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. 68 -1

    Bright Star

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 58 new

    Past Lives

    2023, in 4 top lists
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  3. 37 -

    The Last of the Mohicans

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 98 -1

    Atlantique

    2019 — a.k.a. Atlantics, in 6 top lists
    Check
  5. 70 -1

    Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

    2019 — a.k.a. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, in 12 top lists
    Check
  6. 101 -1

    A Star Is Born

    2018, in 6 top lists
    Check
  7. 15 -

    Call Me by Your Name

    2017, in 11 top lists
    Check
  8. 83 -1

    Say Anything...

    1989 — a.k.a. Say Anything, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 33 -

    Moonlight

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 90 -1

    La La Land

    2016, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 25 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  12. 20 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 26 -

    Les parapluies de Cherbourg

    1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 39 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 44 -

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 54 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 99 -1

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 30 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 32 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 31 -

    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 35 -

    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 78 -1

    Splendor in the Grass

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 53 -

    Fucking Åmål

    1998 — a.k.a. Show Me Love, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 42 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 73 -1

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 97 -1

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 40 -

    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 6 -1

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 1 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 4 +4

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 91 -1

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 100 -1

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 5 -1

    Annie Hall

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

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  35. 9 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  36. 79 -1

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 55 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 52 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  39. 88 -1

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 45 -

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 19 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 67 -1

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  43. 81 -1

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
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    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
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    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 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. 85 -1

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  49. 23 -

    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 11 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
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