Best and Most Memorable Film Kisses Part 3
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Bloodrayne (2005) Aggressive Stand-up Kisses | In notorious director Uwe Boll's video game adaptation, a vampire sword-and-sorcery action film, Rayne was the title character in 18th century Eastern Europe -- a beautiful but vengeful half-human, half-vampire Dhampir (Kristanna Loken), whose patriarchal father was evil ruler Lord Kagan (Ben Kingsley); in the film, she aggressively seduced Sebastian (Matthew Davis), one of three vampire hunters from the ancient Brimstone Society; she grabbed iron cell-bars that Sebastian was backed up against - and proceeded to kiss and have sex with him, standing up, similar to the scene in The Last Seduction (1994) |  |
| Brokeback Mountain (2005) Two Cowboy Kisses: First Intimate Kiss and Reunion Kiss | Nervous ranch-hand Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) and rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) grew close while herding sheep in the summer on an isolated Wyoming mountain - Ennis rebuffed Jack's daring attempt to kiss him in a tent, but then returned sheepishly with his hat in hand and accepted their first kiss - before their first sexual experience together Much later in the film during their reunion four years later, the two hugged each other tightly -- Ennis, nervously looking around, then forcefully grabbed Jack and pushed him into a secluded spot by stairs where they kissed hungrily - while Ennis' wife Alma (Michelle Williams) accidentally spied on their embracing passion from above and turned away; this kiss was voted "the best screen kiss of all time" by a 2007 online poll conducted by Europe's DVD rental company LOVEFiLM.com |    |
| Kids in America (2005) Longest Kiss | In Filmsite's selection of memorable kisses, where would the list be without this film? - the story of a teen romance built upon reproducing famous screen kisses, such as the short kiss in the rain in Say Anything... (1989) between John Cusack and Ione Skye, or the birthday kiss in Sixteen Candles (1984), or the red-bikinied Phoebe Cates' poolside fantasy kiss in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982); the film ended, and established the world record for the longest on-screen kiss, with an uninterrupted kiss between film-obsessed student Holden Donovan (Gregory Smith) and girlfriend Charlotte Pratt (Stephanie Sherrin) lasting just over six minutes during the end credits, to the tune of Brother Love's "Summertime"; Holden explained how he wanted to recreate the 3-minute and 5-second screen kiss from the film You're in the Army Now (1941) between Jane Wyman and Regis Toomey; to meet his "challenge" and "rewrite a little bit of film history," Charlotte removed Holden's glasses and began the 6-minute kiss with the command: "ACTION" |     |
| Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) Sizzling 'Best Kiss' | The romantic and sizzling interplay between co-stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (as assassins John and Jane Smith targeting each other) in this action/comedy consequently led to Pitt's divorce from Jennifer Aniston and his close partnering with Jolie; the film was nominated with MTV's Movie Award for Best Kiss, and lost to Brokeback Mountain's same-sex kiss, for the scene in which their passionate brawl led to violent love-making |    |
| Pride & Prejudice (2005) Modernized Kisses | Additional kissing scenes were added to this changed version of Jane Austen's novel, especially in the schmaltzy sugary ending (in the US-released version with an extended 8-minute sequence) - in which the couple kissed in a moonlit haze of post-nuptial bliss on a terrace as he repeatedly whispered and called her: "Mrs. Darcy... Mrs. Darcy"; in the original book, there was no kissing between Darcy and Elizabeth; in the film, self-involved Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) and feisty and outspoken Lizzie (Keira Knightley) met frequently with longing looks and kisses |     Extended Scene |
| V for Vendetta (2005) Masked Kiss | In this comic book fantasy, the futuristic thriller told about a mysterious, verse-spouting vigilante and anarchistic freedom fighter code-named V (Hugo Weaving) - with a permanent Guy Fawkes mask - and his quest to topple a fascist British government run by Chancellor Adam Sutler (John Hurt); his plan was to blow up Parliament on November 5th, 2020 - the anniversary of Fawkes' execution in 1605; alternatingly protective and cruel, a terrifying, uneasy and inspiring relationship developed between V and his protege - radicalized young TV production assistant Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman) - in the dancing scene in V's secret lair, she kissed his mask |   |
| Walk the Line (2005) On Stage Proposal Kiss | Onstage in the middle of the duet of Jackson between country singer Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) and June Carter (Reese Witherspoon), he stopped the song; he said that he couldn't sing anymore unless she married him; after being together for many years, he apologized to her for saying and doing a lot of things which hurt her, and promised to never do those things again; then he proposed with: "I'm asking you to marry me. I love you, June. Now, I know I said and done a lotta things—that I hurt you—but I promise, I'll never do that again...You're my best friend. Marry me" -- and she agreed by quietly saying "All right" with a slight nod of her head; as they kissed each other, he hoisted her up in his arms and twirled her around |    |
| Cashback (2006, UK) Frozen Time Kiss | In this low-budget British romantic comedy, sketch-art student Ben Willis (Sean Biggerstaff) had the ability to freeze time (in his rich fantasy world); in the film's final scene, he showed blonde girlfriend Sharon (Emilia Fox) how time could be stopped during a snowfall, while describing in voice-over his ideas on love: "Once upon a time, I wanted to know what love was. Love is there if you want it to be. You just have to see that it's wrapped in beauty and hidden away in between the seconds of your life. If you don't stop for a minute, you might miss it"; with time-frozen, they kissed each other within the fantastical scene; in contrast, earlier in the film when he experienced his first kiss with Sharon, he described how very awkward it was: "That first kiss - I've always made such a mess of it" |   |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) A Pirate's Betrayal Kiss | After pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) returned after cowardly fleeing the Black Pearl in a longboat by himself when it was in danger of being crushed by the Kraken - a fearsome giant sea monster with tentacles, Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) breathlessly spoke: "You came back. I always knew you were a good man"; as the crew abandoned ship, expecting another attack from the beast, she then seemingly rewarded him for his loyalty by giving him a long, protracted passionate kiss, as they backed him up against the mast of the Black Pearl -- when a click was unexpectedly heard - she had used the kiss to deceptively distract Jack long enough to manacle him to the ship; she knew that the beast only wanted him when she confessed the beast's intentions to him: "It's after you, not the ship. It's not us. This is the only way, don't you see?" She added as she leaned in closer before pulling away: "I'm not sorry." Jack, with a seemingly proud smile on his face and rapt attraction to her, replied: "Pirate" - as if her betrayal claimed further kinship with him |     |
| Atonement (2007) Unbridled Kisses of Love - Misinterpreted | In the library scene, privileged Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley) and 'secret' boyfriend, servant/cook son Robbie Turner (James McAvoy) first physically expressed their unbridled erotic love for each other with passionate kisses and a confession of love. Wearing a green backless dress that was hiked up, Cecilia was awkwardly positioned on a ladder up against a stack of books as they began to make love. They were interrupted by Cecilia's younger, impressionable and mistaken sister Briony (Saoirse Ronan), a budding and imaginative playwright who was so shocked that she subsequently wrongly accused Robbie of 'raping' her young cousin Lola Quincey (Juno Temple) because of sexual misunderstanding - and altered their lives forever |   |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Young Crush Mistletoe Kiss | Young wizard Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) experienced his first kiss in the fifth film of the series with girlfriend Cho Chang (Katie Leung), at Christmastime; she pointed out the mistletoe above them and they enjoyed a simple, prolonged kiss -- afterwards, Harry attempted to describe the kiss to his friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint), who asked: "Well, how was it?"; Harry gave a one-word description: "wet"; Hermione asserted: "I'm sure Harry's kissing was more than satisfactory" and then described why Cho was recently sad and crying so much (and not because of the kiss), but because of her deceased boyfriend from the previous film and other issues: "She's feeling sad about Cedric and therefore confused about liking Harry and guilty about kissing him, conflicted because Umbridge is threatening to sack her Mum from the Ministry and frightened of failing her OWLs because she's worrying about everything" - Ron exclaimed: "One person couldn't feel all that. They'd explode" |    |
| My Blueberry Nights (2007) Blueberry Pie/Cream Kiss | At the conclusion of writer/director Wong Kar-wai's debut English-language film, in a very moody scene, soul-searching, love-lorn, broken-hearted loner Elizabeth (singer Norah Jones in her acting debut) after a 300 day road-trip cross-country, was sleeping with her head resting on the counter of a NY cafe where she had started months earlier after the diner's proprietor Jeremy (Jude Law) had kissed her -- now, Jeremy noticed left-over cream from her helping of blueberry pie a la mode below her luscious lips, and came close to kiss her (from a top view), in slow-motion - and she reciprocated this time; in voice-over, she said: "It took me nearly a year to get here. It wasn't so hard to cross that street after all. It all depends on who's waiting for you on the other side," as Norah Jones crooned the tune The Story |    |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) "Just Kiss" | During a ferocious sea battle, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) was married by pirate Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) to long-time love Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) on the deck of the Black Pearl amidst swordfights; Barbossa had only seconds to say: "You may kiss...Just kiss"; but a few moments later, Will was mortally stabbed in the heart by tentacle-faced pirate captain Davy Jones (Bill Nighy); Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) was able to stab Jones' heart and kill him (using Will's hand, in order to have Will become his replacement as the Flying Dutchman's immortal captain), allowing Elizabeth and Jack to escape as Will's heart was cut out of his body by his father "Bootstrap Bill" (Stellan Skarsgard) and placed in the chest; Will was reborn and became the new captain of the resurrected Dutchman, destined to sail as its captain (with his father) for eternity; he made love to Elizabeth (now Mrs. Turner) on his one day in 10 years allowed on land before saying a final goodbye and departure, and they promised to see each other again in a decade; Elizabeth promised to keep Will's beating heart safe in the chest ("It's always belonged to you") - and they kissed one last time at the water's edge - he told her: "Keep a weather eye on the horizon" |      |
| The Simpsons Movie (2007) Best Kiss of Their Lives (So Far) | Nuclear reactor worker Homer Simpson (voice of Dan Castellaneta) saved the town of Springfield by throwing a doomsday bomb into an immense dome while driving a motorcycle with mischievous Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright); after the explosion, he then reconciled with his wife Marge (voice of Julie Kavner), and as he drove out of town with her on his motorcycle, they shared a long, arcing kiss; Marge sighed: "Mmm. Best kiss of my life" - Homer corrected her warmly: "Best kiss of your life so far!" as they drove into the sunset |  |
| Spider-Man 3 (2007) Copy-Cat Upside-Down Kiss | After saving pretty blonde lab partner Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard) when Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) caught her falling from a 62-story New York skyscraper during an out-of-control crane building disaster, a "Key to the City" ceremony was held to honor the superhero; during the ceremony, Spider-Man first appeared upside down on the stage - as the crowd encouraged: "Kiss him, Kiss him!"; he agreed and gave Gwen permission: "Go ahead, lay one on me...They'll love it"; she peeled back his face mask and smooched with him - not realizing that the well-publicized kiss would cause a significant rift between him and jealous long-time love Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) in the audience; they had just imitated the famous, very-special kiss from the first film in the series that he had experienced in the rain with her |     |
| The Duchess (2008) Forbidden Kisses | The thwarted happiness of witty and attractive aristocrat Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley) who was set up and trapped in an emotionally-distant arranged marriage as the Duchess of Devonshire with callous but regal and powerful Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish (Ralph Fiennes) -- although a faithful spouse, she was unable to produce a male heir (at first) for her philandering husband and found love instead with rising politician and childhood sweetheart Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper); during a secret meeting with him when he noticed that she was upset, he asked: "Would it help to unburden yourself?...Please tell me what is wrong", and she told him: "I fear I've done some things in life too late and others too early" - they kissed; when he apologized for overstepping his bounds, she kissed him a second time more passionately; later, after bearing a son for her husband, she engaged in an extra-marital affair with Charles on several occasions, notably during a vacation (without her husband) at Bath -- rebelling against the double-standard imposed by her loathsome husband who had his own live-in mistress Lady Elizabeth 'Bess' Foster (Hayley Atwell); Georgiana's affair produced a love-child, which she had to give up in the film's most tear-jerking scene |     |
| Hancock (2008) An AllHeart Kiss | In the epilogue of this fantasy super-hero film set in present-day Los Angeles, super-hero Mary Embrey (Charlize Theron) kissed her struggling public relations agent husband Ray (Jason Bateman); although she was an immortal super-hero, she had chosen to be mortal and vulnerable, wishing to "Love, connect, grow old, die"; she had separated from her superhero husband 'John Hancock' (Will Smith) for the last time so that he could continue to save people and lives ("You're built to save people more than the rest of us. That's who you are. You're a hero. The insurance policy of the gods. Keep one alive. You. To protect this world") for she knew that if they were together, they would weaken and die; by a phone call, Hancock revealed that he had been on the moon, painting it with Ray's logo - the "AllHeart Symbol" representing world-changing charitable giving; he called Ray (and family) and told him: "You're gonna change the world. Good job, Ray," as the loving couple kissed in front of the symbol, and Ray asked himself about the defacement: "Will I get in trouble for that?" |    |
| Milk (2008) Gay Kiss | Gay activist and San Francisco's City Supervisor and community organizer Harvey Milk's (Sean Penn) brazen love of life and quest to bring gay rights and support the disenfranchised over a six year period, with an early pick-up scene of closeted corporate NY insurance salesman Harvey meeting up in a subway corridor with one of the future loves of his life -- Scott Smith (James Franco) and proposing to kiss him before he turned 40 (at midnight); he asked: "You're not gonna let me spend my birthday all by myself, are you?" and their almost spontaneous kiss-on-the-lips; they proceeded to Harvey's apartment where they listened to 33 rpm records, drank wine, and ended up in bed where they shared birthday cake together |  |
| The Reader (2008) Underage Kiss | Uneducated, repressed 36 year-old tram conductor Hanna Schmitz (Oscar-winning Kate Winslet) engaged in an erotic, passionate and secret summer-time affair with a 15 year-old virginal German schoolboy named Michael Berg (David Kross, and Ralph Fiennes in adulthood) in post WWII Berlin (1958), after a chance meeting when she helped him as he was suffering from the onset of scarlet fever; a few months later, she bathed him and dried him off, while nude herself, after he had dirtied himself with coal dust in her basement; their first physical encounter was initiated by her as she stood behind him and realized his sexual excitement; she bluntly stated: "So that's why you came back" - she turned him around as he told her: "You're so beautiful"; she asked: "What are you talking about?" and kissed him gently on the lips; she then said: "Look at me, kid" - forever after calling him 'kid'; he eagerly reciprocated the kiss and she instructed: "Slowly, slowly, shh..." as she tenderly kissed him again; in the next scene at his family's dinner table, he was preoccupied in his erotic thoughts, remembering their first sexual intercourse together that afternoon; they would continue having sex on a regular basis, after which he would read literature outloud to her (The Odyssey, Huckleberry Finn, and The Lady with the Little Dog among others) |     |
| Slumdog Millionaire (2008) "This Is Our Destiny" Kiss | In this rags to riches Bollywood-like film, slumdog millionaire Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) expressed a life-long devotion to the female 'third musketeer' in a trio of orphaned children - he eventually rescued the beautiful yet unattainable (until the end) fellow slum orphan Latika (Freida Pinto as teen) - a semi-willing underworld concubine of an underworld gangster; they experienced a fairy-tale ending of a kiss at the train station - when he spotted her across the tracks, he crossed to meet her (with quick flashbacked images of his long journey) - he told her: "I knew you'd be watching" to which she replied: "I thought we'd meet again only in death"; he removed her head covering and noticed the long thin scar she had received from one of her abductors on the left side of her face during an earlier aborted rescue; he lovingly kissed her scar (the film reversed itself and he saw her from above on the train platform before the kidnapping), and then told her: "This is our destiny" (she replied: "Kiss me") before kissing her on the lips; the image freeze-framed and slowly dissolved to black, with choice "D: It is written" superimposed on the screen |     |
| Twilight (2008) Resisting the Deadly Consequences of a Kiss | The strained, teenaged love relationship - unconsummated and one of dangerous attraction - between pale, intrigued and mesmerized 17 year-old new-girl-in-school Isabella ("Bella") Swan (Kristen Stewart) and handsome, icy-to-touch, immortal vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), with their first dramatic kissing scene, in her bedroom, where he often watched her sleep because it was "fascinating" to him; he told her: "I always want to try one thing. Just stay very still. Don't move" - as he slightly gasped, he moved closer and pecked her on the lips -- then she hungrily reciprocated and grabbed his head; they both panted as she fell back on her bed with him on top of her, still kissing; but then he suddenly jumped back and commanded: "Stop it." She apologized: "I'm sorry." He replied: "I'm stronger than I thought," but she felt otherwise: "Yeah. I wish I could say the same." He revealed his major fear: "I can't ever lose control with you." Without sexually consummating their love, he remained with her for the night. In the final romantic scene of the young couple dancing at their high school prom under an outdoor gazebo, Bella professed her dying love for him, surrendered her neck to him, and they kissed: (Bella: "I dream about being with you forever..." Edward: "Is it not enough just to have a long and happy life with me?" Bella: "Yeah. For now. (voice-over) No one will surrender tonight, but I won't give in. I know what I want"). |       |
| WALL-E (2008) Sparking Robot 'Kisses' | There were two kisses between the two odd-couple characters: the title character WALL·E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class) (voice of Ben Burtt) - the last lone garbage-compacting robot on Earth, and EVE (short for Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) (voice of Elissa Knight), a sleek, white-shelled probe droid-robot from the spaceship AXIOM: (1) their first kiss was in outer space when EVE touched her helmet to WALL-E's binoculars and caused a spark, making him float backwards in ecstasy - the prelude to a spectacular space dance sequence, and (2) in the film's conclusion, a crushed and 'dead' WALL-E (rebuilt by EVE who used his own spare parts collection to reconstruct him) appeared to have lost his acquired sentience, personality and memories, but then remembered who EVE was - after they clapsed 'hands', and she lightly touched her forehead to his (causing a small spark of recognition); WALL-E came to life - then they enjoyed another longer kiss together |     |
| Terminator Salvation (2009) "Second Chance" Death-Row Kiss | In the year 2003 at the Longview State Correctional Facility (in Texas), convicted death-row inmate Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), an hour away from a lethal injection, was approached one last time by terminally-ill researcher Dr. Serena Kogan (Helena Bonham Carter) to sign a consent form, to donate his body for a "noble cause." He would receive a "second chance" at life - believing wrongly that he would help save the "human race." He 'sold' himself to Cyberdyne Systems Genetics Division (in San Francisco) for a single kiss (he mused after the kiss: "So that's what death tastes like"), eventually becoming an advanced T-RIP (Resistance Infiltration Prototype) hybrid machine (but with a human heart and brain). He was summarily executed, without any final words - his last view was Dr. Kogan standing over him. |  |
