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Best Romance Movies of the 1990s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
137 romance films from the 1990s are in our catalog; the 50 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 7.5. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Legends of the Fall, 7.5 on IMDb against 45 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 | Titanic '1997 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 88% | 75 | 7.9 | James Cameron |
| 3 | Groundhog Day '1993 | Romance / Fantasy / Comedy | 8.0 | 93% | 72 | 7.6 | Harold Ramis |
| 4 | Beauty and the Beast '1991 | Romance / Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 95 | 7.7 | Gary Trousdale |
| 5 | Before Sunrise '1995 | Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 100% | 79 | 8.0 | Richard Linklater |
| 6 | Aladdin '1992 | Animation / Fantasy / Romance | 8.0 | 96% | 86 | 7.7 | John Musker |
| 7 | True Romance '1993 | Action / Crime / Romance | 7.9 | 93% | 59 | 7.5 | Tony Scott |
| 8 | Edward Scissorhands '1990 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 92% | 74 | 7.7 | Tim Burton |
| 9 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape '1993 | Romance / Drama | 7.7 | 90% | 73 | 7.7 | Lasse Hallström |
| 10 | Three Colors: Red '1994 | Drama / Mystery / Romance | 8.0 | 100% | 100 | 7.9 | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| 11 | As Good as It Gets '1997 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.7 | 86% | 67 | 7.4 | James L. Brooks |
| 12 | Chungking Express '1994 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.9 | 89% | 78 | 8.0 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 13 | The Remains of the Day '1993 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 96% | 86 | 7.4 | James Ivory |
| 14 | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge '1995 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 100% | - | 8.5 | Aditya Chopra |
| 15 | Sense and Sensibility '1995 | Drama / Romance | 7.7 | 97% | 84 | 7.4 | Ang Lee |
| 16 | Legends of the Fall '1994 | Drama / Western / Romance / War | 7.5 | - | 45 | 7.4 | Edward Zwick |
| 17 | 10 Things I Hate About You '1999 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 7.4 | 72% | 70 | 7.6 | Gil Junger |
| 18 | Bram Stoker's Dracula '1992 | Romance / Horror | 7.4 | 69% | 57 | 7.4 | Francis Ford Coppola |
| 19 | The Piano '1993 | Drama / Romance | 7.5 | 90% | 89 | 7.4 | Jane Campion |
| 20 | Leaving Las Vegas '1995 | Drama / Romance | 7.5 | 91% | 82 | 7.3 | Mike Figgis |
| 21 | Black Cat, White Cat '1998 | Comedy / Romance / Crime | 8.0 | 82% | 73 | 7.6 | Emir Kusturica |
| 22 | Breaking the Waves '1996 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 84% | 82 | 7.5 | Lars von Trier |
| 23 | The Bridges of Madison County '1995 | Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 90% | 69 | 7.7 | Clint Eastwood |
| 24 | The English Patient '1996 | Drama / Romance / War | 7.4 | 86% | 86 | 7.1 | Anthony Minghella |
| 25 | Jerry Maguire '1996 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 86% | 77 | 7.0 | Cameron Crowe |
| 26 | Hercules '1997 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy / Romance | 7.3 | 83% | 74 | 7.5 | Ron Clements |
| 27 | The Postman '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 92% | 81 | 7.9 | Michael Radford |
| 28 | Notting Hill '1999 | Romance / Comedy | 7.2 | 84% | 68 | 7.3 | Roger Michell |
| 29 | Meet Joe Black '1998 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 48% | 43 | 7.4 | Martin Brest |
| 30 | Much Ado About Nothing '1993 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.3 | 90% | 80 | 7.0 | Kenneth Branagh |
| 31 | Fallen Angels '1995 | Action / Romance / Crime | 7.5 | 96% | 71 | 7.7 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 32 | The Age of Innocence '1993 | Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 88% | 90 | 7.0 | Martin Scorsese |
| 33 | The Birdcage '1996 | Comedy / Romance | 7.3 | 85% | 71 | 7.0 | Mike Nichols |
| 34 | Pretty Woman '1990 | Romance / Comedy | 7.1 | 65% | 51 | 7.4 | Garry Marshall |
| 35 | Little Women '1994 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | - | 87 | 7.3 | Gillian Armstrong |
| 36 | Grosse Pointe Blank '1997 | Action / Comedy / Thriller / Romance | 7.3 | 82% | 76 | 7.0 | George Armitage |
| 37 | There's Something About Mary '1998 | Romance / Comedy | 7.1 | 84% | 69 | 6.6 | Peter Farrelly |
| 38 | Chasing Amy '1997 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 86% | 71 | 6.7 | Kevin Smith |
| 39 | Ghost '1990 | Fantasy / Romance / Thriller | 7.1 | 74% | 52 | 7.3 | Jerry Zucker |
| 40 | Buffalo '66 '1998 | Drama / Romance / Comedy | 7.4 | 77% | 69 | 7.1 | Vincent Gallo |
| 41 | Four Weddings and a Funeral '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.1 | 92% | 81 | 6.8 | Mike Newell |
| 42 | Arizona Dream '1993 | Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy | 7.2 | 87% | 62 | 7.1 | Emir Kusturica |
| 43 | Wild at Heart '1990 | Crime / Thriller / Romance | 7.2 | 66% | 52 | 7.0 | David Lynch |
| 44 | Shakespeare in Love '1998 | Romance / Comedy / Drama | 7.1 | 93% | 87 | 6.8 | John Madden |
| 45 | Happy Together '1997 | Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 85% | 70 | 7.6 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 46 | The Mask '1994 | Comedy / Fantasy / Crime / Romance | 7.0 | 82% | 59 | 7.0 | Chuck Russell |
| 47 | American Pie '1999 | Comedy / Romance | 7.0 | 62% | 58 | 6.7 | Paul Weitz |
| 48 | Bitter Moon '1992 | Thriller / Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 64% | 62 | 7.1 | Roman Polanski |
| 49 | Les Misérables '1998 | Crime / Drama / Romance | 7.4 | 77% | 65 | 7.2 | Bille August |
| 50 | Mediterraneo '1991 | Comedy / Romance / War | 7.4 | 80% | - | 7.6 | Gabriele Salvatores |
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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