The Best Movie Kisses of All Time

We hope you’re ready to swoon because we’re highlighting the best, most memorable movie kisses of all time. Whether it’s young love, royal love, or forbidden love, these onscreen kisses cover all the sweet and sexy bases while making us knee-deep in our feelings. So if you’re in the mood for some romantic sentiments, take a look at these iconic movie kisses through the years, which include everything from the 1970s version of A Star Is Born (alright, and the 2018 version) to recent flicks like To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Always Be My Maybe, The Photograph, and Work It.

– Additional reporting by Brea Cubit, Shannon Vestal, and Quinn Keaney

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Romeo + Juliet

The classic star-crossed lovers, Juliet (Claire Danes) and Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio), steal a kiss when nobody’s looking.

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The Notebook

Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams) share a lot of kisses, but nothing beats the postcanoe, pouring-rain moment – “It still isn’t over!”

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Dirty Dancing

Baby (Jennifer Grey) and Johnny (Patrick Swayze) joke around and lip-synch during their afternoon session, eventually crawling toward each other for a kiss.

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My Girl

Best friends Thomas (Macaulay Culkin) and Vada (Anna Chlumsky) share their first kiss by the water.

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You've Got Mail

After months of chatting online, Joe (Tom Hanks) and Kathleen (Meg Ryan) bring their romance to the real world after he says, “Don’t cry, shopgirl, don’t cry.”

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

Paul (George Peppard) brings Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) into a kissing embrace as the rain comes down.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

After crushing on her for several years, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) finally kisses Cho (Katie Leung).

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Easy A

Todd (Penn Badgley) and Olive (Emma Stone) finally admit their feelings for each other.

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Ghost

After losing Sam (Patrick Swayze) in a tragic murder, Molly (Demi Moore) kisses him as a ghost.

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The Five-Year Engagement

Tom (Jason Segel) and Violet (Emily Blunt) may be delaying the whole marriage thing, but they still have plenty of time for kisses.

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Water For Elephants

While touring for the circus, Jacob (Robert Pattinson) and Marlena (Reese Witherspoon) get cozy – despite her being married to the ringmaster.

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Spider-Man

Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) and Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) share an upside-down kiss – because, well, why not?

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Fever Pitch

Lindsey (Drew Barrymore) leans in to kiss Ben (Jimmy Fallon) in the stands.

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Going the Distance

It may make for some awkward PDA, but their long-distance relationship means that Garrett (Justin Long) and Erin (Drew Barrymore) can’t keep their hands off each other when they’re together.

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Pretty Woman

Vivian (Julia Roberts) kisses Edward (Richard Gere) in this unconventional fairy tale.

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Good Will Hunting

Skylar (Minnie Driver) and Will (Matt Damon) kiss while they eat to get the first kiss out of the way.

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The Notebook

Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling) can’t keep their hands off each other – so much so that she misses her curfew.

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Splash

Allen (Tom Hanks) kisses his mermaid love, Madison (Daryl Hannah), underwater.

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E.T.

In an “aw”-inducing moment, Gertie (Drew Barrymore) leans in to kiss E.T. on the nose.

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Titanic

Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) sweeps Rose (Kate Winslet) off her feet.

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The Holiday

With Graham (Jude Law) and Amanda (Cameron Diaz), it’s love at first sight.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Clementine (Kate Winslet) and Joel (Jim Carrey) have a complicated relationship, but their chemistry keeps bringing them back together.

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A Lot Like Love

Emily (Amanda Peet) and Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) share a sweet kiss when the ball drops on New Year’s Eve.

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Both of them are putting on a bit of a show, but this sweet kiss between Ben (Matthew McConaughey) and Andie (Kate Hudson) is all real.

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Sex and the City: The Movie

Everyone’s favorite on-again, off-again couple – Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Mr. Big (Chris Noth) – smooch on a New York City street.

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The Vow

Leo (Channing Tatum) and Paige (Rachel McAdams) share a steamy kiss on the floor.

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Legends of the Fall

Tristan (Brad Pitt) and Susannah (Julia Ormond) can’t keep their hands off each other.

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The Lucky One

Logan (Zac Efron) and Beth (Taylor Schilling) act on their undeniable chemistry.

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Celeste and Jesse Forever

Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) might be divorcing, but they still get one good kiss in there.

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Australia

Drover (Hugh Jackman) and Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) share an epic in-the-rain kiss.

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Beginners

Anna (Mélanie Laurent) and Oliver (Ewan McGregor) prepare to lean in for a sweet hallway smooch.

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Blind Dating

Danny (Chris Pine) grabs onto Leeza (Anjali Jay) to lay one on her.

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The End of the Affair

Maurice (Ralph Fiennes) and his ex-mistress Sarah (Julianne Moore) find themselves tangled up in the sheets.

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Daredevil

Real-life wife and husband Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck share an onscreen kiss as Elektra and Matt.

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is hypnotized by Dr. Elsa Schneider (Alison Doody).

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Jennifer's Body

Chip (Johnny Simmons) can’t help but fall for Jennifer (Megan Fox).

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Just My Luck

Ashley (Lindsay Lohan) and Jake (Chris Pine) share a magical, luck-swapping kiss at a masquerade party.

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Moulin Rouge

Satine (Nicole Kidman) and writer Christian (Ewan McGregor) share a sweet song and a kiss.

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House at the End of the Street

Ryan (Max Thieriot) and Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) have a sexy sofa makeout.

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Great Expectations

It’s a dramatic kiss in the pouring rain for Finnegan (Ethan Hawke) and Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow).

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Heartbreakers

Jack (Jason Lee) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt) are brought together for a kiss.

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Nine

Claudia (Nicole Kidman) keeps her hands on Guido (Daniel Day-Lewis).

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Shakespeare in Love

Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) goes in for the kiss with Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow).

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Match Point

Nola (Scarlett Johansson) and Chris (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) share a sexy kiss in a staple sexy-kiss setting: the rain.

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Troy

Paris (Orlando Bloom) and Helen (Diane Kruger) share a passionate embrace.

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The Fountain

Isabel (Rachel Weisz) and Tomas (Hugh Jackman) share a sexy moment.

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Easy Virtue

John (Ben Barnes) and Larita (Jessica Biel) lock lips.

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Pearl Harbor

Rafe (Ben Affleck) and Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale) fall head over heels for each other in wartime.

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Gangs of New York

Things get passionate between Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Jenny (Cameron Diaz).

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Like Crazy

Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) fall hard and fast for each other.

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Catch Me If You Can

Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Brenda (Amy Adams) share some serious chemistry.

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Meet Joe Black

Susan (Claire Forlani) can’t resist her dad’s new partner, the mysterious Joe (Brad Pitt).

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Think Like a Man

Michael (Terrence Jenkins) and Candace (Regina Hall) cozy up with a kiss on the cheek.

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Original Sin

Julia (Angelina Jolie) and Luis (Antonio Banderas) take it to the bedroom.

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The Words

Rory (Bradley Cooper) and Dora (Zoe Saldana) put their love on display.

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Little Children

Brad (Patrick Wilson) and Sarah (Kate Winslet) show off their chemistry.

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The Accidental Husband

Richard (Colin Firth) takes care of Emma (Uma Thurman) in more ways than one.

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Proof

Hal (Jake Gyllenhaal) leans in to kiss Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow).

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The Vow

Leo (Channing Tatum) and Paige (Rachel McAdams) have a memorable kiss.

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Closer

Things get steamy between Dan (Jude Law) and Anna (Julia Roberts).

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Fast Five

Dom (Vin Diesel) has a heist to focus on, but he lets officer Elena (Elsa Pataky) distract him from the job.

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Candy

Dan (Heath Ledger) and Candy (Abbie Cornish) share a poolside kiss.

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Tristan and Isolde

It’s romantic young love between Tristan (James Franco) and Isolde (Sophia Myles).

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Limitless

Lindy (Abbie Cornish) doesn’t mind reconnecting with Eddie (Bradley Cooper) once he takes a wonder drug and becomes dreamy.

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The Last Kiss

Jenna (Jacinda Barrett) gives Michael (Zach Braff) a sweet kiss on the cheek.

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Boogie Nights

Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) and Eddie aka “Dirk Diggler” (Mark Wahlberg) kiss off camera.

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Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America (Chris Evans) doesn’t just become a hero during WWII, he also gets the girl (Hayley Atwell).

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To Rome With Love

John (Alec Baldwin) watches as Monica (Ellen Page) and Jack (Jesse Eisenberg) kiss.

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Dear John

Lucky girl – Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) gets a kiss on the forehead from John (Channing Tatum).

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Midnight in Paris

Gil (Owen Wilson) and his fiancée, Inez (Rachel McAdams), may not work out, but how dreamy is this kiss?

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Simply Irresistible

Amanda (Sarah Michelle Gellar) gets some magic that allows her to mack on Tom (Sean Patrick Flanery).

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Remember Me

Ally (Emilie de Ravin) and Tyler (Robert Pattinson) get ready to plant one on each other.

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Bel Ami

Things get sexy between Georges (Robert Pattinson) and Madeleine (Uma Thurman).

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Grease

This is exactly what Danny (John Travolta) and Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) meant by Summer lovin’.

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To the Wonder

Neil (Ben Affleck) shares a tender moment with Marina (Olga Kurylenko).

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From Here to Eternity

In one of the most iconic movie kisses ever, Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster set the standard for the steamy, beach-set makeout.

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Walk the Line

In the middle of their up-and-down relationship, Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and June (Reese Witherspoon) have a quiet moment.

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Jumping the Broom

Jason (Laz Alonso) and Sabrina (Paula Patton) have the newlywed glow.

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Ruby Sparks

Calvin and Ruby may be fictional characters, but real-life couple Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan had no problem making out for the cameras.

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The Deep Blue Sea

The Avengers cutie Tom Hiddleston doesn’t get much action as Loki, but at least he gets to lock lips with Rachel Weisz in this indie.

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Sex and the City 2

Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Big (Chris Noth) hit a speed bump in this sequel, but it’s nothing that a kiss (or a great pair of shoes) can’t fix.

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Alfie

Playboy Alfie (Jude Law) claims one of his many conquests (Sienna Miller).

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Revolutionary Road

Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio already had plenty of previous kissing experience when they played this married couple.

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The Proposal

The relationship may be fake at this point, but it’s where Margaret (Sandra Bullock) and Andrew (Ryan Reynolds) feel their first real sparks.

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City of Angels

Maggie (Meg Ryan) is literally getting kissed by an angel (Nicolas Cage).

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Grease 2

They may not be Danny and Sandy, but Michael (Maxwell Caulfield) and Stephanie (Michelle Pfeiffer) have similar smoldering chemistry.

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Though Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem) goes on to romance both Vicky and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), Cristina gets in there first.

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When in Rome

When faced with Josh Duhamel‘s lips, Kristen Bell knows what to do: kiss them!

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Layer Cake

It did not just get hot wherever you are. That’s just Daniel Craig and Sienna Miller executing an amazing movie love scene.

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The Host

Jared (Max Irons) and Melanie (Saoirse Ronan) have their postapocalyptic makeouts down.

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Safe Haven

Alex (Josh Duhamel) and Katie (Julianne Hough) have one of the best first kisses – up against a tree, no less!

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Side Effects

Rooney Mara is this year’s lucky girl who gets to feel Channing Tatum‘s lips.

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Blue Jasmine

How could you not kiss with that gorgeous background? Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) and Dwight (Peter Sarsgaard) are feelin’ it.

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The Best Man Holiday

It’s a sweet head kiss between Harper (Taye Diggs) and Jordan (Nia Long).

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21 & Over

Ah, the college party. Where your crush (Sarah Wright) might kiss your friend (Miles Teller) first.

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Clary (Lily Collins) and Jace (Jamie Campbell Bower) find time for romance in their mixed-up, monster-filled world.

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The Best of Me

Michelle Monaghan and James Marsden cooled off their chemistry with a sexy lake makeout.

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Kill Your Darlings

Lucien (Dane DeHaan) is exactly the kind of guy to make out with random girls in bars.

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Men, Women & Children

Kaitlyn Dever and Ansel Elgort pucker up in a Romeo & Juliet-like fashion.

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Godzilla

Nothing inspires intimacy like a megamonster attack for Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen.

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Endless Love

There is a lot of kissing between teenage lovers Jade (Gabriella Wilde) and David (Alex Pettyfer).

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Enemy

Jake Gyllenhaal and Melanie Laurent lock lips in this thriller.

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Feeling Minnesota

Cameron Diaz and Keanu Reeves are feeling more than just Minnesota.

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Winter's Tale

Jessica Brown Findlay and Colin Farrell pucker up in this romantic drama.

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If I Stay

Adam (Jamie Blackley) and Mia (Chloë Grace Moretz) spend a lot of time showing PDA in this drama.

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Vanilla Sky

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have a fatal attraction.

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Into the Blue

Paul Walker and Jessica Alba are tanned and gorgeous.

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Fighting

Zulay Henao is the lucky lady who feels Channing Tatum‘s lips in this movie.

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Café Society

This is the third time Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg have played love interests on screen, so their lips should feel right at home on each other’s by now.

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Nerve

Dave Franco and Emma Roberts light up the night with their chemistry.

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Bridget Jones's Baby

Three movies in, and Bridget (Renée Zellweger) and Mark (Colin Firth) still can’t keep their lips off of each other.

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The Choice

Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer lock lips as Nicholas Sparks’s star-crossed couple of 2016.

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Allegiant

Theo James and Shailene Woodley reignite their chemistry for the latest Divergent installment.

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The Hollars

John Krasinski and Anna Kendrick play an expectant couple who are just as adorable together as you’d expect them to be.

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The Light Between Oceans

Real-life couple Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander fell in love on the set, and when you see them together, you see why.

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Hacksaw Ridge

Andrew Garfield and Teresa Palmer lock lips like only two people who might never see each other again can.

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A Star Is Born (1976)

Kris Kristofferson goes in for a passionate smooch with Barbra Streisand in the 1976 version of this film.

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I Feel Pretty

Amy Schumer gets a sweet kiss from Rory Scovel in this 2018 romantic comedy.

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