Romeo and Juliet
The original story of forbidden love is updated to a modern setting, but ends in tragedy nonetheless. Where's our Romeo/Leo?
West Side Story
Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, Tony and Maria's affection for each other is interrupted by their ties to the local rival gangs, his Jets and her family's Sharks.
Happily, not all tales of forbidden love turn out tragically...
Grease
You're the one that I want! Woo-hoo, honey! The most successful movie musical of all time is all about a summer fling between two unlikely soul mates.
Dirty Dancing
Patrick Swayze, that music and those moves. What more do you need to have the time of your life?
Lolita
Though toned down for the big screen, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Nabokov's classic novel is still one of the most provocative love stories of all time.
Beauty and the Beast
She's a beauty, he's a beast: It's all wrong! But happily the Disney heroine sees her Beast's inner beauty.
Pocahontas
Let's just say the heroine's family did not approve when settler John Smith washed up on their shores.
Never Been Kissed
Finally, once Sam learns Josie isn't really a high school student, he realizes he's not a creep and seals the deal with that perfect kiss.
Brokeback Mountain
The revolutionary romantic epic followed Ennis and Jack's tortured love affair over two decades.
He's Just Not That Into You
A very hot scene between Ben (Bradley Cooper) and Anna (Scarlett Johansson) is the epitome of the passion that comes with a secret affair.
One Day
And the longest courting award goes to these two friends, who meet every July 15 for 20 years.
The Great Gatsby
Who should Daisy end up with, her rich brute of a husband or the social climber who only climbed so that he could be with her? So many shirts...
Her
Will we spend next Valentine's Day with our own operating system?
Out of Sight
The chemistry is palpable when a bank robber and a federal marshal share a very steamy car ride snuggled up in the trunk. But what comes next for these two on the opposite sides of the law?
Endless Love
This one about two hotties from opposite sides of the tracks might actually just make you want to make out with someone.
Meet Joe Black
How do you make it work when the guy you're in love with is Death incarnate?
Boys Don't Cry
You're going to need a tissue, or 100, when you watch Hilary Swank's Oscar-winning performance as a transgender man who's desperately trying to keep his secret.
Water for Elephants
Marlena and Jacob's shared love for Rosie the elephant turns into them falling crazy in love with each other. If only Marlena weren't already married to the sadistic circus master...
Twilight
Vampires, werewolves and a mere mortal teenage girl. Why do we always want the bad boys (or the strangely pale classmate who sparkles in the sun)?
Titanic
No forbidden-love movie list is complete without Titanic. Jack and Rose's love that transcends first- and third-class on the ill-fated ship will go on FOREVER.