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. 101 -1

    A Star Is Born

    2018, in 6 top lists
    Check
  2. 100 -1

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 99 -1

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 98 -1

    Atlantique

    2019 — a.k.a. Atlantics, in 6 top lists
    Check
  5. 97 -1

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 96 -1

    The Fabulous Baker Boys

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 95 -1

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 94 -1

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 93 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 92 -1

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 91 -1

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 90 -1

    La La Land

    2016, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 89 -1

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 88 -1

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 87 -1

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 86 -1

    Tabu

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 85 -1

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 84 -1

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 83 -1

    Say Anything...

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 82 -1

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 81 -1

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 80 -1

    Waterloo Bridge

    1940, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 79 -1

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 78 -1

    Splendor in the Grass

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 77 -1

    Once

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 76 -1

    Holiday

    1938, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 75 -1

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 74 -1

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 73 -1

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 72 -1

    The Notebook

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  31. 71 -1

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 70 -1

    Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

    2019 — a.k.a. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, in 12 top lists
    Check
  33. 69 -1

    Gegen die Wand

    2004 — a.k.a. Head-On, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 68 -1

    Bright Star

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 67 -1

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  36. 66 -1

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 65 -1

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  38. 64 -1

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 63 -1

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 62 -1

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 61 -1

    Chikamatsu monogatari

    1954 — a.k.a. A Story from Chikamatsu, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 60 -1

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 59 -1

    (500) Days of Summer

    2009 — a.k.a. 500 Days of Summer, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 58 new

    Past Lives

    2023, in 4 top lists
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    The Way We Were

    1973, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 56 -

    An Officer and a Gentleman

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
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    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  48. 54 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
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    Fucking Åmål

    1998 — a.k.a. Show Me Love, in 6 top lists Check
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
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