The greatest love stories in American film (AFI)
The top 3 according to 116 votes from people: Casablanca (1942) · Gone with the Wind (1939) · West Side Story (1961). (Updated Feb 16, 2020.)
The top of AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions (2002), the greatest love stories of American cinema.
Top 12
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1
Casablanca (1942)
Number one: Rick, Ilsa and «we'll always have Paris».
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2
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.
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3
West Side Story (1961)
Romeo and Juliet in New York, with Bernstein's music.
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4
The Way We Were (1973)
Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford.
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5
Roman Holiday (1953)
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck on a Vespa in Rome.
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6
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
George and Mary Bailey.
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7
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr and the Empire State Building.
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8
Love Story (1970)
The film that made half the world cry in 1970.
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9
City Lights (1931)
Chaplin's tramp and the blind flower girl.
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10
My Fair Lady (1964)
Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle.
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11
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
David Lean's epic romance in revolutionary Russia.
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12
Annie Hall (1977)
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
Casablanca at #1, no surprise and no complaints.