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. 2 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 67 -1

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 21 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 89 -1

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 5 -1

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 74 -1

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 52 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  8. 12 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 3 -

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 36 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 63 -1

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 55 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 8 -1

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  14. 93 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  16. 79 -1

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 17 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  18. 11 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 38 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 50 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 87 -1

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 42 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
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    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 6 -1

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 4 +4

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 54 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  27. 47 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 7 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 66 -1

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 48 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 62 -1

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 20 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 19 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 81 -1

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 84 -1

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 32 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 45 -

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 29 -

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 90 -1

    La La Land

    2016, in 18 top lists Check
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    Les parapluies de Cherbourg

    1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check
  41. 95 -1

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 65 -1

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  43. 85 -1

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 23 -

    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
  45. 25 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 31 -

    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 14 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 24 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 88 -1

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 39 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
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