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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Roman Holiday
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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Angst essen Seele auf
1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check -
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Past Lives
2023, in 5 top lists -
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The Notebook
2004, in 1 top list Check -
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The Shop Around the Corner
1940, in 14 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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Brief Encounter
1945, in 22 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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His Girl Friday
1940, in 21 top lists Check -
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Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check -
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 23 top lists Check -
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Say Anything...
1989 — a.k.a. Say Anything, in 3 top lists Check -
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Notorious
1946, in 24 top lists Check -
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Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
2019 — a.k.a. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, in 12 top lists -
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Chung Hing sam lam
1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check -
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Once
2007, in 4 top lists Check -
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It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 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 -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 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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The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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Moulin Rouge!
2001, in 17 top lists Check -
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West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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When Harry Met Sally...
1989, in 16 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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Manhattan
1979, in 20 top lists Check -
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Pretty Woman
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
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Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 20 top lists Check -
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Wild at Heart
1990, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Last of the Mohicans
1992, in 10 top lists Check -
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Titanic
1997, in 25 top lists Check -
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True Romance
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
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Up
2009, in 16 top lists Check -
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WALL·E
2008, in 26 top lists Check -
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The African Queen
1951, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Bridges of Madison County
1995, in 5 top lists Check -
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The English Patient
1996, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Fly
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
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Silver Linings Playbook
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
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Moonlight
2016, in 13 top lists Check -
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Moonrise Kingdom
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
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Punch-Drunk Love
2002, in 12 top lists Check -
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Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
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