Rom-com maestro Richard Curtis deploys #TheBeachBoys’ 1966 masterpiece "God Only Knows" just as his sprawling ensemble cast finds resolution in a succession of emotional reunions inside Heathrow Airport’s arrivals hall in #LoveActually. ⁠ ⁠ Brian Wilson’s shimmering harmonies and that joyful French horn melody do the heavy lifting as the characters’ scenes dissolve into footage of actual public embraces between loved ones of all varieties, elevating the movie’s sentimentality into something genuinely moving.⁠ ⁠ See THR's full list of the 40 greatest needle drops in film history at the link in bio.