One of the best parts of any romance movie is the love confession. The moment one of the main characters realizes that they fell in love or were in love all along. The confession is the pivotal moment and a moment that has the audience on the edge of their seats.
Will the characters give in to their feelings or would it be too late? Some confessions are simple but do the job at making the heartache. Like Severus Snape’s “Always” when confessing to having always loved Lily Potter. There have been many well-known movies that take the cake and that have the best love confessions that would make anyone emotional.
Juliet & Mark: Love Actually (2003)
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The iconic cue card love confession from Love Actually has been parodied many times as a joke. But back then, it was one of the most romantic and unique ways to confess one’s love. Juliet (Kiera Knightley) thinks her husband’s best friend hates her when he ignores her.
After finally getting her hands on her wedding video recorded by him, she realizes they’re all adoring close-ups of her. In reality, he loves her and snubs her in order to save himself the heartache. In the end, he stands outside her door with cue cards confessing his love before she finally reciprocates with a kiss.
Loretta & Ronny: Moonstruck (1987)
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Not many people remember the 1987 film, Moonstruck starring Nicholas Cage and Cher. But it’s a movie that’s a must-watch when it comes to an unconditional romance. Especially, Ronny’s love offseason to Loretta. Loretta is settling and ready to marry Ronny’s brother, despite not being in love.
When Loretta meets Ronny there’s undeniable chemistry and they give in to each other. Sadly, Ronny falls hard and tries to convince Loretta to be with him. Loretta had an idea of a fairytale love and waited for the right man but failed. Ronny gives an emotional monologue about loving her and that her idea of love isn’t right. He says that love destroys everything and that they’re not perfect.
Baby & Johnny: Dirty Dancing (1987)
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In Dirty Dancing, there is one pivotal love confession that showcased how Baby (Jennifer Grey) really felt about Johnny (Patrick Swayze). It occurs when Baby visits Johnny at his cabin. Baby is upset at how her father treated him while Johnny feels that his social status isn’t right for Baby and her family.
Johnny says he takes pride in Baby not being afraid. But Baby thinks differently and says, “Most of all I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling again in my whole life the way I feel when I’m with you.” Here starts one of the most romantic love scenes that cement their relationship.
Anna & Will: Notting Hill (1999)
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Notting Hill has a love story that many people wouldn’t believe would happen in real life yet optimistic. But that’s what makes the movie so appealing. It’s still worth watching even today. Will (Hugh Grant) owns a book store in Notting Hill and his wife just left him. One day, Hollywood actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) walks in.
It stars a whirlwind of an on and off-again relationship. As well as unrequited feelings. The love confession is what makes people emotional. Anna returns and Will doesn’t want to get hurt again. But Anna confesses that beyond fame, she’s “also just a girl. Standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” Then, there’s the tearful goodbye.
Hazel & Gus: The Fault In Our Stars (2014)
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With so many romance movies to pick from, one might not guess that The Fault In Our Stars has one of the most emotional yet loving confessions. Gus (Ansel Elgort) tells Hazel (Shailene Woodley) how he really feels. He says “I love you” quietly but with certainty. What had fans weeping was his poetic monologue.
He says he knows love is a shout into the void and that oblivion is inevitable. At the very end, he smiles and says “I love you, sorry.” Hazel never expected to fall in love.
Jerry & Dorothy: Jerry Maguire (1996)
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Before Tome Crusie became incredibly well-known as one of Hollywood’s daring actors in action movies he was known for his love confession in Jerry Maguire. Jerry (Cruise) loses his coveted job as a sports agent and ventures into his own company alongside a single mother, Dorothy (Renée Zellweger).
After their marriage deteriorates, he comes to his senses, and here comes the famous “You had me as ‘Hello'” scene. Jerry confesses that things don’t feel right if she’s not there and that he loves her. She completes him and she cuts him off by saying “You had me at ‘Hello.”
Elizabeth and Mr.Darcy: Pride & Prejudice (2005)
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Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, Pride & Prejudice has been remade several times on the small and big screen. The most noteworthy rendition is the 2005 movie of the same name. As the story goes, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) is a woman of her time being pressured into marriage. She soon meets Mr.Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) and sparks fly.
But this reserved and stoic nature doesn’t make for a good relationship. His true feelings blossom when Elizabeth is walking the moor and sees Darcy walking to her in the distance. He professes his love and hopes she still loves him and if not, he tells her that she has bewitched him and wishes to never be apart again.
Kat & Patrick: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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10 Things I Hate About You is one of the most talked-about teen romance/comedy movies to come out of the late 90s. Based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, It centers around an ill-tempered teen girl and a bad boy. It’s one of Heath Ledger’s notable roles as Patrick and Julia Stiles as Kat.
The crux of the storyline is that Patrick was paid to date Kat in order for another student to take her sister out. He didn’t expect to fall in love. Realizing his betrayal, Kat shuns him. The most emotional scene is when Kat gives her own version of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 141 in front of the class and him. She confesses that she still loves him despite what he did.
Noah & Allie: The Notebook (2004)
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The Notebook is inarguably one of the most popular romance movies to have premiered and the storyline still holds up. Ryan Gosling played Noah, a mill worker who falls in love with a rich girl named Allie (Rachel McAdams). Based on the Nicholas Sparks book, their relationship isn’t easy.
Years after Allie leaves town and Noah goes to war after their breakup, Allie is set to marry. Still having unrequited feelings for Noah, she returns to town. In the pouring rain, Allie is upset and demands why he never wrote and that things weren’t over for her. In reality, he wrote 365 letters, and that it was never over for him either.
Holden & Alyssa: Chasing Amy (1997)
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The 1997 romance movie, Chasing Amy has a love confession scene that not many people would have thought about as being one of the best. It might be due to the fact that the main female character, Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams) prefers to date women. Holden (Ben Affleck) falls in love with her anyway.
Holden tries to keep his feelings at bay and be there for her as a friend. But as their relationship deepens, he has no choice but to tell her. What makes the scene so great is that neither the audience nor Holden expect Alyssa to magically fall in love. But there’s still a beauty to the confession of true feelings. This movie could on the one hand be read as purporting negative stereotypes about what it is like to be a lesbian, but with a different lens could be seen to be a good portrayal of bisexuality.