Best wedding movies that the bride should watch
- Nataly Shalimova
- Sep 18, 2024
- 3 min read
It doesn’t matter if you finish the last preparations for your wedding or just received an offer, these movies are just a must see. They will inspire, show new perspective on familiar situations and maybe - teach something. Watch with the groom, besties or alone. But in any case, stock handkerchiefs: true love, friendship and emotional ceremonies on the screen - how touching.
The Wedding Planner
Jennifer Lopez. Matthew McConaughey.
The most famous movie about the wedding planner, with Jennifer Lopez in the main role. Her heroine Mary is a real professional, with whom all the brides of the city dream to work. She herself does not hurry to go to the altar - until she meets the pretty Doctor Steve and falls in love with him without memory. All of Mary’s dreams are shattered the moment she learns that she needs to prepare for Steve’s wedding with another girl.
2. Mamma Mia
Legendary musical with a stellar cast, divine Greek sights and the song of Dancing Queen that is bound to be in your wedding playlist. But be careful! After watching you will surely start to dream of a wedding on the sea, cozy walks with the groom barefoot on the sandy beach, ice wine and oysters at the festive banquet
3. Father of the bride (1991)
Do you also get emotional when you think about how your parents will look at the wedding ceremony? The main character of the film himself marries his only daughter and lets her into a new family - in the film he shows his difficult and very touching experiences. The perfect movie for family viewing in the evening
4. Runaway bride
The legendary cast, interesting plot and very nice story made this movie really iconic. It’s worth revisiting, even if you’ve seen Maggie running away before the ceremony: this film proves that despite our personal problems, each of us has a right to love and a happy ending. Well, watching the couple Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is a pleasure.
5. Jumping the Broom
Marriage is a beautiful celebration of love, but what if the in-laws just can’t seem to get along? Two families come together on Martha’s Vineyard for a wedding weekend, but tensions soar between the groom’s Brooklyn family and the bride’s Cape Cod kin. One such conflict comes down to whether the couple will perform the Black tradition of jumping over a broom during the ceremony. With this inter-family chaos, whether or not they'll even make it through the weekend remains to be seen.
6. Breakfast at Tiffany's
This is the story of a young woman in New York City who meets a young man when he moves into her apartment building. He is with an older woman who is very wealthy, but he wants to be a writer. She is working as an expensive escort and searching for a rich, older man to marry.
7. Bride Wars
Great comedy about typical American women who dream of a perfect wedding. In the film you will see everything that brides dream of in the USA: Vera Wang dresses, cherished little blue box with Tiffany & Co. decoration and the only day off in June at the Plaza hotel when you can hold a ceremony. The best film for a relax-evening, to distract from own pre-wedding worries, look at others and at the same time appreciate the full scale of work of the wedding planner. Remember that he plays a huge role not only in this film, but also in life.
8. Maybe I Do
The film about how it’s not easy to be a big family. In the center of the plot «Parents meet» - Michelle and Allen are in love, who hope to take the next step in their relationship and get married. They invite their parents to dinner to discuss the wedding. However, to everyone’s surprise, they are acquainted. The couple’s parents have been cheating on their spouses for several months... with each other. Needless to say, how much embarrassment arises when parents try to keep their own affairs secret while expressing completely different opinions about marriage.
9. Gone with the Wind
A romantic melodrama about the beautiful Scarlett O'Hara and the noble Retta Butler, whose plot takes place against the backdrop of the war between North and South. Classic adaptation of the novel of the same name by Margaret Mitchell, celebrated in 1940 with 8 «Oscars».
10. Eat pray love
Liz Gilbert thought she had everything she wanted in life: a home, a husband and a successful career. Now newly divorced and facing a turning point, she finds that she is confused about what is important to her. Daring to step out of her comfort zone, Liz embarks on a quest of self-discovery that takes her to Italy, India and Bali.
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