If you are stumped for what to do this Valentine’s Day or if the exorbitant rates of a candlelight dinner at a five star hotel is bringing you down, here is a better (and cheaper) option for you. Just stop by the nearest DVD store and rent a nice movie with oodles of love and romance. And if you don’t know which one to choose, just browse through our top picks of romantic movies.
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Hot-tempered, self-centered, Southern beauty Scarlett O’Hara, played by Vivien Leigh, loves the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes. Smug and rebellious Rhett Butler, portrayed gracefully and naturally by Clark Gable, loves Scarlett. To add to the mess, Ashley, who is in love with Scarlett, marries his cousin Melanie.
However, sparks fly between Rhett and Scarlett right from their first encounter and continue throughout Scarlett’s first two marriages. Scarlett and Rhett finally wed, but Scarlett continues to pine for her beloved Ashley. A tragic love quadrangle that is set against the Civil War, Gone With The Wind stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed.
