Top 100 Romance Movies List

#20 Romance Movie

10 Things I Hate About You (1999) PG-13

A pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does.

Director:

Gil Junger

Writers:

Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith

Stars:

Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#19 Romance Movie

Sleepless in Seattle (1993) PG

A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.

Director:

Nora Ephron

Writers:

Jeff Arch, Nora Ephron

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger

#18 Romance Movie

The Ugly Truth (2009) R

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

Director:

Robert Luketic

Writers:

Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah

Stars:

Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner

#17 Romance Movie

Dangerous Beauty (1998) R

A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.

Director:

Marshall Herskovitz

Writers:

Margaret Rosenthal, Jeannine Dominy

Stars:

Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt

#16 Romance Movie

City of Angels (1998) PG-13

Inspired by the modern classic, Wings of Desire, City involves an angel (Cage) who is spotted by a doctor in an operating room. Franz plays Cage's buddy who somehow knows a lot about angels.

Director:

Brad Silberling

Writers:

Wim Wenders, Peter Handke

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher

#15 Romance Movie

Twilight (2008) PG-13

A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.

Director:

Catherine Hardwicke

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer

Stars:

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke

#14 Romance Movie

Dear John (2010) PG-13

A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.

Director:

Lasse Hallström

Writers:

Jamie Linden, Nicholas Sparks

Stars:

Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins

#13 Romance Movie

The Bodyguard (1992) R

A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to a pop singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.

Director:

Mick Jackson

Writers:

Lawrence Kasdan

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp

#12 Romance Movie

Letters to Juliet (2010) PG

Sophie dreams of becoming a writer and travels to Verona, Italy where she meets the "Secretaries of Juliet".

Director:

Gary Winick

Writers:

Jose Rivera, Tim Sullivan

Stars:

Amanda Seyfried, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave

#11 Romance Movie

Once (2007) R

A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.

Director:

John Carney

Writers:

John Carney

Stars:

Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh

#10 Romance Movie

Desert Flower (2009) R

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation (FGM).

Director:

Sherry Hormann

Writers:

Smita Bhide, Waris Dirie

Stars:

Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar

#9 Romance Movie

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) PG-13

Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

Director:

Rob Marshall

Writers:

Robin Swicord, Arthur Golden

Stars:

Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh

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#8 Romance Movie

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) R

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

Director:

Michel Gondry

Writers:

Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry

Stars:

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson

#7 Romance Movie

Notting Hill (1992) R

The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.

Director:

Roger Michell

Writers:

Richard Curtis

Stars:

Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Richard McCabe

#6 Romance Movie

Shakespeare in Love (1998) R

A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.

Director:

John Madden

Writers:

Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard

Stars:

Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush

#5 Romance Movie

The Fault in Our Stars (2014) PG-13

Two teenage cancer patients begin a life-affirming journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam.

Director:

Josh Boone

Writers:

Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

Stars:

Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff

#4 Romance Movie

Gone with the Wind (1939) G

A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Director:

Victor Fleming, George Cukor

Writers:

Margaret Mitchell, Sidney Howard

Stars:

Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell

#3 Romance Movie

Pride & Prejudice (2005) PG

Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?

Director:

Joe Wright

Writers:

Jane Austen, Deborah Moggach

Stars:

Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn

#2 Romance Movie

Titanic (1997) PG-13

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Director:

James Cameron

Writers:

James Cameron

Stars:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane

#1 Romance Movie

The Notebook (2004) PG-13

A poor yet passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman, giving her a sense of freedom, but they are soon separated because of their social differences.

Director:

Nick Cassavetes

Writers:

Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi

Stars:

Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Rachel McAdams

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