Time Out's The 101 Most Romantic Films

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Romance may be dead in the real world, but in cinema, it’ll live forever. Love is simply too elemental of an emotion for filmmakers to ever abandon. If you live on earth, you’ve experienced it. Even if you’ve never, say, robbed a bank with your loved one or stood by your sweetheart as they transformed into a hideous monster, the best romantic films make you understand and sympathise with the decisions of those under love’s spell – because one way or another, we’ve all been there.

There are so many movies about love in all its complications that ranking the greatest of them is a manor challenge. To help us curate this list, we chatted to more than 100 filmmakers, actors and writers, from The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks to Notting Hill director Richard Curtis to our own Time Out scribes. We even got Miss Piggy to chime in. Whether you prefer comedies or dramas, horror or sci-fi, we’re sure you’ll find the following list of the 101 greatest romantic movies ever speaks to your own heart as well.

Written by Cath Clarke, Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston, Catherine Bray, Trevor Johnston, Andy P Kryza, Guy Lodge, Phil de Semlyen, Alim Kheraj & Matthew Singer

Last Updated: January 18, 2024

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  1. 9 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  2. 79 -1

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 11 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  4. 23 -

    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
  5. 2 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  6. 59 -1

    (500) Days of Summer

    2009 — a.k.a. 500 Days of Summer, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 45 -

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 51 -

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 38 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 82 -1

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 52 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  12. 81 -1

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 5 -1

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  14. 67 -1

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 40 -

    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 88 -1

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 65 -1

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 63 -1

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 89 -1

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  20. 24 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 8 -1

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 12 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  23. 29 -

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 7 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 73 -1

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 3 -

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 74 -1

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 72 -1

    The Notebook

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  29. 19 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 6 -1

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 25 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 90 -1

    La La Land

    2016, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 91 -1

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 10 -

    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 18 -

    True Romance

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 77 -1

    Once

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 36 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 41 -

    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 92 -1

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 28 -

    Romeo + Juliet

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 84 -1

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 44 -

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 55 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  44. 93 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 21 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  46. 66 -1

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 50 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 87 -1

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 47 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  50. 42 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
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