Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
A new study has found that over a quarter of men have admitted to “secretly enjoying” watching romance films with their partner.
The poll, commissioned by Netflix, surveyed over 2000 Brits in relationships and found that half of those who view the pastime as a guilty pleasure would never tell their friends.
Despite this, British couples watch four films a week together on average, with nine in ten believing the pastime brings them closer together. A large percentage of respondents also agreed that they enjoy participating in shared activities during movie night, such as eating snacks (72 per cent) and holding hands (41 per cent).
The results found that Pretty Woman (31 per cent) and Bridget Jones’s Diary (26 per cent) topped the list of favourite ‘top guilty pleasure watches’, with Dirty Dancing and Notting Hill at (25 per cent), and Twilight rounding out the top five at (24 per cent).
With the complete Twilight Saga set to be released on Netflix in the UK from September 11, it’s likely that many couples will watch all editions together – with with New Moon (23 per cent), Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Eclipse (both 20 per cent) and Breaking Dawn Part 2 (19 per cent) all ranking highly in the poll.
And it goes to show how engrossed male viewers are in the action, with the poll finding that most men (73 per cent) vote “Team Edward” (Robert Pattison) as who they would prefer as Bella’s love interest, with half (50 per cent) agreeing that Bella made the right choice ending up with him.
Men’s top guilty pleasure watches ranked:
Pretty Woman – 31 per cent
Bridget Jones’s Diary – 26 per cent
Dirty Dancing – 25 per cent
Notting Hill – 25 per cent
Twilight – 24 per cent
Mean Girls – 24 per cent
The Twilight Saga: New Moon – 23 per cent
Miss Congeniality – 21 per cent
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – 20 per cent
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – 20 per cent
Mamma Mia! – 19 per cent
The Holiday – 19 per cent
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 – 19 per cent
Bridget Jones – The Edge of Reason – 19 per cent
There’s Something About Mary – 18 per cent
What Women Want – 18 per cent
Sleepless in Seattle – 17 per cent
When Harry Met Sally – 17 per cent
St Trinians – 17 per cent
The Wedding Planner – 16 per cent
The Devil Wears Prada – 16 per cent
La La Land – 15 per cent
Moulin Rouge – 15 per cent
The Breakfast Club – 14 per cent
Legally Blonde – 14 per cent
You’ve Got Mail – 14 per cent
The Proposal – 13 per cent
Maid in Manhattan – 12 per cent
Sliding Doors – 12 per cent
Sex And The City: The Movie – 11 per cent
