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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 Some Like It Hot 1959 Billy Wilder 10
4 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 13
5 Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen 20
6 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 32
7 City Lights 1931 Charles Chaplin 46
8 Modern Times 1936 Charles Chaplin 53
9 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols 59
10 The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 62
11 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 76
12 Sunrise 1927 F.W. Murnau 81
13 His Girl Friday 1940 Howard Hawks 87
14 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Howard Hawks 91
15 It Happened One Night 1934 Frank Capra 92
16 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 96
17 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 98
18 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 David Hand 104
19 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 107
20 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen 117
21 West Side Story 1961 Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise 118
22 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 119
23 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 126
24 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 129
25 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 131
26 In the Mood for Love 2000 Kar-Wai Wong 135
27 The Red Shoes 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 143
28 The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise 144
29 When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Rob Reiner 149
30 Brokeback Mountain 2005 Ang Lee 153
31 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 154
32 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola 161
33 Wild Strawberries 1957 Ingmar Bergman 170
34 Brief Encounter 1945 David Lean 174
35 Children of Paradise 1945 Marcel Carné 179
36 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 William Wyler 184
37 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 191
38 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 193
39 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 198
40 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby 199
41 Jules and Jim 1962 François Truffaut 201
42 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 203
43 Wings of Desire 1987 Wim Wenders 211
44 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley 212
45 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 213
46 L'Atalante 1934 Jean Vigo 219
47 Days of Heaven 1978 Terrence Malick 221
48 Beauty and the Beast 1946 Jean Cocteau 237
49 Stairway to Heaven 1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 240
50 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni 250
51 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 251
52 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 252
53 Red River 1948 Howard Hawks 271
54 Three Colors: Red 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 282
55 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 283
56 The African Queen 1951 John Huston 286
57 The Last Picture Show 1971 Peter Bogdanovich 287
58 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 289
59 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Jacques Demy 298
60 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 299
61 The Piano 1993 Jane Campion 306
62 Before Sunset 2004 Richard Linklater 315
63 Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 320
64 My Fair Lady 1964 George Cukor 322
65 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski 324
66 Hiroshima mon amour 1959 Alain Resnais 326
67 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 327
68 Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich 330
69 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 333
70 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 345
71 La Jetée 1962 Chris Marker 350
72 A Woman under the Influence 1974 John Cassavetes 356
73 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 357
74 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 359
75 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 361
76 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 365
77 Contempt 1963 Jean-Luc Godard 371
78 From Here to Eternity 1953 Fred Zinnemann 372
79 Before Sunrise 1995 Richard Linklater 373
80 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 381
81 Jerry Maguire 1996 Cameron Crowe 382
82 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 391
83 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Danny Boyle 394
84 Let the Right One in 2008 Tomas Alfredson 395
85 A Star Is Born 1954 George Cukor 396
86 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 401
87 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 403
88 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 Orson Welles 405
89 Great Expectations 1946 David Lean 415
90 Pierrot le Fou 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 422
91 Doctor Zhivago 1965 David Lean 425
92 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 430
93 Mildred Pierce 1945 Michael Curtiz 440
94 Bull Durham 1988 Ron Shelton 441
95 Last Tango in Paris 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci 451
96 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Yimou Zhang 454
97 There's Something about Mary 1998 Bobby and Peter Farrelly 455
98 Shadows 1958 John Cassavetes 460
99 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 Michael Mann 463
100 Day for Night 1973 François Truffaut 467
101 Dirty Dancing 1987 Emile Ardolino 477
102 The Earrings of Madame De… 1953 Max Ophüls 490
103 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 495
104 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 501
105 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 504
106 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 505
107 The English Patient 1996 Anthony Minghella 510
108 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 521
109 Say Anything… 1989 Cameron Crowe 526
110 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 535
111 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 546
112 Ashes and Diamonds 1958 Andrzej Wajda 547
113 Yi yi: A One and a Two... 2000 Edward Yang 552
114 Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948 Max Ophüls 571
115 The Crowd 1928 King Vidor 572
116 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 574
117 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 585
118 In the Realm of the Senses 1976 Nagisa Ôshima 589
119 Shakespeare in Love 1998 John Madden 592
120 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 595
121 L'Eclisse 1962 Michelangelo Antonioni 596
122 Sense and Sensibility 1995 Ang Lee 602
123 The Wind 1928 Victor Sjöström 605
124 Sideways 2004 Alexander Payne 606
125 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005 Judd Apatow 609
126 Now, Voyager 1942 Irving Rapper 612
127 The Quiet Man 1952 John Ford 619
128 Breaking Away 1979 Peter Yates 622
129 Talk to Her 2002 Pedro Almodóvar 634
130 Three Colors: White 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 635
131 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis 636
132 Pandora's Box 1929 Georg Wilhelm Pabst 644
133 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 653
134 42nd Street 1933 Lloyd Bacon 664
135 'I Know Where I'm Going!' 1945 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 672
136 The Jazz Singer 1927 Alan Crosland 679
137 Closely Watched Trains 1966 Jirí Menzel 680
138 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 683
139 The Mother and the Whore 1973 Jean Eustache 692
140 Body Heat 1981 Lawrence Kasdan 702
141 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 706
142 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton 711
143 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973 Sam Peckinpah 712
144 Farewell My Concubine 1993 Kaige Chen 715
145 Gilda 1946 Charles Vidor 719
146 Bridesmaids 2011 Paul Feig 724
147 Amour 2012 Michael Haneke 725
148 A Brighter Summer Day 1991 Edward Yang 729
149 The Notebook 2004 Nick Cassavetes 732
150 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Nora Ephron 738
151 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 740
152 All That Heaven Allows 1955 Douglas Sirk 744
153 Malcolm X 1992 Spike Lee 746
154 My Night at Maud's 1969 Eric Rohmer 752
155 The Awful Truth 1937 Leo McCarey 758
156 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 768
157 Moonstruck 1987 Norman Jewison 770
158 Atonement 2007 Joe Wright 771
159 Swing Time 1936 George Stevens 772
160 Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 Charles Reisner 781
161 Atlantic City 1980 Louis Malle 784
162 Orpheus 1950 Jean Cocteau 785
163 A Place in the Sun 1951 George Stevens 786
164 My Man Godfrey 1936 Gregory La Cava 788
165 As Good as It Gets 1997 James L. Brooks 791
166 An Affair to Remember 1957 Leo McCarey 794
167 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Preston Sturges 803
168 Lady and the Tramp 1955 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 811
169 The Thief of Bagdad 1924 Raoul Walsh 813
170 Happy Together 1997 Kar-Wai Wong 816
171 Lolita 1962 Stanley Kubrick 823
172 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson 829
173 Bound 1996 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 839
174 Her 2013 Spike Jonze 840
175 Love Me Tonight 1932 Rouben Mamoulian 845
176 Cinderella 1950 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 847
177 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Woody Allen 848
178 Witness 1985 Peter Weir 857
179 Boys Don't Cry 1999 Kimberly Peirce 859
180 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh 860
181 A Room with a View 1985 James Ivory 863
182 My Beautiful Laundrette 1985 Stephen Frears 869
183 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1943 Preston Sturges 884
184 The Artist 2011 Michel Hazanavicius 885
185 Call Me by Your Name 2017 Luca Guadagnino 892
186 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 899
187 Broken Blossoms 1919 D.W. Griffith 900
188 Romeo + Juliet 1996 Baz Luhrmann 901
189 Gregory's Girl 1980 Bill Forsyth 904
190 The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg 913
191 Out of Africa 1985 Sydney Pollack 930
192 The Cranes are Flying 1957 Mikheil Kalatozishvili 931
193 Oklahoma! 1955 Fred Zinnemann 933
194 Blue Is the Warmest Color 2013 Abdellatif Kechiche 935
195 Voyage in Italy 1954 Roberto Rossellini 937
196 Once 2007 John Carney 942
197 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 Leo McCarey 949
198 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 Tay Garnett 954
199 Orlando 1992 Sally Potter 955
200 The Remains of the Day 1993 James Ivory 956
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