10 Best Summer Romance Movies

Best Summer Romance Films

The 10 Best of anything always leaves out some really good candidates, so when I saw that Liz Hoggard, a great film critic that I really enjoy reading, came out with a list of the Best 10 Summer Romance Films I had to take a look see.

Julie Delpy

Her list reads as follows (in best order):
- Roman Holiday ('53) w/Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck
- Before Sunrise ('95) w/Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy
- The Talented Mr. Ripley w/Matt Damon, Jude Law, & Julie Delpy (catch the French version Plein Soleil ('60) w/Alain Delon  (in my opinion a better film).
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona ('08) w/Javier Bardam, Julie Delpy, Penelope Cruz et.al.
- Summer Madness ('55) w/Katherine Hepburn & Rossano Brazzi
-The Green Ray ('86) Le Rayon vert w/Marie Riviere
- A Room With A View ('85) w/Helena Bonham Carter & Daniel Day-Lewis
- Desert Hearts ('85) Helen Shaver & Patrice Charbonneau
- Grease ('78) wJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- Love is All You Need ('13) w/Trine Dyrholm & Pierce Brosnan

When I read the list, two, no, three things popped out. First, the majority of these films were shot in Italy. That's easy to understand given Italy's romantic cities. Second, that Julie Delpy stars in three of the films, and who is Julie Delpy you ask. Well, Julie was born in France in 1969 and has starred in over 30 major films. In addition to acting, she is a film director, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. She studied at NYU and moved to the U.S. in 1990, she became a U.S. citizen in 2007. Third, there were several changes I would have made to the list.  My additions, if anyone cares, would have been: Chocolat ('00) w/Juliette Binoche & Johnny Depp, Casablanca ('42) w/Bogart & Bergman, and Fountainhead ('49) w/Gary Cooper & Patricia Neal (which lead to a real love affair between the two stars - see photo insert).

Any movies you would have added or substituted? Let's have them.
Best and here's to romance!
Jim