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. 5 -1

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  2. 6 -1

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 8 -1

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 10 -

    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 16 -

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 19 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 23 -

    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 25 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 39 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 40 -

    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 42 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 44 -

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 48 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 53 -

    Fucking Åmål

    1998 — a.k.a. Show Me Love, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 54 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 55 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  17. 59 -1

    (500) Days of Summer

    2009 — a.k.a. 500 Days of Summer, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 60 -1

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 63 -1

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 67 -1

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 73 -1

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 74 -1

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 75 -1

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 76 -1

    Holiday

    1938, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 79 -1

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 82 -1

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 83 -1

    Say Anything...

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 84 -1

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 89 -1

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 90 -1

    La La Land

    2016, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 91 -1

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 94 -1

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 99 -1

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 100 -1

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
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