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(L to R) Cary Elwes and Robin Wright in ‘The Princess Bride’. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
And there is no better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than sitting down with your sweetheart and watching a romantic movie.
But with so many choices available, from classics like ‘Pretty Woman’ and ‘The Notebook,’ to recent films like ‘Materialists’ and ‘Merv’, Moviefone is here to help you pick the perfect romantic movie.
“A different breed of romantic comedy.”
Release Date: Dec 10, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 45 min
So, we’re counting down the 30 most romantic movies of all-time to help you decide what to watch on Valentine’s Day!
Let’s Begin!
Related Article: 30 New and Classic Movies to Watch on New Year’s Day
(L to R) John Corbett and Nia Vardalos in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’. Photo: IFC Films.
A young Greek woman (Nia Vardalos) falls in love with a non-Greek (John Corbett) and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
“Love is here to stay… so is her family.”
Release Date: Aug 2, 2002
Run Time: 1 hr 35 min
Budget: $5,000,000
Poppy’s (Emily Bader) a free spirit. Alex (Tom Blyth) loves a plan. After years of summer vacations, these polar-opposite pals wonder if they could be a perfect romantic match.
“On vacation, you’re free to follow your heart.”
Release Date: Jan 9, 2026
Run Time: 1 hr 56 min
Budget: $1,000,000
Reunited after 15 years famous chef Sasha (Ali Wong) and hometown musician Marcus (Randall Park) feel the old sparks of attraction but struggle to adapt to each others worlds.
“There’s Always Been Something Between Them.”
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Run Time: 1 hr 42 min
Heiress Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) hires carpenter Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell) to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it’s done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.
“From opulence… to rags… to love.”
Release Date: Dec 16, 1987
Run Time: 1 hr 52 min
Budget: $22,000,000
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier (Nick Robinson), it’s a little more complicated. He hasn’t told his family or friends that he’s gay, and he doesn’t know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he’s fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying and life-changing.
“Everyone deserves a great love story.”
Release Date: Mar 16, 2018
Run Time: 1 hr 50 min
Budget: $17,000,000
(L to R) Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger and Tom Hanks in ‘Sleepless in Seattle’. Photo: TriStar Pictures.
When Sam Baldwins (Tom Hanks) wife dies he is left to bring up his eight-year-old son Jonah (Ross Malinger) alone and decides to move to Seattle to make a new start. On Christmas Eve Jonah rings a radio phone-in with his Christmas wish to find a new wife for his dad. Meanwhile in Baltimore journalist Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), who is having doubts about her own relationship is listening in.
“What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you?”
Release Date: Jun 24, 1993
Run Time: 1 hr 45 min
Budget: $21,000,000
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
“First dance. First love. The time of your life.”
Release Date: Aug 21, 1987
Run Time: 1 hr 40 min
Budget: $6,000,000
William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) appears in his shop A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.
“Can the most famous film star in the world fall for the man on the street?”
Release Date: May 28, 1999
Run Time: 2 hr 4 min
Budget: $42,000,000
In the edgy comedy Anyone But You, Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) look like the perfect couple, but after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery hot attraction ice cold – until they find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
“They only look like the perfect couple.”
Release Date: Dec 22, 2023
Run Time: 1 hr 43 min
Budget: $25,000,000
More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine’s Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together but each relationship will sputter. A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love. Two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon. A TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA. A star quarterback contemplates his future. Two strangers meet on a plane. Grandparents together for years face a crisis. And an “I Hate Valentines Day” dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to.
“A love story. More or less.”
Release Date: Feb 11, 2010
Run Time: 2 hr 5 min
Budget: $52,000,000
Dakota Johnson in ‘Materialists’. Credit: Atsushi Nishijima.
A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker (Dakota Johnson) finds herself torn between the perfect match (Pedro Pascal) and her imperfect ex (Chris Evans).
“Some people just want more.”
Release Date: Jun 13, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 56 min
Budget: $20,000,000
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with (Miles Teller) and her first love (Callum Turner), who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
“You can only choose one.”
Release Date: Nov 26, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 54 min
Budget: $12,000,000
In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio (Timothee Chalamet) and the older adult man (Armie Hammer) hired as his father’s (Michael Stuhlbarg) research assistant.
“Is it better to speak or die?”
Release Date: Jan 19, 2018
Run Time: 2 hr 12 min
Budget: $3,500,000
17. ‘Her’ (2014)
In the not so distant future, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user’s every need. To Theodore’s surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system (Scarlett Johansson). This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
“A Spike Jonze love story.”
Release Date: Jan 10, 2014
Run Time: 2 hr 6 min
Budget: $23,000,000
In Shotgun Wedding, Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) gather their lovable but very opinionated families for the ultimate destination wedding, just as the couple begin to get cold feet. And if that wasn’t enough of a threat to the celebration, suddenly everyone’s lives are in danger when the entire party is taken hostage. “’Til Death Do Us Part” takes on a whole new meaning in this hilarious, adrenaline-fueled adventure as Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones—if they don’t kill each other first.
Release Date: Jan 23, 2023
Run Time: 1 hr 41 min
15. ‘Merv’ (2025)
(L to R) Zooey Deschanel, Gus and Charlie Cox in ‘Merv’. Photo Credit: Dana Hawley/Prime Video. © Amazon Content Services LLC.
When their beloved dog Merv loses his spark after their split, Anna (Zooey Deschanel) and Russ (Charlie Cox) are forced into the world’s most awkward co-parenting arrangement. Hoping to shake Merv out of his funk, Russ takes him to Florida for a much-needed getaway-only for Anna to show up unexpectedly. As Merv slowly gets his groove back, turns out fixing their dog’s broken heart may lead to a few sparks of their own.
“A different breed of romantic comedy.”
Release Date: Dec 10, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 45 min
After Ashley (Adria Arjona) asks for a divorce, good-natured Carey (Kyle Marvin) runs to his friends, Julie (Dakota Johnson) and Paul (Michael Angelo Covino), for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage, that is until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.
Release Date: Sep 5, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 45 min
Budget: $20,000,000
When carefree Nyles (Andy Samberg) and reluctant maid of honor Sarah (Cristin Milioti) have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
“Live like there’s no tomorrow”
Release Date: Jul 10, 2020
Run Time: 1 hr 30 min
Budget: $5,000,000
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
Release Date: Feb 12, 2016
Run Time: 1 hr 48 min
Budget: $58,000,000
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year’s party, Tim’s father (Bill Nighy) tells his son ( Domhnall Gleeson) that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can’t change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
“What if every moment in life came with a second chance?”
Release Date: Nov 8, 2013
Run Time: 2 hr 3 min
Budget: $12,000,000
(L to R) Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in ‘La La Land’. Photo: Lionsgate.
Mike (Tatum), an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid (Alex Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the film also stars Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Olivia Munn, and Matthew McConaughey.
“Here’s to the fools who dream.”
Release Date: Dec 16, 2016
Run Time: 2 hr 9 min
Budget: $30,000,000
Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily (Julianne Moore). Cal’s seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.
“This is crazy. This is stupid. This is love.”
Release Date: Jul 29, 2011
Run Time: 1 hr 58 min
Budget: $50,000,000
Two modern-day cowboys (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship.
“Love is a force of nature.”
Release Date: Jan 13, 2006
Run Time: 2 hr 14 min
Budget: $14,000,000
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O’Neal) and music student Jennifer Cavilleri (Ali MacGraw) share a chemistry they cannot deny – and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver’s wealthy father (Ray Milland) threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
Release Date: Dec 16, 1970
Run Time: 1 hr 40 min
Budget: $2,200,000
During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they’re still no closer to finding the answer.
“Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning?”
Release Date: Jul 21, 1989
Run Time: 1 hr 36 min
Budget: $16,000,000
(L to R) Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in ‘A Star Is Born.’ Photo: Warner Bros.
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally’s career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
Release Date: Oct 5, 2018
Run Time: 2 hr 16 min
Budget: $36,000,000
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) and the dashing Westley (Cary Elwes) must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen (Christopher Guest), murderous princes (Chris Sarandon), Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can’t stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
“Heroes. Giants. Villains. Wizards. True Love.”
Release Date: Oct 9, 1987
Run Time: 1 hr 39 min
Budget: $16,000,000
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater (Gloria Stuart) tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose (Kate Winslet) boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Fabrizio De Rossi (Danny Nucci) win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic’s departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
“Nothing on earth could come between them.”
Release Date: Dec 19, 1997
Run Time: 3 hr 14 min
Budget: $200,000,000
When a millionaire wheeler-dealer (Richard Gere) enters a business contract with a Hollywood hooker Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts), he loses his heart in the bargain.
“She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart.”
Release Date: Mar 23, 1990
Run Time: 2 hr
Budget: $14,000,000
(L to R) Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in ‘The Notebook.’ Photo: New Line Cinema.
An epic love story centered around an older man (James Garner) who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer’s (Gena Rowlands). From a faded notebook, the old man’s words bring to life the story about a couple (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
“Behind every great love is a great story.”
Release Date: Jun 25, 2004
Run Time: 2 hr 3 min
Budget: $29,000,000
