Romance

A list of all the best Romance movies ever made, many of which are streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime. Find all of your favorite romance movies and more at the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-romance-movies-on-amazon-prime/ranker-film">Best Romance Movies on Amazon Prime</a>,&nbsp;the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-drama-films-on-netflix-instant/polkadotking">Best Drama Films on Netflix Instant</a>, and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-romance-drama-movies/ranker-film" target="_blank">best romantic drama movies</a>.&nbsp;

This Romance movie list can be sorted by cast, year, director, and more. This list of Romance films also contains Romance movie titles that can be clicked on for more information about the film. This Romance films list can also be copied to start your own.&nbsp;

Romance Film movies have been directed by some pretty famous names, including <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/movies-and-films-directed-by-clint-eastwood/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">Clint Eastwood</a> and Angelina Jolie.

Romance Movies and Films

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Children of Paradise

Les Enfants du Paradis, released as Children of Paradise in North America, is a 1945 French film directed by Marcel Carné. It was made during the German occupation of France during World War II. Set among the Parisian theatre scene of the 1820s and 30s, it tells the story of a beautiful courtesan, Garance, and the four men who love her in their own ways: a mime artist, an actor, a criminal and an aristocrat.
A three-hour film in two parts, it was described in the original American trailer as the French answer to Gone With the Wind, an opinion shared by the critic David Shipman. The leading nouvelle vague director François Truffaut once said: "'I would give up all my films to have directed Children of Paradise'". The film was voted "Best Film Ever" in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in 1995. This film was the subject of a documentary ‘’A film and its era : children of paradise, by Marcel Carné’’ directed in 2009 by Serge July, Marie Genin et Julie Bonan.

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Artistic cinematography, romantic stories, and creative directing have made French films a favorite all over the world. The <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-french-action-movies/ranker-film">best French movies</a> ever made feature characters seeking adventure and falling in love. This is a list of the top French masterpieces including everything from The City of Lost Children to The 400 Blows to Blue is the Warmest Color.

What other classics will you find on this list of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-french-comedy-movies/ranker-film">greatest French movies</a> of all time? The offbeat romance&nbsp;Am&eacute;lie&nbsp;won over audiences with its story of a quirky young lady who finds love in the most unexpected of places. It was nominated for a total of five Academy Awards in 2001. Jules and Jim is another beloved French film. In 2011, the French&nbsp;silent film&nbsp;The Artist&nbsp;made an international splash and took home the Oscar for best picture. Other good movies featured on this best French films list include The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Grand Illusion, and The Intouchables.

Do you have a favorite film from France? Give the best movies a thumbs up and add some of them to your queue with our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-french-language-movies-on-netflix/ranker-streaming" target="_blank">best French movies on Netflix</a>.

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Best French Movies That Are Absolute Masterpieces

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Look: There are hundred of thousands of movies out there for you to watch. All we're saying is that these are the ones you should put at the top of your list.

Greatest and Favorite Movies

Hollywood movies typically run about 1.5 to 2 hours. The patented three act structure unfolds onscreen and the credits roll before backs begin to ache and minds begin to wonder. But sometimes two hours is not enough and this list has them all. These are the best movies that are super long. All the films on this list run at least 2 hours and 20 minutes. Most of them are even longer than that and some of them are twice as long as the average movie. Why would a filmmaker keep someone glued to the screen for over three hours with a really long movie? Not every great movie is packaged with a simple beginning, middle, and an end. Epic stories need to percolate and their characters need more room to develop. Imagine The Godfather without the legendary opening wedding scene. That sequence alone lasts over thirty minutes, and it has very little to do with moving the story forward. Instead, it’s basically thirty minutes of director Francis Ford Coppola introducing the audience to the Corleone family. Several films on this list run over three hours. Think that’s too long? Check out their Rotten Tomatoes scores - every single one of them received an outstanding rating. When a person sees Schindler’s List or Lawrence of Arabia for the first time, they do not walk away from the experience worried that they’ve spent too long looking at a movie screen. Sure, some movies with long running times could afford a clip or two in the editing room. But you won’t find any of those movies on this list. These good films warrant and demand your full attention, no matter how long they are. Be sure to upvote for your favorite long movies to watch, those with an epic runtime.

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The Best Movies That Are Super Long

Long Movies | List of the Longest Films & Run Times

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World Cinema

Hollywood may be the epicenter of the movie business, but many of the best films released each year hail from all over the world. The top world cinema movies feature classic stories of love, loss, and overcoming adversity. This is a list of the greatest and most famous foreign films, including everything from Life Is Beautiful to City of God to Let the Right One In.

What foreign&nbsp;films will you find on this list of the best movies in other languages?&nbsp;Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon combines&nbsp;mind-bending effects, beautiful cinematography, and dynamic story-telling in an entertaining, Oscar-winning package. Ang Lee directed the all-star cast, which included Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Aiyi. Jules and Jim is another fantastic non-English movie beloved by world cinema fans. The 2011 French film The Artist emulated the style of classic silent films, much to the delight of modern audiences. Other good foreign language movies featured on this list include Battle Royale, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbor Totoro.

Do you have a favorite foreign film? Give the best movies a thumbs up to move them to the top of the list, and please add any great features that are missing.

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The Greatest Movies in World Cinema History

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As anyone in Hollywood will tell you, a character should become a better or worse version of his or herself over the course of a film. This primarily satisfying story pattern has kept audiences coming back year after year, no matter how clich&eacute; it becomes. If&nbsp;you&#39;re an astute cinephile, you&#39;ve surely noticed countless movies where the hero doesn&#39;t grow - they have no arc. And maybe you&#39;ve also noticed that a lot of films where the hero stays the same are made by great filmmakers.&nbsp;

So what gives? Are good movies with no character development (at least not on the part of the protagonist) an aberration? Is there something wrong with static film heroes, or are these characters drawn by filmmakers skilled enough to disregard rules and still come away with a fantastic product? What is a hero, really? Is the protagonist of every&nbsp;film <a href="/list/movie-heroes-who-are-actually-villains/anncasano" target="_blank">necessarily heroic</a>?&nbsp;

Great Movies Where The Hero Doesn't Change Or Grow At All

24 Great Movies Where The Hero Doesn't Change Or Grow At All

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Lists that rank the top movies to grace the silver screen between 1940 and 1949.

Films of the 1940s

40s Movies

List of the best movies of 1940, with movie trailers when available. These top movies of 1940 are listed by popularity, so the movies with the most votes are at the top. This list consists of all different movie genres - from the dramatic adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath to romantic comedy The Shop Around the Corner - but each film was released in 1940. You can filter this list of films that came out in 1940 for various bits of information, such as <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-films-directed-by-famous-actors/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">who directed the movie</a> and what genre it is. Think the best 1940 movie isn't as high as it should be? Vote up your favorite so it will rise to the top.Movies on this list include Fantasia and The Philadelphia Story.This list answers the questions, &quot;What are the best movies from 1940?&quot; and &quot;What are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most popular movies</a> of 1940?&quot;1940 was a great year for movies, since a lot of classic films were released in 1940. This is a crowd sourced list that has been voted on by many people, so these top films of 1940 aren't just one persons opinion.

The Best Movies of 1940

Best Movies of 1940 | Top Films Released in 1940

List of the best movies of 1945, with movie trailers when available. 1945 was a historic year in film, as Son of Lassie became the first movie to ever be filmed in Technicolor. These top movies of 1945 are listed by popularity, so the movies with the most votes are at the top. This list consists of all different movie genres, but each film was released in 1945. You can filter this list of films that came out in 1945 for various bits of information, such as <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-films-directed-by-famous-actors/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">who directed the movie</a> and what genre it is. Think the best 1945 movie isn't as high as it should be? Vote up your favorite so it will rise to the top. The list you're viewing is made up of movies like Mildred Pierce and Spellbound.This list answers the questions, &quot;What are the best movies from 1945?&quot; and &quot;What are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most popular movies</a> of 1945?&quot;1945 was a great year for movies, since a lot of classic films were released in 1945. This is a crowd sourced list that has been voted on by many people, so these top films of 1945 aren't just one persons opinion.

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The Best Movies of 1945

Best Movies of 1945 | Top Films Released in 1945

Outside cinephiles and film students, most American movie-goers do not watch foreign films. It’s just a fact of cinema life. Even the<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-oscar-winning-foreign-films/ranker-film"> most acclaimed international films</a> and directors are often ignored stateside. Here are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-foreign-films-2020/grayson-titan?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best foreign films</a> Americans missed.These are the best movies not in English, so we can automatically exclude most of the films out of Great Britain and Australia (even if you need subtitles for Trainspotting, it's in English). The main reasons most Americans missed these movies are fairly obvious. The first hurdle these esteemed films cannot clear is subtitles. Once a typical American movie-goer hears the word “subtitle,” they’ve already decided to put on another installment of Fast and Furious.The second reason why these are movies Americans missed is because several explore deep themes, and &nbsp;do not follow traditional Hollywood narrative patterns, which&nbsp;end&nbsp;with a beautiful bow and a pat, happy note. Foreign films are often character studies, and refuse to conform to generic plot points. They are from very different narrative traditions than that of Hollywood,&nbsp;and ask the&nbsp;audience to consider&nbsp;profound questions. Pictures&nbsp;like A Separation, Bicycle Thieves, and City of God are difficult&nbsp;to watch because they are rooted in reality. Whereas most American movies&nbsp;are made to entertain, these films often focus on serious problems&nbsp;like poverty and crime, or consider troubling philosophical questions.Don’t be put off by subtitles and heavy themes. There’s a time for light-hearted entertainment,&nbsp;but&nbsp;don’t forget about these best movies in foreign languages the next time you’re looking for a great film to watch.

Children of Paradise

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