Characters in Love Event: Cara Lynn Shultz on Best Kisses

Disclaimer: I won't be posting about The Notebook. Yes, the kiss in The Notebook is incredibly hot and romantic and rainy and Gosling-y. But everyone posts about The Notebook. Everyone wants to kiss in the rain. (Everyone wants to kiss Ryan Gosling in the rain, but that's another post.)

So, I made my best efforts to avoid the iconic kisses that we all know and love, like The Notebook and Titanic. ("I'm flying!" Yeah, I'd feel like I was flying, too, if floppy- haired Leo was smooching on me.) So here are some of my favorite movie and TV kisses. Granted, I was limited by what clips I could find on the Internet, so some of my favorites (the glove scene in The Age of Innocence, for example) are missing. Some are sexy. Some are sweet. But they all make you reach for the rewind button on your DVR. Check 'em out—and thanks to Kris for having me be a part of this Valentine's event!

Buffy & Angel

Skip ahead to minute 9. One of the greatest doomed romances of all time—Buffy and Angel. He's a vampire cursed with a soul. She's the Slayer in a world where vampires are bloodsucking demons, end of discussion. Spoiler alert: It's not going to work out. But the amount of love between those two practically jumps out of the screen and slaps you in the face.

Angel & Collins

A different Angel (played by Wilson Jermaine Heredia) and Tom Collins (Jesse L. Martin) profess their love for one another in the movie version of Rent. Now, I have to tell you: I worked at Rent as an usher in 1996, when the original cast was in the show. So I have a very deep-rooted love of this show, since I watched it eight times a week. This number was just as sweet in the movie as it was in the play, and Angel & Collins remain one of my favorite tragic couples. Their love is pure and sweet and true.

Indy & Marion

Only Indiana Jones can pull off being this romantic and slick while being a big ol' baby about his wounds. Hands up if, somewhere along the way, a guy tried this move on you.

Elizabeth & Mr. Darcy

Okay, the kiss isn't in this particular scene. But this scene, from the BBC miniseries, Pride & Prejudice, is still amazing. This is what made me love Colin Firth.

Robbie & Cecilia

The stolen kiss in the library is all breathy pauses, out-of-focus, shadowed shots of hands on skin and glimpses of fabric (like that enviable green dress), but it's the determined "I love you" from Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement that make this scene completely and totally hot.

Blaine & Andie
Click here to watch at Movie Clips.

There are a LOT of Molly Ringwald clips to choose from. The kiss at the end of Sixteen Candles. The stolen Judd Nelson smooch in Breakfast Club. There are even two other great kisses in Pretty in Pink: the parking lot kiss where Andie drops her bag in the rain, and Duckie planting a big ol' smooch on Iona in the club. But when it comes to smooches, being asked to the prom and then kissed by he-of-the-household-appliance-name Blaine, well, tell me you didn't swoon, even though Andrew McCarthy manhandles Molly's face like he's tenderizing meat.

Baby & Johnny
Click here to watch on Youtube.

The scene in his bungalow is also equally hot, but the playfulness (and sexiness) of this scene earn it a spot on the list, and space for Johnny Castle in everyone's dance space.

About the Author
Photo and Bio from her website

Cara Lynn Shultz’s love of supernatural writing began when she was 7 and wrote a play about ghosts, which she and her friends acted out on her grandparents’ porch. Since then, her work has appeared in Teen People, Alternative Press, Stuff, InStyle, Us Weekly, The Guardian UK and countless posts on Facebook and Twitter. She is a proud graduate of Fordham University and is currently a senior editor at PEOPLE.com. Cara lives in her native New York City with her husband, tuxedo cat and 8 million other people. Spellbound is her first novel.

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Thanks for dropping by Imaginary Reads again, Cara, and thanks for sharing those phenomenal kiss scenes!

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