10 Wedding Movies Every Bride Can Relate To

No matter what you’re going through in the midst of planning your wedding, you can probably rest assured that someone else has gone through similar struggles and joys. Thousands of weddings take place each day and millions of people get married each year. The sheer statistics practically guarantee that some one else out there has or is currently experiencing similar sentiments as you. While you may not be able to personally contact such people, you can get a sense of this shared experience through cinema. Films do a great job of epitomizing human experience in a fun and entertaining fashion and wedding films are no exception.

Movie #1: My Big Fat Greek Wedding

How you can relate:

Many people have crazy families, ones they love dearly but can be a little embarrassing at times. The typical trend is that crazy families become even crazier when a wedding is about to take place. This film is for the bride with a large, boisterous, unapologetic family that is proud of its heritage and protective of its members.

Movie #2: Bride Wars

How you can relate:

Even though imitation may be the best form of flattery, weddings seem to be the last forum in which it is appropriate to give such complements. Similar tastes to a friend or family member in regard to wedding dresses, color palettes, venues, or more can make it difficult to avoid offending loved ones while planning your wedding. This film reminds you about what is truly important, and serves as a caution if you encounter such difficulties.

Movie #3: The Wedding Singer

How you can relate:

This film speaks to anyone with residual cynicism for weddings. Perhaps due to an occupation affiliated with weddings or to unsavory past experiences, it is not uncommon for people to view marriage negatively. Help yourself relinquish such negative sentiments before you enter into such a union with this film.

Movie #4: 27 Dresses

How you can relate: 

Is it finally your time to be the bride? Have you been a bridesmaid more times than you can remember? Then you will smile while watching this movie, thankful that the saying “always the bridesmaid, never the bride” is inaccurate.

Movie #5: Father of the Bride

How you can relate: 

All dads become a little sentimental at the thought of their daughters getting married. The act officially marks a transferal of roles as the groom becomes the most important man in his daughter’s life. Overprotective dads can be frustrating at times, but this film will help you remember that such a characteristic alludes to deep love.

Movie #6: The Princess Bride

How you can relate: 

Is it a stretch to categorize this film as a wedding movie? Yes, but the existence of the word “bride” in the title secures its inclusion in this list. This classic chronicles the ups and downs of “twu wove” — true love that is. You and your betrothed may not have had to risk your lives in order to be together, but you probably faced some struggles working against you along the way.

Movie #7: Bridesmaids

How you can relate:

Most likely, all the members of your bridal party do not know each other. They are all very different, your closest companions from various stages in your life. Some of them might not even like each other. But they are united by their friendship to you. This film allows you to laugh at the tension that may result from an eclectic group of bridesmaids.

Movie #8: Mamma Mia!

How you can relate: 

Committing yourself to another until death do you part is a serious step. Doubts are almost unavoidable. Even the couple that would consider themselves soulmates do not escape the nerves and anxiety that comes paired with the act of united in marriage. This film reminds you how normal such doubts are and will have you joyfully singing along.

Movie #9: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

How you can relate: 

While love at first sight is possible, this is more often an unrealistic expectation. Most times, affection takes a while to develop and must grow over time. You may be about to marry someone you didn’t even like a short time ago. This film chronicles the how romantic emotions are more realistically like a rollercoaster, with disappointment and frustration just as prevalent as love throughout the journey of falling in love.

Movie #10: Wedding Crashers

How you can relate: 

Sometime love comes at the most inconvenient time. But once the love bug naps a victim, there is no turning back. If you’ve experienced such a course to finding the man you are about to marry, this movie will have you nodding and laughing the whole time.

If the plots of any of these films sound familiar to you, take a break from your wedding planning, pop some popcorn, grab your fiancé, and snuggle up on the couch while watching these movies. Doing so will relieve stress, allowing you to laugh at your struggles and feel reassured that you are not in this alone.