The Lady and the Tramp (1955) A pedigreed pooch learns about life and love from a streetwise mutt.
Little Manhattan (2005) 11-year-old Josh Hutcherson has a crush on the cutie in his karate class, but what can he do about it?
Love and Basketball (2000) Can childhood friends and hoops stars Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps score with each other off the court?
Shrek (2001) An ogre rescues a sleeping princess who in turn reawakens his dormant heart – while a talking donkey provides the play-by-play.
Pretty in Pink (1986) Molly Ringwald as the boho girl and Andrew McCarthy the preppy boy who defy the social arbiters of their high school.
Ten Things I Hate About You (1999) Taming of the Shrew set in a Seattle high school, starring droll Heath Ledger and feisty Julia Stiles as the sparring partners.
DATING LOVE
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Golddigger Marilyn Monroe and good-time girl Jane Russell get lucky in love.
(2000) When his girlfriend Iben Hjelje leaves him, John Cusack recounts his prior romantic failures and reckons a calculus of love.
Jerry Maguire (1996) High-flying sports agent Tom Cruise gets a conscience, crashes, and with the help of clients Cuba Gooding Jr. and Regina King and assistant Renee Zellweger, finds new balance.
Kissing Jessica Stein (2002) Jennifer Westfedlt thinks she likes men, but when Helen Juergensen comes knocking she opens the door – and her heart.
Mississippi Masala (1991) Sarita Choudhury, a Ugandan of South Asian heritage now living in America, has a fenderbender – and a lot more – with Denzel Washington.
(2006) Hugh Grant as a flagging pop star whose career and plants are revived by Drew Barrymore, the free spirited "watering girl."
