You know that tingling feeling you get when you’re in love; those butterflies in your stomach? I love that feeling! I mean, who doesn’t, right? Who doesn’t love the romance, the excitement, those hot steamy kisses? It lifts you up and makes you high as a kite. I think all of us have a little voyeur in us as well. Not the perverted kind…geez. Most of us get a kind of pleasure, a sense of warmth and satisfaction from seeing other people fall in love, particularly in movies. You can imagine yourself as the heroine falling for the tall, dark, and handsome hero. And then comes the best part. The big kiss.
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What makes a good movie kiss? Is it the romance, the build-up, the chemistry between the actors? I think it takes a combination of all of these things to make a truly memorable big screen kiss. It’s like a delicate machine, each part needs to run in conjunction with one another and in perfect timing in order to work correctly. A great movie kiss is an art form. So, this week I’m highlighting that ultimate climactic moment. Here are twenty of the best big-screen kisses in history. The ones that make you swoon and give you hot flashes. Prepare yourself!
20 Silver Screen Kisses
20. Jack and Elizabeth: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Photo: Disney
19. The Princess Bride
Photo: Act III Communications/20th Century Fox
18. The Duchess
Photo: Paramount Vantage
17. When Harry Met Sally (Rated R)
Photo: Castle Rock Entertainment
16. Bridget Jones’s Diary (Rated R)
15. Meet Joe Black
Photo: Universal Pictures
14. Shakespeare in Love (Rated R)
Photo: Universal Pictures/Miramax
13. Dirty Dancing
Photo: Great American Films Limited Partnership
12. Jerry Maguire (Rated R)
Photo: TriStar Pictures
11. Twilight
Photo: Summit Entertainment
10. Slumdog Millionaire (Rated R)
Photo: Celador Films
9. Gone With the Wind
Photo: Selznick International Pictures and MGM
8. Four Weddings and a Funeral (Rated R)
Photo: Polygram Filmed Entertainment
7. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Photo: Jurow-Shepherd
6. Australia
Photo: Twentieth Century Fox
5. Cold Mountain (Rated R)
Photo: Miramax Films
4. Spiderman
Photo: Columbia Pictures
3. Titanic
Photo: Twentieth Century Fox
2. The Notebook
Photo: New Line Cinema
1. From Here to Eternity
Photo: Columbia Pictures
Do you have any movie kisses you think are particularly top notch? Do you agree or disagree with my choices? Sound off below…
Featured image at top: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in The Notebook. Photo: New Line Cinema
I had forgotten about that Spider-Man kiss! I don’t even like the movie but I remember that kiss gave me the shivers. Haha!
I know, I had forgotten about it too until I was searching around on the internet a while ago. It gave me the shivers too, lol.