Best romance biopics - Charts

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Sydney Pollack

Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford

USA / Germany, Drama / Music

Directed by: James Mangold

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon

France, Biography / Historical

Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet

France, Comedy / Drama

Directed by: Yves Robert

Cast: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel

Germany / UK, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Marcus H. Rosenmüller

Cast: David Kross, Freya Mavor

UK / USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian

Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

Italy / USA, Romance / War

Directed by: Anthony Mann

Cast: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren

UK, Biography / Romance

Directed by: James Marsh

Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones

Ireland / Canada, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Aisling Walsh

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins

UK, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Trevor Nunn

Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes

Russia / France, Biography / Music

Directed by: Kirill Serebrennikov

Cast: Yoo Teo, Irina Starshenbaum

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Graeme Clifford

Cast: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Anthony Mann

Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson

UK / Hungary, Drama / Historical

Directed by: David Michôd

Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton

UK, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Richard Attenborough

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger

Japan, Animation / War

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki

Cast: Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Marshall Herskovitz

Cast: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell

Australia / USA, Comedy / Drama

Directed by: Kriv Stenders

Cast: Josh Lucas, Koko

UK, Drama / Music

Directed by: John Huston

Cast: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: William Wyler

Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif

Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel

Cast: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen

UK, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Shekhar Kapur

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush

France / Germany, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Patrice Chéreau

Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil

UK / France, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Agnieszka Holland

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis

France, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Bruno Nuytten

Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu

China / France, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Sijie Dai

Cast: Xun Zhou, Ye Liu

India, Romance / Historical

Directed by: Ashutosh Gowariker

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

UK / USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: David Hugh Jones

Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins

Spain, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar

Cast: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella

France, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Alain Corneau

Cast: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu

USA, Drama / Sports

Directed by: Steve James

Cast: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey

UK / Germany, Romance / Drama

Directed by: Philip Kaufman

Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet

UK / Belgium, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander

Italy / USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Federico Fellini

Cast: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont

UK / USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Michael Apted

Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Gambon

France, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Daniel Vigne

Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian

Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Henry Koster

Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Josef von Sternberg

Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge

USA, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Michael Hoffman

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Sam Wood

Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson

USA / Japan, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Michael Mann

Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale

France, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Eric Barbier

Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pierre Niney

UK, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Andy Serkis

Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy

France / UK, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast: Jane March, Tony Leung

South Korea, Historical / Biography

Directed by: Jin-ho Heo

Cast: Ye-jin Son, Hae-il Park

France / Italy, Comedy / Drama

Directed by: Michael Radford

Cast: Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi

New Zealand / Germany, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet

UK / Italy, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Saul Dibb

Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: W. S. Van Dyke

Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon

UK / Luxembourg, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Peter Webber

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth

USA, Drama / Mystery

Directed by: Steven Shainberg

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr.

UK / USA, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée

Cast: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend

UK / USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Richard Eyre

Cast: Judi Dench, Kate Winslet

Germany / Russia, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Michael Hoffman

Cast: James McAvoy, Helen Mirren

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Cast: James Franco, Jon Hamm

Italy / France, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Roberto Faenza

Cast: Iain Glen, Emilia Fox

Russia / Ukraine, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Сергей Мокрицкий

Cast: Yulia Peresild, Evgeniy Tsyganov

France / UK, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Luc Besson

Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis

USA, Musical / Drama

Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard

Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy

Australia / UK, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Jonathan Teplitzky

Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman

Brazil, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Bruno Barreto

Cast: Glória Pires, Miranda Otto

Sweden / Denmark, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Bille August

Cast: Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August

UK, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Justin Chadwick

Cast: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson

UK / USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Bernard Rose

Cast: Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé

Italy / France, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli

Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons

USA, Drama / Music

Directed by: Charles Vidor

Cast: Doris Day, James Cagney

USA, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Peter Sollett

Cast: Julianne Moore, Elliot Page

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Warren Beatty

Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Dan Ireland

Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Renée Zellweger

USA, Drama / Musical

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie

India, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Mani Ratnam

Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan

UK / Ireland, Drama / Romance

Directed by: John Madden

Cast: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly

Italy / Portugal, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Vicente Aranda

Cast: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Herbert Ross

Cast: Alan Bates, George de la Peña

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Cast: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn

Finland / Sweden, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Juho Kuosmanen

Cast: Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola

Australia, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Neil Armfield

Cast: Ryan Corr, Craig Stott

UK / Australia, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Jane Campion

Cast: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish

Hong Kong, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Stanley Kwan

Cast: Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau

Belgium / France, Romance / Drama

Directed by: Stefan Liberski

Cast: Pauline Etienne, Taichi Inoue

USA / UK, Drama / Adventure

Directed by: Terrence Malick

Cast: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher

UK / Spain, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Paul Morrison

Cast: Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson

UK / France, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Christopher Hampton

Cast: Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce

Mexico / Netherlands, Romance / Biography

Directed by: Peter Greenaway

Cast: Elmer Bäck, Stelio Savante

France / UK, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Roland Joffé

Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman

Spain, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Isabel Coixet

Cast: Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernández

France, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius

Cast: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin

France, Historical / Biography

Directed by: Martin Provost

Cast: Cécile de France, Stacy Martin

India, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Ketan Mehta

Cast: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen

UK / USA, Romance / Drama

Directed by: Julian Jarrold

Cast: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Nora Ephron

Cast: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep

Australia, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Gillian Armstrong

Cast: Judy Davis, Sam Neill

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: James Ivory

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone

UK, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Marek Kanievska

Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth

Netherlands / Hungary, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Károly Makk

Cast: Michael Gambon, Jodhi May

France / West Germany, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Max Ophüls

Cast: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov