Valentine’s Day is a manufactured holiday cooked up by marketers to sell you flowers and chocolates and overpriced cards. We hear ya! But, it’s also a great excuse to sit down with your favorite romantic comedy for the umpteenth time - or fall in love with a new one (they’re making a comeback, didn’t you know?).
Even if rom-coms aren’t your thing, a well-timed love song in a movie can surely set the mood and hit you in the feels. With that in mind, we surveyed the Tongal Team to get their take on the most romantic, most memorable, and most heartbreaking love songs from movies (that don’t suck).
You’ll have to keep in mind that a love song, much like beauty, is in the eye and heart of the beholder. We can’t guarantee that every song on this list will be your jam, but with our eclectic tastes as your guide, there’s bound to be a song here that will make you feel something.
And in case you were wondering which film each song is from, here's the full list:
Mia & Sebastian's Theme (Justin Hurwitz, La La Land)
Dreams (The Cranberries, You’ve Got Mail)
Whole Wide World (Wreckless Eric, Stranger Than Fiction)
A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton, Legally Blonde)
I Say a Little Prayer for You (Cast, My Best Friend’s Wedding)
Save Me (Aimee Mann, Magnolia)
Sexy Boy (Air, 10 Things I Hate About You)
I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing (Aerosmith, Armageddon)
The Way You Look Tonight (Fred Astaire, Swing Time)
Falling Slowly (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Once)
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley, Blue Hawaii)
How Deep is Your Love (Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever)
I’m Kissing You (Des’ree, Romeo + Juliet)
In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel, Say Anything)
Love is Here to Stay (Gene Kelly, An American in Paris)
Grow Old With You (Adam Sandler, The Wedding Singer)
Married Life (Up)
Us (Remastered) (Regina Spektor, 500 Days of Summer)
Secret Garden (Bruce Springsteen, Jerry McGuire)
Stay (Lisa Loeb, Reality Bites)
I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard)
My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion, Titanic)
It Must Have Been Love (Roxette, Pretty Woman)
Purple Rain (Prince, Purple Rain)
(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life (Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, Dirty Dancing)
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (Phil Collins, Against All Odds)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers, Ghost)
