Top 10 Love Story movies
Here are my top 10 Love Story based movies around the world. It was a tough decision to pick from 100s of movies. I have picked the following based on great acting, cinematography, writing, and direction.
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.
Lao Tzu
- A Patch of Blue (1965)
- The Notebook (2004)
- The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
- The English Patient (1996)
- Roman Holiday (1953)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Charlie (2015)
- 96 (2018)
- Love Mocktail (2020)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
A Patch of Blue (1965) | Drama/Black and white | 1h 45m
A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white, 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman), and the problems that plague their friendship in a racially divided America.
Shelley Winters won an Oscar for her portrayal of an overbearing mother in this sensitive and moving drama of a blind girl who falls for Sidney Poitier. (You can also consider, “To Sir, with Love” by Sidney Poiter)
The Notebook (2004) | Romance/Drama | 2h 4m
Duke reads the story of Allie and Noah, two lovers who were separated by fate, to Ms Hamilton, an old woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s, on a daily basis out of his notebook.
The Fault in Our Stars (2014) | Romance/Drama | 2h 13m
Two cancer-afflicted teenagers Hazel and Augustus meet at a cancer support group. The two of them embark on a journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam.
The English Patient (1996) | Romance/War | 2h 42m
Hana, a nurse, tends to a plane crash victim who is on his deathbed. While doing so, she discovers a way to heal herself.
Roman Holiday (1953) | Romance/Rom-com | 1h 58m
Stuck with boredom in her luxurious confinement, a princess escapes from her guardians and falls in love with an American news reporter in Rome.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | Romance/Sci-fi | 1h 48m
Joel and Clementine begin a relationship post a train journey together, unaware that they had previously been in a relationship, the memories of which were clinically erased.
Charlie (2015) | 2015 | Romance/Musical | 2h 10m
Tessa runs away from home to avoid getting married and rents a room. She finds a sketchbook of the previous occupant, which reveals an incomplete story, and decides to find the artist.
‘96 (2018) | 2018 | Romance/Drama | 2h 38m
K Ramachandran, a photographer, gets nostalgic after he visits his school in his hometown. During a reunion with his classmates, he meets Janaki, his childhood sweetheart.
Love Mocktail (2020) | Romance/Drama | 2h 33m
After rescuing a woman, Adi reminisces about his love life and tells her about all the heartbreaks he endured in his quest to find his true love.
In the Mood for Love (2000) | Drama/Romance | 1h 38m
In the Mood for Love is a 2000 Hong Kong romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Wong Kar-wai. It tells the story of a man and a woman whose spouses have an affair together and who slowly develop feelings for each other.
Bonus:
- Simple Agi Ondh Love Story (2013)
- Premam (2015)
