Kisses are the declarations of love that make us laugh, cry and swoon. Check out some of the most famous ones from the movies, TV, fine art and the news.
1. 'From Here to Eternity'
Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr share one of cinema's most legendary embraces in the 1953 movie. The iconic beach scene was shot at Halona Cove, Oahu, Hawaii. (Everett Collection)
2. 'Gone with the Wind'
"You need kissing badly," Clark Gable, as Rhett Butler, told Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara in this 1939 epic. "You should be kissed, and often. And by someone who knows how." While proposing to the twice-widowed Scarlett, he proves he's the man for the job. (Everett Collection)
3. 'The Fraternal Kiss'
This painting by Dmitri Vrubel is one of the best-known of the Berlin Wall graffiti paintings. Created in 1990, it depicts Soviet and East German heads of state Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker in a fraternal embrace, reproducing a photograph that captured the moment in 1979 during the 30th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic. The painting was destroyed in March 2009. (Steve Eason / Getty Images)
4. 'Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville'
In 1950, French photographer Robert Doisneau created his most iconic work: "Le baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville (Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville)," a photo of a couple kissing in the busy streets of Paris. It became an internationally recognized symbol of young love in Paris. (© Robert Doisneau, courtesy of Bruce Silverstein gallery)
5. 'Brokeback Mountain'
This 2005 romantic drama film starring Heath Ledger (right) and Jake Gyllenhaal, depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the American West (Everett Collection)
6. Al and Tipper Gore
Al Gore and wife Tipper kiss after his speech on opening night of the Democratic National Convention, July 26, 2004 in Boston. The energetic smooch drew widespread media attention. In 2010, the Gores announced they were separating after 40 years of marriage. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
7. 'Ghost'
In the 1990 supernatural romance "Ghost," the love between Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze transcends death itself. (Everett Collection)
8. 'It's a Wonderful Life'
In the 1946 classic, James Stewart plays a small-town man whose life seems so desperate he contemplates suicide. He marries his childhood sweetheart Donna Reed and is stopped from jumping off a from a bridge by his guardian angel, who shows him what life would have become had he had never lived.
9. KISS
Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Paul Stanley of KISS. You can't do a slideshow of most famous kisses without including this American rock band well known for its members' crazy costumes and face paint. (WireImage)
10. 'Lady and the Tramp'
Pampered cocker spaniel Lady falls in love with the Tramp, a mutt who lives on the streets. Their kiss happens as they share the same spaghetti noodle: a beautiful and touching moment. (Everett Collection)
11. Britney Spears and Madonna
The two singers shared an infamous smooch during the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Spears (left) said the kiss was Madonna's idea and that she had butterflies about it. (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images)
12. 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) jumps from her taxi to smooch her love (George Peppard) in the rain at the climax of this classic 1961 film. (Everett Collection)
13. Related story Judge orders man to take his wife on a bowling date 'The Princess Bride'
Cary Elwes and Robin Wright's unrequited love finally fulfilled in the winsome 1987 film. The narration put it nicely: "Since the invention of the kiss there have been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind."(20th Century Fox)
14. 'Planet of the Apes'
Filmdom's first interspecies smooch may have been in this 1968 sci-fi classic. Chimpanzee psychologist Dr. Zira (Kim Stanley) meets injured astronaut George Taylor (Charlton Heston) and helps nurse him back to health. Before Taylor departs, they share a goodbye kiss. (Everett Collection)
15. 'An Officer and a Gentleman'
Richard Gere appears suddenly in a Navy dress uniform at Debra Winger's lunchbag factory at the finale of the 1982 hit. He kisses her, sweeps her up in his arms, and walks out to the applause and cheers of her coworkers. (Everett Collection)
16. 'The Empire Strikes Back'
Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) find the Force of mutual attraction in the second Star Wars film. (20th Century Fox)
17. 'The Notebook'
Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling) kiss passionately in the rain after seven years apart. A disapproving family and a devoted fiance can't keep them away from one another in this romantic fave film from 2004. (Everett Collection)
18. Rodin's 'The Kiss' "The Kiss" is an iconic 1889 marble sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It was inspired by the tale of Paolo and Francesca, lovers entwined for eternity in Dante's Inferno. (Getty Images)
19. Roseanne Barr and Mariel Hemingway on 'Roseanne'
One of the first TV series to openly advocate for gay rights, "Roseanne" aired a 1994 episode entitled "Dont Ask, Don't Tell" in which Roseanne and Mariel Hemingway shared a kiss in a gay bar, one of the first lesbian kisses on TV. (ABC)
20. Will and Kate
Britain's Prince William kisses his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, after their wedding service on April 29, 2011. An unimpressed flower girl became an Internet meme. (Leon Neal / AFP - Getty Images)
21. Kirk and Uhura on 'Star Trek'
In her role as Lieutenant Uhura, Nichols famously kissed white actor William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the November 22, 1968, Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren". The episode is popularly cited as the first example of an interracial kiss on U.S. television. (Everett Collection)
22. 'Sixteen Candles'
In this 1984 classic, everyone forgets Samantha's (Molly Ringwald) 16th birthday. Fortunately, at the end of the film, she shares a romantic kiss with the guy of her dreams (Michael Schoeffling) over a cake lit with 16 candles. (Everett Collection)
23. 'When Harry Met Sally'
The New Years' Eve kiss shared by Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) is the highlight of this 1993 romantic comedy classic. (Everett Collection)
24. 'Spider-Man'
Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire), is heels over head in love with Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) in this 2002 super-hero saga, which has one of the most recognizable movie kisses ever (Everett Collection)
25. V-J Day in Times Square
Probably one of the most recognized kisses of all time is this one between a sailor and a young nurse in Times Square, shortly after the surrender of Japan in 1945. Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt caught the joyful moment. (Alfred Eisenstaedt / Time & Life Pictures)
26. Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen
One of the most talked-about moments of the 2007 MTV movie awards was when actors Will Ferrell (left) and Sacha Baron Cohen liplocked after accepting their award for "Best Kiss." (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
27. 'Titanic'
Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) share a kiss aboard the doomed ship in the1997 hit "Titanic." Winner of eleven Oscars, it was the first film to earn more than $1 billion worldwide. (Everett Collection)
28. 'Sleeping Beauty'
Princess Aurora is doomed to die on her 16th birthday in this animated Disney classic from 1959. Thankfully, a good fairy uses her spell to have the princess fall asleep until she is awakened with a kiss. In the end, Prince Phillip removes the curse with the Kiss of Awakening, and yes, they live happily ever after. (Everett Collection)
29.Miner Osman Araya kisses his wife Angelica after being brought to the surface on Oct. 13, 2010 at the San Jose mine in Santiago, Chile. Araya was the the sixth miner of 33 to be rescued after a record 69 days deep underground. (Martin Bernetti / AFP - Getty Images)
30. 'Twilight'
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson exchange a steamy smooch in the 2006 hit "Twilight." There is crazy chemistry between their characters: Vampire Edward longs to kiss Bella tenderly, but must overcome his unfortunate impulse to, well, drink her blood. (Summit Entertainment)
31. In this 1964 scene from the third film in the James Bond franchise, "Goldfinger," James Bond, played by Sean Connery, has a passionate embrace with the villainous Goldfinger's personal pilot Pussy Galore, played by Honor Blackman. Is there any James Bond movie where 007 doesn't kiss the Bond girl? (Getty Images)
32. 'The Godfather Part II'
"I know it was you, Fredo -- you broke my heart." So says Michael Corleone (Al Pacino, right) to his traitorous brother (played by John Cazale) before kissing him fiercely in a key moment from the Godfather saga. (Paramount Pictures)
33. 'Casablanca'
"You must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss" goes "As Time Goes By," played throughout the 1942 drama that many consider one of Hollywood's greatest romances. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman portray lovers torn apart by the tides of World War II (Everett Collection)
34.Klimt's "The Kiss"
"The Kiss" is probably the most famous work painted by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). It depicts a couple, in various shades of gold and studded with symbols, sharing a kiss against a bronze background. (Getty Images)
35. ‘Vancouver kissing couple’
Riot police patrol the street as a couple kiss amid the chaos on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. The city broke out in riots after their hockey team the Vancouver Canucks lost in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. (Rich Lam / Getty Images)
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