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AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies 

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AFI's list of the best love story films of all-time. This romance movies list is sure to sweep you off your feet.
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Casablanca is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Michael Curtiz (1942), starring Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart & Peter Lorre

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Gone with the Wind is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Sam Wood and George Cukor (1939), starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh & Olivia de Havilland

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West Side Story is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise (1961), starring Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno & John Astin

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Roman Holiday is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by William Wyler (1953), starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck & Eddie Albert

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An Affair to Remember is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Leo McCarey (1957), starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr & Richard Denning

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The Way We Were is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Sydney Pollack (1973), starring Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford & James Woods

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Doctor Zhivago is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by David Lean (1965), starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie & Alec Guinness

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It's a Wonderful Life is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Frank Capra (1946), starring James Stewart, Donna Reed & Lionel Barrymore

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Love Story is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Arthur Hiller (1970), starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ray Milland & Ryan O'Neal

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City Lights is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Charlie Chaplin (1931), starring Charlie Chaplin, Jean Harlow & Virginia Cherrill

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Annie Hall is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Woody Allen (1977), starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton & Sigourney Weaver

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My Fair Lady is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by George Cukor (1964), starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison & Jeremy Brett

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Out of Africa is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Sydney Pollack (1985), starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford & Iman Abdulmajid

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#151 of 571 The Greatest Movies Of The 1980s, Ranked #183 of 804 The Greatest Chick Flicks Ever Madelisted on Every Oscar Winning Film Ever

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The African Queen is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by John Huston (1951), starring Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart & Robert Morley

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Wuthering Heights is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by William Wyler (1939), starring Laurence Olivier, David Niven & Merle Oberon

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Singin' in the Rain is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly (1952), starring Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly & Rita Moreno

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Moonstruck is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Norman Jewison (1987), starring Nicolas Cage, Cher & Danny Aiello

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#207 of 571 The Greatest Movies Of The 1980s, Ranked #228 of 349 'Old' Movies Every Young Person Needs To Watch In Their Lifetimelisted on Every Oscar Winning Film Ever

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Vertigo is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Alfred Hitchcock (1958), starring James Stewart, Kim Novak & Alfred Hitchcock

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Ghost is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Jerry Zucker (1990), starring Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg & Patrick Swayze

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From Here to Eternity is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Fred Zinnemann (1953), starring Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster & Ernest Borgnine

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Pretty Woman is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Garry Marshall (1990), starring Julia Roberts, Richard Gere & Hank Azaria

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On Golden Pond is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Mark Rydell (1981), starring Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn & Henry Fonda

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Now, Voyager is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Irving Rapper (1942), starring Bette Davis, Claude Rains & Paul Henreid

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King Kong is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Peter Jackson (2005), starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black & Adrien Brody

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When Harry Met Sally... ... is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list AFI's Top 100 Love Story Movies
Dir. by Rob Reiner (1989), starring Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal & Carrie Fisher

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