Best romantic dramas - Charts
Best romantic dramas
1. Forrest Gump (1994)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright
2. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Italy, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
3. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
USA, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed
5. Love Actually (2003)
UK / USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Cast: Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher
6. Modern Times (1936)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
7. A Moment to Remember (2004)
South Korea, Drama / Romance
Directed by: John H. Lee
Cast: Woo-seong Jeong, Ye-jin Son
8. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Italy / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale
9. My Fair Lady (1964)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: George Cukor
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
10. Titanic (1997)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: James Cameron
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet
11. As Good as It Gets (1997)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: James L. Brooks
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt
12. City Lights (1931)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill
13. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
14. The Big Country (1958)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons
15. Romeo and Juliet (1968)
UK / Italy, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey
16. Amelie (2001)
France / Germany, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
17. A Silent Voice (2016)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Naoko Yamada
Cast: Aoi Yūki, Mayu Matsuoka
18. The Apartment (1960)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine
19. The Cider House Rules (1999)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron
20. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March
21. Big Fish (2003)
USA, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney
22. The Circus (1928)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy
23. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
USA, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder
24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet
26. Sunrise (1927)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Cast: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor
27. Three Colours: Red (1994)
France / Poland, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
28. Casablanca (1942)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
29. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier
31. Out of Africa (1985)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
32. Breaking the Waves (1996)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
33. 3-Iron (2004)
South Korea / Japan, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ki-duk Kim
Cast: Seung-yeon Lee, Hee Jae
34. Castaway on the Moon (2009)
South Korea, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Hae-jun Lee
Cast: Jae-yeong Jeong, Ryeo-won Jeong
35. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
USA, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett
36. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
UK / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: David Lean
Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie
38. Walk the Line (2005)
USA / Germany, Drama / Music
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon
39. Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal (1999)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Cast: Mayo Suzukaze, Hirotaka Suzuoki
40. Mother and Child (2009)
USA / Spain, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Rodrigo García
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Naomi Watts
41. Cold Mountain (2003)
USA / UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman
43. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
USA / UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue
44. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Australia / USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor
45. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher
46. Gone with the Wind (1939)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Victor Fleming, George Cukor
Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh
49. Atonement (2007)
UK / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Joe Wright
Cast: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley
50. The Best Offer (2013)
Italy, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess
51. The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Japan, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Yōji Yamada
Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, 宮沢りえ
52. The Big Blue (1988)
France / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Luc Besson
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr
53. Znachor (1981)
Poland, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Jerzy Hoffman
Cast: Jerzy Bińczycki, Anna Dymna
54. The Remains of the Day (1993)
USA / UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: James Ivory
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson
55. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
France, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
56. The Red Shoes (1948)
UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Marius Goring, Moira Shearer
57. Loves of a Blonde (1965)
Czechoslovakia, Romance / Comedy
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Cast: Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt
58. Wings of Desire (1987)
West Germany / France, Fantasy / Drama
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin
59. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny
60. My Mother's Castle (1990)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Yves Robert
Cast: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel
61. Terms of Endearment (1983)
USA, Romance / Comedy
Directed by: James L. Brooks
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger
62. The Notebook (2004)
USA, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
64. The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
France / Italy, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Robert Vernay
Cast: Jean Marais, Lia Amanda
65. Same Time, Next Year (1978)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda
66. The Piano (1993)
Australia / New Zealand, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Jane Campion
Cast: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel
67. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
China / Hong Kong, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Kaige Chen
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang
68. My Sassy Girl (2001)
South Korea, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Jae-yong Kwak
Cast: Ji-hyun Jun, Tae-hyeon Cha
69. Be with You (2004)
Japan, Fantasy / Romance
Directed by: Nobuhiro Doi
Cast: Yuko Takeuchi, Shidō Nakamura
70. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda, Hiroyuki Aoyama
Cast: Riisa Naka, Mitsuki Tanimura
71. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
USA / UK, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Ang Lee
Cast: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman
73. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
UK / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: Dev Patel, Saurabh Shukla
75. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
USA, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark
76. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Soviet Union, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Mikhail Kalatozov
Cast: Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov
77. The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
USA, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Robert Redford
Cast: Will Smith, Matt Damon
79. Franco Zeffirelli's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Italy / USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
80. Before Sunrise (1995)
USA / Austria, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
81. The Hidden Blade (2004)
Japan, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Yōji Yamada
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu
82. My Name is Khan (2010)
India, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Karan Johar
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol
83. Classic (2003)
South Korea, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Jae-yong Kwak
Cast: Ye-jin Son, In-sung Jo
84. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
UK / France, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Joe Wright
Cast: Keira Knightley, Rosamund Pike
85. Mulholland Drive (2001)
USA / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring
87. Talk to Her (2002)
Spain, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti
88. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
Spain / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Julio Medem
Cast: Najwa Nimri, Fele Martínez
89. The Proud Princess (1952)
Czechoslovakia, Fairytale / Comedy
Directed by: Bořivoj Zeman
Cast: Alena Vránová, Vladimír Ráž
90. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
USA, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick
91. The Legend of 1900 (1998)
Italy, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince
92. Before Sunset (2004)
USA, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
93. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Stephen Chbosky
Cast: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson
94. The Fisher King (1991)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams
95. West Side Story (1961)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer
96. Flipped (2010)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Cast: Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe
97. The Keeper (2018)
Germany / UK, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Cast: David Kross, Freya Mavor
98. Bitter Moon (1992)
UK / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas
99. The Crying Game (1992)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson
100. Children of a Lesser God (1986)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Randa Haines
Cast: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin