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Top 50 Hollywood romances

"Casablanca," "Gone with the Wind," "When Harry Met Sally" and "Titanic" are among the best movie romances. (º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ collage via YouTube)
Introduction You’ve bought the flowers. You’ve grabbed the bottle of wine. But which romantic movie should you see on Valentine’s Day? º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ film critic Jason Fraley counts down his Hollywood favorites. Click through the gallery for my countdown or find the full list below. (º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ collage via YouTube)
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"Casablanca," "Gone with the Wind," "When Harry Met Sally" and "Titanic" are among the best movie romances. (º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ collage via YouTube)
º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ's Jason Fraley salutes the best movie romances (Jason Fraley)

Top 50 Hollywood Movie Romances

50. The Big Sick (2017) — Michael Showalter

49. The Lady Eve (1941) — Preston Sturges

48. Her (2013) — Spike Jonze

47. Top Hat (1935) — Mark Sandrich

46. The Notebook (2004) — Nick Cassavetes

45. Love Story (1970) — Arthur Hiller

44. The Apartment (1960) — Billy Wilder

43. Moulin Rouge! (2001) — Baz Luhrmann

42. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) — Stanley Kramer

41. From Here to Eternity (1953) — Fred Zinnemann

40. The Quiet Man (1952) — John Ford

39. Adam’s Rib (1949) — George Cukor

38. Harold & Maude (1971) — Hal Ashby

37. Moonstruck (1987) — Norman Jewison

36. Moonlight (2016) — Barry Jenkins

35. A Place in the Sun (1951) — George Stevens

34. To Have and Have Not (1944) — Howard Hawks

33. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) — Nicholas Ray

32. La La Land (2016) — Damien Chazelle

31. An American in Paris (1951) — Vincente Minnelli

30. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) — Stanley Donen

29. Roman Holiday (1953) — William Wyler

28. Pretty Woman (1990) — Garry Marshall

27. Say Anything (1989) — Cameron Crowe

26. Brokeback Mountain (2005) — Ang Lee

25. The Bridges of Madison County (1995) — Clint Eastwood

24. Dirty Dancing (1987) — Emile Ardolino

23. Ghost (1990) — Jerry Zucker

22. Grease (1978) — Randal Kleiser

21. City Lights (1931) — Charlie Chaplin

20. Doctor Zhivago (1965) — David Lean

19. His Girl Friday (1940) — Howard Hawks

18. An Affair to Remember (1957) — Leo McCarey

17. Sleepless in Seattle (1993) — Nora Ephron

16. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — Ernst Lubitsch

15. The Way We Were (1973) — Sydney Pollack

14. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) — Blake Edwards

13. The Graduate (1967) — Mike Nichols

12. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) — Frank Capra

11. Beauty and the Beast (1991) — Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise

10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) — Michel Gondry

9. Jerry Maguire (1996) — Cameron Crowe

8. It Happened One Night (1934) — Frank Capra

7. Annie Hall (1977) — Woody Allen

6. West Side Story (1961) — Robert Wise

5. The Philadelphia Story (1940) — George Cukor

4. Gone With the Wind (1939) — Victor Fleming

3. Titanic (1997) — James Cameron

2. When Harry Met Sally (1989) — Rob Reiner

1. Casablanca (1942) — Michael Curtiz

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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