Nicholas Sparks . All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 1. United States alone. ![]() Sparks wrote one of his best- known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 2. It was published in 1. Message in a Bottle (1. A Walk to Remember (1. The Rescue (2. 00. A Bend in the Road (2. Nights in Rodanthe (2. The Guardian (2. 00. The Wedding (2. 00. True Believer (2. At First Sight (2. Dear John (2. 00. The Choice (2. 00. The Lucky One (2. The Last Song (2. Safe Haven (2. 01. The Best of Me (2. The Longest Ride (2. Three Weeks With My Brother, co- written with his brother Micah. His eighteenth novel, See Me, published on October 1. His newest book, Two by Two, was published on October 4, 2. Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three- quarters of a billion dollars. In 2. 01. 2, Sparks and his publishing agent and creative partner Theresa Park, launched Nicholas Sparks Productions, with Park as President of Production. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually. He co- founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2. As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. ![]() In 2. 00. 9, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4 x. New York. The record still stands. Click to watch the Runner’s World video with Nicholas. The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 5. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $1. Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 1. Best Nicholas Sparks Movies, A Definitive Ranking. Anyone who's ever laid in bed sobbing from a movie induced broken heart with only a box of Kleenex and a bag of cheese doodles as consolation knows that Nicholas Sparks is the king of romantic dramas. The man is a legend; even if you've never watched any of his books- turned- films, you know they'll leave you crying. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. His stories follow a formula: Boy and girl fall in love. The cruel and fickle finger of fate tears them apart. Someone dies. There's a twist where a major secret is revealed. And then somehow — even if it's not in the way you wanted — the couple ends up together. You've got to admit: Sparks' formula works better in some of his movies than others. So here's a definitive ranking of the top 8 — from the least satisfying to the most romantic of the bunch. The story follows a mysterious blonde woman (Julianne Hough) who flees her house in Boston (holding a bloody knife — so obvs something crazy went down), buys a one way ticket to North Carolina, and settles down in the small town of Southport. While there, she lives a simple life as a waitress named Katie and falls in love with her widowed neighbor, Alex (Josh Duhamel). ![]() Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Then 'wanted' posters start popping up all over town warning of a woman named Erin accused of attempted murder. Shockingly (not really) the woman on the posters looks exactly like Katie. Slowly, Katie. Erin's secret pre- Southport life is uncovered and the reason she had to flee her home in Boston is without- a- doubt compelling. Safe Haven By Nicholas Sparks Is Alex AbusiveAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below. It's not the twist of Erin's secret past that landed Safe Haven in last place on this list, but rather the twist at the very end of the movie that revealed this movie shouldn't be in the romance/thriller section on Netflix, but the sci- fi/fantasy section — a letdown when you're looking for a legit love story.
Stream . Classic Sparks. He's Luke (Scott Eastwood), a local bull- riding superstar on the rise. She's Sophia (Britt Robertson), a city girl with an art gallery internship waiting for her in NYC. Read the Safe Haven movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on Movies.com. An affirming and suspenseful story about a young woman's struggle to love again, Safe Haven is based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks, the best-selling author behind. It doesn't seem like this budding couple have much of a future — or they wouldn't if this wasn't a Nicholas Sparks film. As fate would have it, on their way home from their first date, they come across a car wreck and rescue an old man — and his box of retro letters — from the wreckage. Sophia visits the old man, named Ira, in the hospital and he recounts his love story with his late wife, which happens to share a ton of similarities with Sophia and Luke's budding romance. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. As much as you'll love Ira's sweeping period romance with Ruth, told through flashbacks, Sophia and Luke's implausible love story pales in comparison, and that's what makes this movie's two- hour long runtime feel like a little much. Stream . Twenty years later, they reunite in their hometown for the funeral of their mutual friend and all their feelings come bubbling up again. If that sounds oddly familiar, it's because the plot sounds just like The Notebook. And therein lies The Best of Me's biggest flaw: it's insanely derivative, right down to a kissing- in- the- rain scene ripped out of Noah and Ally's story. It even stars James Marsden! What The Best of Me borrowed from The Notebook, The Notebook did better. ![]() ![]() Like why did all the high school scenes meant to be taking place in the early '9. And although young Dawson and old Dawson were equally hot, why did they look nothing alike? It was distracting. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. But don't go thinking you won't need a box of tissues on hand while watching this flick. There's a twist ending that will rock your world. In other words, even the weakest Sparks' films are enough to leave you sobbing into your pillow over how beautiful and tragic love is. Stream . Sadly, this flick didn't have much more going for it than its star players. The story is so clich. She doubts his intentions because of a string of past girlfriends he left with broken hearts. They bond over sea turtles, so she falls for him anyway and they have a gooey summer romance. Then, once we're in Sparks- landia, we find out Will is hiding a secret that could derail their bright future. And someone's dying. Someone's always dying. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. But as predictable as all that was, I can get past it. We all root for happy endings, but this one was waaaaaay far fetched. So how could I place The Last Song at number five? Well, Miley and Liam's chemistry is enough to propel it to the middle of the pack, and Miley's song for the film, . Logan is a U. S. Marine serving in Iraq who finds a picture of a woman on the ground just before a mortar attack destroys the place he'd just been sitting, killing most of his comrades. Logan keeps the picture, believing it's a lucky charm and later decides to track down the girl. Logan finds her — her name's Beth. But Logan can't work up the nerve to tell her why he suddenly walked into her life. She assumes he's interested in a job offer and he just plays along, setting into motion the circumstances that lead them to fall in love (this is a Nicholas Sparks flick, after all). Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. As an audience, we already know his secret is A.) kind of creepy; and B.) going to hella backfire once Beth finds out. And that's this movie's biggest flaw — you're sitting there the whole time wondering why Logan wouldn't just tell the truth from the beginning.. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Still, you won't be able to ignore the insane levels of steamy chemistry Logan has with Beth, played by Taylor Schilling. There's an actual steamy shower scene that pretty much captures this fact. And as far as endings go, this one definitely has a twist, but it doesn't come out of left field like some of Sparks' other films (see #8). Barring the creepy- secret storyline, this movie is a solid pick for your next cry fest. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Stream . Channing Tatum's John jumps into the water to retrieve a stranger's purse and she turns out to be Savannah (played by Amanda Seyfried) — the love of his life. Obvs. Of course, no love story is simple in Sparks' hands. Even though John and Savannah fall swiftly in love, John is in the army, and after the September 1. The couple are pulled apart by war, but they try to keep their love alive through letters. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. What Dear John does a little better than the rest of the bunch is portray a refreshingly realistic version of young love. John and Savannah love each other — there's no doubt about it. But in many cases, life does get in the way of budding romance and, sometimes, the power of love isn't enough to sustain a relationship. Don't get me wrong, though: Mr. Sparks always gives you hope for ill- fated lovers and this movie's beautifully understated ending did just that. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Stream . While serving his sentence, he constantly spars with his altruistic, exceptionally unpopular classmate Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore), who's determined to make him see the good in the world. Even though she's the last person you'd expect him to fall in love with — OK, who am I kidding? You know he's totally going to fall for her. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. I won't spoil the ending if you're one of the three people in the entire world who hasn't streamed this classic a thousand and one times, but of course there's a twist, a tragic death, and a bittersweet ending. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. It's formulaic, sure. But this movie is particularly good because it takes what's best about Sparks' movies and boils it down to the basics. Yes, there was a sweeping romance, but it didn't have to take place across multiple timelines to come across. And there was a twist, but it felt natural — not like an absurd ploy to shock you (again, see #8). Jamie and Landon eventually feel like they could be your own classmates, and that's what makes the ending that much more gut- wrenching. Stream . The story follows Noah (Ryan Gosling), a poor young man who falls passionately in love with a rich girl named Allie (Rachel Mc. Adams) the summer before she goes to college in the 1. Allie's parents disapprove of this star- crossed romance and end up tearing the couple apart with their disapproval and doubts. But when Noah spots Allie by chance years after they split up, he becomes to determined to win her back — despite the fact that she's engaged to someone else. You know how I said A Walk to Remember stuck to the basics? Well, The Notebook is the opposite. It dialed all of Sparks' tropes up to 1. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Of course, by the end of the movie, the elderly man and woman are weaved seamlessly into the story and their connection to Allie and Noah (surprise!) makes their romance even more epic — and will leave you inconsolably sobbing on the floor. But in The Notebook, it works. Unlike many of Sparks' later movies, every piece of this intricate love puzzle fits together perfectly, including the most grand twists — and that's what makes it the best of the best. Safe haven - Wikipedia. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Safe haven may refer to: A sanctuary. Safe Haven (novel), an American novel by Nicholas Sparks. Safe Haven (short film), a 2. American short film starring Daniela Ruah. Safe haven games, also called bat- and- ball games. Safe Havens, a syndicated comic strip drawn by cartoonist Bill Holbrook. Safe- haven currency, a currency believed to be a safe investment, especially in an unstable market. Safe- haven law, for the decriminalization of leaving unharmed infants with statutorily designated private persons so that the child becomes a ward of the state. Safe Haven Museum and Education Center, in Oswego, New York. Civilian safe haven, may refer to a no- fly zone in a military conflict. Safe haven (law enforcement), a State or other jurisdiction that provides legal protection to individuals or groups residing within its geographical control while they carry out unlawful operations and/or evade the reach of external law enforcement.
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