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50+ Quirky Romance Movies That Are Unique in Their Own Way
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Vote up the love stories that are oh-so-twee.
All romantic comedies show people falling in love, but the best quirky romance movies are each unique in their own way. The top quirky romance movies unite the one-of-a-kind personalities of their often very different characters through unlikely love stories. This is a list of movies about quirky love stories featuring everything from Garden State to (500) Days of Summer to Lars and the Real Girl.
What films will you find on this list of the best quirky romance flicks? Fans of unconventional storytelling made Michel Gondry's 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind an unlikely hit. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet shine as a couple reuniting after an attempt at erasing the past. Lost In Translation, written and directed by Sofia Coppola, is another enjoyable quirky romances. Perhaps the original film of the genre is the unconventional romance film Harold and Maude. Other popular movies featured on this quirky romance movie list include Annie Hall, Me and You and Everyone We Know, and Before Sunrise.
Do you have a favorite quirky love story? Give the best movies a thumbs up and share some of your favorite scenes in the comments section.
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- 1Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest
- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Tim Burton
A scientist (Vincent Price) builds an animated human being -- the gentle Edward (Johnny Depp). The scientist dies before he can finish assembling Edward, though, leaving the young man with a freakish ...more - 2Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Michel Gondry
After a painful breakup, Clementine (Kate Winslet) undergoes a procedure to erase memories of her former boyfriend Joel (Jim Carrey) from her mind. When Joel discovers that Clementine is going to ...more - 3Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Jonathan Levine
A terrible plague has left the planet's population divided between zombies and humans. An unusual zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) sees his walking-dead brethren attacking a living woman named Julie ...more - 4Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Tim Burton
When Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) becomes ill, his son, William (Billy Crudup), travels to be with him. William has a strained relationship with Edward because his father has always told exaggerated ...more - 5Audrey Tautou, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It ...more - 6Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack
- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Hal Ashby
Cult classic pairs Cort as a dead-pan disillusioned 20-year-old obsessed with suicide and a loveable Gordon as a fun-loving 80-year-old eccentric. They meet at a funeral, and develop a taboo romantic ...more - 7Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Marc Webb
Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days ...more - 8Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Jason Reitman
When precocious teen Juno MacGuff becomes pregnant, she chooses a failed rock star and his wife to adopt her unborn child. Complications occur when Mark, the prospective father, begins viewing Juno ...more - 9James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Steven Shainberg
Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a young woman with a history of severe emotional problems, is released into the care of her overbearing parents following a stay at a mental institution. She finds ...more - 10Ryan Gosling, Paul Schneider, Emily Mortimer
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Craig Gillespie
Extremely shy Lars (Ryan Gosling) finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer) worry about him, so when he announces that he has a ...more - 11Kat Dennings, Michael Cera, Mimi Imfurst
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Peter Sollett
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the ...more - 12Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn
- Directed by: Kasra Farahani
The Age of Adaline is a 2015 American romance fantasy film about a woman (Blake Lively) who stops aging after an accident at the age of 29. It was directed by Lee Toland Krieger and written by J. ...more - 13Bruce Willis, Ed Norton, Bill Murray
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Wes Anderson
The year is 1965, and the residents of New Penzance, an island off the coast of New England, inhabit a community that seems untouched by some of the bad things going on in the rest of the world. ...more - 14Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Sofia Coppola
A lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is ...more - 15Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Young author Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano), once a literary darling, is having trouble composing his next novel. Following a therapist's advice, Calvin pulls out an old manual typewriter and creates ...more - 16Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes forever when she discovers the lab's classified ...more - 17Gerald Anderson, Arci Muñoz, Carlo Aquino
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Dan Villegas
Two brokenhearted people give love advice to each other. - 18Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
- Released: 1940
- Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) and Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) are employees at Matuschek and Company, a general store in Budapest. Klara and Alfred are constantly at odds with each other, butting ...more - 19Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Erni Mangold
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Richard Linklater
On his way to Vienna, American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) meets Celine (Julie Delpy), a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces ...more - 20Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
- Released: 1951
- Directed by: John Huston
After religious spinster's (Katharine Hepburn) missionary brother is killed in WWI Africa, dissolute steamer captain (Humphrey Bogart) offers her safe passage. She's not satisfied so she persuades ...more - 21Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Richard Ayoade
Oliver (Craig Roberts) is a Welsh teen who has some things on his mind. First is losing his virginity before his 16th birthday. He sets out to woo his feisty classmate Jordana (Yasmin Paige). Then ...more - 22Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and ...more - 23Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Michael Dowse
A medical-school dropout (Daniel Radcliffe) tries to hide his attraction to his new friend (Zoe Kazan), a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend. - 24Zsa Zsa Gábor, José Ferrer, Peter Cushing
- Released: 1952
- Directed by: John Huston
Moulin Rouge is a 1952 British drama film directed by John Huston, produced by John and James Woolf for their Romulus Films company and released by United Artists. The film is set in Paris in the ...more - 25Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
When Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy living with his mother in suburban Sweden, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli (Lina Leandersson), they strike up a ...more
