75 Best Romance Movies of All Time – Top Romantic Films

When you think about cinema’s greatest moments — those time-tested, all-time best that remind us why movies are great — how many of them are heart-stopping, romantic kisses? All-enveloping embraces? A scene where one person triumphantly runs towards another? So while action movies, comedy films and blockbuster superhero flicks all have their places, when you really want something that hits deep into the soul, it’s time to reach for those romantic movies.

And I’m not talking about romantic comedies, either. Although rom-coms certainly give audiences the feels, they’re not the swooning, yearning emotions you get from a straight-ahead romance. When you’re in the mood, these are the best romantic movies of all time (that aren’t rom-coms, though sometimes the line is blurry), listed in reverse chronological order. While these types of romances are getting harder and harder to find at the theater — and even streaming services are geared more towards the romantic comedies — they are still out there if you know where to look. (Netflix, for example, is a great spot for a good love movie.) Fire one of these up when you want big feelings, swelling music, broken hearts or kisses in the rain, and get ready to fall in love again.