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and how you enjoy your two hour bath.\\

with everyone watching like we were insane...''

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': In "Always", part of an epiphany that Kate Beckett undergoes after a series of life-crises over the course of the episode involves her brooding alone in the middle of a torrential downpour at night. She goes to Castle, and they finally [[RelationshipUpgrade upgrade their relationship]] from WillTheyOrWontThey.

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* ''Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (Love is Like After the Rain)'' revolves around this. Akira Tachibana stays in a cafe during a shower, where she meets the manager Masami Kondo and falls for him. The opening title has Akira and Kondo hold out two raindrops which become a heart.

* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': In the sequel ''Picking Up the Pieces'', Gentle and Memorizing share their first kiss in the rain, leading to Gentle teleporting them back to her house.

* In ''Fanfic/AlwaysYou'', the FirstKiss takes place in a sudden thunderstorm, just after Abby chases Strange down to return her blonde wig.

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* ''Film/Daredevil2003''. Matt Murdock's SuperSenses tell him it's going to rain, but he stops Elektra from leaving because he wants to 'see' the effect of the raindrops falling on her body. It's so beautiful their BigDamnKiss follows (though whether they have sex varies according to which version you watch). Later at her father's funeral [[ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals it starts raining again]], but from Matt's point-of-view [[RuleOfSymbolism her face goes dark]] as she puts up her umbrella after declaring her need for revenge. However it serves as a ChekhovsGun in the fight with Kingpin, who has ornamental waterfalls running through the walls of his office. Remembering what happened with Elektra, Matt breaks one of them to [[BattleInTheRain shower the room with water and reveal Kingpin's exact location]].
* In the famous scene from ''Film/TheNotebook'', Allie and Noah run up to eachother on the boat dock as rain dramatically (and concerningly) buckets down. She jumps into his arms and they have Main/TheBigDamnKiss.
* In the film adaptation of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' (2005), the first proposal (Mr Darcy's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove) takes place outside in the Rosings Park during a rainfall unlike in the novel where it happened in the Hunsford Parsonage. Lizzy refuses him and it's full of passionate love/hate tension.
* ''Film/TheHeiress'' from 1949. Catherine runs out into the rain as Morris is leaving and he rushes to meet her so they are both dripping wet when they kiss a few moments later.

* The titular song in ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' comes when a lovestruck Don (Creator/GeneKelly) goes skipping through a heavy rain after parting from Kathy (Debbie Reynolds). The two lovebirds start a new life with their FirstKiss at the doorstep while it’s raining.
* ''Film/SpiderMan1'' contains Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker as Spider-Man's famous upside down kiss in the rain.
* In ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'', when David has a date with a beautiful cheerleader Margaret in the evening, it starts raining for the first time ever in Pleasantville. It's also RedemptionInTheRain because David does "Shawshank shot", embracing rain and laughing happily as water pours on his face. They run into a gazebo where other teens watch the rainfall, completely enchanted.
* The Creator/CharlieChaplin film ''Film/TheImmigrant'' ends with Charlie and his girl kissing outside in the pouring rain, and then entering the "Marriage Licenses" office.

* ''Film/CinemaParadiso'': While at Cinema Paradiso, a sudden thunderstorm blows through as Salvatore is lying on the ground; suddenly, his loved one surprises him by lying on top of him for a kiss, much to his surprise. As people run for cover, and the movies still play, Salvatore and his girl enjoy a nice make-out session.
* ''Film/TheQuietMan'': When Sean Thornton and Mary Kate Danaher finally (mutually) decide to accelerate the socially prescribed and glacially slow courtship routine in turn-of-the-century Ireland, they seize their chance to be alone together and escape from their matchmaker-cum-chaperon Michaeleen Og Flynn on a tandem bicycle. They are overtaken by a torrential downpour and take refuge in the ruins of an old stone church, where both of them get soaked and have their first dramatic kiss (whereupon it immediately thunders, a metaphorical indication of "you shouldn't be doing that").
* In ''Film/StreetsOfFire'', after Tom Cody tells off Ellen, she chases him back outside in the pouring rain, and a few moments later kissing ensues.
* In ''Film/SoClose'', Lynn and her love interest are out on their date when [[CaughtInTheRain the rain begins]], and they're mugged. Lynn is forced to reveal that she's [[MuggingTheMonster a highly skilled assassin]], and her lover shows he accepts her by running into a convenience store and microwaving water bottles to keep her warm.
* In ''Film/NineAndAHalfWeeks'', the lead couple is making love in a back alley in the rain.

* ''Film/CastAway'' has a bittersweet romantic LastKiss in the rain. After Chuck's rescued from an uninhabited island and returns home, he learns that the love of his life Kelly married somebody else. He leaves, but she runs after him and smooches him in the rain.

* In ''Film/MatchPoint'', Chris and Nola first have sex in a wheat field during a storm.
* ''Film/HighFidelity'' mixes GrayRainOfDepression with this, as Laura tells Rob Gordon that her dad just died and minutes later they have sex in the car.
* The film critic from ''Film/LadyInTheWater'' [[ConversationalTroping discusses this trope]] with Cleveland and questions why pairs in romantic movies yell to each other "I love you" when rain falls. Cleveland tries to give a quick answer (as he just survived a [[SavageWolves Scrunt]] attack and is heartbeating) and the critic, who is entitled to his opinion, gives him a blunt "no".
* The original 1933 version of ''Film/StateFair'' ends with Pat coming back to the farm to get back together with Margie. She comes charging out of the farmhouse in the pouring rain, they meet, and they kiss.
* ''Literature/BridgetJones'': Spoofed in the second movie ''Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason''. Bridget runs after Mark, her big love, to tell him to she loves him and that she wants to get back together. She dresses up and looks really pretty, but she gets massively splashed by water from puddles that cars drive into when she gets out of a taxi. Suddenly she doesn't look that great and she's probably cold, too.
* ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia:'' TheFilmOfTheBook adds a scene where Jess watches Leslie run home in the rain, with the clear indication that he's developing a crush on her. This doesn't undo his preexisting [[HotForTeacher crush on Ms. Edmunds]], though, and this scene turns out to be [[spoiler:the last time Jess sees Leslie before she dies]].
* Either invoked or played straight in ''Film/LittleWomen2019''. It's pouring with rain when [[spoiler:Jo runs to find Friedrich at the train station.]] Depending on your perspective, this is either played straight, or it's a clue that Jo is lying about whether it happened, or she's trying to make something more romantic that did happen.
* ''Film/EloisesLover'': After getting caught in the rain together, Àsia and Eloïse kiss before they have sex.
* ''Film/TheLastLetterFromYourLover'': Jenny and Rory have TheBigDamnKiss under an umbrella in a rainshower near the end.

* ''Love Jones'': In the ending scene, where Nina and Darius reunite, they end up kissing in the rain.

* Invoked by ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs2T_dNZ-XW7q7eqkRL1VXBiyaC_5VXRW Kissing in the Rain,]]'' in which actors reenact cinema's most famous examples of this trope, all while growing feelings for each other.
* "WebVideo/ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver": In ''Movie Title'', Wealthy, Successful Protagonist and Lead Female have a scene in a car while it's raining heavily outside, and Lead Female delivers her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. It's simultaneously GrayRainOfDepression because their SecondActBreakup is still on.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' when Bob kisses Helen while she's outside watering and the hose sprays water on them.

* ''Series/DawsonsCreek'': In 2x02, after fighting throughout the episode, Dawson and Joey find each other on the pier at Pacey's party in the rain, move towards each other in slowmo, make up, and kiss while it's pouring down.

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* ''Literature/{{Emma}}'':
** Poked fun at the beginning of the novel. Emma recollects that when Miss Taylor and she met Mr Weston in Broadway Lane, it began to drizzle, and he went away to borrow two umbrellas for them from Farmer Mitchell’s, and she began to plan a match between them from that moment. Some illustrations have Mr Weston and Miss Taylor sharing an UmbrellaOfTogetherness. Moreover, it's raining on their wedding day.
** Combined with LoveHurts when Mr Martin, still hopelessly in love with Harriet who refused him, accidentally meets her at Ford's while it's raining. He advises her to take a better road that is less floated with water.
** Mr Knightley rides on horseback from London to Highbury in the rain because he has been informed of [[spoiler:Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax's engagement]], and he fears that the news is distressing to Emma. He rides rain or no rain in order to soothe and counsel her. Downplayed because when Emma and Mr Knightley meet, the rain is gone, and despite his deep love, Mr Knightley is reasonable enough to go to his own estate first, have dinner and change to dry clothes.
--->''He had ridden home through the rain; and had walked up directly after dinner, to see how this sweetest and best of all creatures, faultless in spite of all her faults, bore the discovery.''
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