Ten romantic films for a blushing bride-to-be

April 19, 2011 - 15:39 BST hellomagazine.com

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Bride Wars (2009)

Plot: Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson) are best friends with the same dream: to get married in the Plaza Hotel in New York. This dream becomes a reality when they both receive proposals on the same day and start planning their perfect weddings.

But what seems like a fairytale turns into a nightmare when an administrative error means that both weddings are mistakenly booked for the same day.

The two best friends soon turn into rivals, battling it out - and willing to go to extreme lengths - to win their perfect wedding day

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Runaway Bride (1999)

Plot: Ike Graham (Richard Gere) is a columnist in New York, who investigates Maggie (Julia Roberts), a young woman from Maryland who is infamous for leaving her grooms at the altar at the very last minute.

Although Ike is initially critical of Maggie his feelings towards her soon start to change...

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Plot: The eldest of seven brothers, Adam (Howard Keel) goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly (Jane Powell) to marry him that same day and takes her to his cabin in the mountains.

Milly soon discovers that not only will she be caring for her husband, but also his six brothers who all live in his cabin. Anxious and lonely, the brothers develop an inspired solution to get wives of their own

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The Wedding Planner (2001)

Plot: Mary Fiore (Jennifer Lopez), is a prestigious wedding planner who is too busy with other peoples weddings to have a love life of her own. That is until Doctor Steve Edison (Matthew McConaughey) crosses her path.

After a romantic evening together, Mary thinks she found a reason to believe in love... until she discovers Steve is already marrying someone else - and she is their wedding planner

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Sex and the City (2008)

Plot: A few years after they said goodbye to the small screen, the movie sequel to the popular TV series continues to follow the ups and downs of Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon).

Carrie continues her complicated relationship with Mr. Big (Cris Noth), but everything spirals out of control when wedding bells threatens to ruin their relationship.

Charlotte still has the unrealised hope of getting pregnant and Samantha is finding a loving, committed relationship more gruelling than she could have imagined.

Most dramatic of all, Miranda unwittingly lets her own relationship problems affect Carrie's, testing the future of their friendship

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Rachel’s Wedding (2008)

Plot: Kym (Anne Hathaway) has a long history of crisis, conflicts and stays in rehabilitation clinics.

The wedding of her sister, Rachel, seems like the perfect occasion to resolve family issues. But what was meant to be a weekend of celebrations becomes complicated when old tensions arise

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

Plot: Toula (Nia Vardalos) feels she has failed her family by breaking the three essential rules in every Greek woman’s life: marry a Greek man, have Greek babies and look after them all for the rest of your life.

But a change in her image, and at work, soon puts her on the path to true love

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Four Weddings & a Funeral (1994)

Plot: Charles (Hugh Grant) and his group of friends have gotten to that age when it seems everyone you know is walking down the aisle.

Then, at a wedding ceremony, Charles meets Carrie (Andie MacDowell), whom he falls for almost instantly. But after spending the night with him, she has to return to the USA.

The two lovebirds have to wait until the next wedding to see each other, but, this time, Carrie does not attend alone...

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27 Dresses (2008)

Plot: Jane Nichols (Katherine Heigl) has been a maid of honour 27 times.

Her obsession with marriage is such, that she agrees to attend two weddings simultaneously on the same night.

At one of them she meets Kevin Doyle, an attractive young man with whom she clashes immediately because of his views on marriage.

What Jane doesn’t know is, Kevin is a reporter for her beloved bridal section of the local newspaper.

He soon realises that a story on Jane’s wedding obsession could be his ticket up to reporting 'real life' news

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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

Plot: Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) finds out her best friend (Dermot Mulroney) is engaged to be married and wants her to be part of his wedding party.

This discovery sends Julianne into turmoil as she realises she is actually in love with Dermot.

As a result, she starts making plans to sabotage his big day and bag her best friend for herself