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Best Romance Movies of All Time, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
1516 romance films are in our catalog; the 100 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Forrest Gump ('1994), at 8.8 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 8.0. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Notorious, 7.9 on IMDb against 100 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forrest Gump '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.8 | 75% | 82 | 8.5 | Robert Zemeckis |
| 2 | Casablanca '1943 | Drama / Romance | 8.5 | 99% | 100 | 8.1 | Michael Curtiz |
| 3 | Modern Times '1936 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.5 | 98% | 96 | 8.3 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 4 | City Lights '1931 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.5 | 95% | 99 | 8.2 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 5 | Cinema Paradiso '1988 | Drama / Romance | 8.5 | 90% | 80 | 8.4 | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 6 | Singin' in the Rain '1952 | Comedy / Romance | 8.3 | 100% | 99 | 8.1 | Gene Kelly |
| 7 | The Apartment '1960 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.3 | 94% | 94 | 8.2 | Billy Wilder |
| 8 | Gone with the Wind '1939 | Drama / War / Romance | 8.2 | 90% | 97 | 7.9 | Victor Fleming |
| 9 | Vertigo '1958 | Mystery / Romance / Thriller | 8.2 | 94% | 100 | 8.1 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 10 | Some Like It Hot '1959 | Comedy / Romance / Crime | 8.2 | 95% | 98 | 8.1 | Billy Wilder |
| 11 | Children of Paradise '1945 | Drama / Romance | 8.3 | 98% | 96 | 8.0 | Marcel Carné |
| 12 | The General '1926 | Comedy / War / Romance | 8.1 | 92% | - | 7.9 | Clyde Bruckman |
| 13 | It Happened One Night '1934 | Comedy / Romance | 8.1 | 98% | 87 | 7.8 | Frank Capra |
| 14 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans '1927 | Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 98% | 95 | 7.8 | F. W. Murnau |
| 15 | On the Waterfront '1954 | Crime / Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 99% | 91 | 7.8 | Elia Kazan |
| 16 | The Sound of Music '1965 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 8.1 | 83% | 63 | 7.7 | Robert Wise |
| 17 | The Circus '1928 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 97% | 90 | 7.9 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 18 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind '2004 | Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance | 8.3 | 93% | 89 | 8.1 | Michel Gondry |
| 19 | The Best Years of Our Lives '1946 | Drama / Romance / War | 8.1 | 97% | 93 | 7.7 | William Wyler |
| 20 | The Red Shoes '1948 | Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 98% | - | 8.0 | Emeric Pressburger |
| 21 | To Be or Not to Be '1942 | Comedy / War / Romance | 8.1 | 96% | 86 | 7.8 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 22 | The Cranes Are Flying '1957 | Drama / Romance / War | 8.3 | 96% | 76 | 7.9 | Mikhail Kalatozov |
| 23 | La Jetée '1962 | Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi | 8.2 | 90% | - | 7.9 | Chris Marker |
| 24 | Make Way for Tomorrow '1937 | Drama / Romance | 8.2 | 100% | - | 7.5 | Leo McCarey |
| 25 | Rebecca '1940 | Mystery / Romance / Thriller | 8.0 | 98% | 86 | 7.9 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 26 | The Graduate '1967 | Drama / Romance / Comedy | 8.0 | 87% | 83 | 7.6 | Mike Nichols |
| 27 | Safety Last! '1923 | Comedy / Romance / Thriller | 8.1 | 97% | - | 7.7 | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| 28 | Roman Holiday '1953 | Romance / Comedy / Drama | 8.0 | 97% | 78 | 7.9 | William Wyler |
| 29 | Rocco and His Brothers '1960 | Drama / Romance / Crime | 8.2 | 91% | 84 | 8.0 | Luchino Visconti |
| 30 | The Crowd '1928 | Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 96% | - | 7.6 | King Vidor |
| 31 | The Heiress '1949 | Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 100% | - | 7.8 | William Wyler |
| 32 | A Beautiful Mind '2001 | Drama / Romance | 8.2 | 74% | 72 | 7.9 | Ron Howard |
| 33 | Brief Encounter '1945 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 95% | 92 | 7.7 | David Lean |
| 34 | Titanic '1997 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 88% | 75 | 7.9 | James Cameron |
| 35 | The Shop Around the Corner '1940 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 99% | 96 | 8.1 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 36 | Groundhog Day '1993 | Romance / Fantasy / Comedy | 8.0 | 93% | 72 | 7.6 | Harold Ramis |
| 37 | The Princess Bride '1987 | Fantasy / Comedy / Romance | 8.0 | 93% | 78 | 7.7 | Rob Reiner |
| 38 | The Cameraman '1928 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 8.0 | 100% | - | 7.8 | Edward Sedgwick |
| 39 | A Matter of Life and Death '1946 | Romance / Fantasy / Drama | 8.0 | 97% | - | 7.7 | Michael Powell |
| 40 | Amélie '2001 | Comedy / Romance | 8.2 | 90% | 70 | 7.9 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 41 | Notorious '1946 | Drama / Romance / Thriller | 7.9 | 96% | 100 | 7.7 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 42 | Limelight '1952 | Romance / Drama / Comedy | 8.0 | 88% | 84 | 7.9 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 43 | Your Name. '2016 | Animation / Romance / Drama | 8.4 | 98% | 81 | 8.5 | Makoto Shinkai |
| 44 | The Adventures of Robin Hood '1938 | Romance / Action | 7.9 | 100% | 97 | 7.5 | Michael Curtiz |
| 45 | Beauty and the Beast '1991 | Romance / Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 95 | 7.7 | Gary Trousdale |
| 46 | Before Sunrise '1995 | Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 100% | 79 | 8.0 | Richard Linklater |
| 47 | Annie Hall '1977 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.9 | 97% | 92 | 7.7 | Woody Allen |
| 48 | The King of the Street Cleaners '1977 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 8.5 | - | - | 7.8 | Zeki Ökten |
| 49 | Aladdin '1992 | Animation / Fantasy / Romance | 8.0 | 96% | 86 | 7.7 | Ron Clements |
| 50 | The Hustler '1961 | Drama / Romance | 7.9 | 94% | 90 | 7.7 | Robert Rossen |
| 51 | In a Lonely Place '1950 | Thriller / Drama / Romance / Mystery | 7.9 | 96% | - | 7.6 | Nicholas Ray |
| 52 | The Wind '1928 | Drama / Western / Romance / Thriller | 8.0 | 100% | - | 7.3 | Victor Sjöström |
| 53 | Doctor Zhivago '1965 | Drama / Romance / War | 7.9 | 82% | 69 | 7.6 | David Lean |
| 54 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp '1943 | War / Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 97% | - | 7.5 | Emeric Pressburger |
| 55 | The Last Picture Show '1971 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 98% | 93 | 7.6 | Peter Bogdanovich |
| 56 | The Rules of the Game '1939 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.9 | 97% | 99 | 7.5 | Jean Renoir |
| 57 | Beauty and the Beast '1946 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.9 | - | 92 | 7.5 | Jean Cocteau |
| 58 | Sullivan's Travels '1941 | Comedy / Romance | 7.9 | 100% | 89 | 7.4 | Preston Sturges |
| 59 | Fiddler on the Roof '1971 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 81% | 67 | 7.7 | Norman Jewison |
| 60 | Ballad of a Soldier '1959 | Drama / Romance / War | 8.2 | 94% | - | 8.0 | Grigoriy Chukhray |
| 61 | Trouble in Paradise '1932 | Comedy / Crime / Romance | 7.9 | 90% | - | 7.4 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 62 | Bringing Up Baby '1938 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 97% | 91 | 7.5 | Howard Hawks |
| 63 | The Philadelphia Story '1940 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 100% | 96 | 7.5 | George Cukor |
| 64 | Slumdog Millionaire '2008 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 92% | 84 | 7.7 | Danny Boyle |
| 65 | His Girl Friday '1940 | Comedy / Romance / Crime | 7.8 | 99% | 94 | 7.4 | Howard Hawks |
| 66 | La La Land '2016 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 91% | 94 | 7.9 | Damien Chazelle |
| 67 | Pyaasa '1957 | Drama / Romance | 8.3 | 100% | - | 7.3 | Guru Dutt |
| 68 | Charade '1963 | Comedy / Mystery / Romance | 7.8 | 95% | 83 | 7.7 | Stanley Donen |
| 69 | You Can't Take It with You '1938 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 94% | - | 7.5 | Frank Capra |
| 70 | To Have and Have Not '1945 | Romance / War | 7.8 | 97% | 90 | 7.4 | Howard Hawks |
| 71 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. '1928 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 96% | - | 7.6 | Charles Reisner |
| 72 | La Notte '1961 | Drama / Romance | 7.9 | 84% | - | 7.9 | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| 73 | Manhattan '1979 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 93% | 83 | 7.7 | Woody Allen |
| 74 | A Woman Under the Influence '1974 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 88% | 88 | 7.7 | John Cassavetes |
| 75 | Great Expectations '1946 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 100% | 90 | 7.3 | David Lean |
| 76 | The Big Country '1958 | Drama / Western / Romance | 7.9 | 100% | 61 | 7.6 | William Wyler |
| 77 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town '1936 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 90% | - | 7.5 | Frank Capra |
| 78 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir '1947 | Romance / Fantasy / Drama | 7.8 | 100% | - | 7.5 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| 79 | Ninotchka '1939 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 95% | - | 7.5 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 80 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips '1939 | Drama / Romance | 7.9 | 81% | - | 7.4 | Sam Wood |
| 81 | Harold and Maude '1971 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 86% | 62 | 7.6 | Hal Ashby |
| 82 | Cabaret '1972 | Musical / Romance / Drama | 7.8 | 92% | 80 | 7.4 | Bob Fosse |
| 83 | The Adventures of Prince Achmed '1926 | Animation / Fantasy / Romance | 7.8 | 100% | - | 7.5 | Lotte Reiniger |
| 84 | True Romance '1993 | Action / Crime / Romance | 7.9 | 93% | 59 | 7.5 | Tony Scott |
| 85 | The Big Parade '1925 | Romance / War / Drama | 7.9 | 100% | - | 7.6 | King Vidor |
| 86 | Hiroshima Mon Amour '1959 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 96% | - | 7.7 | Alain Resnais |
| 87 | Letter from an Unknown Woman '1948 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 100% | - | 7.8 | Max Ophüls |
| 88 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner '1967 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 71% | 63 | 7.6 | Stanley Kramer |
| 89 | Now, Voyager '1942 | Romance / Drama | 7.8 | 91% | 70 | 7.4 | Irving Rapper |
| 90 | The African Queen '1952 | Romance / War / Drama | 7.7 | 96% | 91 | 7.3 | John Huston |
| 91 | Seven Chances '1925 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 94% | - | 7.5 | Buster Keaton |
| 92 | The Bad and the Beautiful '1952 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 79% | 86 | 7.3 | Vincente Minnelli |
| 93 | Edward Scissorhands '1990 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 92% | 74 | 7.7 | Tim Burton |
| 94 | Orpheus '1950 | Romance / Fantasy / Drama | 7.8 | 97% | - | 7.7 | Jean Cocteau |
| 95 | Random Harvest '1942 | Romance / Drama | 7.9 | 91% | 62 | 7.3 | Mervyn LeRoy |
| 96 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg '1964 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 97% | 86 | 7.4 | Jacques Demy |
| 97 | The Quiet Man '1952 | Romance / Comedy / Drama | 7.7 | 91% | 85 | 7.3 | John Ford |
| 98 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul '1974 | Romance / Drama | 8.0 | 100% | - | 7.7 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| 99 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame '1939 | Drama / Romance / Horror | 7.8 | 93% | - | 7.3 | William Dieterle |
| 100 | A Raisin in the Sun '1961 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 91% | 87 | 7.7 | Daniel Petrie |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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