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. 36 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  2. 65 -1

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  3. 18 -

    True Romance

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 22 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 11 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. 58 new

    Past Lives

    2023, in 5 top lists
    Check
  7. 87 -1

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 81 -1

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 73 -1

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 62 -1

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 52 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  12. 6 -1

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 11 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  14. 90 -1

    La La Land

    2016, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 89 -1

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 67 -1

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 15 -

    Call Me by Your Name

    2017, in 11 top lists
    Check
  18. 79 -1

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 82 -1

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 93 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  21. 34 -

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 8 -1

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 44 -

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 77 -1

    Once

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 84 -1

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 23 -

    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
  27. 3 -

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  28. 48 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 19 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 75 -1

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 16 -

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 63 -1

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  33. 25 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 40 -

    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 2 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  36. 1 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 50 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 29 -

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 45 -

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  40. 5 -1

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  41. 31 -

    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  42. 7 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 101 -1

    A Star Is Born

    2018, in 6 top lists
    Check
  44. 92 -1

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 24 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 53 -

    Fucking Åmål

    1998 — a.k.a. Show Me Love, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 33 -

    Moonlight

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 59 -1

    (500) Days of Summer

    2009 — a.k.a. 500 Days of Summer, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 9 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
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