave you quaking in your seat, was responsible for making one of history’s greatest tragedies into a love story? Seriously, take a ship that was supposed to be unsinkable and two strangers that are both attractive and have unfulfilled lives to lead and put all that together and you have a story that is far and away from anything like the Terminator or Aliens movies. It wasn’t bad really since there were moments in which the romance was tempered by bits of brief comedy and drama, but otherwise it was just kind of a surprise.
3. Sleepless in Seattle
Kids looking out for their parents is nothing too new but it’s also not quite the norm in romantic movies since kids tend to be the ones that need to be taken care of, not the adults. But in this movie you see a son openly state that his father needs a new wife. Obviously the kid got over the fact that his mother was gone and wanted his dad to be happy, which is a big plus. However, telling the world that he needed another wife is just an opening for someone and anyone to start trying to fill that gap when the guy might not be quite ready just yet. Of course when he met the perfect woman things just started clicking it seems.
2. One Fine Day
This movie didn’t get nearly enough love since it is pretty touching and it does still translate to today’s romantic scene since Clooney plays the aging man-child that has yet to fully mature and Pfieffer plays the career-driven single mom that feels the need to control every little aspect of her day to the point that it drives her crazy even as she tries to keep it all together. In any relationship there has to be balance, but the finding of said balance is something that can drive both people that enter into such a relationship crazy until they find their equilibrium and decide to go with it and see what will happen.
1. Pretty Woman
This is one of the best modern Cinderella stories even decades after it came out since it details the life of a woman living day to day in a job that a lot of people look down on and even judge women by and the changing of her luck when a very rich man picks her up one night. It was only supposed to be a temporary thing but obviously the man began to have feelings for her despite the cool facade he wore so often, while the prostitute with the heart of gold, as the label goes, started feeling something as well. The only trouble was the social stigma that went along with it and how the two of them viewed the looks and talk that was aimed in their direction. Obviously things worked out, but it was an uphill climb for the entire movie.
Romance stories are more than just sap after all.
Follow Us
