Love, New York, Puccini, and a wooden hand. Cher leads an incredible cast as the lovelorn Loretta, a widow who has long ago given up on fairytale romance. When her predictable boyfriend (Danny Aiello) proposes, she does the practical thing and accepts. Then, she meets her fiancé’s dishy brother (Nicolas Cage), a manic opera lover who lost his hand in a bakery accident. Under the gaze of the full moon, intangible forces seem to pull her toward this fiery new man, while her parents (Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia) offer what advice they can.

Cher, Dukakis, and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley all took home Oscars for this enduringly wonderful film, first released 35 years ago.