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Best Romance Movies of the 2000s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
139 romance films from the 2000s are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), at 8.3 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.5. Biggest split between audiences and critics: A Walk to Remember, 7.3 on IMDb against 35 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind '2004 | Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance | 8.3 | 93% | 89 | 8.1 | Michel Gondry |
| 2 | A Beautiful Mind '2001 | Drama / Romance | 8.2 | 74% | 72 | 7.9 | Ron Howard |
| 3 | Amélie '2001 | Comedy / Romance | 8.2 | 90% | 70 | 7.9 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 4 | Slumdog Millionaire '2008 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 92% | 84 | 7.7 | Danny Boyle |
| 5 | Before Sunset '2004 | Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 95% | 91 | 7.8 | Richard Linklater |
| 6 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button '2008 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.8 | 72% | 70 | 7.6 | David Fincher |
| 7 | The Notebook '2004 | Romance / Drama | 7.8 | 55% | 53 | 7.9 | Nick Cassavetes |
| 8 | Lost in Translation '2003 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.7 | 95% | 91 | 7.4 | Sofia Coppola |
| 9 | In the Mood for Love '2000 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 92% | 87 | 8.1 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 10 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon '2000 | Romance / Drama / Action | 7.8 | 96% | 94 | 7.4 | Ang Lee |
| 11 | The Wrestler '2008 | Drama / Romance | 7.9 | 99% | 80 | 7.5 | Darren Aronofsky |
| 12 | Atonement '2007 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 83% | 85 | 7.6 | Joe Wright |
| 13 | Pride & Prejudice '2005 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 87% | 82 | 8.1 | Joe Wright |
| 14 | (500) Days of Summer '2009 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 86% | 76 | 7.3 | Marc Webb |
| 15 | Brokeback Mountain '2005 | Drama / Romance | 7.7 | 88% | 87 | 7.8 | Ang Lee |
| 16 | Cinderella Man '2005 | Romance / Drama | 8.0 | 80% | 69 | 7.6 | Ron Howard |
| 17 | Love Actually '2003 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 7.5 | 65% | 55 | 7.1 | Richard Curtis |
| 18 | Walk the Line '2005 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 7.8 | 83% | 72 | 7.5 | James Mangold |
| 19 | Stardust '2007 | Fantasy / Romance | 7.6 | 77% | 66 | 7.3 | Matthew Vaughn |
| 20 | Mr. Nobody '2009 | Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance | 7.7 | 64% | 63 | 7.8 | Jaco Van Dormael |
| 21 | The Illusionist '2006 | Fantasy / Drama / Thriller / Romance | 7.5 | 74% | 68 | 7.3 | Neil Burger |
| 22 | Moulin Rouge! '2001 | Drama / Romance / Musical | 7.5 | 75% | 66 | 7.5 | Baz Luhrmann |
| 23 | Juno '2007 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.4 | 93% | 81 | 7.1 | Jason Reitman |
| 24 | Shrek 2 '2004 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance | 7.4 | 89% | 75 | 7.3 | Conrad Vernon |
| 25 | Y Tu Mamá También '2001 | Drama / Romance | 7.7 | 90% | 89 | 7.4 | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 26 | The Reader '2008 | Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 63% | 58 | 7.5 | Stephen Daldry |
| 27 | Sideways '2004 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.5 | 97% | 94 | 7.1 | Alexander Payne |
| 28 | High Fidelity '2000 | Drama / Comedy / Romance / Musical | 7.4 | 91% | 79 | 7.1 | Stephen Frears |
| 29 | Stranger Than Fiction '2006 | Drama / Comedy / Romance / Fantasy | 7.5 | 73% | 67 | 7.3 | Marc Forster |
| 30 | Match Point '2005 | Drama / Romance / Thriller | 7.6 | 77% | 72 | 7.4 | Woody Allen |
| 31 | Up in the Air '2009 | Drama / Romance | 7.4 | 90% | 83 | 6.9 | Jason Reitman |
| 32 | Garden State '2004 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.4 | 86% | 67 | 7.1 | Zach Braff |
| 33 | A Walk to Remember '2002 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 30% | 35 | 7.7 | Adam Shankman |
| 34 | Corpse Bride '2005 | Romance / Fantasy / Animation | 7.4 | 85% | 83 | 7.6 | Mike Johnson |
| 35 | Punch-Drunk Love '2002 | Romance / Drama / Comedy | 7.3 | 79% | 78 | 7.1 | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 36 | Chocolat '2000 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 63% | 64 | 7.0 | Lasse Hallström |
| 37 | The Virgin Suicides '2000 | Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 80% | 77 | 7.1 | Sofia Coppola |
| 38 | Volver '2006 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 91% | 84 | 7.5 | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 39 | Lars and the Real Girl '2007 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 81% | 70 | 7.2 | Craig Gillespie |
| 40 | Frida '2002 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 77% | 61 | 7.4 | Julie Taymor |
| 41 | Revolutionary Road '2008 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 67% | 69 | 7.0 | Sam Mendes |
| 42 | About a Boy '2002 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.1 | 93% | 75 | 6.7 | Paul Weitz |
| 43 | The Phantom of the Opera '2004 | Thriller / Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 32% | 40 | 7.3 | Joel Schumacher |
| 44 | Closer '2004 | Drama / Romance | 7.1 | 67% | 65 | 6.8 | Mike Nichols |
| 45 | Meet the Parents '2000 | Comedy / Romance | 7.0 | 85% | 73 | 6.7 | Jay Roach |
| 46 | 5 Centimeters per Second '2007 | Animation / Romance / Drama | 7.4 | - | - | 7.3 | Makoto Shinkai |
| 47 | A Knight's Tale '2001 | Drama / Romance / Action | 7.0 | 60% | 56 | 6.9 | Brian Helgeland |
| 48 | Enchanted '2007 | Comedy / Fantasy / Romance | 7.1 | 93% | 75 | 6.9 | Kevin Lima |
| 49 | The 40 Year-Old Virgin '2005 | Comedy / Romance | 7.1 | 85% | 73 | 6.4 | Judd Apatow |
| 50 | The Fountain '2006 | Drama / Sci-Fi / Romance | 7.1 | 52% | 51 | 6.9 | Darren Aronofsky |
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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