Moonstruck

Anora’s Sunday sweep aside, romantic comedies hardly ever get love from the Academy. 1987’s Moonstruck was a rare exception, netting six Oscar noms, including wins for Cher (Best Actress), Olympia Dukakis (Best Supporting Actress), and John Patrick Shanley (Best Original Screenplay). Rocking a sexy gray streak and sensible cardigans, Cher plays an Italian-American widow drawn to her new fiancé’s brooding, opera-obsessed younger brother (Nicolas Cage, at the height of his snackable years). Careening between Dean Martin and Puccini and capturing a real-feeling New York in bracing winter, it’s forever a slice of movie magic.– Kimberley Jones