01 Reunites Pretty Woman's leads for a lighter, breezier second round.
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Titanic became the highest-grossing film ever made largely on the strength of its central romance, while Before Sunrise proved the whole genre could work with just two people talking for ninety minutes.
01 Reunites Pretty Woman's leads for a lighter, breezier second round.
02 A 90s teen classic that somehow never stops working.
03 A rom-com where the lead doesn't actually get the guy, and it's better for it.
04 A supernatural romance built on grief as much as love.
05 Adam Sandler at his most purely charming, wrapped in 80s nostalgia.
06 You had me at hello, and the rest of the movie earns that line.
07 The British rom-com template that Hugh Grant spent a career perfecting.
08 A gentle, low-stakes premise carried entirely by Sandra Bullock's charm.
09 Long-distance longing built almost entirely on voices, not scenes together.
10 The rom-com that made Julia Roberts a global star overnight.
11 Email-era romance that somehow still holds up two decades later.
12 A movie star and a bookshop owner, in the most low-key premise possible.
13 Two strangers, one night in Vienna, and almost nothing but conversation.
14 A tragedy that still works as a sweeping romance after dozens of rewatches.