Bet you didn't know today is Cliché Day! That's right, everyone, today is very important holiday. To honor this special day, we racked our brains for the top epic movie moments in cliché history. While we could go on and on with film cliches that we literally can't even with anymore (bra-less women running in horror movies, anyone?), we went a different route and thought of all the classic clichés we actually love. From airport love scenes to movie makeover magic, here's a list of the best clichés we secretly hope will happen to us.
Ah, yes. The old kissing in the rain scene. The Notebook and Spiderman are killer examples of this epic movie cliché. How is it that Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire manage to pull this off and still look flawless? Shout out to us normal folk who get runny mascara and frizzy hair at the sight of a single raindrop. Sigh, rainy-riddled romance is just not in the cards for us.
The "it was you all along" cliché has to be one of our favorite romantic movie moves of all time. Take When Harry Met Sally for example. Did we not all do a collective swoon when the former frienemies tearfully got together in the end? How about Cher's iconic "Oh my God, I love Josh!" declaration in Clueless? They always say good friends often make the best couples.
'80s movies in and of themselves are all giant, amazing clichés. Both Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink are no exception. Who doesn't love a film that features a lovable nerd, blindly obsessed with Molly Ringwald while she lusts after the popular boy? The cliche goes as follows: After the geek realizes he's not getting a shot with the object of his affection, he swallows his pride and steps aside for the studly dreamboat to sweep Molly off her feet. How come nobody ever gets obsessed with us like Duckie and Ted? We wouldn't mind it...
This one is totally cute. We can name a handful of movies where the main character's trusty sidekicks end up finding love in the end of themselves. It's a classic feel-good cliché. Who remembers when Carrie Bradshaw's buddy Stanford, and Charlotte's pal Anthony got together at the end of Sex and the City? Ugh, that scene was just gushing with cliché, but we still loved it. Another set of sidekicks who found romance? The lovable nanny and butler in the Lindsay Lohan version of The Parent Trap! Throwing it way back with that one, amiright?
OMG. There are literally 90 million movies we could list here but Princess Diaries and Grease come to mind when we brainstorm classic movie makeover clichés. We died when Anne Hathaway's character got her Princess of Genovia makeover. Although, we totally would have stuck with those fierce "bushman eyebrows" they plucked away. And how can we make a list of movie clichés and not include Grease?! Olivia Newton-John's makeover into "bad" Sandy gave us rebel girl inspo for decades. Tell us about it, stud.
Woof. The "sad girl finds love just in time for the holiday's" cliché is so us it hurts. Minus the "finds love" part. Sobs quietly. Two epic examples of this heartfelt cliche are The Holiday and Bridget Jones. Heartbroken over a total player, Iris, played by Kate Winslet soon falls for Jack Black's lovable character Miles in The Holiday. We also have Renée Zellweger's character, Ms. Jones, who meets sexy Colin Firth at a holiday party. Lucky ladies, the both of them. BRB as we write "holiday boyfriend" 45 times on our list to Santa.
A list of clichés wouldn't be complete if we didn't include (drumroll, please) montages! The '80s Nicolas Cage classic Valley Girl and the Kirsten Dunst hit Marie Antoinette slayed the montage game. You've got to check them out. We're living for the epic clothing montages in both Valley Girl and Sofia Coppola's colorful flick.
This cliché usually requires 18 boxes of tissues to sit through. We're talking about the trusty airport chase that plagues tons of romantic movies. You know the drill, guy realizes he just let the love of his life get on a plane never to return (hasn't anyone heard of return tickets?). After coming to his senses mere milliseconds before it's too late, he stops what he's doing, and defies all TSA regulations by dashing through the airport to swoop up his woman. You've seen this happen in both The Wedding Singer with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore and Garden State with Zach Braff and Natalie Portman.
The final cliché we know and love is the classic "stop the wedding" scene. The Graduate started it all with Dustin Hoffman flying into the church at the last minute only to run away with the bride. Years later Waynes World perfectly parodied the bit. Bringing things into the present, Wedding Crashers had a classic scene at the end, where Owen Wilson snags Rachel McAdams (props to showing up on this list twice, girl) away from Bradley Cooper. Bonus cliche: Both films feature the couples driving off into the distance after they make their matrimonial escape. Happy Cliché Day, y'all!
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