Hollywood has a knack for producing romance movies that capture the hearts of the audience. After all, the possibilities of stories generated from the genre are endless. Whether it’s an ogre falling in love with a princess, or a Christmas miracle that brings in two vastly different people together. Admittedly, some of them can turn a bit weird. Here are someromancemovies that went from cute to weird very quickly.
10Warm Bodies (2013)
Zombies and romance usually don’t go so well together. After all, who in their right mind would think about flirting when there’s a mindless body running toward them? However,Warm Bodiesmanages todefy all odds and combine the two genresseamlessly. They say love can cure anything. This is true for a zombie called R (Nicholas Hoult), who falls in love with Julie (Teresa Palmer), after rescuing her from a pack of the undead. Although their relationship throughout the film is heart-warming, the fact that he’s the undead makes the whole concept weird.
9WALL-E (2008)
There are a ton of movies where robots have feelings. However, not many depict two mechanical devices falling in love. WhileWALL-Emostly focuses on mankind leaving Earth and living in space, the audience can’t help but find the romance between EVE and Wall-E adorable. This raises a serious question among fans: can robots fall in love?
8Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Inspired by a set of novels by E. L. James,Fifty Shades of Greyis anerotic love storythat dives into the deepest desires of many. The film starts off with Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Jamie Doman) facing each other in an interview. There is visible flirting being targeted toward the other, and fans couldn’t help but think of it as cute. The series gets dark very quickly when Mr. Grey leads Anastasia to his red room, where he performs intimate bondage with various women. Each woman has to sign a non-disclosure contract before engaging in a romantic relationship with him. For a successful romance story, this part surely weirded out a lot of fans.
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7Lars and The Real Girl (2007)
Everything’s fair in love and war, but this can’t be said for falling in love with life-sized dolls. InLars and the Real Girl, Lars (Ryan Gosling) is aquirky man that falls in loveat first sight with Bianca. On the outside, his love for Bianca is sweet and heart-warming. He spends most of his time caring for his girlfriend and even reading her a book to make sure she doesn’t get bored. However, fans were quickly weirded out when they found out that Bianca is actually a human-like doll and that Lars has been imagining her as real the entire time. His family, who pities his mental state, decides to go along with his imagination and treat the doll as if she were real. Eventually, Lars does get the help he needs and decides to let go of Bianca to live a normal life and find real love.
6Harold and Maude (1971)
Harold and Maude live in two different worlds; while he is a suicidal young adult, she is a life-loving 80-year-old woman. The two meet during a funeral and quickly develop asweet relationship with one another. The story gets weird when their friendship turns into love and the two form a romantic relationship. Together, they explore the possibilities of life with a fresh perspective and lift each other up from their darkness. They say age is just a number and love is not defined by it. However, the audience can’t help but be set aback by this unusual couple.
5Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Tim Burton is well-known forproducing unique stories and characters. Whether it’s theCorpse BrideorThe Nightmare Before Christmas, fans can’t help themselves but be glued to the screen. As weird as his works are, the romances in some of these films are truly weird.Edward Scissorhandsis a perfect example of unconventional romance. Edward is a hermit whose innocence is unparalleled, but gets driven out of town for his appearance. Although he is away from Kim, the woman he loves, he never stops thinking about her.
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4Beauty and the Beast (1991)
For romances that are too weird, Disney’s classicBeauty and the Beastwould probably take first place. Imagine being imprisoned against your will by a monster, only to fall in love with him later. Not only that, but the man is a beast. It is certainly weird to have a romantic relationship with someone that is not human.
3About Time (2013)
Time traveling is an interesting concept. Especially if thatpower is inherited for generations. Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) is one such man that gains the ability to time travel. However, instead of putting this ability to good use, he uses it to make his crush fall in love with him. Not only is that creepy, but also cunning.
2Punch Drunk Love (2002)
Punch Drunk Loveis a fine example ofromance going out of place. It starts off innocently with a man named Barry Egan, a self-proclaimed businessman, who falls in love with a woman named Lena. The two are happy together. However, this happiness is interrupted when Barry’s past comes to light. Before Lena, it is revealed that he used to pay for intimate phone conversations with women. This led to him getting large credit card bills and eventually having his card blocked. The weird part starts when a simple romance turns into debts, call girls, and a mafia chase.
1True Romance (1993)
Clarence (Christian Slater) is a 24-year-old man thatfalls in love with Alabama, a sex worker. However, things don’t go well when she tearfully tells him about the man who turned her into a sex worker. To help her, Clarence visits the brothel and kills the boss. What starts off as a romance between a comic book nerd and a sex worker, turns into a series of mob chases and selling cocaine.
