Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)

Commitment can seem terrifying, until you realize the person you're meant to be with keeps slipping away. Mike Newell's "Four Weddings and a Funeral," written by Richard Curtis, is a delightful, witty romantic comedy that earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Hugh Grant stars as Charles, a charming, perpetually late English bachelor who's always the best man but never the groom and who avoids commitment at all costs. At the first of a series of weddings, he meets Carrie (Andie MacDowell), a lovely, free-spirited American, and falls for her. But their paths keep crossing at weddings, and at one moving funeral, without their ever managing to get together, especially after Carrie announces her engagement to a wealthy, much older Scottish politician. Charles is surrounded by a close-knit circle of friends, including his deaf brother, David (David Bower), with whom he communicates in sign language; the cool, elegant Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas), who secretly loves him; and the larger-than-life Gareth (Simon Callow) and his devoted partner, Matthew (John Hannah), whose heartfelt eulogy, built around a W.H. Auden poem, is the film's emotional high point. Rowan Atkinson is hilarious as a bumbling young priest, and Anna Chancellor plays Charles' jilted ex-girlfriend, whose reappearance leads to a memorable climax. Wet Wet Wet's cover of "Love Is All Around" became a huge hit, and Grant won a Golden Globe for his performance.