By now most of us have experienced a break-up in our lives. Everyone has there lists of top love stories and all that non-sense, but I feel like its necessary to give the other side its due. This list is in so particular order, all movies are equally important to the break-up motif.
1. "500 Days of Summer" - need I say more? The films starts by telling you it's not a love story.
2. "High Fidelity" - John Cusack has found a way to embody every unsure music obsessed non committal guy in history. The endearing yet pathetic friends, the quest find out what went wrong to get him to the point. Every guy has done the Ex revisit, its just something we do.
3. "Swingers" - This classic is Vince Vaughn at his best before he became a character of himself. The movie speaks to the truth's of love, they never come back till you're over them, and Vegas red eye specials often times don't end up as planned. The quotes alone are enough to keep your crew laughing for months on end "the beautiful babies were lovin' it! You were so money!"
4. "Funny People" - I know i'll be dogged for this, but unless you've lived this Gatsby like experience than you'll have a hard time appreciating the story. Boy meets girl, falls for girl, becomes a star/ asshole, cheats and leaves girl, finds out he's dying and tries to win her back realizing she's the love of his life, boy fails miserably.
5. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" -I can't think of a better way to forget about someone than to have them wiped from your memory, then half-way through it, renege and trying to hold on to the memories. Oh how a broken heart is complicated.
Let me know what you think and which movies you would add or take off.
Honorable mention: The Last Kiss, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Garden State, Nick and Norah's infinite playlist, Jerry McGuire, The Break-Up (although it seems slightly obvious), Chasing Amy and Mallrats, The Wedding Singer, Annie Hall.
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