AdvertisementSuccessful, Sentimental And Satirized, 'Love Story' Celebrates 50th AnniversaryDecember 22, 2020Elizabeth BlairfacebookEmailRyan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw starred in Love Story — a romantic tearjerker that became the highest grossing movie of 1970. Since then, it has inspired countless ugly cries — and plenty of parodies, too. (Paramount Pictures)