You know that movie about the guy who falls in love with the sickly woman despite his better judgment and she either dies or leaves in the end to protect her beloved? Yeah, we all do. In 2002, Mandy Moore starred in A Walk to Remember, in which she plays terminally ill Jamie, who catches the eye of bad boy Landon. She’s dying, her father protests the relationship, but love conquers all — except for her cancer diagnosis. Just like in 2000’s Autumn in New York, starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder, the female love interest dies but leaves the man forever changed. At least the 2001 film Sweet November, starring Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron, tried to switch the formula up a bit, having Theron’s character skip town before she bites the big one. (Then again, that was a remake of a 1968 film. Not exactly original.)
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