It doesn’t matter if movies give us unrealistic expectations of romance. We love to see over-the-top moments, unrealistic love stories coming true, mis-matched couples coming together against the odds. Movie romance is movie magic and sometimes, the cheesier the better. There’s nothing quite like grand romantic gestures in the movies to give us the feels.
Jason Segel’s entire plan to arrange his and Emily Blunt’s shotgun wedding was a grand gesture because it took all of the pressure off his fiancé and allowed to enjoy her day.
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When Bridget thought she had lost her chance of love forever, she never expected that all Colin Firth had done was pop to the store to buy her a brand new diary!
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Drew Barrymore’s apology to Michael Vartan for lying about her identity involves two grand gestures: an announcement in the local paper and a kiss on the baseball field!
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Everybody forgets Molly Ringwald’s birthday, that is, of course, everyone except her dream crush who proceeds to surprise her!
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Anna Kendrick’s had never seen The Breakfast Club until her love interest showed her, and she made the most of the moment at the end to recreate the film’s climax in a big way.
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The reveal in 10 Years that Oscar Isaac’s famous high school song is actually about Kate Mara is one of the sweetest gestures in recent movies!
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She wanted the fairytale and she got it when Richard Gere conquered his fear of heights to climb the fire escape. Let’s not forget he held a red rose in his teeth.
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Hugh Dancy’s gesture of anonymously buying Isla Fisher’s beloved scarf so that she could keep one item from her past is super sweet.
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This movie contains a wonderful gesture between two neighbors who don’t initially get along but come through for each other in the end.
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It’s a small gesture but big for the couple in the movie, when they let go of their inhibitions and shout obscenities together in the park!
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The love letters that Gerard Butler leaves for Hilary Swank to discover after his death are so incredibly heart-warming and emotional.
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Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence trade gestures in this movie, both meaning well and both making each other eventually happy.
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Adam Sandler sacrifices a normal life in order to help his one true love figure out who she is every single day after an accident causes daily memory loss.
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Anna Faris fears that her craft hobby is too geeky, but Chris Evans doesn’t see it that way and proceeds to build display cases for her!
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When Alicia Silverstone’s confidence is crushed after a work mistake, Paul Rudd comes to the rescue and builds her back up again.
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Drew Barrymore’s character performs a grand gesture of love when, after being robbed by a gang, she is told she can leave with whatever she can carry and she valiantly tries to lift her boyfriend.
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After buying his ticket on his friend’s credit card, what can Adam Sandler do but profess his love to Drew Barrymore, 30000 feet in the air, by singing her a song he wrote especially.
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Jason Segel is the perfect gentleman when he steals and takes down a topless photo of Mila Kunis in a bar that she has always regretted.
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Tom Cruise spends a lot of time kidnapping Cameron Diaz, but she turns the tables when she kidnaps him in order for him to be able to see his parents again.
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A romantic but deadly gesture from Chloe Grace Moretz’s character when she tears apart the bullies who are frightening her best friend!
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s character changes his womanizing ways when Anne Hathaway gets sick, doing everything to find treatment for her.
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Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn finally reveal their love for each other by acting out a scene from a story that Russell had told her during the movie.
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Heath Ledger performs a romantic and hilarious version of Can’t Take My Off Of You for Julia Stiles, escaping capture at every turn!
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In a modern twist on Beauty and The Beast, Alex Pettyfer’s character goes to school to show his newly beastly face and declares his love for Vanessa Hudgens rather than stealing a kiss to cure his curse.
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Adrian Grenier has some smooth moves in this film as he slides down a sculpture in a tuxedo to ask Melissa Joan Hart to dance!
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Rather than using the stylish dance moves Will Smith taught him, Kevin James sees his loved one cannot dance and so he joins in with the goofy moves instead.
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Eric Dane is a closeted gay athlete in love with Bradley Cooper, but to save his relationship and prove his love, he comes out in a public press conference.
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In a film where the two lovers make plenty of sacrifices for each other, can there be a bigger gesture than making sure someone lives and you don’t?
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Of course, not all romantic gestures are appreciated or the love remains unrequited. That’s why this list doesn’t include the flash card scene from Love Actually, or John Cusack’s playing “their song” in Say Anything.