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. 64 -1

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 59 -1

    (500) Days of Summer

    2009 — a.k.a. 500 Days of Summer, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 49 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 30 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 35 -

    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 22 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 31 -

    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 34 -

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 5 -1

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 8 -1

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 98 -1

    Atlantique

    2019 — a.k.a. Atlantics, in 6 top lists
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  12. 87 -1

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 81 -1

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
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    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 29 -

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
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    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 93 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  18. 36 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 27 -

    The Bridges of Madison County

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
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    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  21. 68 -1

    Bright Star

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 42 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 7 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 99 -1

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
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    Call Me by Your Name

    2017, in 11 top lists
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    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  27. 97 -1

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 61 -1

    Chikamatsu monogatari

    1954 — a.k.a. A Story from Chikamatsu, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 84 -1

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 74 -1

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 94 -1

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 41 -

    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 95 -1

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 32 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
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    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 79 -1

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 96 -1

    The Fabulous Baker Boys

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 92 -1

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 75 -1

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
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    Fucking Åmål

    1998 — a.k.a. Show Me Love, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 69 -1

    Gegen die Wand

    2004 — a.k.a. Head-On, in 11 top lists Check
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    Ghost

    1990, in 9 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  46. 63 -1

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  47. 60 -1

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 6 -1

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  49. 66 -1

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
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    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
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