Obviously, romanticism fell victim to its overly kind image. Here is indeed a term in front of which one cannot help smiling, thinking immediately: marshmallow, sentimentalism, bouquets of cheap roses, sentimentality and dripping. And yet, certain love films constitute some of the most beautiful works of cinema, all periods combined.
For this selection of 100 romantic movies, we obviously dug in the side of romantic comedy, a rather overwhelming sub-category which fortunately allowed us to find Antoine Doisnel, Harry and Sally, classics of Woody Allen, Billy Wilder or Ernst Lubitsch. But the love film category does not stop there: being able to eye science fiction, the dreamlike nature of Cocteau, the delusions of David Lynch or the realism of a Kechiche, the genre also knows how to combine wonderfully with the western at Ang Lee, or the musical with Jacques Demy.
The best romance movies
To give you a smile and a tear in your eyes, don’t miss these best love movies. You are sure to love this selection. Some may be classics, but they continue to move us and we therefore know the most beautiful love quotes! These are the movies you need to watch at least once in your lifetime because they will change your life.
1. Pride and Prejudice
In England at the end of the 17th century, 5 sisters were brought up by their mother whose aim was for her daughters to find the perfect husband. Elizabeth (Lizzy), one of the daughters, does not yearn for this and thinks very differently from her mother. But when Mr. Darcy enters his life, things turn out to be more complicated. The emotion, the feelings and the surprises which are born, touch Lizzy in the heart and this in spite of her pride. Those of you who haven’t seen this movie yet will love it! The movie adapted by Jane Austen‘s book became one of the romance classics in movies industry.
2. The Notebook
From the start of the film, the tone is set. It begins with an old man (Noah) who reads some notes from a book dedicated to Allie, his undying love. Little by little he tells how they met, the drama of their separation and their struggle to stay together despite everything. Love is stronger than anything and you will see it in this film!
3. PS I Love You
Holly and Gerry have been in love since college and they are all the happier since they have always known they are each other’s soul mate. The two complement each other perfectly but something unimaginable happens: Gerry dies. A few months after her disappearance, Holly receives surprises in her mailbox.
4. The Fault in Our Stars
This film was one of the most acclaimed by the public because it is imbued with a rare emotion. A simple “OK” which turns into a “for life”, that is the spirit! Hazel Grace has suffered from lung cancer since she was 16, but one day she meets the love of her life: Augustus Waters. The two met in a support group for children with cancer and little by little, Augustus gives new meaning to his life.
5. Moulin Rouge
A classic not to be missed. A romance between Christian, a bohemian artist, and Satine, a great singer of the Moulin Rouge. A mythical place -Paris-, many dramas, dreams, lively music and a real atmosphere: these are the ingredients of this magnificent film by Baz Luhrmann.
6. Sex & The City
We find with happiness our favorite fashionista! Carrie Bradshaw is back in this first installment of Sex and the City. In a relationship with Mr Big, the wedding is approaching… And so are the doubts! A film that looks like an extended episode, with a lot of pleasure and nostalgia!
7. About Time
It is the story of Tim Lake, a young man who has the power to travel through time, like all the men in his family. In order for his desires to come true, the young man simply has to think about it very hard. This is how he meets the beautiful Mary, on a New Year’s Eve.
8. Titanic
Another classic film that we have seen at least 100 times! It is THE romantic movie that we never tire of seeing… and seeing again! This moment when Jack and Rose meet their eyes makes you really want to have for our darling this same love, sincere, passionate and romantic. Obviously, the end, we know it, but the most important, it is this meeting between two beings that everything opposes! Starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet the movie became one of the most watched movie of all time.
9. Moonrise Kingdom
Moonrise Kingdom is set in the sixties. Suzy and Sam, two children, make a pact: they are going to run away together. Their families, worried to see them disappear, start looking for them. Old relationships reappear, secrets and resentments between the characters… But above all, the love of two children!
10. Sweet November
It is a love story between two worlds, two universes that meet. The hero is a successful publicist while the heroine is a bit of a lost girl. Nelson and Sara meet during an exam to retake their driver’s license. He decides to copy on her but the supervisor, thinking that it was she who cheated, sends her away. The young woman tries to find out where he lives.
11. Dear John
John Tyree, Special Forces soldier, goes to visit his father while on leave. Savannah Curtis is a college student. The two meet at a beach party and love at first sight is instant. After two weeks spent together, John must return with the Special Forces and Savannah, to the University. They promise to write to each other and to continue their love affair from a distance.
12. A Walk to Remember
It is the story of a bad boy who falls in love with a girl as wise as she is perfect who hides a heavy secret. A classic that we never tire of and that always arouses so much emotion.
13. The Lake House
In 2006, Dr. Kate Forster left the beautiful lake house where she lived and loved. She leaves a letter in the mailbox asking the new tenant to forward her mail to her new address and telling her that the paw prints that stain the pier and the threshold of the house were already there before she was. move in. Architect Alex Wyler arrives at this house and finds Kate’s letter. He has a shock: the house is dirty, dusty and does not look anything like the image he had of it. In addition to that, he does not see the slightest trace of paws.
14. Letters to Juliet
Sophie, a young American working for a New York magazine, sets out on a trip to Verona with her fiancé Victor, who is about to open his Italian restaurant in Manhattan. Sophie is taking advantage of this stay to get to know Verona a little more. There she discovers Juliette’s house where hundreds of young people come to ask for help and advice on love. There, Sophie comes across a 50-year-old letter and decides to answer it.
15. The Lucky One
Logan Thibault, a sergeant in the North American Navy, finds a photo in the desert, Iraq. On it, a young smiling woman. He slips it into his pocket, not really knowing why.
16. Remember me
Tyler is a rebellious boy who lives in New York City and has a complicated relationship with his family. A real change takes place when he meets Ally. Tyler starts out with a short story, but Ally’s cheerfulness and way of being captivates him. He ends up falling in love with her.
17. Leap Year
Tired of waiting for her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, Anna decides to reverse the roles and ask her lover to marry her herself. The American intends to take advantage of an Irish tradition to do it… But nothing will go as planned!
18. The Vow
It is the story of a couple extremely in love. One day, the lovers have a car accident. Due to a shock to the head, Paige falls into a coma. She ends up waking up without the slightest memory of Leo, her other half. The desperate young man therefore finds himself obliged to win back the one he loves.
19. Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie St. Cloud is haunted by the death of his brother, for whom he feels responsible. A cemetery warden, he “sees” his brother every day. Another meeting complicates her life even more. Tess, a former classmate who has passed away, suddenly appears in her life. Is she real?
20. I almost told you I love you
Alex is a very happy almost forty-year-old publicist and Nikki, a 17-year-old girl full of dreams and ideals. They meet on a street corner and from that moment Alex’s whole world takes a new turn. A film that shows us the beauty of love despite the age difference.
21. One Day
Emma and Dexter have known each other since college night. They spend the night together and finally decide to remain friends. For 20 years, they will love each other, tear each other apart, find each other.
22. 500 Days of Summer
Tom is a boy who believes that love comes in a predestined and magical way, Summer thinks… exactly the opposite. While everything seems to oppose them, they eventually realize that they have a lot in common. A more than moving story: A story about love, and not a love story.
23. Ten Things I Hate About You
Blanche is the popular girl everyone wants to date. Kat, his big sister, is quite the opposite. Cameron falls in love with Blanche but things get complicated because Blanche will only go out with him when Kat also finds someone. The young man in love then decides to hire Pat, a bad boy, so that he can go out with Kat.
24. La La Land
Mia, actress in the making, runs the auditions. Sebastian, passionate about jazz, plays concerts in shabby places. When they meet it is love at first sight. Will their love survive in Hollywood?
25. Me before you
Louisa and Will have nothing in common and yet. When the young woman full of life arrives in the life of Will, everything will change! Will the paralyzed young man who no longer enjoys life regain the strength to love?
26. The Holiday
It all started with an exchange of apartments between an English woman and an American woman wishing to spend a peaceful holiday, far from men and the disappointments they engender. But it was without counting on the impromptu encounters which will make of these holidays the beginning of beautiful stories… Between magnificent landscapes and casting with the small onions (Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jude Law only that!), This is the film love that makes you want to go on vacation very quickly!
27. In United Kingdom
The true story of a love that everything opposes between the young King of Bostwana and a 24-year-old Londoner. Together they will have to challenge English and African laws, their families and the dictates of apartheid. Their love overcoming all obstacles helped change the future of the country and inspired the whole world.
28. God’s Own Country
Johnny is a young farmer who leads a very hard life as a farmer in the arid and cold Yorkshire countryside. His grandmother and his sick and disabled father are counting on him to prevent the farm from collapsing. One day, a Romanian seasonal worker is hired to help him, which will bring about a mixture of unknown and new emotions in Johnny, which lights up as he surrenders to love.
29. Call Me By Your Name
Elio is a learned young man from a sophisticated and intellectual family. Although ripe for his age, he retains a certain candor when it comes to matters of love. When an attractive American arrives in the villa where he spends the Summer 83 to work with his father, Elio will discover the awakening of desire, in this Italian countryside which will change his life forever.
30. The Promise
In 1914, as war threatens to break out and the Ottoman Empire crumbles, Michael a young Armenian medical student, and Chris, an American photographer reporter, fell in love with the same woman, Ana, and compete for favors. The romantic passion mingles with the historical intrigue which recounts the massacre of the Armenians.
31. Casablanca
Love, nostalgia, passion, espionage, politics: if Casablanca, one of Michael Curtiz‘s Hollywood masterpieces, ranks first in our ranking of the best romantic films, it is because it far exceeds, in his subject, the usual issues of the genre, while managing to exploit, with brio, the many clichés. “When all the archetypes surge without any decency, one reaches Homeric depths. Two pictures make you laugh. One hundred clichés move, ” wrote Umberto Eco about him.
32. Dawn
Yes, Dawn is undoubtedly this “most beautiful film in the world” that François Truffaut evoked. Of course, it is silent, in black and white and dates from 1927, which might a priori discourage some. Yet it remains one of the most poignant works ever seen on the big screen. Love, death, betrayal, redemption: the story resembles an immemorial legend, between simplicity and depth. Moreover, the characters are anonymous, simply credited as “The Man” (George O’Brien), “The Woman” (Janet Gaynor) or “The Woman of the City” (Margaret Livingston).
33. Annie Hall
Often regarded as Woody Allen’s most personal film, ‘Annie Hall‘ seems to draw heavily on Diane Keaton’s relationship with the filmmaker – the original name of the actress being Hall, and Annie her nickname. It is the story, banal, of a couple who love each other then separate. A comedy, certainly, but tinged with a deep nostalgia: deep down, she tells us, just because we have met a soul mate does not mean that it will last forever.
34. The Secret of Brokeback Mountain
Taken from Annie Proulx’s 1997 short story, ‘Brokeback Mountain’ has often been called a ‘gay western’. And while it is true that the film features two cowboys, its story could have taken place anywhere, anytime. In 1963, Ennis and Jack (both upset Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) spent a summer keeping the sheep together at Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. It is there, in the intimacy of the great outdoors, that they make love for the first time.
35. In the Mood for Love
The story is set in 1962. Next door neighbors in a crowded apartment building, Mr. Chow (Tony Leung) and Ms. Chan (Maggie Cheung, sporting a traditional Chinese dress) will gradually realize that their spouses are having a secret affair. Following this discovery, they spend more and more time together and play with the emotions of the other by repeating imaginary scenes of rupture, alternating between comfort and masochism and ending up pursuing their mutual desire within the framework of ‘a role play imitating their unfaithful partners.
36. Her
Spike Jonze’s latest feature film ‘Her‘ is simply phenomenal. The romance he portrays between Theodore and Samantha, a man and a computer program, seems immediately credible. Samantha is an “OS”, an operating system similar to Siri, except that she is ultra-developed: able to read a book and sort an email in two hundredths of a second, but also to make conversation, exchange jokes or express very personal opinions. However, the more Samantha interacts with Theodore, the more her needs and her emotions evolve.
37. Blue Valentine
You didn’t think we were going to name just one movie starring Ryan Gosling in this ranking, did you? But unlike ‘The Notebook’, ‘Blue Valentine‘ isn’t really a feel-good movie. Rather an uncompromising film, brutal and visceral, about the slow disintegration of a couple. As their marriage goes downhill, Dean and Cindy recall their meeting and the beginnings of their story six years earlier. With the help of a virtuoso montage, Derek Cianfrance moves back and forth between romantic memories and scenes of a much more murky present, trying to understand what could have gone wrong.
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
For his second film, Michel Gondry started from a seductive idea: the one that we could all, with the help of a kind of voluntary brain injury, erase an ex from our memory. This is the experience that Clémentine and Joël have – Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey, both remarkable in roles far removed from their usual repertoire – after a particularly painful break-up. But even when they no longer recognize each other, the former lovers cannot help but cross paths.
39. Out of Africa
What could be more romantic than having your hair washed by a young Robert Redford by a Kenyan river? In this film, the actor embodies the Adventurer par excellence, Saharan jacket, mysterious gaze and skin tanned by the sun. As for Meryl Streep, this is one of her most beautiful roles, as a strong and autonomous woman who prefers life on the farm to the social life of her native Denmark. Taken from the memoir of writer Karen Blixen, ‘Out of Africa’ recounts the latter’s stay in Africa and her passionate relationship with the hunter Denys Finch Hatton. A torrid and tragic love against a background of colonial history.
40. Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation is best known as the movie that revealed Scarlett Johansson‘s butt to the world, in a cute, cult opening shot. But he was also the one who, against all odds, made us believe that jet lag could be romantic. We’ll probably never know what Bill Murray whispered in Johansson’s ear in the film’s final moments before disappearing into the crowd, but this ambivalent ending perfectly sums up the improbable and unexpected character.
41. Before Midnight
The third part of Céline and Jesse’s adventures deserves a special place: less romantic, more pragmatic than the previous ones, it shows us a couple running out of steam, between extra pounds, incipient baldness and kids to raise. The long shots (through the streets of a Greek village this time) are still there, and the dialogues, six-handed by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, are sharper than ever. Nominated for the Oscar for best screenplay in 2014, ‘Before Midnight’ thus stands out as the best film of the trilogy, almost twenty years after a somewhat silly first opus. Fewer major philosophical-romantic considerations, no more bickering: that’s love.
42. Gone with the Wind
Certainly, politically, between its southern heroes, its happy slaves (sic) and its macho hero, ‘Gone with the Wind’ is the opposite of Steve McQueen’s recent ’12 Years a Slave’. And you might as well say it right away: in terms of historical accuracy, Victor Fleming’s film, despite its eight Oscars, is as credible as a gulag orgy. Anyway, if we take a look at it again, it will obviously not be to praise its social discourse, but for its cruel study of manners – the characters being quite fine garbage, in the end – and for its Intense, epic love story lasting nearly four hours (3:44, to be precise), between the proud and cynical Rhett Butler (that old handsome Clark Gable) and the passionate Scarlett O’Hara.
43. Notting Hill
Named after one of London’s residential districts, Notting Hill is among the most famous and beloved love stories in the history of cinema. Starring two very young Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, the encounter between an ordinary boy and a Hollywood star is capable since its release in 1999 has warmed the hearts of the public, all excited to be mere spectators in front of a simple films that ask the latter to let himself be loved.
44. Pretty Woman
Among the romantic films preferred by a large number of girls there is certainly the 1990 classic by Gary Marshall Pretty Woman, a real fairy tale where the street girl Julia Roberts meets by chance her prince, the enigmatic Richard Gere. From a small and messy apartment, the protagonist will end up in a huge and luxurious hotel room, gradually making that shady and lonely man fall in love.
45. The bridges of Madison County
Directed and starring in 1995 by Clint Eastwood flanked by the queen of the screen, the wonderful Meryl Streep, who won an Oscar nomination for the occasion. In the role of a photographer and a housewife respectively, the film is narrated through objects and diaries of the woman, who wants to let her children know how intimately she was linked to a man who was not their father. Intense film and acting, one of the deepest love stories.
46. The diary of Bridget Jones
All women felt less alone when the comedy The Diary of Bridget Jones was released in 2001, a nice bungler with a few extra pounds and a few excess cigarettes who managed, despite her unstoppable tongue and her endless series of gaffes, to attracting both the charming lawyer played by Colin Firth and the womanizer Hugh Grant. A film that has taught many that the best formula is to be funny.
47. Love Actually
A choral film written and directed by Richard Curtis, the romantic comedy Love Actually uses a choral cast of great names and a multitude of plots all tied with a Christmas atmosphere and linked mainly by a single theme: love. Between laughter and reflections, Love Actually is a work to be seen even after the holidays.
48. Love and other drugs
Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal are the protagonists of a love that faces the difficulties of a serious illness. Suffering from a premature form of Parkinson’s, the protagonist Maggie does not want to enter into a serious relationship for fear of having to suffer too much, starting from simple sex to then end up feeling for the co-star Jamie a feeling of pure affection. A love capable of dividing the weight of adversity.
49. The proposal
Fun, cheerful, carefree, the romantic comedy with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds drags away the thoughts to give the viewer some light and worry-free time. With hilarious ideas and a sharp rhythm that manages to calibrate irony and romanticism, The Proposal, focuses on its light-hearted air to make the audience laugh and fall in love.
50. A Star Is Born
Jackson “Jack” Maine is a famous singer struggling with alcohol and drug addiction, and receives the only support from his older brother Bobby, his manager. One evening, entering a club, he notices the performance of Ally, a waitress but, above all, an aspiring singer-songwriter. When the two get to know each other better, they confront each other by sharing their disappointments and frustrations. But the meeting is a sign of destiny for both: Jack could restart his musical career, Ally finally make it go off. And the spark of love could fuel the future of the two.
51. The age of Adaline
Adaline Bowman was born in 1908 and stopped aging at the age of 29 after a mysterious accident. A normal life, in the United States of the 1930s, which becomes absolutely extraordinary, because the eternal young woman crosses the century, but forced to change her house and identity every time someone begins to realize that she always has the same physical appearance, with fear of inevitable consequences. Adaline sees her daughter Flemming grow up and then grow old as time passes inexorably for everyone but her. When one day she meets Ellis, a kind and charming man with whom she is love at first sight, Adaline’s determination to be alone begins to fail.
52. Allied
In 1942, Commander Max Vatan and French agent Marianne Beausejour are tasked with killing a German ambassador during a social event in Casablanca. The two pretend to be a couple for the entire period preceding the completion of the mission, but real passion explodes in the sands of Morocco.
Having accomplished the goal, Max and Marianne move to London, where they get married and become Anna’s parents. After a period of apparent tranquility, as war rages on in Europe and still threatens Britain, Max’s superiors summon him to entrust him with a thankless task: to prove that his wife is a German spy, is acting under a false name and is carrying on secret orders. The suspicions of the British counterintelligence cast into terror Max, who will have to start investigating the woman he loves without making her suppose anything, hoping not to have to choose between respect for the uniform and the loyalty it owes to it and the feelings he has for his wife.
53. No Strings Attached
Emma Kurtzman and Adam Franklin find themselves after sentimental vicissitudes quite suffered. She is a doctor, he is a television assistant on a network. One evening, after discovering that his father is having a relationship with an ex, Adam immediately seeks revenge and begins to contact as many girls as possible. The next morning, he finds himself right at Emma’s house after a hangover and the night there. Thus, having overcome the embarrassment, the passion arises between the two and they decide to let themselves be carried away by the attraction, deciding to become “bed friends”: lots of sex but no feelings. But will it really be that simple and automatic to leave love out of their relationship?
54. Carol
New York, early 1950s. Therese Belivet is an introverted girl, employed in a department store in Manhattan. With a knack for photography and so many projects, she dreams of a more rewarding life and of getting out of an overwhelming engagement. One day, in the shop he meets Carol Aird, a sophisticated woman belonging to the upper class but trapped in a marriage of convenience. Carol has now decided to divorce her husband Harge, but she doesn’t want to lose contact with her beloved daughter Rindy in any way. Between Therese and Carol the attraction is immediate and, despite an initial shyness especially of the young woman, both feel that passion – and love – is about to overwhelm them.
55. 500 Days Together
Tom Hansen ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt ) is a young architect who has found a job in a company that fills out greeting cards. When, one day, in the office he meets Sole Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel), the new assistant to the boss, his life is literally turned upside down. A full blown love at first sight that leads to a singular courtship, and the crowning of love. The seemingly insurmountable problem is the clear character difference between the two, which little by little leads them to argue: the more sentimental he is, the less inclined to let her go. The days pass and Tom’s loving suffering becomes more and more evident.
56. Crazy, Stupid, Love
Cal Weaver is married to Emily and is the father of three. Everything seems to be going well until one day his wife confesses to having cheated on him, immediately filing for a divorce. Cal thus falls into a deep sadness, which he tries to push away by starting to frequent nightclubs and new people. One night, a handsome young man, Jacob Palmer, approaches him, offering Cal the opportunity to find new sentimental perspectives. He, as a true Don Juan, is an expert on the subject. Meanwhile, other completely unexpected amorous vicissitudes revolve around Cal, which also involve his eldest daughter Hannah.
57. Disobedience
London. Within the Orthodox Jewish community, the stories of Ronit, a fascinating but above all emancipated and nonconformist woman, younger than her and an ancient youthful love, intertwine. Ronit has returned to her origins to attend her father’s funeral, and here she finds Esti, now married to her cousin. But the spark of love that was still burns, and it will suddenly overwhelm them. But how could their extremely conservative society react?
58. Atonement
Summer 1935. Thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis discovers the secret relationship between her sister Cecilia and Robbie, the son of a maid. Failing to delineate the contours of the story, he misinterprets what he saw as an attempt to abuse the young man against the girl. Meanwhile, cousin Lola and her restless brothers arrive at the home of the Tallis, who almost immediately flee into the woods.
59. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
New Orleans, 1918. Ms. Button gives birth to a child with a very rare syndrome, only to die later. In fact, little Benjamin, more than a newborn, appears with the features of an eighty-year-old. The upset father abandons him in front of a retirement home. Here he grows up, always trapped in the body of an elderly person, and is therefore regarded with distrust. As time passes, however, and as the other elders around him die, Benjamin rejuvenates, regaining the decades he believed he could never live. The meeting with the sweet Daisy will represent a bond that will accompany him throughout his particular existence.
60. The Painted Veil
Twenties of the last century. A British couple, made up of doctor Walter Fane and his wife Kitty, arrive in Shanghai. In reality, their marriage was born from bad prospects: Walter belongs to the middle class and is very busy with work; Kitty comes from the upper middle class and has never been convinced of their union. Furthermore, in China, Kitty starts a relationship with the vice consul Charles Townsend. When Walter discovers the betrayal, driven by spite, he takes on the serious task of envoy to a remote village, devastated by an extremely lethal epidemic. Down there, far from the life they were used to, Kitty seems to be beginning to understand the stature of the man next door.
61. Love in the Time of Cholera
Cartagena. Florentino Ariza (Javier Bardem), poet and telegraph clerk, meets the woman who could change his life: it is Fermina Daza (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), who sees from the windows of her father’s villa. Thanks to a series of passionate letters, Florentino manages to conquer the girl’s feelings. The only obstacle is Fermina’s father, who swears to himself that he would never have consented to this relationship. Thus, he forces his daughter to marry an aristocrat, the renowned doctor Juvernal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt), who leads her to Paris. After a few years, Fermina returns to Cartagena, and Florentino has never forgotten her.
62. The Shape of Water
Against the backdrop of the Cold War and the space race of the early 1960s, Elisa ( Sally Hawkins ), a shy and reserved woman, trapped in a life of solitude and silence, works in a secret American laboratory. Only the company of his painter friend and neighbor Giles (Richard Jenkins) manages to spice up the woman’s days. But everything changes when, together with her colleague Zelda (Octavia Spencer), Elisa discovers a sea creature that the Americans have captured: officially considered as a strange unclassified experiment, the being instead demonstrates that it possesses extreme intelligence and above all the ability to test feelings. The same ones that sweet Elisa seems to feel towards that defenseless creature.
63. The theory of everything
Great Britain, 1960s. Stephen Hawking is Cambridge’s brightest and most promising cosmology student. As his academic career progresses well and opens up a bright future for him in science, Stephen is struck by a genetic disease that, in the opinion of doctors, could soon lead him to an end. But the boy has an uncommon temper and superior intelligence.
Thanks to his extraordinary fortitude, Hawking completes his studies and starts a brilliant career, which in a few years will lead him to become one of the greatest physicists ever, capable of achieving incredible results and discoveries, and will award him the greatest recognition: to be believed to be Albert Einstein’s true successor. But, alongside him, Stephen has had for years a woman of equal character and determination: Jane Wilde, his wife and mother of their three beautiful children. Although love will one day end, no one will ever be as important as Jane in Hawking’s extraordinary life.
64. Like Crazy
British Anna Gardner and American Jacob Helm attend the same college in America. Here they meet, know each other and fall madly in love. So much so that, after graduating, the girl decides to stay in the States, managing to carve out some more time before returning home. At the end of the summer, Anna will still return to London to attend her sister’s wedding. Later, returning once again to Los Angeles, she will run into an unexpected situation, as she will be denied access due to staying too long in the US on the previous occasion, so much so that the visa expires. Thus, the two lovers will have to do everything possible to get around the American bureaucracy and immigration laws.
65. Mamma Mia!
Young Sophie Sheridan runs a hotel on the island of Kalokairi, Greece, together with her mother Donna. Although she is about to get married with her boyfriend Sky, Sophie is not entirely happy, since her greatest desire is to be accompanied on the altar by her father, whom she has never met.
Finding her mother’s diary, however, Sophie discovers how Donna had three different relationships just in the period in which he conceived her. So, unbeknownst to everyone, the girl sends each of them the invitation to her wedding, to be able to find out who the father she is looking for is. As the big event approaches, both Donna’s best friends (with whom she formed a band years earlier) and Sophie’s bridesmaids arrive on the island.
Together with them, however, the three highly anticipated guests also present themselves: the architect Sam Carmichael, the banker Harry Bright and the writer Bill Anderson. While the emotion for the meeting is mixed with the fear of having made a hasty choice, doubts increase, as not even Donna is sure which of the three is the father of her daughter.
66. Passengers
During an interstellar voyage that involves a 90-year-long route to cover the distance between Earth and the planet Homestead II, on the Avalon ship one of the passengers wanders alone: it is Jim Preston ( Chris Pratt) who, despite being hibernated (as well as the other five thousand individuals on board) to “freeze” the passage of time, is awakened by a technical failure at his station. Being clear that he is destined to die on the journey, he tries to make up for it in whatever way.
But, despite having the entire luxurious ship at his disposal and not finding a solution, he almost gives up until, by chance, his eyes fall on the beautiful Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence), a wealthy writer. Jim, tried by loneliness, can’t resist and wakes her up. Aurora, unaware of everything, struggles to understand the situation, but between them it will immediately be love. In the meantime, the Avalon will prove completely safe, as well as defective.
67. Little Women
Interesting and refined transposition of the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Piccole Donne, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, is characterized by a staging that involves and moves. The attention to detail is convincing in capturing the sensations of the protagonists (with them you can laugh, cry and reflect) and the management of narrative times, with a story that ends from the point where it began and in the middle crosses the present and the past, making the characters’ emotions always current. One aspect on which Gerwig has focused is above all that of the meaning that small, large women they reserve for love: those who do not bow to its nineteenth-century logic, those who wish it but according to their own rules, those who instead consider it an essential refuge within society.
68. Revolutionary Road
Together with their children, Frank Wheeler and his wife April represent what could be called the ideal family in the United States of the 1950s. They live in a cottage in Connecticut. The reality, however, is totally different from what it appears. Frank is a well-paid employee but deeply dissatisfied with his job, and he takes out his frustrations in adventures with other women; April feels her husband’s shortcomings and does not tolerate them, blaming him for having confined her to a life without any outlet. The only opportunity to relaunch their marriage would be to move to Paris, to carry out a project of a new life that they have had in mind for some time. But Frank, initially supportive, seems to be no longer so persuaded.
69. Yours, Simon
Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) has a regular life, a beautiful family and many friends, but he has a very important secret: nobody knows he is gay. Simon does not find the courage to confess it to his family, deciding to expose himself only on the network, starting a correspondence with a classmate whose identity he does not know, and who hides behind the pseudonym of “Blue”. Between one email and another, love blossoms in a tender and passionate way, but an unexpected event could upset Simon’s certainties: one of the messages ends up in the wrong hands, and this risks bringing out the truth. Blackmailed by school bullies, the only way for Simon to put an end to an increasingly complicated situation may be to open up like never before.
70. Portrait of the young woman on fire
In the second half of the 18th century, the young painter Marianne (Noémie Merlant) was commissioned to paint a portrait on the occasion of the wedding of Héloïse (Adèle Haenel), a girl who recently left the convent. Despite the era and rigid social conventions, Héloïse refuses to marry and, consequently, does not intend to pose for Marianne. The latter, however, does not intend to give up, and begins to paint it in secret, after having reached it. Pretending to be his companion, he observes his model during the day, to portray her during the night. But closeness will spark the spark of a tender and sincere love.
71. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
In New York lives Holly Golightly, a young woman dreaming of finding love with a rich man. His life boils down to gazing into the windows of jeweler Tiffany’s, visiting a mobster in Sing Sing Prison, and being taken to fancy restaurants for dinner by old gentlemen. It was then that she met Paul Varjak, a writer lacking inspiration who lived in his building. He falls under the spell of Holly but the young woman already believes to find love (and wealth) alongside a Brazilian billionaire, José De Silva Perreira.
72. Grease
Its pop soundtrack, its tangy Fifties wardrobe, its mythical love story. This cult musical by Randal Kleiser with the irresistible duo formed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John is a classic. Decades after its release, we still find ourselves singing at the top of our lungs every television reruns “ You’re the one that I Want (ooh, ooh, ooh, honey!)” And dreaming of an oldschool romance under the background of “Summer Nights”.
73. Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing is this cult film by Emile Ardolino which talks, among other things, about the clash of cultures and the emancipation of Baby (Jennifer Gray), a young girl from a good family who discovers the world of dance, and in particular dirty dancing, a sexual dance that brings sweaty bodies together, and above all lives a passionate love affair with the dance instructor, the sexy devil Johnny. The acme of the film? The final scene where Baby and Johnny dance in front of the hotel assembly to the rhythm of the Oscar-winning soundtrack The Time of My Life, engraved in the memory of a whole generation, and the following ones! Who has never tried to reproduce the mythical final port?
74. Bodyguard
Whitney Houston, music star falling in love with her bodyguard played by Kevin Costner to the rhythm of the mythical hit I Will Always Love You … In front of Mick Jackson’s camera, Whitney Houston is incredible sincerity. Bodyguard remains the vibrant witness of the glory days of the fallen diva who will appear in 4 other films, which will never know the same success.
75. Four Weddings and a Funeral
Charles (Hugh Grant) is single. Love does not tempt him, until he meets Carrie (Andie McDowell) at a wedding where he officiates as a witness, and he falls in love with her. In this legendary dramatic comedy, one of the greatest successes in the history of British cinema, Kristin Scott Thomas plays the role of Fiona, a long-time friend of Charles (Hugh Grant), who admits to loving him in secret ever since. always. Although secondary, this role is indicative of the actress’ great talent for duality. She embodies with perfect balance a Fiona as cold as she is fragile.
76. The Holiday
To forget their heartache, Briton Iris (Kate Winslet), in love with a (soon) married man, and American Amanda (Cameron Diaz), who has just left her fickle boyfriend, exchange their home for a few. end of year holidays. In a cozy cottage lost in the snow-covered English countryside, blonde Amanda, accustomed to the Californian sun and social evenings, is getting ready, just a few hours after her arrival, to jump on a plane to return home, when a charming stranger ring the doorbell, completely drunk. This is none other than Iris’ brother, Graham (Jude Law). Across the Atlantic,Iris enjoys the pleasures of Los Angeles and falls under the spell of Amanda’s friend, the mischievous Miles ( Jack Black ), who helps her free herself from her narcissistic pervert ex. A com tender and modern rom carried by an irresistible quartet.
77. Malcolm & Marie
John David Washington & Zendaya play the titular couple in this romantic drama. Malcolm is a filmmaker who has just returned from a premiere with his girlfriend Marie. However, their night is only just beginning when they get home. They begin to discuss their relationship and make unpleasant discoveries that could reshape their entire future. Written and directed by Sam Levinson, this dialogue-driven drama evokes the struggles and struggles of relationships and careers of two people struggling to get along with each other.
78. The Last Letter from Your Lover
Based on Jojo Moyes‘ best-selling book, The Last Letter from Your Lover follows the story of young journalist Ellie (Felicity Jones). Working in contemporary London, he stumbles upon an archive of 1960s love letters that tell the tragic love story between Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner). Obsessed with this story, Ellie is intent on finding out what happened to the two unfortunate lovers. This romantic drama is directed by Augustine Frizzell (Euphoria).
79. Wild Mountain Thyme
John Patrick Shanley directs Wild Mountain Thyme, a film adaptation of his play Outside Mullingar. The film tells the story of an Irish family who quarrel over the inheritance of the farm. Among the family members is Anthony Reilly who appears to have inherited a curse that weighs on his family. Perhaps the love of his neighbor Rosemary Muldoon can change his life. The cast includes Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Dearbhla Molloy and Christopher Walken.
80. Sylvie’s Love
Sylvie Farrell (Tessa Thompson) falls in love with saxophonist Robert Hunter (Nnamdi Asomugha) who works in her father’s music shop in Harlem. Their bond ends up being just a summer romance that doesn’t seem to last. But as the years go by, when they finally meet again, they find they are still in love with each other. Written and directed by Eugene Ashe, this romantic drama, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, stars Ryan Michelle Bathe, Aja Naomi King and Eva Longoria.
81. What About Love
Sharon Stone, Iain Glen and Andy García are the protagonists of this romantic drama in which feelings are rediscovered and renewed. Two young lovers forever change the lives of their parents who, from the joyful experience of their children, find love again. Romance can flourish when young love awakens life and leads it to a new perspective. Klaus Menzel returns to direct 15 years after his last opera Fascination in 2004.
82. Ordinary Love
Joan (Lesley Manville) and Tom (Liam Neeson) are a middle-aged couple with an enduring relationship. Their marriage, which has lasted for many years, has made them very affectionate and tender with each other. But a tragic event strikes the idyll when Joan discovers she has breast cancer. What will happen when Joan’s time is over? Faced with a difficult road to travel, their love is put to the test in this dark and touching story.
83. Midnight sun
Katie, a seventeen-year-old girl forced to live from childhood away from daylight. She suffers from a rare disease, which makes even the slightest exposure to direct sunlight deadly for her. One night, fate will finally allow her to meet Charlie, that child who observed every day from the window and who, now a teenager, will allow her to meet.
84. Tulip Fever
In 17th-century Amsterdam, the passion for the tulip struck everyone Everywhere, men are seduced by the flower and its properties but the wealthy merchant Cornelis Sandvoort is only interested in winning the affection of his young wife Sophia and to do so he commissions a painted by the talented young artist Jan Von Loos.
85. All the Bright Places
The meeting between Violet and Theodore is destined to change their mutual existences forever. As they still struggle with the physical and emotional scars of their past, the two will discover how important places and moments are at first glance insignificant.
86. Everything
Madeline is a teenager who has been practically a prisoner of her home for 17 years as she suffers from a rare disease that has reduced her immune defenses to a minimum. One day a moving truck comes into her street and Madeline sees Olly, the new neighbor, for the first time through the closed window. Their eyes meet. Thus begins a love story that must.
87. Isn’t it romantic?
Definitely an original romantic film, among the most recent ones. A cynical young woman who doesn’t believe in love ends up in the hospital with a head injury and when she wakes up she discovers she is trapped in a romantic comedy. A funny comedy that makes fun of the clichés typical of romantic comedies. Not to be missed.
88. Harry, Meet Sally
Harry, Meet Sally is an example of a romantic comedy directed by Rob Reiner and written by Nora Ephron. The film tells the story of Harry Burns (Billy Crystal), Sally Albright ( Meg Ryan ) and their deep friendship, which then turns into love. The film marked a turning point in the career of the director, the screenwriter and the protagonists: in the United States it increased their popularity, while in the rest of the world it made them known to the general public.
89. Five feet apart
Stella and Will have a genetic disease that forces them to the hospital. Stella takes care of herself diligently, but Will doesn’t find a reason to live, at least until he falls in love with Stella, because even if forced to stay three feet apart, Stella and Will will find the determination to be together.
Romeo and Juliet and their poignant teenage love story are back, because love at this age has the intensity of death, its necessity and absoluteness. Stella and Will, however, are also kids of today, who seek and compare each other via whatsapp even if their rooms are attacked. Through the story of two lovers who cannot get close, Justin Baldoni invites us to appreciate the physical exchange, in its affective function rather than sexual.
90. Last Christmas
Katarina would like to be a singer but arrives late for auditions, feeds on junk and willingly exceeds in alcohol consumption. He works in a Christmas trinket shop in Covent Garden, doing more damage than anything else. Until she meets Tom, who will take care of her, encouraging her to find the best version of herself.
From a subject by Emma Thompson, and from the refrain of a George Michael hit, this Christmas rom-com is born, a little chaotic, very tacky, decidedly English and curiously funny. The film is made up of a medley of different registers, from moral fable to psychological drama, all imbued with romanticism and British humor. And the miracle is finally fulfilled, everything is held together, and Last Christmas is about to become an essential chapter of the cinematic Christmas in London.
91. Let it snow
A snow storm envelops the town of Gracetown on Christmas Eve. Jubilee, stranded on a train by the storm, ends up spending the eve with Stuart, a boy she has just met. Tobin ventures with a group of friends into the snow to reach a club, attracted by a group of cheerleaders, but will discover that his true love is an old friend, Angie. Addie takes care of a dwarf pig, thinking about the end of her love with Jeb.
92. Holiday in the wild
To keep the mood high, now that her son has left for college, New Yorker Kate Conrad (Kristin Davis) organizes a “second honeymoon” with her husband who, instead of thanking her, suddenly leaves her. However, Kate decides to leave alone for a safari in Africa and during a detour through Zambia, she helps Derek Holliston (Rob Lowe), the pilot of her plane, to rescue an orphaned baby elephant. While they are in a pachyderm sanctuary, the two heal him and manage to heal him. Kate extends her stay until Christmas. A new love is on the way: will she come home or will she decide to make this adventure last a lifetime?
93. Sleepless in Love
Insomnia of love brings together one of the most tested couples of the 80s / 90s, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, who made many spectators dream and fall in love. Directed by Nora Ephron. In the film, Jonah resorts to a radio show to find a partner for his father, an inconsolable widower. Listening to the broadcast, a journalist is moved and writes him a letter.
94. The life of Adèle
The life of Adèle by Abdellatif Kechiche tells the life of the young protagonist, in search of her identity, also through an overwhelming love that will profoundly change her as a person and as a woman. In the film A French girl has a passionate and emotional relationship with an older woman he met in a lesbian bar.
95. Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love is the high point of Gwyneth Paltrow’s acting career, which also earned her an Academy Award for Best Lead. It tells the story of the tormented composition of Romeo and Juliet, by a Will Shakespeare in full creative crisis. What was supposed to be a comedy then became one of the most beautiful and famous dramas in history.
96. Palm springs
While stuck at a wedding in Palm Springs, Nyles (Andy Samberg – Brooklyn Nine-Nine, SNL) meets Sarah (Cristin Milioti – How I Met Your Mother, Modern Love), the bridesmaid and black sheep of the family. After being rescued from a disastrous toast, Sarah begins to be drawn to Nyles and his unusual nihilism. But when their impromptu meeting is hampered by a surreal interruption, Sarah too must begin to embrace the idea that nothing really matters and begin to… live like there’s no tomorrow!
97. After 2
Sequel to the movie After, it was released on Prime Video in 2020. After their breakup, Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin ) and Tessa (Josephine Langford) try to go their own way. While Hardin returns to get lost in bad habits, Tessa, strengthened by the acquired confidence, begins to attend the internship of her dreams at the Vance publishing house where she attracts the attention of her colleague Trevor (Dylan Sprouse), the perfect guy with whom to start a relationship. Trevor is intelligent, witty, attractive but above all he is reliable. Despite this new encounter, Tessa can’t get Hardin out of her mind. After all, he is the love of his life and beyond their misunderstandings and hardships, he can’t deny what he feels. He would like to be able to go his own way, but it’s not that simple.
98. Endless
Teen drama directed by director Scott Speer fresh from the success of The sun at midnight. The protagonists of this new tale are Riley (Alexandra Shipp) and Chris (Nicholas Hamilton), young and in love, separated by a tragic car accident. As Riley struggles with her guilt, Chris is stuck in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect. In a love story that transcends life and death, both Riley and Chris are forced to learn the hardest lesson of all: saying goodbye.
99. A Rainy Day in New York
Woody Allen returns to romantic comedy and does it in style with A Rainy Day in New York. Against the backdrop of an irresistible New York, a young engaged couple is grappling with unlikely encounters that will change the course of a romantic weekend, sending it up in smoke. An exceptional cast masterfully directed by Woody Allen. Among the protagonists are the Oscar nominee Jude Law, the Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet, the young stars Selena Gomez and Elle Fanning.
100. After
Based on the best-selling novel by Anna Todd, which became a sensation as fan fiction on Wattpad, After tells the story of Tessa (Langford), a student and model daughter, who has a long-term relationship with a sweet and sweet boyfriend. reliable. In her first year of college, Tessa seems to have a future already written, but the coordinates of her world so safe and protected change radically when she meets the mysterious Hardin Scott (Tiffin), an arrogant and rebellious and at the same time magnetic boy, who makes her questioning everything she thought she knew about herself and what she really wants from life.