New York Romance Movies: Falling In Love In The Big Apple (VIDEOS)

People are always falling in love in (and with) New York, and the city's proved a perfect backdrop for countless on-screen romances.

Here's a look back at some of our favorite New York love stories-- from An Affair To Remember to Blue Valentine, with three appearances by Meg Ryan, four by Tom Hanks, two musicals, a lotta kisses, heartbreak, the Verrazano, and the wisdom of Woody Allen.

We have, no doubt, omitted many movies, so let us know what we missed and we'll update our list!

Happy Valentine's, New York.

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[Moarku]

01:39 PM on 02/13/2012

Saturday Night Fever is a romantic comedy?

[sugarcreekchile]

07:24 AM on 02/11/2012

They left out one very touching love story, Marty, with Oscar winning Ernest Borgnine as the Bronx butcher who thought love had passed him by.

[tbird57lover]

12:00 AM on 02/11/2012

Another fan of "An Affair To Remember." Perhaps there have been better love stories, but they weren't filmed in New York. I must admit tho, this is a three hankie!

[Dan Crabtree]

11:45 PM on 02/10/2012

"the way we were",,early part and closing scene in new york..

[Miramom]

10:04 PM on 02/10/2012

You missed my favorite right in your headline - Falling in Love with Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro.

[Whogivesafox]

09:32 PM on 02/10/2012

Rom-Coms? Really?

[Reyeshawk13]

02:10 PM on 02/10/2012

"An Affair to Remember" and "Sleepless in Seattle" are both great ways to turn a short afternoon into an incredibly long one. Two of the slowest movies I have ever seen.

[peachpage01]

01:21 PM on 02/09/2012

I'll add to the list: "Kissing Jessica Stein" and "Hannah and Her Sisters"..and "Autumn in New York (I didn't say it had to be good, but it is a romance)

[teddyray1]

01:08 AM on 02/08/2012

This list is useless without Ghostbusters. Bill Murray + Sigourney Weaver =

[rgrant3700]

12:40 AM on 02/08/2012

A THOUSAND CLOWNS with Jason Robards and Barbara Harris 1965---check it out!!

[AJOHMSS]

02:23 AM on 02/08/2012

A great movie but I don't really think it qualifies as a 'romance' film.

[rgrant3700]

02:50 AM on 02/08/2012

Thank you for your response. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, music is in the ear of the beholder, and yes romance is in the mind of the beholder.

[FearlessFreep]

12:27 AM on 02/08/2012

Elevator girl Shirley Maclaine: "Just because I wear a uniform doesn't mean I'm a girl scout"--THE APARTMENT

[cdchicago]

12:19 AM on 02/08/2012

So very many love stories, tradgedies and sweet affairs have new york as a back drop. How many find the benches near the bridge? Or the new york hotel? Night clubbing in the most exciting city on earth. It makes actually being literally anywhere in new york seem like you are in a movie. I am not kidding. It is sort of american mecca for romance. The order of these slides is a little jumbled and half a dozen films are missing along with grant, astaire, sinatra and others, but still every film on the list brings back a memory for me, both the film and watching them with that special girl. By the way meryl streep has literally never looked better before or after manhattan. It is the black an white film. She is raw beauty in monochrome. Merely beautiful in color.

[miz-ribble]

12:14 AM on 02/08/2012

An Affair To Remember , and Breakfast At Tiffany's . Two excellent romantic films. They don't make movies like that anymore . Sad.

[gunnerpi]

12:10 AM on 02/08/2012

LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER. Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood. None better.

[Reyeshawk13]

02:08 PM on 02/10/2012

Absolutely. The movie that most clearly demonstrates the truth of McQueen's claim that he was a character actor in a leading man's body. Not that that stopped him from trying to steal every single scene "The Magnificent Seven."

[AJOHMSS]

11:58 PM on 02/07/2012

"Falling in Love" with Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep.

GREAT New York romance movie and one of the best.