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Romance Movies Critics Rated Higher Than Audiences
42 romance films in our catalog have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and a score that is higher with critics than with audiences by 15 points or more. The widest gap: Journey to Italy (1954), 7.2 on IMDb against 100 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journey to Italy '1954 | Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 96% | 100 | 7.2 | Roberto Rossellini | -28 |
| 2 | Babygirl '2024 | Romance / Thriller | 5.7 | 76% | 79 | 5.7 | Halina Reijn | -22 |
| 3 | Carol '2015 | Romance / Drama | 7.3 | 94% | 94 | 7.5 | Todd Haynes | -21 |
| 4 | Jules and Jim '1962 | Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 94% | 97 | 7.5 | François Truffaut | -21 |
| 5 | Notorious '1946 | Drama / Romance / Thriller | 7.9 | 96% | 100 | 7.7 | Alfred Hitchcock | -21 |
| 6 | Three Colors: Red '1994 | Drama / Mystery / Romance | 8.0 | 100% | 100 | 7.9 | Krzysztof Kieślowski | -20 |
| 7 | Breathless '1960 | Drama / Crime / Romance | 7.6 | 95% | 96 | 7.5 | Jean-Luc Godard | -20 |
| 8 | Masculin Féminin '1966 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 96% | 93 | 7.2 | Jean-Luc Godard | -20 |
| 9 | The Rules of the Game '1939 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.9 | 97% | 99 | 7.5 | Jean Renoir | -20 |
| 10 | Licorice Pizza '2021 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.1 | 90% | 90 | 6.9 | Paul Thomas Anderson | -19 |
| 11 | Sideways '2004 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.5 | 97% | 94 | 7.1 | Alexander Payne | -19 |
| 12 | The Band Wagon '1953 | Comedy / Romance | 7.4 | 95% | 93 | 7.2 | Vincente Minnelli | -19 |
| 13 | Meet Me in St. Louis '1944 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.5 | 99% | 94 | 7.0 | Vincente Minnelli | -19 |
| 14 | The Lady Eve '1941 | Comedy / Romance | 7.7 | 99% | 96 | 7.3 | Preston Sturges | -19 |
| 15 | The Age of Innocence '1993 | Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 88% | 90 | 7.0 | Martin Scorsese | -18 |
| 16 | Vertigo '1958 | Mystery / Romance / Thriller | 8.2 | 94% | 100 | 8.1 | Alfred Hitchcock | -18 |
| 17 | The Philadelphia Story '1940 | Comedy / Romance | 7.8 | 100% | 96 | 7.5 | George Cukor | -18 |
| 18 | The Adventures of Robin Hood '1938 | Romance / Action | 7.9 | 100% | 97 | 7.5 | William Keighley | -18 |
| 19 | Anora '2024 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.4 | 93% | 91 | 7.1 | Sean Baker | -17 |
| 20 | Prizzi's Honor '1985 | Romance / Comedy / Crime | 6.7 | 85% | 84 | 6.4 | John Huston | -17 |
| 21 | Badlands '1973 | Drama / Romance / Crime | 7.7 | 97% | 94 | 7.4 | Terrence Malick | -17 |
| 22 | Days of Heaven '1978 | Drama / Romance | 7.7 | 93% | 94 | 7.5 | Terrence Malick | -17 |
| 23 | The Magnificent Ambersons '1942 | Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 89% | 93 | 7.3 | Orson Welles | -17 |
| 24 | Swing Time '1936 | Romance / Comedy | 7.4 | 96% | 91 | 6.8 | George Stevens | -17 |
| 25 | Past Lives '2023 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 95% | 94 | 7.7 | Celine Song | -16 |
| 26 | Call Me by Your Name '2017 | Romance / Drama | 7.8 | 95% | 94 | 8.1 | Luca Guadagnino | -16 |
| 27 | Phantom Thread '2017 | Drama / Romance | 7.4 | 91% | 90 | 7.3 | Paul Thomas Anderson | -16 |
| 28 | Knocked Up '2007 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 6.9 | 90% | 85 | 6.3 | Judd Apatow | -16 |
| 29 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon '2000 | Romance / Drama / Action | 7.8 | 96% | 94 | 7.4 | Ang Lee | -16 |
| 30 | Shakespeare in Love '1998 | Romance / Comedy / Drama | 7.1 | 93% | 87 | 6.8 | John Madden | -16 |
| 31 | The Fabulous Baker Boys '1989 | Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance | 6.9 | 97% | 85 | 6.6 | Steve Kloves | -16 |
| 32 | Some Like It Hot '1959 | Comedy / Romance / Crime | 8.2 | 95% | 98 | 8.1 | Billy Wilder | -16 |
| 33 | Singin' in the Rain '1952 | Comedy / Romance | 8.3 | 100% | 99 | 8.1 | Gene Kelly | -16 |
| 34 | Gigi '1958 | Comedy / Romance | 6.6 | 90% | 82 | 6.3 | Vincente Minnelli | -16 |
| 35 | His Girl Friday '1940 | Comedy / Romance / Crime | 7.8 | 99% | 94 | 7.4 | Howard Hawks | -16 |
| 36 | The Shop Around the Corner '1940 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 99% | 96 | 8.1 | Ernst Lubitsch | -16 |
| 37 | Top Hat '1935 | Musical / Comedy / Romance | 7.7 | 100% | 93 | 7.2 | Mark Sandrich | -16 |
| 38 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire '2019 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 98% | 95 | 8.1 | Céline Sciamma | -15 |
| 39 | Beauty and the Beast '1991 | Romance / Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 95 | 7.7 | Gary Trousdale | -15 |
| 40 | Love Story '1970 | Romance / Drama | 6.9 | 65% | 84 | 6.8 | Arthur Hiller | -15 |
| 41 | Casablanca '1943 | Drama / Romance | 8.5 | 99% | 100 | 8.1 | Michael Curtiz | -15 |
| 42 | Gone with the Wind '1939 | Drama / War / Romance | 8.2 | 90% | 97 | 7.9 | Victor Fleming | -15 |
Gap is IMDb score times 10 minus Metacritic score, in points. Only films with at least 10,000 IMDb votes and both scores are included, and only gaps of 15 points or more. This list is ordered by the size of the gap, not by quality. Scores shown are the raw ones.
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