Top 100 Romantic Films

[CarolineOh]

THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE'S 100 GREATEST LOVE STORIES

Here are the 100 greatest love stories on film as ranked by the American Film Institute. The list was released in conjunction with a television special, AFI's 100 Years. . .100 Passions, which aired on CBS Tuesday night.

1. Casablanca (1942)

2. Gone with the Wind (1939)

3. West Side Story (1961)

4. Roman Holiday (1953)

5. An Affair to Remember (1957)

6. The Way We Were (1973)

7. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

8. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

9. Love Story (1970)

10. City Lights (1931)

11. Annie Hall (1977)

12. My Fair Lady (1964)

13. Out of Africa (1985)

14. The African Queen (1951)

15. Wuthering Heights (1939)

16. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

17. Moonstruck (1987)

18. Vertigo (1958)

19. Ghost (1990)

20. From Here to Eternity (1953)

21. Pretty Woman (1990)

22. On Golden Pond (1981)

23. Now, Voyager (1942)

24. King Kong (1933)

25. When Harry Met Sally. . . (1989)

26. The Lady Eve (1941)

27. The Sound of Music (1965)

28. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

29. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

30. Swing Time (1936)

31. The King and I (1956)

32. Dark Victory (1939)

33. Camille (1937)

34. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

35. Gigi (1958)

36. Random Harvest (1942)

37. Titanic (1997)

38. It Happened One Night (1934)

39. An American In Paris (1951)

40. Ninotchka (1939)

41. Funny Girl (1968)

42. Anna Karenina (1935)

43. A Star is Born (1954)

44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

45. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

46. To Catch a Thief (1955)

47. Splendor in the Grass (1961)

48. Last Tango in Paris (1972)

49. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

50. Shakespeare in Love (1998)

51. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

52. The Graduate (1967)

53. A Place in the Sun (1951)

54. Sabrina (1954)

55. Reds (1981)

56. The English Patient (1996)

57. Two for the Road (1967)

58. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

59. Picnic (1955)

60. To Have and Have Not (1944)

61. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

62. The Apartment (1960)

63. Sunrise (1927)

64. Marty (1955)

65. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

66. Manhattan (1979)

67. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

68. What's Up, Doc? (1972)

69. Harold and Maude (1971)

70. Sense and Sensibility (1995)

71. Way Down East (1920)

72. Roxanne (1987)

73. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

74. Woman of the Year (1942)

75. The American President (1995)

76. The Quiet Man (1952)

77. The Awful Truth (1937)

78. Coming Home (1978)

79. Jezebel (1939)

80. The Sheik (1921)

81. The Goodbye Girl (1977)

82. Witness (1985)

83. Morocco (1930)

84. Double Indemnity (1944)

85. Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

86. Notorious (1946)

87. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

88. The Princess Bride (1987)

89. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

90. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

91. Working Girl (1988)

92. Porgy and Bess (1959)

93. Dirty Dancing (1987)

94. Body Heat (1981)

95. Lady and the Tramp (1955)

96. Barefoot in the Park (1967)

97. Grease (1978)

98. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

99. Pillow Talk (1959)

100. Jerry Maguire (1996)


 

 

[Carl East]

Has anyone ever seen a film called "Somewhere in Time" because I thought that was an excellent romantic movie, yet it's not in the list.

Funny how others rate certain movies isn't it, I must have seen nearly everyone of those listed, and I'd put them in a much different order.

I suppose it's all down to taste in the end, what one finds romantic another might find sloppy and boring.

Carl

 

[Guest]

 

[juicylips]

Has anyone ever seen a film called "Somewhere in Time" because I thought that was an excellent romantic movie, yet it's not in the list.

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Carl

Wonderful movie!! Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve. He goes back in time after seeing her in a picture. Very romantic.

JL

 

[Carl East]

Wonderful movie!! Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve. He goes back in time after seeing her in a picture. Very romantic.

JL

Yeah that's the one, it makes me cry everytime I see it, I know I'm a wuss. lol

Carl

 

[Guest]

 

[CarolineOh]

Has anyone ever seen a film called "Somewhere in Time" because I thought that was an excellent romantic movie, yet it's not in the list.

Funny how others rate certain movies isn't it, I must have seen nearly everyone of those listed, and I'd put them in a much different order.

I suppose it's all down to taste in the end, what one finds romantic another might find sloppy and boring.

Carl

I love that movie. I was planning a vacation at Mackinaw Island, where it was filmed, before my accident. Maybe next year....

 

[Tantanah]

I always thought "The Postman always rings Twice" was a horror movie. Guess I was wrong.

 

[DéjàNu]

I always thought "The Postman always rings Twice" was a horror movie. Guess I was wrong.

LOL..... I dont like that movie too.....


Hey Sissi isnt there either!!!

 

[JerseyBoy]

"On the Wings of Time"

by me...

oh crap I never did get that movie deal yet...

...anyone got Matt Damon's Phn#?

 

[lisalove]

I've seen 38 out of the list, and two of them are my all-time favorite movies (Gone With the Wind & Bridges of Madison County).

 

[Secret Kate]

 

[J.B.]

My faves off the list

Casablanca (1942) Well, obviusly

The Shop Around the Corner(1940) much better than "You've Got Mail"
Swing Time (1936) *sigh*
City Lights (1931)
It Happened One Night (1934) *sigh*
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
An American In Paris (1951)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Sabrina (1954)
Grease (1978)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
West Side Story (1961)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Ghost (1990)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
When Harry Met Sally. . . (1989)
The American President (1995)
Gigi (1958)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964) Pygmalion was much better
Pretty Woman (1990)

Like it but never really saw it as a Romance:
King Kong (1933)
The Graduate (1967)

Hated:
Titanic (1997)
Picnic (1955)
Gone with the Wind (1939)

 

[Ezarc]

I am adding my personal Fav
"Say Anything"
Damn I love that movie.
Take Care and Lust Always,
Ezarc

 

[pipercatt]

I am adding my personal Fav
"Say Anything"
Damn I love that movie.
Take Care and Lust Always,
Ezarc

Ez, isn't that the movie with Peter Gabriel's "In your eyes" as the theme song? I love that song.

 

[Ezarc]

Ez, isn't that the movie with Peter Gabriel's "In your eyes" as the theme song? I love that song.

That is the reason I love that song. It was such a powerful part of the movie.
Take Care and Lust Always,
Ezarc

 

[pipercatt]

That is the reason I love that song. It was such a powerful part of the movie.
Take Care and Lust Always,
Ezarc

I knew there was a reason why I liked you, Ez.

Hugs!