Greatest Love Stories

The Full Story

Out of 72 contributors, Shrek and Fiona (from the DreamWorks Shrek franchise, 2001-2010) and Hazel and Augustus (from A Fault in Our Stars, 2014) come out on top as the most-mentioned love stories, both receiving 3 votes each. 

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In addition to these two, contributors named 28 other fictional and real love stories as all-time favorites and powerful narratives (in alphabetical order):

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1. 10 Things I Hate about You

2. A Dog’s Way Home

3. A Fault in Our Stars (x3)

4. Achilles and Patroclus

5. Benedick and Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare)

6. Buttercup and Westley (The Princess Bride)

7. Calvin and Hobbes

8. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen)

9. From Scratch

10. God and Humankind

11. Hitch

12. Mary and Percy Shelley

13. Me and my bed

14. Me and my dog

15. Meredith Grey and Derek Shepard (Grey’s Anatomy)

16. Mia and Sebastian (La La Land)

17. My friend and a girl in India who he has liked for years who finally approached him

18. My parents

19. Nick and Schimdt (New Girl)

20. Noah and Allie (The Notebook)

21. Orpheus and Eurydice (Hadestown)

22. Rapunzel and Eugene

23. Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) (x2)

24. Severus Snape and Lily Potter (Harry Potter franchise)

25. Shan Jahan and Mumtaz

26. Shrek and Fiona (x3)

27. Tangled (Disney)

28. The Way of Water

29. Twilight

30. When Harry Met Sally