What are the best romance movies ever? Who don’t dream of hugging his/her partner in warm cozy bed and watch a romance film on a romantic evening? After all Love is one of the best feeling in the world and everybody loves to love and wants to be loved. Our film industry knows very well that romance is one of the most loved genre. Romantic movies are evergreen and Good romantic films gain fan base world wide irrespective of race, cast, age or religion. Be it a Funny Romantic Comedy or a Sad Romantic Tragedy if it is powerful enough to spread the message of love then it will continue to be cult favorite even after generations. I can give you many examples to prove my point.
The genre of Romance is explored since the beginning of cinema. I must admit that the Romantic movies of the ‘black and White’ era were much more passionate and heart touching than modern romance movies. The era of 30s and 40s, i must say, was the best era for romantic movies. The 1950s explored many other genres, Romance movies that were popular during that time had war romance theme. The 1960s gave way to romantic comedies but it was the 1970s that actually made the sub-genre much much popular, not only among the fans but among the production companies too. The decade of 1980s focused on Teen Romance specially High School Romance and College Romance films. Undoubtedly such films gained wide fan base in later decades. The decade of 1990s focused more on epic romance and produced some of the finest romantic movies after the black and white era. Romantic Tragedies were more popular in this decade. In the 00s decade, instead of showing fantasy romance films, film producers focused more on real life romantic relationships. Thus show casing and experimenting various aspects of relationships.
The list of Romantic Comedy movies is endless, In fact every actor in the world has at least one or two romantic comedy films at his/her acting credits. On the other hand Romantic Tragedies are not that much in quantity but still there are plenty of Romantic Tragedies that are adored by audience.
Picking out 100 Best Romantic Films ever made is very tough task. So we searched through the database of highest grossing romantic films, award winning romantic films and cult favorite romantic films. The final result is this list of 100 Greatest Love Movies of All time:
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100. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Director – Joel Zwick
Cast – Nia Vardalos, Lainie Kazan, John Corbett, Andrea Martin, Joey Fatone, Michael Constantine
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 22 February 2002
Box Office – $368.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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99. The Last Tango in Paris
Director – Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast – Maria Schneider, Marlon Brando, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Maria Michi, Massimo Girotti
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 15 December 1972
Box Office – $96.3 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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98. Moonstruck
Director – Norman Jewison
Cast – Vincent Gardenia, Cher, Danny Aiello Olympia Dukakis, Nicolas Cage,
Nicolas Cage
Vincent Gardenia
Olympia Dukakis
Danny Aiello
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 16 December 1987
Box Office – $80.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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97. Remember Me
Director – Allen Coulter
Cast – Lena Olin, Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, Tate Ellington, Pierce Brosnan, Ruby Jerins
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 27%
Release Date – 14 May 2010
Box Office – $56.032 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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96. Sabrina
Director – Sydney Pollack
Cast – Greg Kinnear, Julia Ormond, Harrison Ford, John Wood, Nancy Marchand
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 65%
Release Date – 15 December 1995
Box Office – $87.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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95. Talk to Her
Director – Pedro Almodóvar
Cast – Rosario Flores, Leonor Watling, Darío Grandinetti, Geraldine Chaplin, Javier Cámara
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 15 March 2002
Box Office – $51,001,550
Genre – Drama, Mystery, Romance
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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94. The Bridges of Madison County
Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 2 June 1995
Box Office – $182 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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93. Monster’s Ball
Director – Marc Forster
Cast – Heath Ledger, Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Mos Def, Milo Addica, Peter Boyle, Sean Combs, Will Rokos
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 26 December 2001
Box Office – $44.9 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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92. To Catch a Thief
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Cary Grant, Jessie Royce Landis, Charles Vanel, Grace Kelly, Brigitte Auber, John Williams
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 3 August 1955
Box Office – $8.75 million
Genre – Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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91. The Piano
Director – Jane Campion
Cast – Holly Hunter, Anna Paquin, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Genevieve Lemon, Kerry Walker
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 19 May 1993
Box Office – $140 million
Genre – Drama, Music, Romance
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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90. A Very Long Engagement
Director – Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast – Marion Cotillard, Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Ticky Holgado, Jodie Foster, Dominique Pinon
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – 27 October 2004
Box Office – $76.6 million
Genre – Drama, Mystery, Romance
Awards – None
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89. From Here to Eternity
Director – Fred Zinnemann
Cast – Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 5 August 1953
Box Office – $30.5 million
Genre – Drama, Romance, War
Awards – Won 8 Oscars
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88. Bonnie and Clyde
Director – Arthur Penn
Cast – Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, Estelle Parsons, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman,
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 13 August 1967
Box Office – $70 million
Genre – Action, Biography, Crime
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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87. If Only
Director – Gil Junger
Cast – Lucy Davenport, Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Nicholls
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 60%
Release Date – 15 July 2004
Box Office – $532,673
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – None
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86. Punch-Drunk Love
Director – Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast – Luis Guzmán, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Adam Sandler, Emily Watson
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 11 October 2002
Box Office – $24.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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85. The Lake House
Director – Alejandro Agresti
Cast – Sandra Bullock, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer, Keanu Reeves, Dylan Walsh
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 36%
Release Date – 16 June 2006
Box Office – $115 million
Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Awards – None
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84. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Director – Donald Petrie
Cast – Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Shalom Harlow, Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 42%
Release Date – 27 January 2003
Box Office – $177.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – None
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83. Sideways
Director – Alexander Payne
Cast – Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Sandra Oh, Virginia Madsen
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 12 October 2004
Box Office – $109.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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82. Three Colors: Blue, Three Colors: Red, Three Colors: White (3 films)
Director – Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast – Zbigniew Zamachowski, Benoît Régent, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irène Jacob, Julie Delpy
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 8 September 1993
Box Office – $6.1 million
Genre – Drama, Music, Mystery
Awards – None
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