Best Romantic Movies

We all love to do something or the other to enjoy our leisure time, and without a doubt, we can say most of you love to watch movies, whether it's in the comfort of your home or a theatre. Everyone loves to watch some genre of movies like action, slasher, horror, suspense, comedy, thriller, or a combination of two or three of them. And then there are people who love to watch romantic movies, who fall head over heels for a movie that perfectly captures what it feels like to fall in love with another person and how does it feel to be loved. Today our article is going to provide you with a list of the best romantic movies ever that include not just pure romantic genre but also the combination of two or more genres. These movies range from the early retro era to contemporary love stories, and we can certainly assure that every person who loves to watch romantic movies is going to enjoy these movies. So without further ado, let's catch up with the list.

1. The Last Letter From Your Lover

The movie is set across two timelines, so you get the touch of contemporary love along with great costumes and period details. The story starts with a magazine writer in the present day who is sent to the archives of the publication for an assignment. There she finds misfiled love letter of an affair in the 60s. The writer herself was dealing with heartbreak and started researching what happened to the writers of the letters uncovering more of their story. This movie is based on a novel of the same name by Jojo Moyes. It was released on 23 July 2021. You can watch this movie on Netflix.

Director- Augustine Frizzell

Starring- Felicity Jones, Callum Turner, Joe Alwyn, Nabhaan Rizwan

IMDb Rating - 6.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 55%

2. Sylvie's Love

This summer love story is set in the 1950s. The protagonist of the movie, Robert, meets Sylvie when he starts working in her father's record shop in Harlem. They both fell in love but later parted ways to follow their dreams, and later they met again only to discover that they still have feelings for each other. This movie was nominated for various awards and won a few of them like the NAACP Image Award, Gold Derby Tv Awards, and Black Reel Awards for Television. This movie was released on 27 January 2020. You can watch this movie on Amazon Prime.

Director- Eugene Ashe

Starring- Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Ryan Michelle

IMDb Rating - 6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 93%

3. The Photograph

This romantic drama movie follows two-story at a time, Mae, as well as her story of her late mother. In the present, the story follows Mae, who is a curator in New York City, meets a reported name Michael and romance sparks between them. Michael was trying to investigate the life of her mother. Does the story slowly unfold itself with a doubt that is the romantic history of her mother doomed to be repeated with Mae? This movie was released on 14 February 2020. You can watch this movie on Netflix.

Director- Stella Meghie

Starring- Issa Rae, Lakeith Stanfield, Lil Rel Howery, Rob Morgan

IMDb Rating - 6/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 75%

4. Portrait of A Lady On Fire

This romantic historical drama is based in 1770s France. The story revolves around a woman who is a painter traveling to a small island to complete the assigned task of making painting a portrait of a lady as a part of arranged marriage. Slowly she falls in love with her subject, the bride, and a forbidden love story starts between the two. This movie is critically acclaimed and was praised for its storyline and acting. In 2019 Cannes, the director of the movie Sciamma won the Queer Palm and Best Screenplay, and the film became the first film to win that is directed by a woman. It also won European Film Awards, Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival, and Los Angles Film Critics Association.\ This movie was released on 19 May 2019. You can watch this movie on Amazon Prime.

Director- C�line Sciamma

Starring- No�mie Merlant, Ad�le Haenel

IMDb Rating - 8.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 97%

5. A Star Is Born

This American romantic musical drama movie is about talented people in the field of music. Jackson, an alcohol addict fall in love with a struggling artist/singer, Ally. Their romance grows over time, and Jackson helps Ally to fulfill her dream of being a singer, but at the same time, he is battling with his personal demon and addiction. This movie was premiered in August 2018 at 75th Venice International Film Festival. It has got numerous nominations for various reputed awards such as 91st Academy Awards and 76th Golden Globe Awards and won Best Original Song for Shallow at both the award functions. This movie was released on 12 August 2018, and you can watch this movie on Netflix.

Director- Bradley Cooper

Starring- Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga

IMDb Rating - 7.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 90%

6. If Beale Street Could Talk

It's a romantic drama American movie based on the 1974 novel by James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk. The film follows the story of a young woman and his lover, who are childhood friends and are expecting their first child, but in an unfortunate event, her lover gets wrong convicted of a crime he didn't commit. The young woman decides to clear the name of her lover, who is wrongly convicted, and prove his innocence before the birth of her child. This movie was nominated in various categories in different reputed award shows. Thus movie was included in the Top 10 Films of 2018 by both the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review. This movie was released on 25 December 2018, and you can watch this movie on Netflix.

Director- Barry Jenkins

Starring- Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Colma Domingo, Teyonah Parris.

IMDb Rating - 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 95%

7. Phantom Thread

You must have heard the saying that for a lasting successful marriage, one has to fall in love many times with the same person, and this romantic drama surely shows the same. The story revolves around a celebrated dress designer Reynold Woodcock who falls in love with Alma, who works as a waitress. She later becomes his muse and lover. But later, their love story unfolds itself in a different manner with darkness. This movie won 24 awards out of 75 nominations in different award functions. It was released on 25 December 2017, and you can watch this movie on Amazon Prime.

Director- Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring- Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Cyril Manville, Camilla Rutherford, etc

IMDb Rating - 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 91%

8. Call Me By Your Name

First love is always special, and this movies perfectly capture all the emotional roller coaster ride of first love. This story is set in 1989s about a young guy Elio whose father is a professor of archeology, and he falls in love with his father's graduate student assistant Oliver. The romance, however, ends on a sad note. This movie is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Andr� Aciman. It has many nominations in different award functions and won Best Adapted Screenplay in the 90th Academy Awards, 70th Writers Guild of America, 23rd Critics Choice Awards, and the 71st British Academy Film Awards. This movie was released in January 2017

Director- Luca Guadagnino

Starring- Armie Hammer, Timoth�e Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar

IMDb Rating - 7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 94%

9. The Shape of Water

It is a romantic fantasy movie that was released in 2017. The story of the movie is set in 1960s Baltimore, Maryland, where a mute lady works as a cleaner in a government laboratory with high security where she falls in love with a captured creature who is a humanoid amphibian. The two develop a romantic bond, and the lady decides to free the creature from the death at the hands of the colonel, who has evil intentions. It premiered at 74th Venice International Film Festival 2017 and was awarded, Golden Lion. The movie was screened at Toronto International Film Festival 2017. It is one of the most critically acclaimed movies for its direction, acting, screenplay, visuals, cinematography, etc.

It was selected in the list of Top Ten Films of 2017. It has received numerous awards. It was nominated in 13 categories at 90th Academy Awards and won Best Director, Best Picture, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design. It was also nominated at 75th Golden Globe Awards for seven awards, out of which it won two. It was nominated at the 71st British Academy Film Awards for 12 awards categories, out of which it won three awards, and 14 nominations at the 23rd Critics Choice Awards, out of which it won four awards. The movie was released in December 2017, and you can watch the movie on Disney+ Hotstar.

Director- Guillermo Del Toro

Starring- Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, etc

IMDb Rating - 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 92%

10. La La Land

It is an American romantic comedy musical drama film. The story revolves around an aspiring actress Mia and a struggling jazz pianist Sebastian. Both of them bumped into each other during road rage, and later their fate kept making them cross each other's path, which gradually evolved into romance. But with the achievement of their respective success, they find it hard to keep up with their connection and are torn between their career and love for each other. The movie created a record-breaking history by winning all seven nominations at the 74th Golden Globes Awards. It also won five out of 11 nominations at the 70th British Academy Award and got a record-tying 14 nominations at the 89th Academy Awards, winning in six categories. The movie was released in December 2016, and you can watch this movie on YouTube.

Director- Damien Chazelle

Starring- Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie De Witt

IMDb Rating - 8/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 91%

11. Me Before You

This romantic drama is the directorial debut of Thea Sharrock. This movie is an adaptation of the 2012 novel Me Before you by Jojo Moyes, who is an English author. The story is about a successful banker and sportsman, William Traynor. His life changes upside down after an unfortunate accident during which he lost his ability to walk and started living his life in a wheelchair being dependent on others for his each and every need. Later after some years, Louisa Clark, a girl who has a joyful personality, is hired as his caretaker. With time they both form a bond but have a tragic end to their love story. It has won the Favourite Dramatic Movie at the People's Choice Award. The movie was released in June 2016, and you can watch it on YouTube.

Director- Thea Sharrock

Starring- Emilie Clark, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, Brendan Coyle

IMDb Rating - 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 54%

12. Brooklyn

It is a romantic period drama movie based on the novel Brooklyn by Colm T�ib�n in 2009. The story is set in the 1950s about a young Irish lady Eilis Lacey who has emigrated to Brooklyn to find employment, where she falls in love with a plumber Tony. But their life takes a turn when Eilis has to go back to her hometown after her sister's death. At the premiere of the movie at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, it received a standing ovation.

This movie has received many awards and nominations in different awards shows. The lead actress of the movie Saoirse Ronan was nominated for BAFTA, Oscar, Golden Globe, Critics Choice, etc. She won Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film. The movie also won Outstanding British Film at BAFTA Awards. The movie was released in November 2015.

Director- John Crowley

Starring- Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen

IMDb Rating - 7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 97%

13. The Fault in Our Stars

This American romantic movie can be best described as a coming-of-age romance film, which is based on a 2012 novel by John Green. The story revolves around a teenage girl who is a cancer patient and is forced by her parents to join a support group where she meets Elgort, another cancer patient with whom she gradually falls in love with. They both visit Amsterdam together before their life takes an irreversible turn. It has won several awards like MTV Movie Awards for Movie of The Year and Best Female Performance, 41st People's Choice Awards for Favorite Dramatic Movie, 15th Golden Trailer Awards for Best Romance, and many other awards are received by this movie. This movie was released in July 2014, and you can watch this movie on Disney+ Hotstar.

Director- Josh Boone

Starring- Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, etc

IMDb Rating - 7.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 81%

14. Begin Again

This musical romantic comedy movie was released in 2014. The story of the movie revolves around Gretta, who is a budding singer and songwriter who tries to survive all by herself after her boyfriend ditched her. She and her talent were noticed by a record label executive who collaborated with her to produce a music album that he wanted to get recorded in all the public locations of Newyork. This movie has some good music along with the storyline. It has been nominated for various accolades but won Hollywood Music in Media Awards. This movie was released in June 2014, and you can watch this movie by renting it on Youtube.

Director- John Carney

Starring- Keira Knightly, Mark Ruffalo, Hailey Steinfield, Adam Levine

IMDb Rating - 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 83%

15. The Spectacular Now

This American movie can be described as a coming-of-age romantic drama, and it was released in 2013. This movie is based on Tim Tharp's novel of the same name in 2008. The story revolves around Stutter and Aimee, who are high schoolers but are completely different personalities. Aimee is studious, while Sutter is a spooky young guy. They both fall in love and form a special bond. But in order to stay together, they have to overcome a lot of challenges and obstacles that life throws in their way. This movie was premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2013.

The film garnered critical acclaim and got two nominations for Best Female Lead and Best Screenplay at 29th Independent Spirit Awards. The movie has also won San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Shailene Woodley, Seattle International Film Festival Award for Youth Jury Award for Best Future Wave Feature, etc. This movie was released theatrically in September 2013, and you can watch this movie on Amazon Prime.

Director- James Ponsoldt

Starring- Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kyle Chandler, etc

IMDb Rating - 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 91%

16. Brokeback Mountain

It is a Neo Western romantic drama American movie released in 2005. The story of the movie was adapted from Annie Proulx's 1997 short story Brokeback Mountain. The story of the movie revolves around two young shepherds Ennis and Jack, played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Over time they develop an emotional and sexual relationship, but things turn complicated when they both get married to their respective girlfriends. The movie premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2005. This movie was not only acclaimed universally, in particular for the direction and screenplay and performances by its lead role actors but also a commercially successful movie.

It was nominated for various accolades like 7 nominations at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards, out of which it won 4 awards, nominated for nine awards at the 59th British Academy Awards, and won Best Direction, Best Film, Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal). It was also nominated for 78th Academy Awards and won Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Original Score. It was released theatrically in December 2005, and you can watch this movie on Netflix.

Director- Ang Lee

Starring- Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Linda Cardellini, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, etc

IMDb Rating - 7.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 88%

17. Notebook

It is a romantic drama American movie that was released in 2004. The story of the movie is adapted from Nicholas Sparks's 1996 novel Notebook. The story is set in the 1940s about a young couple who fall in love. The story starts with an older man reading a story about how two lovers got departed by fate but reunited from the notebook in a nursing home resident to a fellow lady who has dementia.

Its box-office performance was satisfactory, and it got nominated for different accolades and won a Satelite Award, an MTV Movie Award, and eight Teen Choice Awards. The film was a sleeper hit and gained a cult following. The movie was released in June 2004, and you can watch this movie on YouTube.

Director- Nick Cassavetes

Starring- Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Joan Allen, etc

IMDb Rating - 7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 53%

18. Titanic

Titanic is one always be remembered among the epic romance and based on a disastrous event. This movie was produced, written, directed, and co-edited by James Cameron, who is famous for making the movie magnificent. The story of the movie is based on the real tragic events of the famous ship Titanic, but it also incorporates fictional aspected along with the historical ones. The story revolves around Rose, who belongs to an elite class but is not so happy with her life and falls in love with Jake, who belongs to a different social class and feels happy in his company. But fate awaits another plan waiting for them. The movie achieved significant commercial and critical success. It was nominated for different awards and won many of them.

At the Academy Awards, it got 14 nominations, and it tied with another 1950 movie, About Eve for the most Oscar nominations. It won 11 awards ( including Best Director and Best Picture) at the Oscars and tied 1959 movie Ben Hur for the most Oscars won by a single movie. It was the highest-grossing movie of all time till 2010; this record was broken by Avatar, which James Cameron also directed. On its 20th anniversary in 2017, the movie was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry for being "culturally, aesthetically, and historically significant". This movie was released in December 2017, and you can watch it on Disney+ Hotstar.

Director- James Cameron

Starring- Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, etc

IMDb Rating - 7.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 87%

19. Jerry Maguire

It is a romantic comedy American drama movie released in 1996. The story is inspired by Leigh Steinberg, who was a sports agent and acted as a technical consultant. The story revolves around Jerry Maguire, who works as a sports agent but gets fired from his job and tries to survive and deal with this new situation. He opens his own management firm with a single mother. The only client he has is a disgruntled football player Rod Tidewell who wants a better contract.

The romance bloomed in between this chaotic professional crisis between Jerry and his firm partner. This movie was praised for its screenplay and performance and also performed well at the box office worldwide. In 1996 it was the ninth highest-grossing movie of the year. It was also nominated for five Academy Awards, and three nominations at Golden Globe Awards, out of which Tom Cruise won the award for the Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The movie was released in December 1996, and you can watch the movie on Netflix.

Director- Cameron Crowe

Starring- Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Ren�e Zellweger, Kelly Preston, etc

IMDb Rating - 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 84%

20. When Harry Met Sally

This is a romantic comedy American movie released in the year 1989. The story revolves around the title character Harry and Sally, who encountered each other by chance, and a short-term friendship culminates. But fate has another plan in store for them, and they meet each other after river year and are forced to deal with their feelings for each other. It was nominated for several accolades and won American Comedy Awards, ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, British Academy Film Awards, etc. This movie was released in July 1989, and you can watch it on Netflix.

Director- Rob Reiner

Starring- Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, etc.

IMDb Rating - 7.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes- 91%