Clockwork top left: The Empire Strikes Back (Screen capture: 20th Century Studios/YouTube);  The Matrix (Screen capture: Warner Bros./YouTube);  Rocky IV: The Director's Cut (Screen capture: MGM/YouTube);  Titanic (Screenshot: 20th Century Studios/YouTube)

Clockwork top left: The Empire Strikes Back (Screen capture: 20th Century Studios/YouTube); The matrix (Screenshot: Warner Bros./YouTube); Rocky IV: The Director’s Cut (Screenshot: MGM/YouTube); Titanic (Screenshot: 20th Century Studios/YouTube)
Chart: The audiovisual club

When you think back to the most memorable on-screen couples in movie history, it’s natural to first think of romantic dramas and sweet romantic comedies – something that stars Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant , Audrey Hepburn, Richard Gere, Reese Witherspoon , Tom Hanks or Kate Hudson, for example. Turns out, sexual chemistry isn’t limited by gender, and sparks fly between couples in action, sci-fi, and even horror movies. Consider Neo and Trinity in The matrixHan and Leia in The empire strikes backSarah Connor and Kyle Reese in The Terminatorand Gale and Dewey in Shout to start. This Valentine’s Day, take a look back with us at some of cinema’s most iconic romantic couples, from Old Hollywood classics to newer movies of all genres. Which couples do you prefer?