100 Romances I enjoyed

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1. Paperback Romance (1994)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

Putting your best foot forward has never been so sexy - or so deliciously funny - as in this entertaining, oddball comedy that proves that it's worth it to go to outrageous lengths for the one you love.

Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: Gia Carides, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Robyn Nevin

Votes: 408 | Gross: $0.12M

2. The Seven Year Hitch (2012 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

Two best friends accidentally take their relationship to the next level and suddenly find themselves saying 'I do.'

Director: Bradford May | Stars: Natalie Hall, Darin Brooks, Frances Fisher, George Wendt

Votes: 1,560

3. Perfect Romance (2004 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

The mother of a young divorcee places an ad on her daughter's behalf on a lonely hearts internet website but the person who responds fits her own ideal of a suitable partner. The daughter is still hung up on her musician ex-husband.

Director: Douglas Barr | Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, Lori Heuring, Henry Ian Cusick, Michael Trucco

Votes: 728

4. Jack Goes Boating (2010)

R | 89 min | Drama, Romance

64 Metascore

A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.

Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Richard Petrocelli

Votes: 8,730 | Gross: $0.54M

5. The Baxter (2005)

PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

51 Metascore

In the style of a Howard Hawks comedy, Baxter follows the twists and turns of a young man's life during the two weeks before his wedding.

Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Williams

Votes: 4,935 | Gross: $0.18M

6. Raising Victor Vargas (2002)

R | 88 min | Drama, Romance

83 Metascore

A Lower East Side teen-ager struggles to find some sanity while surrounded by an eccentric grandmother, a crazy new girlfriend, and a longing younger brother.

Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Victor Rasuk, Donna Maldonado, Kevin Rivera, Krystal Rodriguez

Votes: 5,696 | Gross: $2.07M

7. Maze (2000)

R | 97 min | Drama, Romance

48 Metascore

An artist with Tourette Syndrome falls in love with his best friend's pregnant girlfriend.

Director: Rob Morrow | Stars: Rob Morrow, Laura Linney, Craig Sheffer, Rose Gregorio

Votes: 923 | Gross: $0.02M

8. The Perfect You (2002)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

A waiter/writer living with his dad and a neat freak who's just landed a job as a reporter in New York, meet by colliding on the Brooklyn Bridge, and romance ensues.

Director: Matthew Miller | Stars: Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Chris Eigeman, Paul Dooley, Josh Stamberg

Votes: 806

9. The List (II) (2007)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

Tired of the dating scene, an ad executive compiles a list of his perfect woman's attributes, and then sets out to find her.

Director: Brandon Sonnier | Stars: Wayne Brady, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Flex Alexander, Matthew Glave

Votes: 305

10. Four Eyed Monsters (2005)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

72 Metascore

A shy videographer (Arin) and an uninspired artist working as a waitress (Susan) meet on the Internet and spark a relationship. Fed up with the usual dating game, the two decide to communicate non-verbally, through only artistic endeavors.

Directors: Susan Buice, Arin Crumley | Stars: Susan Buice, Arin Crumley, Julia Ann Ames, Lindsey Andersen

Votes: 1,238

11. Never Again (2001)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

30 Metascore

Two people who have pledged never to fall in love again then discover each other in a gay bar.

Director: Eric Schaeffer | Stars: Jeffrey Tambor, Jill Clayburgh, Caroline Aaron, Bill Duke

Votes: 972 | Gross: $0.30M

12. Something's Gotta Give (2003)

PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

66 Metascore

A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.

Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet

Votes: 129,159 | Gross: $124.73M

13. Babycakes (1989 TV Movie)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Grace, an overweight girl, spends her Christmas trying to start up a romance with a guy who controls the subway she boards for work each day.

Director: Paul Schneider | Stars: Ricki Lake, Craig Sheffer, Nada Despotovich, Paul Benedict

Votes: 956

14. The Apartment (1960)

Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

94 Metascore

A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston

Votes: 196,756 | Gross: $18.60M

15. Garden State (2004)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

A quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.

Director: Zach Braff | Stars: Zach Braff, Peter Sarsgaard, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm

Votes: 223,181 | Gross: $26.78M

16. Hard Contract (1969)

R | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for 'one last score'. His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and influences him to resist carrying out the contract

Director: S. Lee Pogostin | Stars: James Coburn, Lee Remick, Lilli Palmer, Burgess Meredith

Votes: 622

17. Goodbye Again (1961)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance

A successful business woman, dissatisfied with her current, philandering lover, starts an affair with a much younger man.

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Jessie Royce Landis

Votes: 3,118

18. The Girl Downstairs (1938)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid falling in love with him.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly, Reginald Gardiner

Votes: 284

19. Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.

Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan

Votes: 1,651

20. Top Secret Affair (1957)

Approved | 100 min | Comedy

Unhappy about the appointment of an army general to the chairmanship of an atomic energy committee, a publishing empire female tycoon invites the general to her country estate in an effort to entrap him and ruin his reputation.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus

Votes: 567

21. The Americanization of Emily (1964)

Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

68 Metascore

An American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn

Votes: 5,663

22. Matchmaker Santa (2012 TV Movie)

TV-G | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young baker discovers the magic of Christmas and love.

Director: David S. Cass Sr. | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Florence Henderson, John Ratzenberger, Lin Shaye

Votes: 2,591

23. Cloud 9 (2008)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

64 Metascore

The groundbreaking story of a 67-year-old married woman who rediscovers her passion and sexuality when she falls in love with a 76-year-old man.

Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Ursula Werner, Horst Rehberg, Horst Westphal, Steffi Kühnert

Votes: 1,570 | Gross: $0.09M

24. Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

A 28-year-old ad sales exec stops at nothing to climb her way to the top of the San Francisco social ladder.

Director: Dana Lustig | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Colin Ferguson, Natassia Malthe, Daniel Roebuck

Votes: 2,976

25. Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

This year, Santa's daughter (Maria Thayer) takes her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season hoping to find adventure and love in sunny California. While Santa ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Maria Thayer, Sam Page, Randy J. Goodwin, Vivica A. Fox

Votes: 1,824

26. Dear Heart (1964)

Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Family

Bubbly, middle-aged Evie Jackson has been single and alone for quite some time. When she attends a postmasters' convention at a New York City hotel, she meets rakish greeting card salesman Harry Mork and falls in love.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Angela Lansbury, Michael Anderson Jr.

Votes: 1,841

27. Cluny Brown (1946)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Romance, War

A free-spirited parlor maid and a Czech refugee surprise an English village with their unconventional ways.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford, Helen Walker

Votes: 4,108

28. How to Deal (2003)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

45 Metascore

A teenager (Moore), disillusioned by too many examples of love gone wrong, refuses to believe that true love exists. Then this new guy (Ford) comes along...

Director: Clare Kilner | Stars: Mandy Moore, Trent Ford, Dylan Baker, Allison Janney

Votes: 9,957 | Gross: $14.11M

29. For Love of Ivy (1968)

G | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Upon learning their maid will be leaving to earn an education, the son of the family decides to set her up with a man.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin

Votes: 897

30. A Slipping-Down Life (1999)

R | 109 min | Drama, Music, Romance

44 Metascore

A shy, young woman, living a sheltered life in a small southern town, embarks on a journey to self-awareness when she falls in love with an eccentric rock star.

Director: Toni Kalem | Stars: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, Tom Bower

Votes: 1,168 | Gross: $0.10M

31. Personal Taste (2010)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A straight-laced architect falls in love with a furniture designer while pretending to be gay.

Stars: Son Ye-jin, Lee Min-ho, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Ji-seok

Votes: 4,918

32. Three Times (2005)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance

82 Metascore

Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Fang Mei, Shu-Chen Liao

Votes: 6,154 | Gross: $0.15M

33. A Man and a Woman (1966)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance

A widow and a widower find their relationship developing into love, but their past tragedies prove hard to overcome, causing them to proceed with utmost delicacy.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh, Valérie Lagrange

Votes: 11,800

34. Beautiful City (2004)

98 min | Drama, Romance

69 Metascore

In Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man, and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure & the concept of "blood money."

Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Faramarz Gharibian, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Ansari, Ahoo Kheradmand

Votes: 6,200

35. The Last Place on Earth (2002)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

Rob Baskin, a businessman who travels to Lake Tahoe in order to spread the ashes of his late mother, meets Ann Field, a woman who'll change his life forever.

Director: James Slocum | Stars: Tisha Campbell, Dana Ashbrook, Mitchell Anderson, Thom Bierdz

Votes: 206

36. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

66 Metascore

Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.

Director: Sharon Maguire | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones

Votes: 263,424 | Gross: $71.54M

37. Design for Scandal (1941)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Romance

To save his job, newsman Jeff Sherman offers to help his boss get out of a swingeing alimony settlement. But his devious plan to compromise Cornelia Porter, the judge on the case, while she... See full summary »

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Lee Bowman

Votes: 520

38. Scarlet Dawn (1932)

Passed | 58 min | Drama, Romance

A Russian aristocrat and his servant girl escape to Turkey during the revolution.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Nancy Carroll, Lilyan Tashman, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 308

39. Sabah (2005)

86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.

Director: Ruba Nadda | Stars: Arsinée Khanjian, Setta Keshishian, Roula Said, Fadia Nadda

Votes: 1,412

40. Paris Blues (1961)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, Music, Romance

61 Metascore

During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong

Votes: 3,960 | Gross: $1.30M

41. Trois 3: The Escort (2004 Video)

R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

When a hip-hop promoter is bailed out of a hefty debt by a club owner, he becomes one of her call boys and nearly loses his life in the process.

Director: Sylvain White | Stars: Brian White, Patrice Fisher, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Chris Richardson

Votes: 497

42. Reaching for the Moon (1930)

Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

Wall Street wizard Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He ... See full summary »

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton, Claud Allister

Votes: 490

43. The Whole Wide World (1996)

PG | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In 1933 Texas, a schoolteacher and aspiring writer meets a pulp fiction writer, and a relationship soon develops between the two, but it is doomed by his slavishly devotion to his ailing mother and insistence on his freedom.

Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Renée Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell

Votes: 4,027 | Gross: $0.14M

44. Crush (I) (2001)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

37 Metascore

Three 40-something women in a small English town meet weekly for a ritual of gin, cigarettes, and sweets -- and swap stories arguing which of them has the most pathetic love life. Kate is ... See full summary »

Director: John McKay | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor, Kenny Doughty

Votes: 3,954 | Gross: $1.08M

45. Love at First Bite (1979)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Horror

62 Metascore

After being evicted from his castle in Transylvania, Count Dracula and his assistant Renfield travel to New York to find a woman who the Count believes is the reincarnation of the woman he has loved for all eternity.

Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Dick Shawn

Votes: 6,388 | Gross: $43.89M

46. Sayonara (1957)

Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, Romance

A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.

Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, James Garner

Votes: 7,695 | Gross: $26.30M

47. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)

53 min | Drama

An adaptation of Anne Bronte's novel; a young widow takes her son and moves to Yorkshire.

Stars: Toby Stephens, Tara Fitzgerald, Rupert Graves, Sarah Badel

Votes: 3,009

48. Polish Wedding (1998)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a ... See full summary »

Director: Theresa Connelly | Stars: Claire Danes, Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin, Jon Bradford

Votes: 3,437 | Gross: $0.56M

49. Pumpkin (2002)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

46 Metascore

A sorority girl finds her life falling apart after she develops romantic feelings for a mentally-challenged man.

Directors: Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder | Stars: Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain

Votes: 9,542 | Gross: $0.31M

50. Dakota Skye (2008)

R | 89 min | Drama, Romance

A girl with the supernatural ability to see through other peoples' lies, falls in love with a mysterious boy who always tells the truth.

Director: John Humber | Stars: Scott F. Anderson, Matt Baker, Eileen Boylan, Laci Couts

Votes: 3,314

51. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

66 Metascore

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston

Votes: 28,049

52. Eagle vs Shark (2007)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

55 Metascore

The tale of two socially-awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love: through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games.

Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Loren Taylor, Jemaine Clement, Craig Hall, Joel Tobeck

Votes: 26,254 | Gross: $0.22M

53. Conversations with Other Women (2005)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

62 Metascore

When a man and woman flirt with each other at a wedding reception, the sexual tension seems spontaneous. As they break from the party to a hotel room, the flirtation turns into a night filled with passion and remorse.

Director: Hans Canosa | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart, Yury Tsykun, Brian Geraghty

Votes: 13,112 | Gross: $0.37M

54. Dance with Me (1998)

PG | 126 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Rafael Infante (Chayanne) comes to Houston from Cuba to work at John Burnett's (Kris Kristofferson's) dance studio. He meets Ruby Sinclair (Vanessa Williams), a cute dance instructor there. Chemistry? Will John know he's Rafael's dad?

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright

Votes: 6,876 | Gross: $15.81M

55. Two for the Road (1967)

Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

78 Metascore

A couple in the south of France non-sequentially spin down the highways of infidelity in their troubled ten-year marriage.

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron, William Daniels

Votes: 14,702 | Gross: $7.63M

56. Breakin' All the Rules (2004)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Romance

46 Metascore

Inspired by his fiancée (who dumped him), a man publishes a break-up hand-book for men, becoming a best-selling author in the process.

Director: Daniel Taplitz | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Peter MacNicol

Votes: 6,389 | Gross: $11.83M

57. The Crying Game (1992)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

90 Metascore

A British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson

Votes: 60,050 | Gross: $62.55M

58. Overboard (1987)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

53 Metascore

A cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her that they're husband and wife.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond

Votes: 67,856 | Gross: $26.71M

59. Drive Me Crazy (1999)

PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

42 Metascore

Nicole and Chase used to be BFFs, then junior high happened. The high school centennial dance is coming but Nicole gets dumped. So does Chase. They stage a relationship to get at their exes. They visit each other's worlds. Love in the air?

Director: John Schultz | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Stephen Collins, Mark Metcalf

Votes: 21,285 | Gross: $17.85M

60. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: Persuasion (1995)

PG | 103 min | Drama

Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave

Votes: 11,397 | Gross: $5.46M

61. Don't Let Me Drown (2009)

R | 105 min | Drama, Romance

In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.

Director: Cruz Angeles | Stars: E.J. Bonilla, Gleendilys Inoa, Damián Alcázar, Ricardo Chavira

Votes: 430

62. The Clock (1945)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1945, during a 48-hour leave, a soldier accidentally meets a girl at Pennsylvania Station and spends his leave with her, eventually falling in love with the lovely New Yorker.

Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 4,045 | Gross: $2.78M

63. A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)

GP | 98 min | Drama, Romance

The Merediths move to an isolated farm. Mrs. Meredith and the neighbour Will Cade become friends and anticipate becoming lovers.

Director: Guy Green | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Fritz Weaver, Katherine Crawford

Votes: 949

64. Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music

A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Angela Bassett, Kevin Anderson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jurnee Smollett

Votes: 378

65. Love Letters (1999 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

An ambitious U.S. Senator reflects back on his life after the death of a woman whom he loved and kept in contact with only through correspondence. The movie is told in flashbacks as the two... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Steven Weber, Laura Linney, Kirsten Storms, Tim Redwine

Votes: 756

66. Before Sunrise (1995)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

78 Metascore

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl

Votes: 339,196 | Gross: $5.54M

67. Small Town Girl (1936)

Passed | 106 min | Comedy, Romance

Kay lives in a small rural time and thinks that her life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night she meets young, handsome, rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while ... See full summary »

Directors: William A. Wellman, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Andy Devine

Votes: 970

68. Suddenly Naked (2001)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A famous 'Jackie Collins'-type novelist falls for a quirky twenty-year-old kid.

Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Wendy Crewson, Joe Cobden, Peter Coyote, Michael Shanks

Votes: 432

69. In the Mood for Love (2000)

PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung

Votes: 166,793 | Gross: $2.73M

70. Keith (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance

Natalie, head of her curriculum activities in high school and riding on a tennis scholarship for college, gets Keith as her Chemistry lab partner. As Natalie can be uptight, Keith proves to be the opposite, even while hiding a secret.

Director: Todd Kessler | Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, Jesse McCartney, Margo Harshman, Ignacio Serricchio

Votes: 37,389

71. Penelope (2006)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

48 Metascore

A modern romantic tale about a young aristocratic heiress born under a curse that can only be broken when she finds true love with "one who will accept her as one of their own."

Director: Mark Palansky | Stars: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Reese Witherspoon, Richard E. Grant

Votes: 66,211 | Gross: $10.01M

72. Beautiful Life (2000)

60 min | Drama, Romance

A talented hairstylist meets the love of his life, a terminally ill woman.

Stars: Takuya Kimura, Takako Tokiwa, Atsuro Watabe, Miki Mizuno

Votes: 635

73. Laughing Boy (1934)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Laughing Boy, a young Navajo, falls in love with Slim Girl, a Navajo girl who has been raised by white men and has a different way of thinking from her people.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Lupe Velez, William B. Davidson, Chief Thunderbird

Votes: 165

74. Ching yee kuen kuen (2006)

99 min | Comedy, Romance

It may be played with the hands but the fist game is a game of the heart. It's a lot like falling in love. There is no sure win strategy, and there is no magic formula to help you read your... See full summary »

Director: Wah-Chuen Lam | Stars: Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung, Fat Chung, Debbie Goh, Hiro Hayama

Votes: 88

75. The Engagement Ring (2005 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A long-lost engagement ring still divides childhood sweethearts who are now in their golden years. Now, her daughter (Heaton) and his nephew meet and find that their attraction is hindered by the old feud.

Director: Steven Schachter | Stars: Patricia Heaton, Vincent Spano, Tony Lo Bianco, David Hunt

Votes: 696

76. Carrington (1995)

R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington (Dame Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) in the early twentieth century.

Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington, Samuel West

Votes: 5,776 | Gross: $3.24M

77. Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

GP | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.

Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery, Timothy Carey

Votes: 5,286

78. Puccini for Beginners (2006)

82 min | Comedy, Romance

54 Metascore

A recently-singled New York writer finds herself in two surprising and complicated relationships.

Director: Maria Maggenti | Stars: Ken Barnett, Julianne Nicholson, Brian Letscher, Elizabeth Reaser

Votes: 2,504 | Gross: $0.09M

79. The Tao of Steve (2000)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

Underachieving, overweight kindergarten teacher Dex finds a woman who forces him to reexamine his Zen-like system of seduction.

Director: Jenniphr Goodman | Stars: Donal Logue, Ayelet Kaznelson, John Hines, John Harrington Bland

Votes: 7,785 | Gross: $4.34M

80. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)

Not Rated | 188 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Zohra Sehgal

Votes: 19,763

81. P.S. (2004)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

55 Metascore

An unfulfilled divorced woman gets the chance to relive her past when she meets a young man who appears to be her high school sweetheart who died many years before.

Director: Dylan Kidd | Stars: Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Marcia Gay Harden, Gabriel Byrne

Votes: 6,546 | Gross: $0.18M

82. I Me Wed (2007 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

When Isabel Darden, a successful, attractive 30-year-old woman, grows tired of people asking her "when are you going to get married," she decides to honor the person she loves the most, by tying the knot with herself.

Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Erica Durance, Paul Popowich, Cara Pifko, Janet-Laine Green

Votes: 866

83. The Wish List (2010 TV Movie)

G | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman (Jennifer Esposito) falls for a guy (David Sutcliffe) who meets none of her standards.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Jennifer Esposito, David Sutcliffe, Richard Portnow, Mark Deklin

Votes: 1,017

84. Last Life in the Universe (2003)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

73 Metascore

A suicidal, obsessively compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to lie low in Thailand with a pot-smoking woman coping with the recent loss of her sister.

Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Sinitta Boonyasak, Takashi Miike, Laila Boonyasak

Votes: 11,559 | Gross: $0.03M

85. Surviving Christmas (2004)

PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

19 Metascore

A lonely, obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.

Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara

Votes: 27,749 | Gross: $11.66M

86. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

Not Rated | 183 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity G Zinta

Votes: 75,771 | Gross: $0.30M

87. The Good Girl (2002)

R | 93 min | Drama, Romance

71 Metascore

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

Director: Miguel Arteta | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, Deborah Rush, Mike White

Votes: 47,410 | Gross: $14.02M

88. Love Song (2000 TV Movie)

PG | 90 min | Drama, Romance

A privileged, black college student with a fiance falls in love with a white musician she meets on her 21st birthday.

Director: Julie Dash | Stars: Monica, Christian Kane, Essence Atkins, Vanessa Bell Calloway

Votes: 926

89. The Facts of Life (1960)

Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sophisticated comedy with Larry and Kitty leaving their spouses for an interlude together.

Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore

Votes: 1,735

90. Dancing at the Harvest Moon (2002 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 84 min | Drama, Romance

A betrayed wife (Jacqueline Bisset), whose husband leaves her after 25 years, returns to the lake where she first fell in love and begins an affair with the son (Eric Mabius) of her first love.

Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Eric Mabius, Susan Anspach, Nan Martin

Votes: 407

91. Hot Millions (1968)

G | 106 min | Comedy, Crime

Paroled London fraudster Marcus Pendleton poses as a computer specialist in order to work for an insurance company that entirely relies on its corporate server.

Director: Eric Till | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart

Votes: 2,276

92. The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)

105 min | Comedy, Romance

A married author (Parker Posey) tries to stimulate her imagination for an erotic novel with hands-on research.

Director: Brian Skeet | Stars: Parker Posey, Jeremy Northam, Craig Chester, Elizabeth McGovern

Votes: 658

93. Dopamine (2003)

R | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

52 Metascore

A San Franciscan computer programmer falls in love with a schoolteacher in the days after the dot.com boom.

Director: Mark Decena | Stars: John Livingston, Sabrina Lloyd, Bruno Campos, Rueben Grundy

Votes: 1,171 | Gross: $0.02M

94. Friends with Benefits (2011)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Romance

63 Metascore

A young man and woman decide to take their friendship to the next level without becoming a couple, but soon discover that adding sex only leads to complications.

Director: Will Gluck | Stars: Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman

Votes: 394,472 | Gross: $55.80M

95. He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

PG-13 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

47 Metascore

This Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Morgan Lily

Votes: 182,214 | Gross: $93.95M

96. Primrose Path (1940)

Approved | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A young woman from a family of prostitutes falls in love with a hard-working man, but when he finds out the truth about her background, their romance becomes jeopardized.

Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers

Votes: 1,805

97. 50 First Dates (2004)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

48 Metascore

Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams until discovering she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the next day.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin

Votes: 382,078 | Gross: $120.91M

98. Mixing Nia (1998)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

Nia is a successful copy writer at ad agency, and she leads white yuppie life (though her mother is black). She quits the agency when she is ordered to push a new brand of beer to black ... See full summary »

Director: Alison Swan | Stars: Karyn Parsons, Isaiah Washington, Eric Thal, Diego Serrano

Votes: 201

99. Man's Castle (1933)

75 min | Drama, Romance

Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Glenda Farrell

Votes: 1,747

100. Bed of Roses (1933)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.

Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Pert Kelton

Votes: 1,000



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