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21. Annie Hall
Director – Woody Allen
Cast – Janet Margolin, Carol Kane, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Woody Allen, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes –
Release Date – 20 April 1977
Box Office – $38.3 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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20. The Princess Bride
Director – Rob Reiner
Cast – Chris Sarandon, Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Fred Savage, André the Giant
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 25 September 1987
Box Office – $30.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
19. (500) Days of Summer
Director – Marc Webb
Cast – Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Zooey Deschanel
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 17 July 2009
Box Office – $60.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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18. Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind
Director – Michel Gondry
Cast – Jim Carrey, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 19 March 2004
Box Office – $72.3 million
Genre – Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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17. My fair Lady
Director – George Cukor
Cast – Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Stanley Holloway
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 21 October 1964
Box Office – $72 million
Genre – Drama, Family, Musical
Awards – Won 8 Oscars
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16. Edward Scissorhands
Director – Tim Burton
Cast – Johnny Depp, Anthony Michael Hall, Dianne Wiest, Winona Ryder, Kathy Baker,Alan Arkin, Vincent Price
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 6 December 1990
Box Office – $86 million
Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Awards – None
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15. An Affair to Remember
Director – Leo McCarey
Cast – Richard Denning, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 62%
Release Date – 11 July 1957
Box Office – $3.8 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
14. City Lights
Director – Hansal Mehta
Cast – Patralekha, Rajkummar Rao
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 30 May 2014
Box Office – $90 Million
Genre – Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
13. Before Sunrise/ Before Sunset/ Before Midnight (3 films)
Director – Richard Linklater
Cast – Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 27 January 1995
Box Office – $5.5 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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12. Wall-E
Director – Andrew Stanton
Cast – Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 21 June 2008
Box Office – $533.3 million
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Family
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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11. Singin’ in the Rain
Director – Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Cast – Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Gene Kelly
Donald O’Connor
Debbie Reynolds
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 27 March 1952
Box Office – $12.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Musical, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
10. Love Story
Director – Arthur Hiller
Cast – Ryan O’Neal, Ali MacGraw
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 16 December 1970
Box Office – $136.4 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
9. West Side Story
Director – Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Cast – Richard Beymer, Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 18 October 1961
Box Office – $44.1 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Musical
Awards – Won 10 Oscars
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8. Roman Holiday
Director – William Wyler
Cast –
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 20 August 1953
Box Office – $12 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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7. Vertigo
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – James Stewart, Kim Novak, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Barbara Bel Geddes
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 9 May 1958
Box Office – $7.3 million
Genre – Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
6. Doctor Zhivago
Director – David Lean
Cast – Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Ralph Richardson, Alec Guinness
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 22 December 1965
Box Office – $111.7 million
Genre – Drama, Romance, War
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
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5. Forrest Gump
Director – Robert Zemeckis
Cast – Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson
IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 23 June 1994
Box Office – $678.1 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 6 Oscars
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4. Gone With the Wind
Director – Victor Fleming
Cast – Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 15 December 1939
Box Office – $390 million
Genre – Drama, History, Romance
Awards – Won 8 Oscars
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3. Casablanca
Director – Michael Curtiz
Cast – Sydney Greenstreet, Conrad Veidt, Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 26 November 1942
Box Office – $3.7 million
Genre – Drama, Romance, War
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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2. The Notebook
Director – Nick Cassavetes
Cast – Joan Allen, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Sam Shepard
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 25 June 2004
Box Office – $115.6 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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1. Titanic
Director – James Cameron
Cast – Bernard Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Jonathan Hyde, Billy Zane
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 18 November 1997
Box Office – $2.187 billion
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 11 Oscars
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So Which of the above romantic movies you loved the most? Which romantic film you will pick to watch with your partner on Valentine’s Day. What you think is required for a successful romantic film – Is it the chemistry between the actor,actress pair; Is it the plot or the music? Share with us about your favorite romantic film and also tell us if we missed any good romantic movie.
