Nicholas Sparks may be worse for humanity than Stephanie Meyer. It's a close call. But being forced to watch Katherine Heigl trip over something over and over is just as awful. But is romance awful? Of course not! Here's a list of movies about romance without all the perfectly pretty people, absurd coincidences, and relationships that would never possibly work out.
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High Fidelity
Annie Hall
As Good as It Gets
Chasing Amy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
Only the Lonely
Shadowlands
The Science of Sleep
(500) Days of Summer