Best Hollywood romances of every decade
1930s
10. “My Man Godfrey” (1936)
9. “Ninotchka” (1939)
8. “Wuthering Heights” (1939)
7. “The Awful Truth” (1937)
6. “The Thin Man” (1934)
5. “Top Hat” (1935)
4. “City Lights” (1931)
3. “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)
2. “Gone with the Wind” (1939)
1. “It Happened One Night” (1934)
1940s
10. “Letter from an Unknown Woman” (1948)
9. “Now, Voyager” (1942)
8. “The Lady Eve” (1941)
7. “Adam’s Rib” (1949)
6. “The Palm Beach Story” (1942)
5. “To Have and Have Not” (1944)
4. “The Shop Around the Corner” (1940)
3. “The Philadelphia Story” (1940)
2. “His Girl Friday” (1940)
1. “Casablanca” (1942)
1950s
10. “The Quiet Man” (1952)
9. “Carmen Jones” (1954)
8. “The King and I” (1956)
7. “An Affair to Remember” (1957)
6. “A Place in the Sun” (1951
5. “From Here to Eternity” (1953)
4. “An American in Paris” (1951)
3. “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955)
2. “Roman Holiday” (1953)
1. “Marty” (1955)
1960s
10. “My Fair Lady” (1964)
9. “Charade” (1963)
8. “Funny Girl” (1968)
7. “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” (1967)
6. “Bonnie & Clyde” (1967)
5. “Doctor Zhivago” (1965)
4. “The Sound of Music” (1965)
3. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961)
2. “The Apartment” (1960)
1. “West Side Story” (1961)
1970s
10. “The Great Gatsby” (1974)
9. “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972)
8. “Days of Heaven” (1978)
7. “Coming Home” (1978)
6. “Claudine” (1974)
5. “Rocky” (1976)
4. “The Way We Were” (1974)
3. “Love Story” (1970)
2. “Annie Hall” (1977)
1. “Grease” (1978)
1980s
10. “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982)
9. “Out of Africa” (1985)
8. “Pretty In Pink” (1986)
7. “Moonstruck” (1987)
6. “Witness” (1985)
5. “Tootsie” (1982)
4. “Say Anything” (1989)
3. “Dirty Dancing” (1987)
2. “The Princess Bride” (1987)
1. “When Harry Met Sally” (1989)
1990s
10. “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999)
9. “There’s Something About Mary” (1998)
8. “Love Jones” (1997)
7. “Notting Hill” (1999)
6. “Before Sunrise” (1995)
5. “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993)
4. “Pretty Woman” (1990)
3. “Jerry Maguire” (1996)
2. “Ghost” (1990)
1. “Titanic” (1997)
2000s
10. “Love Actually” (2003)
9. “Hitch” (2005)
8. “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” (2003)
7. “500 Days of Summer” (2009)
6. “50 First Dates” (2004)
5. “Love & Basketball” (2000)
4. “Moulin Rouge!” (2001)
3. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004)
2. “Brokeback Mountain” (2005)
1. “The Notebook” (2004)
2010s
10. “The Shape of Water” (2017)
9. “Crazy Stupid Love” (2011)
8. “Loving” (2016)
7. “Carol” (2015)
6. “Her” (2013)
5. “The Big Sick” (2017)
4. “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012)
3. “A Star is Born” (2018)
2. “La La Land” (2016)
1. “Moonlight” (2016)
WTOP's Jason Fraley salutes movie romances (Part 2)
Jason Fraley
Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.