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. 47 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  2. 75 -1

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 92 -1

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 77 -1

    Once

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 99 -1

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 4 +4

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  7. 58 new

    Past Lives

    2023, in 4 top lists
    Check
  8. 65 -1

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 43 -

    Weekend

    2011, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 48 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 15 -

    Call Me by Your Name

    2017, in 11 top lists
    Check
  12. 84 -1

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 61 -1

    Chikamatsu monogatari

    1954 — a.k.a. A Story from Chikamatsu, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 68 -1

    Bright Star

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 81 -1

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 98 -1

    Atlantique

    2019 — a.k.a. Atlantics, in 6 top lists
    Check
  17. 10 -

    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 6 -1

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 101 -1

    A Star Is Born

    2018, in 6 top lists
    Check
  20. 7 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 26 -

    Les parapluies de Cherbourg

    1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 49 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 42 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 55 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  25. 51 -

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 62 -1

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 66 -1

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 69 -1

    Gegen die Wand

    2004 — a.k.a. Head-On, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 87 -1

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 53 -

    Fucking Åmål

    1998 — a.k.a. Show Me Love, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 35 -

    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 93 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 89 -1

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  34. 46 -

    Ghost

    1990, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 41 -

    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 73 -1

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 25 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  38. 33 -

    Moonlight

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 29 -

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  40. 24 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 31 -

    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  42. 90 -1

    La La Land

    2016, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 11 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 80 -1

    Waterloo Bridge

    1940, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 70 -1

    Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

    2019 — a.k.a. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, in 12 top lists
    Check
  46. 34 -

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 23 -

    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 22 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 14 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 94 -1

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
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