While countless productions about love in the history of cinema meet the audience, some love films do not get old after many years. In Oscar history, too, the golden figurine has gone through some years of unforgettable love stories. Here are the most memorable love movies of all time…
Gone With The Wind – 1940
The film, which is screened from us writer Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel of the same name, begins at Tara, the farm of southern beauty Scarlett O’Hara, just before the civil war and tells the story of the North-South War, slavery, deaths, suffering and Scarlett’s endless ambition. The film, which saw the marriage of Scarlett, who thought she loved her childhood friend, and Rhett Butler, who fell madly in love with her, but ended badly because of the young woman’s spite and endless ambitions, won nine awards at the Oscars, where she was nominated in 14 categories.
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh starred in one of the best literary adaptations in the history of cinema.
Casablanca – 1944
The production, which marked its 16th Academy Awards, has a special place among Hollywood classics. Directed by Michael Curtiz, the film stars humphrey bogart, ingrid bergman, claude rains and paul henreid. The production, which won Oscars in 1943 for “Best Film”, “Best Director” and “Best Screenplay”, is set in the early stages of World War II.
The film tells the story of a love triangle woven with bad coincidences, about Victor Lazlow, the leader of the Czech resistance, fleeing the German concentration camp to Casablanca, pinning his hopes for escape on Rick, the owner of a nightclub there, but being the man who once had a great love affair with his wife Ilsa.
From Here to Eternity – 1954
Based on James Jones’ 1951 bestselling novel of the same name, the film won eight Oscars.
Written by Daniel Taradash; Starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed, the production tells the story of the love between Staff Sergeant Milton Warden and Captain Holmes’ wife Karen at Pearl Harbour in World War II.
Gigi – 1959
The film has a difficult record, winning all nine Oscars it has been nominated for. The 1958 musical, directed by Vincente Minelli, stars Leslie Caron and Maurice Chavalier.
The film about the love between Young Gigi, who lives with her grandmother in Paris, and Gaston, a very playful and rich man, is a musical classic.
West Side Story – 1961
Immortalized by its music, it won 10 awards at the Oscars, where it was nominated in 11 categories. Based on the book by Arthur Laurents, the film was composed by legendary musical composer Leonard Bernstein. The film, a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, resonated greatly during its time in the show, but was later repeatedly performed as a musical show.
In the film, which also explores the love of two young people of different social classes, the conflict between the rich and poor young gangs, the rich girl Maria (Nathalie Wood) and the poor young Tony (Richard Beymer) have a great and impossible love.
Annie Hall in 1977
Woody Allen’s autobiographical film won five Academy Awards. The film highlights Allen’s fondness for New York, his love for women and his habit of deceiving them, his hatred of Hollywood both geographically and industrially.
The film stars Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
Out of Africa – 1986
The film was based on her own memoir, published in 1937 by Karen Blixen, who wrote under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen. The film was written by Kurt Luedtke and directed by Sydney Pollack. The film received 22 awards, including 7 Oscars, 3 BAFTAs and 3 Golden Globes, while it was nominated for 17 awards.
The film about Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep), a Danish nobleman, marrying Bror Blixen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) for the title of baroness and settling in Africa to grow coffee, but here karen falls in love with the adventurous hunter Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford), whom her husband constantly cheats on, is also a classic.
The English Patient – 1996
Starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Ralph Fiennes, the film is based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje. Anthony Minghella’s behind-the-scenes production won nine Oscars, including Best Picture.
The film tells the story of almasy, a mapmaker who suffered deep burns to her body after a plane crash in the Sahara Desert in World War II, recalling her past and her great love in the hospital where she was being treated.
Titanic -1997
Directed by James Cameron, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The record-breaking production, which won 11 Oscars, including “Best Picture,” is about the love story of Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater in the giant transatlantic Titanic, which is separated by social classes.
Nominated for an Oscar in 14 categories, it holds the record for the most Oscar nominations, along with 1950’s All About Eve. The 11-time Oscar winner also shares the record for most Oscars with Ben-Hur and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Shakespeare in Love – 1998
In 1593, the film about playwright William Shakespeare and theatre lover Viola posing as men and starring in Romeo and Juliet, two of which fell into an forbidden love, won seven awards at the Oscars, where it was nominated in 13 categories.
Starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes, the romantic comedy is a love story that was watched with interest the year it was shown.
