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Top Romance Films (#1-200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 5
2 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 7
3 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 15
4 Some Like It Hot 1959 Billy Wilder 19
5 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 31
6 Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen 33
7 City Lights 1931 Charles Chaplin 40
8 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra 46
9 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 47
10 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 56
11 The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 59
12 Modern Times 1936 Charles Chaplin 61
13 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 72
14 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols 73
15 The Maltese Falcon 1941 John Huston 81
16 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 93
17 In the Mood for Love 2000 Kar-Wai Wong 94
18 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 96
19 His Girl Friday 1940 Howard Hawks 98
20 It Happened One Night 1934 Frank Capra 99
21 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 106
22 Brokeback Mountain 2005 Ang Lee 111
23 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 David Hand 115
24 Sunrise 1927 F.W. Murnau 117
25 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 119
26 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 126
27 When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Rob Reiner 130
28 The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise 135
29 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 140
30 West Side Story 1961 Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise 146
31 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 148
32 The Red Shoes 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 150
33 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 156
34 The Gold Rush 1925 Charles Chaplin 171
35 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby 185
36 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen 191
37 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 199
38 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 William Wyler 200
39 Beauty and the Beast 1946 Jean Cocteau 201
40 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 203
41 Three Colors: Red 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 208
42 Brief Encounter 1945 David Lean 211
43 Children of Paradise 1945 Marcel Carné 216
44 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 226
45 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 239
46 Jules and Jim 1962 François Truffaut 241
47 Days of Heaven 1978 Terrence Malick 243
48 Wild Strawberries 1957 Ingmar Bergman 245
49 To Be or Not to Be 1942 Ernst Lubitsch 251
50 Cabaret 1972 Bob Fosse 257
51 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni 258
52 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 260
53 Before Sunrise 1995 Richard Linklater 263
54 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley 265
55 Cinema Paradiso 1988 Giuseppe Tornatore 275
56 Wings of Desire 1987 Wim Wenders 277
57 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 281
58 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 284
59 Let the Right One in 2008 Tomas Alfredson 290
60 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Jacques Demy 292
61 The Last Picture Show 1971 Peter Bogdanovich 294
62 L'Avventura 1960 Michelangelo Antonioni 299
63 The African Queen 1951 John Huston 306
64 The Piano 1993 Jane Campion 309
65 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 311
66 Before Sunset 2004 Richard Linklater 314
67 A Matter of Life and Death 1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 316
68 All about My Mother 1999 Pedro Almodóvar 320
69 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski 322
70 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 326
71 Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson 330
72 L'Atalante 1934 Jean Vigo 332
73 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 338
74 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 339
75 My Fair Lady 1964 George Cukor 348
76 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 350
77 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 355
78 From Here to Eternity 1953 Fred Zinnemann 357
79 Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 359
80 Call Me by Your Name 2017 Luca Guadagnino 361
81 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 372
82 Belle de Jour 1967 Luis Buñuel 378
83 Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich 386
84 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 389
85 Doctor Zhivago 1965 David Lean 393
86 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 394
87 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Danny Boyle 403
88 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 405
89 Her 2013 Spike Jonze 422
90 Dirty Dancing 1987 Emile Ardolino 423
91 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 427
92 Hiroshima mon amour 1959 Alain Resnais 432
93 Last Year at Marienbad 1961 Alain Resnais 433
94 The Notebook 2004 Nick Cassavetes 439
95 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 441
96 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 443
97 A Woman under the Influence 1974 John Cassavetes 449
98 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 450
99 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019 Céline Sciamma 452
100 A Star Is Born 1954 George Cukor 453
101 Mildred Pierce 1945 Michael Curtiz 454
102 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 Orson Welles 456
103 Yi yi: A One and a Two... 2000 Edward Yang 457
104 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 461
105 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 471
106 La Jetée 1962 Chris Marker 474
107 La La Land 2016 Damien Chazelle 484
108 Jerry Maguire 1996 Cameron Crowe 487
109 Contempt 1963 Jean-Luc Godard 496
110 Moonstruck 1987 Norman Jewison 498
111 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis 503
112 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 505
113 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Yimou Zhang 509
114 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 515
115 Bull Durham 1988 Ron Shelton 518
116 Great Expectations 1946 David Lean 539
117 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 540
118 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 Michael Mann 541
119 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 542
120 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 543
121 Carol 2015 Todd Haynes 545
122 10 Things I Hate about You 1999 Gil Junger 557
123 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 568
124 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 573
125 There's Something about Mary 1998 Bobby and Peter Farrelly 583
126 The English Patient 1996 Anthony Minghella 584
127 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Nora Ephron 586
128 Atonement 2007 Joe Wright 588
129 The Handmaiden 2016 Park Chan-wook 590
130 Three Colors: White 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 600
131 Love & Basketball 2000 Gina Prince-Bythewood 602
132 Last Tango in Paris 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci 607
133 Say Anything… 1989 Cameron Crowe 615
134 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 630
135 A Brighter Summer Day 1991 Edward Yang 659
136 Little Women 2019 Greta Gerwig 661
137 Day for Night 1973 François Truffaut 662
138 Boys Don't Cry 1999 Kimberly Peirce 663
139 Sense and Sensibility 1995 Ang Lee 668
140 Shadows 1958 John Cassavetes 669
141 Your Name 2016 Makoto Shinkai 670
142 Pierrot le Fou 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 671
143 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 673
144 Bend It Like Beckham 2002 Gurinder Chadha 676
145 The Virgin Suicides 1999 Sofia Coppola 677
146 Ashes and Diamonds 1958 Andrzej Wajda 680
147 Coming to America 1988 John Landis 681
148 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson 689
149 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010 Edgar Wright 691
150 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton 694
151 Blue Is the Warmest Color 2013 Abdellatif Kechiche 708
152 Talk to Her 2002 Pedro Almodóvar 714
153 Farewell My Concubine 1993 Kaige Chen 729
154 Notting Hill 1999 Roger Michell 732
155 42nd Street 1933 Lloyd Bacon 734
156 Happy Together 1997 Kar-Wai Wong 735
157 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 Sharon Maguire 736
158 Sideways 2004 Alexander Payne 742
159 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 Wes Anderson 757
160 In the Realm of the Senses 1976 Nagisa Ôshima 758
161 Broadcast News 1987 James L. Brooks 765
162 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005 Judd Apatow 767
163 You've Got Mail 1998 Nora Ephron 768
164 The Crowd 1928 King Vidor 775
165 All That Heaven Allows 1955 Douglas Sirk 782
166 Pandora's Box 1929 Georg Wilhelm Pabst 788
167 Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948 Max Ophüls 793
168 Orpheus 1950 Jean Cocteau 797
169 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 798
170 The Earrings of Madame De… 1953 Max Ophüls 801
171 L'Eclisse 1962 Michelangelo Antonioni 806
172 Daughters of the Dust 1991 Julie Dash 814
173 Cinderella 1950 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 817
174 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 David Fincher 824
175 Romeo + Juliet 1996 Baz Luhrmann 826
176 The Awful Truth 1937 Leo McCarey 827
177 The Big Sick 2017 Michael Showalter 832
178 Voyage in Italy 1954 Roberto Rossellini 833
179 Lady and the Tramp 1955 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 836
180 (500) Days of Summer 2009 Marc Webb 842
181 Before Midnight 2013 Richard Linklater 844
182 Sleeping Beauty 1959 Clyde Geronimi 847
183 The Quiet Man 1952 John Ford 848
184 The Wind 1928 Victor Sjöström 861
185 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 880
186 Once 2006 John Carney 886
187 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 898
188 An Affair to Remember 1957 Leo McCarey 900
189 'I Know Where I'm Going!' 1945 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 903
190 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 907
191 The Artist 2011 Michel Hazanavicius 911
192 Silver Linings Playbook 2012 David O. Russell 915
193 The Mother and the Whore 1973 Jean Eustache 922
194 The Crying Game 1992 Neil Jordan 924
195 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 925
196 Orlando 1992 Sally Potter 926
197 The Blue Angel 1930 Josef von Sternberg 937
198 Death in Venice 1971 Luchino Visconti 944
199 Closely Watched Trains 1966 Jirí Menzel 947
200 Tangled 2010 Nathan Greno and Byron Howard 952
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