Top 100 Romance Movies List

#40 Romance Movie

At First Sight (1999) PG-13

A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.

Director:

Irwin Winkler

Writers:

Oliver Sacks, Steve Levitt

Stars:

Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis

#39 Romance Movie

Unfaithful (2002) R

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writers:

Claude Chabrol, Alvin Sargent

Stars:

Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez

#38 Romance Movie

Music and Lyrics (2007) PG-13

A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.

Director:

Marc Lawrence

Writers:

Marc Lawrence

Stars:

Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Scott Porter

#37 Romance Movie

The English Patient (1996) R

At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Director:

Anthony Minghella

Writers:

Michael Ondaatje, Anthony Minghella

Stars:

Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe

#36 Romance Movie

Mamma Mia! (2008) PG-13

The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA.

Director:

Phyllida Lloyd

Writers:

Catherine Johnson

Stars:

Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried

#35 Romance Movie

Serendipity (2001) PG-13

A couple search for each other years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together.

Director:

Peter Chelsom

Writers:

Marc Klein

Stars:

John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven

#34 Romance Movie

Moulin Rouge! (2001) PG-13

A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets.

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Writers:

Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce

Stars:

Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo

#33 Romance Movie

The Bridges of Madison County (1995) PG-13

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s.

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writers:

Richard LaGravenese, Robert James Waller

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley

#32 Romance Movie

Casablanca (1942) PG

In Casablanca in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate encounters a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Writers:

Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein

Stars:

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

#31 Romance Movie

While You Were Sleeping (1995) PG

A hopeless romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient.

Director:

Jon Turteltaub

Writers:

Daniel G. Sullivan, Fredric Lebow

Stars:

Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher

#30 Romance Movie

No Reservations (2007) PG

The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.

Director:

Scott Hicks

Writers:

Carol Fuchs, Sandra Nettelbeck

Stars:

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin

#29 Romance Movie

Anna and the King (1999) PG-13

The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.

Director:

Andy Tennant

Writers:

Anna Leonowens, Steve Meerson

Stars:

Jodie Foster, Yun-Fat Chow, Bai Ling

#28 Romance Movie

Message in a Bottle (1999) PG-13

A woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach, and is determined to track down its author.

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Writers:

Nicholas Sparks, Gerald Di Pego

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman

#27 Romance Movie

Legends of the Fall (1994) R

In the 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.

Director:

Edward Zwick

Writers:

Susan Shilliday, William D. Wittliff

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn

#26 Romance Movie

When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) R

The seemingly perfect relationship between a man and his wife is tested as a result of her alcoholism.

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Writers:

Ronald Bass, Al Franken

Stars:

Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia, Ellen Burstyn

#25 Romance Movie

Dirty Dancing (1987) PG-13

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.

Director:

Emile Ardolino

Writers:

Eleanor Bergstein

Stars:

Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach

#24 Romance Movie

You've Got Mail (1998) PG

Two business rivals who despise each other in real life unwittingly fall in love over the Internet.

Director:

Nora Ephron

Writers:

Miklós László, Nora Ephron

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear

#23 Romance Movie

Flipped (2010) PG

Two eighth-graders start to have feelings for each other despite being total opposites.

Director:

Rob Reiner

Writers:

Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman

Stars:

Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay

#22 Romance Movie

P.S. I Love You (2007) PG-13

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

Director:

Richard LaGravenese

Writers:

Richard LaGravenese, Steven Rogers

Stars:

Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Harry Connick Jr.

#21 Romance Movie

Autumn in New York (2000) PG-13

Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman.

Director:

Joan Chen

Writers:

Allison Burnett

Stars:

Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia

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