I would attribute this wedding flick fanaticism to my fun, yet fruitful hobby: wedding planning and coordination. Since one of my hobbies is movie-watching and collecting, (yes, I have around 400 titles in my personal collection to date!) I personally selected the best wedding-themed movies from my list.
So without any further ado, I present for your ultimate viewing pleasure the must-see movies for those brides (and sometimes grooms) to be. Take note that I did not rank these films in any specific way, so feel free to start watching them from the bottom of my list!
1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)Love is here to stay... so is her family.
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
Starring:
Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Ian Gomez
2. My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)Julianne fell in love with her best friend the day he decided to marry someone else.
When a woman's long-time friend says he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself... and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.
Starring:
Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
3. 27 Dresses (2008)Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with.
Starring:
Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman, Edward Burns, Judy Greer, Maulik Pancholy
4. The Wedding Singer (1998)He's gonna party like it's 1985.
Robbie, the singer and Julia, the waitress are both engaged to be married but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.
Starring:
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Steve Buscemi, Jon Lovitz
5. The Wedding Planner (2001)His big day is her big problem.
Mary Fiore is San Francisco's most successful supplier of romance and glamour. She knows all the tricks. She knows all the rules. But then she breaks the most important rule of all: she falls in love with the groom.
Starring:
Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson, Judy Greer
6. American Wedding (or American Pie 3: The Wedding) (2003)This time they're going all the way.
The third film in the American Pie series deals with the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister.
Starring:
Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Eugene Levy
7. Wedding Crashers (2005)They're coming to your wedding... with or without invitations.
A pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when one of them meets and falls for a bridesmaid.
Starring:
Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams
8. Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (2006)Will they pass the ultimate test?
When his parents force him to migrate to the US, Jed does the unimaginable - he proposes to Angie. Hasty wedding preparations and conflict between their families almost drive them crazy. This is when they realize that marriage isn't exactly "happily ever after."
Starring:
Judy Ann Santos, Ryan Agoncillo
9. The Bachelor (1999)One thousand brides. One hundred million dollars. Jimmie Shannon is about to discover the true value of love.
A committment-phobic man goes in search of a bride including his fed up girlfriend, so that he would meet the conditions to receive his grandfather's $100 million inheritance.
Starring:
Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger
10. Made Of Honor (2008)It takes a real man to become a maid of honor.
Tom loves his life, until he realizes he also loves his best friend Hannah. But when Hannah gets engaged to a dashing Scotsman and asks Tom to be her maid of honor, Tom faces hostile bridesmaids, bridal showers, and bad hair days, all in an effort to pull off the perfect wedding and steal the bride.
Starring:
Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd
11. License To Wed (2007)First came love... then came Reverend Frank.
A reverend puts an engaged couple through a grueling marriage preparation course to see if they are meant to be married in his church.
Starring:
Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski, Eric Christian Olsen, DeRay Davis
12. The Wedding Date (2005)Love doesn't come cheap.
Single-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis to hire a male escort to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding. Her plan, an attempt to dupe her ex-fiancé, who dumped her a couple years prior, proves to be her undoing.
Starring:
Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Adams
13. The Heartbreak Kid (2007)Love blows.
A newlywed man who believes he's just gotten hitched to the perfect woman encounters another lady on his honeymoon.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Malin Åkerman, Michelle Monaghan, Jerry Stiller, Carlos Mencia, Rob Corddry, Danny R. McBride, Eva Longoria Parker
14. Father Of The Bride (1991)Love is wonderful. Until it happens to your only daughter.
When his 22-year-old daughter's wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the preparations, George cannot face the fact that his little girl is now a woman.
Starring: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Martin Short
15. Just Married (2003)Welcome to the honeymoon from hell.
A young newlywed couple honeymoon in Europe, where obstacles challenge their ability to sustain the marriage.
Starring:
Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy
16. What Happens In Vegas (2008)Get Lucky.
Set in Sin City, the story revolves around two people who discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery...
Starring:
Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz
17. Runaway Bride (1999)Catch her if you can.
A reporter is assigned to write a story about a woman who has left a string of fiances at the altar.
Starring:
Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Héctor Elizondo, Rita Wilson, Paul Dooley
18. Ever After (1998)Desire. Defy. Escape.
The "real" story of Cinderella. A refreshing new take on the classic fairy tale.
Starring:
Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey
19. The Notebook (2004)Behind every great love is a great story.
Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, an old man tells to an old woman the story of two people who, after being separated for seven years, realize that they still love each other.
Starring:
James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Marsden
20. Meet The Parents (2000)First comes love. Then comes the interrogation.
Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner
21. Meet The Fockers (2004)Starring:
Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo
Let me know if any of you guys want to add a movie to my list! Happy watching!
*Images and posters courtesy of Wikipedia.
*Movie synopses and taglines courtesy of IMDb.com.
