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Casablanca named top movie kiss

Posted by Team Boxwish on 14 January 2009 at 11.16AM

What makes a classic onscreen smooch? That was the riddle presented to female patients at Manchester’s private dental practice, Kissdental who were asked to name their favourite silver screen snog in a new survey. The 500 participants clearly had some serious and weighty issues to consider. Is it attractive co-stars with electric chemistry? A physical release to lots of pent-up emotion or just lusty slobbering? Whatever their definition of cool kissing, they opted for the one between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in 1942’s timeless romance Casablanca. Apparently that kiss is one that Sam can definitely play again.

Coming in second was the embrace between two-time Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in their first onscreen pairing in the tragic Titanic. On an equally epic scale but more old-school like the winner is the third placed puckering up between Omar Sharif and Julie Christie in 1965’s David Lean masterpiece Doctor Zhivago. The top five is rounded out by Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor getting it on in musical Moulin Rouge! at number four and the upside-down lip-smacker between Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst in comic book adventure Spiderman.

The rest of the top ten is a mix of recent rom-coms – Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth brave the London snow in Bridget Jones’s Diary at six, revered romances – Vivien Leigh’s feisty southern belle Scarlett O’Hara and Clark Gable’s Rhett Butler lock lips in Gone With the Wind at seven, steamy embraces – Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr roll in the surf in From Here to Eternity at eight, 80s fairytale endings – Richard Gere sweeps Debra Winger off her feet in An Officer and a Gentleman at nine, and most unexpectedly green ogres – Shrek and Princess Fiona in animated yarn Shrek at ten.

“We were pleasantly surprised by the results,” reveals Kissdental owner Kailesh Solanki. “When it comes to great movie kisses, clearly nothing beats the chemistry of old-fashioned romance. There are some classic kissing scenes that stand the test of time. The survey shows that kissing is more about romance and true love than it is about sex.”

Could that be because you only asked women? Try it with the fellas and then we’ll see…

[via Dentistry.co.uk]

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Comments (4)

what about greer garson and laurence olivier in the 1940's pride and prejudice - much better kiss!

Posted by Lulu on 14 January 2009 at 12.04PM
I like the romanve between Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe in The Last of the Mohicans - that film is soooo romantic and epic!

Posted by cookie_jar on 14 January 2009 at 12.54PM
I've never got the spiderman kiss, it looks uncomfortable rather than romantic

Posted by richabbott5 on 14 January 2009 at 04.35PM
yeah it looks like the rain would go up spidey's nose! And who wants to be outside snogging in the cold rain anyway?

Posted by Shazee on 15 January 2009 at 12.58PM