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. 58 new

    Past Lives

    2023, in 5 top lists
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  2. 98 -1

    Atlantique

    2019 — a.k.a. Atlantics, in 6 top lists
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  3. 70 -1

    Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

    2019 — a.k.a. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, in 12 top lists
    Check
  4. 101 -1

    A Star Is Born

    2018, in 6 top lists
    Check
  5. 96 -1

    The Fabulous Baker Boys

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 80 -1

    Waterloo Bridge

    1940, in 3 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. 90 -1

    La La Land

    2016, in 18 top lists Check
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    Moonlight

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
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    An Officer and a Gentleman

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 86 -1

    Tabu

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
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    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 73 -1

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
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    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
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    Weekend

    2011, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 99 -1

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 44 -

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 100 -1

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 75 -1

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 41 -

    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 64 -1

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 69 -1

    Gegen die Wand

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

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
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    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
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    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
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    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 68 -1

    Bright Star

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 72 -1

    The Notebook

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  30. 59 -1

    (500) Days of Summer

    2009 — a.k.a. 500 Days of Summer, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 92 -1

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 4 +4

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
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    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 60 -1

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 61 -1

    Chikamatsu monogatari

    1954 — a.k.a. A Story from Chikamatsu, in 10 top lists Check
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    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
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    Ghost

    1990, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 57 -

    The Way We Were

    1973, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 82 -1

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 81 -1

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
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    Romeo + Juliet

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 94 -1

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 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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    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 77 -1

    Once

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 88 -1

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 79 -1

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
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    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  50. 7 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
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