PrintThis week, editors reveal their favorite romantic film scenes.
1. Clueless: Josh and Cher on the staircase—“Are you saying that you care about me?” Melts my heart, without fail. Every time.
-Devin Briski, Managing Features Editor
2. Lost in Translation: A fifty-something-year-old kissing a twenty-year-old would be disgusting in any other movie, but at the end of the movie when Bill Murray’s and Scarlett Johansson’s characters meet for the last time, the kiss they share is tender, deserved and heartbreaking.
-Paul Hsaio, Interview Editor
3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard’s kiss in the rain at the end of the film is simply classic.
-Claire Fu, Books Editor
4. Top Gun: Tom Cruise, pre-scientology days, SS Maverick rolls up on his motorcycle, aviators and all, just at dusk and woos Kelly McGillis as Charlie to the sweet tune of ‘Take My Breath Away.’ It takes my breath away.
-Allison Malecha, Style Editor
5. Eternal Sunshine: That 15-second scene in which Clementine’s flashing back to her dolls as a kid, and then Joel tells her she’s pretty, and then kisses her. Gets me every time. No snark—it’s just beautiful, and makes you feel enormously shitty about your own love life (or lack thereof.)
–Amanda Cormier, Deputy Features Editor
6. Team America: World Police: Never in my life have I been so turned on by inanimate objects.
-Steven Strauss, Theater Editor
7. Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Usually I go back and forth on which is better—the sex scene or the fight scene. In this movie, I don’t have to choose!
–Zach Dyer, Managing Editor, Arts
8. Annie Hall: Not long before their relationship turns into a “dead shark,” Alvy and Annie’s body make love while her ghost sits by the bed. Probably the best worst sex scene ever.
-Daryl Seitchik, View from Here Editor
9. Shakespeare in Love: When Shakespeare and Viola finally address their sexual tension, he has to undress her from the “boy” costume she’s been acting in the entire film—never have a fake mustache and binding been used in so sexy a scene.
-Rachel Allen, Film Editor
10. Moulin Rouge: Christian tries to recite poetry to Satine while she tries to seduce him and he finally fends off her wily ways by breaking out into Elton John’s “Your Song.”
-Sara Logan Hofstein, TV Editor