Dear Ruth (1947), Happy Is the Bride (1959), Moonstruck (1987), The Birdcage (1996), Third Finger, Left Hand (1940), The Wedding Singer (1998), While You Were Sleeping (1995), John Loves Mary (1949) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Engagement movies.
Storyline: A normal day in the Wilkins family: reticent beauty Ruth, crusty judge father, petition-happy political activist teen Miriam. Who should show up but Ruth's soldier pen pal Bill Seacroft...whom she doesn't know about. It seems Miriam used her sister's name and picture to build up wartime morale. Ruth reluctantly agrees to "humor" Bill for his 2-day leave, though she's just become engaged to her stuffy suitor Albert. Can Miriam's cloud castle last the weekend without crashing to earth?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, love, family, marriage, misunderstanding, letters ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father. One way or another the wedding - if there is one - is going to be an unforgettable occasion.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, british film, black and white, 1950s, wedding ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, then she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, love, family, new york, engagement, complex relationships ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Armand Goldman owns a popular drag nightclub in South Miami Beach. His long-time lover, Albert, stars there as Starina. "Their" son Val (actually Armand's by his one heterosexual fling, twenty years before) comes home to announce his engagement to Barbara Keeley, daughter of Kevin Keeley, US Senator, and co-founder of the Committee for Moral Order. The Senator and family descend upon South Beach to meet Val, his father and "mother." What ensues is comic chaos.
Plot Keywords: comedy, lgbt, remake, family, romance, american, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, love, marriage, misunderstanding, disguise, workplace ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Robbie Hart is singing the hits of the 1980s at weddings and other celebrations. He also can keep the party going in good spirit, he knows what to say and when to say it. Julia is a waitress at the events where Robbie performs. When both of them find someone to marry and prepare for their weddings, it becomes clear that they've chosen wrong partners.
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, 1990s, music, love story, humor, feel-good, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lucy's life consists of constant loneliness that is until she saves Peter's life. Now she is a part of his family, and with a strong heart and fate on her side, others begin to realize what a terrific person she is, especially Jack, Peter's brother. An extraordinarily true-to-life sequence of events begins to take place as Lucy and Jack become closer and learn more about each other and themselves than one would ever expect from such coincidental, yet believable events.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, drama, christmas, family, love, deception ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A GI marries the English girlfriend of his best friend to get her into the U.S. for his friend who lost track of her in the war only to find on returning home that he is stuck with the girl because the friend has married someone else.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, marriage, misunderstanding, world war ii, veteran, love triangle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In San Francisco, after a year's relationship, Tom proposes to Violet; she accepts. She's an experimental psychologist, hoping for a post-doc at Cal. He's a sous chef who runs the kitchen when the chef is away. When Cal falls through and she gets an offer in Ann Arbor, Tom agrees to support the move, turning down a job as chef at a new restaurant. The move requires postponing the wedding. At Michigan, Violet is in her element, but Tom is underemployed and frustrated; he's Stoic for a while, but when two years in Michigan become four, Tom's frustrations boil over, and on the eve of yet another wedding date, they must make a choice. Is there any other alternative?
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, romance, engagement, relationship, marriage, couple, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Reggie, the impish Marquis of Buckminster, has many friends and is happy with his present bachelor lifestyle. But his grandmother demands that he now get married to one of a few suitable women that she names, and have some children. Two of the women are twin sisters who are friends of his from another aristocratic family, so he visits them, and learns that they already have fiancés but commoners, against their family's wishes. If he can help them to marry the men they want, it will also shorten the list of candidates and maybe help him remain single so Reggie does everything he can to help them.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, british film, black and white, 1930s, high society ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A period movie, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family. The planned marriage suffers a last-minute upset when the would-be husband switches affections to the bride's sister.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, british, period, drama, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After their wedding venue reserves the wrong date, Nick and Molly have six weeks to plan the wedding of their dreams. Things get even more complicated when Steven, who once left Molly at the altar, comes back into her life with a business offer.
Plot Keywords: romance, wedding, romantic comedy, marriage, true love, relationship, engagement ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A spoilt rich girl leads a life of luxury on the profits from her father's champagne business. To bring her back down to earth he tells her that all the money has been lost so she goes to seek her fortune.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: silent film, comedy, romance, love, party, misunderstanding, wealthy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When he wakes up the morning after his bachelor party in bed with a strange woman, a man presumes he must have cheated on his fiancée. Guilt leads him to try to cover it up in the week before the wedding, high jinks ensue.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, romantic comedy, marriage, misunderstanding, engagement, lies ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gwyn Marcus has always wanted a marriage like her parents. She has just accepted the proposal of her boyfriend Matt, but she has misgivings about their future together. Her fear of commitment grows as she learns of the various affairs that her family is having. With her sister getting married and her brother already married, her mother is growing concerned about Gwyn's being the last single person in the family. But the more she thinks about marriage, the more she must search for the balance between career, marriage and family.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, romance, comedy, family, marriage, relationships, miami ...
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