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Mogambo

12 months ago

The emotional roller coaster that is this scene is unsurpassed by any other.

Go ahead and find me a better kiss than this. The way he takes a hold of her, tilts her chin up and goes in, lighting, music, the pre-elevator scene and then the result, 10/10.

Jason Callen

12 months ago

Zzzz…

Mogambo

12 months ago

o come on now. it was anything about snooze worthy. it was electric.

Polaris​DiB

12 months ago

I like the makeout session at the end of Cinema Paradiso. The whole movie is foreplay to the concept of cinema until that last moment where the director throws reserve to the wind and just starts slobbering all over cinema’s lips — using a montage of kisses from cinema history. It’s pretty great.

—PolarisDiB

Alexandra Hopkins

12 months ago

spiderman

Llawren​ce

12 months ago

greatest this, greatest that…

d sparky

12 months ago

Don’t know about greatest ever, but this one is pretty good.

Ben.

12 months ago

HOT.

Mogambo

12 months ago

Damn I don’t remember that from Cinema Paradiso at all. Need to re-watch ASAP.

Yes, the Spiderman kiss was good. But more so for its uniqueness than any emotional aspect.

odilonvert

12 months ago

Yeah I’ll admit I wouldn’t mind being kissed like that…. ;)

Ben.

12 months ago

^ LOL

So women DO like it.

Jazzalo​ha

12 months ago

The kiss was OK, if not good, but the thought that it was the best ever never crossed my mind. But I’ll have to think of better ones. What about the kiss between Bogey and Bacall in To Have and To Have Not. I’m thinking of the scene where Bacall leaves the room saying. “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.” What makes the kiss so great, though, is the dialogue that precedes it. Smokin’! (I’m not convinced this is the best kisses of all time, though.)

Meg ͏

12 months ago

when Rhett took command and really kissed Scarlett then carted up off up the stairs was pretty alright

Vivien Leigh’s eyes the next morning were masterful in conveying the impact the night had on her anyway:) – then of course, he comes in with his defenses up and it all goes bad.

ruby stevens

12 months ago

Jaspar Lamar Crabb

12 months ago

Grace Kelly & James Stewart in REAR WINDOW

Rock and Bull

12 months ago

This one is the best

odilonvert

12 months ago

The best kiss of all time is the kind you get for real.

’Nuff said.

odilonvert

12 months ago

And I might say that while I was not crazy about Drive, one of the interesting things about the kiss in the elevator scene is that is was followed by horrific violence. There was an interesting moment right before the kiss where Gosling made a protective move with his arm around what’s her name (sorry it’s escaping me at the moment), and then went for the kiss like he’d never see her again. It was like an “the end of the story” kiss — he fulfilled a longing they both had, then went to hell in a handbasket.

And THAT is what makes that kiss so interesting and passionate to me.

odilonvert

12 months ago

As for Cinema Paradiso, I must say DiB that the movie made me downright nauseous and when all that kissing stuff happened at the end, if it weren’t for the fact that I was seeing it with my mother (who was in tears about how “romantic” it was), I would have left the theater right in the middle of that.

UGH.

SOYBEAN

12 months ago

I always found this one to be pretty good. Rita helps. (clip from Gilda)

I hate you too Johnny.

Ben.

12 months ago

^ This.

It’s pretty powerful.

ruby stevens

12 months ago

re: drive yes, he knew he wouldn’t get another chance. and, i hesitate to say it but…that scene in gwtw plays like a rape scene. he forcibly carries her up the stairs against her will, then the next morning she’s all smiles. it always cuts me wrong

odilonvert

12 months ago

gwtw? what is that?….

jeff

12 months ago

personally, i thought that kiss scene in drive was too ridiculous for me to take seriously. i was cracking up at that part. besides the horrible songs, that scene was one of the main reasons i disliked the movie.

ruby stevens

12 months ago

gone with the wind

that is a good one soybean. it’s a thin line between love and hate lol

odilonvert

12 months ago

Ha — the lighting thing and slo-mo and music was corny. But man was his kissing convincing. I mean, forget about her, my eyes were riveted on HIM. :P

odilonvert

12 months ago

Ah, I haven’t seen that in ages, Ruby! All I remember is her huge dresses and the green drape dress. :D

ruby stevens

12 months ago

lol i’ve seen it dozens of times

No-Limb Joe

12 months ago

From Here to Eternity’s beach make-out always makes me laugh.

ruby stevens

12 months ago

it’s the music! ^