Movies About Love & Relationships--For Guys: A Playlist

City Lights, 1931. D. Charlie Chaplin.

Starring Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill. Not so much a story about love being blind but a lesson about life and seeing the essence of real love. Note the last line as said by the blind girl,"Yes, I see now."

Annie Hall, 1977, D. Woody Allen.

Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton. If only life, love and therapy were this funny. Yes, that's Marshall McLuhan early on in the movie. Notable scene: Alvy and Annie after their tennis match and the funny subtitles detailing what they're really thinking.

When Harry Met Sally, 1989. D. Rob Reiner.

Starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Bruno Kirby, Carrie Fisher. Love can be unnecessarily complicated. And funny, as seen through the eyes of Harry Burns who believes men and women can't be friends. The joke's on him. Has Meg Ryan been any lovelier?

Harold and Maude, 1972. D. Hal Ashby.

Starring Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon. Learn to love life, and yourself. Until then, you will never know what love is all about. And it'll take awhile to get the Cat Stevens song out of your head (If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out).

Big, 1988. D. Penny Marshall.

Starring Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins. Nothing quite like innocence to win over the heart of the girl. Notable scene: Hank's character "letting" the hardened corporate exec Perkins stay over. Notable line: "I get to be on top."

Heart and Souls, 1993. D. Robert Underwood.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Elizabeth Shue. An under-appreciated comedy at its release. What's it about? Hint: It's in the title.

Some Kind of Wonderful, 1987. D. Howard Deutch.

Starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson. Guys, stop chasing the "perfect" girl of your dreams and see the love staring you in the face. Masterson steals this one. And my heart.

Impromptu, 1991. D. James Lapine.

Starring Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Pantikin, Julian Sands, Emma Thompson. This is the movie in which I fell in love with Judy Davis. Love comes disguised as George Sand. Grant is Frederic Chopin.

Sleepless In Seattle, 1993. D. Nora Ephron.

Starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. A romance about yearning. The leads are so good you'll be a little light-headed and smittened by the end.

Speed, 1994. D. Jan De Bont

Starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock. Love can happen in the strangest places. Sandra Bullock makes driving a large Pinto fun.