Best romance films 1991 – 2000 - Charts
Best romance films 1991 – 2000
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. Titanic (1997)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: James Cameron
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet
4. As Good as It Gets (1997)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: James L. Brooks
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt
5. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
6. Groundhog Day (1993)
USA, Fantasy / Comedy
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell
7. The Cider House Rules (1999)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron
8. Three Colours: Red (1994)
France / Poland, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
9. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson
10. Breaking the Waves (1996)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
12. Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal (1999)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Cast: Mayo Suzukaze, Hirotaka Suzuoki
13. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / France, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Cast: Bajram Severdžan, Zabit Memedov
14. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
USA / UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue
15. The Remains of the Day (1993)
USA / UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: James Ivory
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson
16. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny
17. The Piano (1993)
Australia / New Zealand, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Jane Campion
Cast: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel
18. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
China / Hong Kong, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Kaige Chen
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang
19. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
USA / UK, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Ang Lee
Cast: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman
21. The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
USA, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Robert Redford
Cast: Will Smith, Matt Damon
23. Before Sunrise (1995)
USA / Austria, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
24. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
Spain / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Julio Medem
Cast: Najwa Nimri, Fele Martínez
25. The Legend of 1900 (1998)
Italy, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince
26. The Fisher King (1991)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams
27. Bitter Moon (1992)
UK / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas
28. Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Yoshifumi Kondō
Cast: Yōko Honna, Takashi Tachibana
29. Tarzan (1999)
USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver
30. The Crying Game (1992)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson
31. Live Flesh (1997)
Spain / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri
32. The Road Home (1999)
China, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Cast: Ziyi Zhang, Hong-lei Sun
33. Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1992)
India / Japan, Animation / Fantasy
Directed by: Yugo Sako, Ikkô Kobayashi
Cast: James Earl Jones, Shatrughan Sinha
34. Black Beauty (1994)
USA / UK, Adventure / Family
Directed by: Caroline Thompson
Cast: Docs Keepin Time, Sean Bean
35. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep
36. Chungking Express (1994)
Hong Kong, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Kar-wai Wong
Cast: Brigitte Lin, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
38. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Taiwan / China, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Ang Lee
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh
39. Under the Sun (1998)
Sweden, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Colin Nutley
Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Bergström
41. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
Cast: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman
42. Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Germany / Hungary, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Rolf Schübel
Cast: Erika Marozsán, Joachim Król
43. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
France / Poland, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Irène Jacob, Philippe Volter
45. The Barber of Siberia (1998)
Russia / France, Romance / Comedy
Directed by: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Julia Ormond, Richard Harris
46. Chocolat (2000)
UK / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina
48. In the Mood for Love (2000)
Hong Kong / France, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Kar-wai Wong
Cast: Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Maggie Cheung
49. The English Patient (1996)
USA / UK, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
50. Il Mare (2000)
South Korea, Romance / Fantasy
Directed by: Hyeon-seung Lee
Cast: Jung-jae Lee, Ji-hyun Jun
51. Benny & Joon (1993)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson
52. East/West (1999)
France / Bulgaria, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Régis Wargnier
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov
53. Legends of the Fall (1994)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins
54. Dracula (1992)
USA, Horror / Romance
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder
55. Shadowlands (1993)
UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger
56. Husbands and Wives (1992)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
57. Frankie Starlight (1995)
France / Ireland, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast: Corban Walker, Gabriel Byrne
58. Children of Nature (1991)
Iceland / Germany, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
59. The Red Squirrel (1993)
Spain, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Julio Medem
Cast: Emma Suárez, Nancho Novo
60. The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez
61. Meet Joe Black (1998)
USA, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Martin Brest
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins
62. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt
63. Dangerous Beauty (1998)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Marshall Herskovitz
Cast: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell
64. Les Misérables (1998)
UK / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Bille August
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush
65. The House of the Spirits (1993)
Portugal / Germany, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Bille August
Cast: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close
67. Little Women (1994)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Cast: Winona Ryder, Trini Alvarado
68. The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Germany, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann
69. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
USA / UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: John Madden
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes
70. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
UK / USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson
71. Elizabeth (1998)
UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush
72. The Prince of Tides (1991)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Barbra Streisand
Cast: Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand
73. Orlando (1992)
UK / Russia, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sally Potter
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Toby Jones
74. Lovers on the Ninth Bridge (1991)
France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Leos Carax
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant
75. Solomon and Gaenor (1999)
UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Paul Morrison
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts
76. Arizona Dream (1993)
USA / France, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Cast: Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis
77. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Donald Petrie
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
78. Fallen Angels (1995)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Kar-wai Wong
Cast: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis
79. Im Juli. (2000)
Germany, Romance / Comedy
Directed by: Fatih Akin
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul
80. Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Germany, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Max Färberböck
Cast: Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler
81. Tuvalu (1999)
Germany, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Veit Helmer
Cast: Denis Lavant, Chulpan Khamatova
82. Chasing Amy (1997)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Cast: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams
83. Girl on the Bridge (1999)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil
84. Voyager (1991)
France / Germany, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff
Cast: Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy
85. The Man Who Read Music from Plates (1995)
Poland, Fantasy / Romance
Directed by: Jan Jakub Kolski
86. Return of the Idiot (1999)
Czech Republic / Germany, Romance / Comedy
Directed by: Saša Gedeon
Cast: Pavel Liška, Tatiana Dyková
87. The Crazy Stranger (1997)
Romania / France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Tony Gatlif
Cast: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner
89. Open Your Eyes (1997)
Spain / France, Mystery / Romance
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz
90. A Scene at the Sea (1991)
Japan, Romance
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Kurōdo Maki, Hiroko Ōshima
92. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino
93. Juha (1999)
Finland, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Sakari Kuosmanen, Kati Outinen
94. Queen Margot (1994)
France / Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Patrice Chéreau
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil
95. Indochine (1992)
France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Régis Wargnier
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez
97. Return to Paradise (1998)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Joseph Ruben
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche
98. Total Eclipse (1995)
UK / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis
100. Malena (2000)
Italy / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro