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The Best Movies About Long Distance Relationships

Updated December 23, 2020 6.8k votes 1.1k voters 99.9k views68 items

List RulesMovies about characters who are in a long distance relationship.

There’s a reason that classic stories like William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet appeal to us so much. The thought of not being able to be with the person you love the most in life is almost unbearable. The inspiring message that love never gives up, no matter the cost is one of the most powerful forces in nature. Many drama movies have been about long distance relationships and this list has all the best ones.

The movies featured on this list tell some of the greatest long distance relationship stories in the history of film. It’s impossible not to be deeply affected by a story like a woman who refuses to let go of her fiancée even in the midst of war and leaves everything to search for him!

This list has the best movies about long distance relationships, including: A Very Long Engagement, The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, Gone With the Wind, An Affair to Remember, and Cold Mountain.

Vote up your favorite today and vote down the long distance love stories that leave you cold.

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Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks, Sally Field
Released: 1994
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan
Released: 1993
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Cast Away
Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt
Released: 2000
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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You've Got Mail
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan
Released: 1998
Directed by: Nora Ephron
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Gone with the Wind
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh
Released: 1939
Directed by: Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming
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The Notebook
Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Released: 2004
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
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Going the Distance
Drew Barrymore, Leighton Meester
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The Time Traveler’s Wife
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Released: 2009
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Serendipity
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Released: 2001
Directed by: Peter Chelsom
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Must Love Dogs
Diane Lane, John Cusack
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The Lake House
Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves
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Forever Young
Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis
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Cold Mountain
Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman
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Two Weeks Notice
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Terms of Endearment
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Released: 1983
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Becoming Jane
Anne Hathaway, Maggie Smith
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Casablanca
Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart
Released: 1942
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
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Message in a Bottle
Hayden Panettiere, Kevin Costner
Released: 1999
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The Princess Bride
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Released: 1987
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Ghost
Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg
Released: 1990
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Legends of the Fall
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Released: 1994
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The Five-Year Engagement
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Released: 2012
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A Little Princess
Camilla Belle, Liam Cunningham
Released: 1995
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Released: 2015
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