Best movies — romance on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

2011 · Mark Mylod

freshly single and recently let go from her marketing career, she feels rudderless. After reading a startling magazine piece that alleges 96% of women who’ve had twenty or more partners will never marry, she decides to challenge the claim. Determined to change her fate, Ally launches a bold campaign to revisit her past relationships, reconnecting with former lovers in search of a life partner — and along the way confronting old mistakes, unexpected chemistry, and what marriage truly means to her.

With Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Blythe Danner, Ed Begley Jr., Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Heather Burns

2004 · Michel Gondry

When Joel learns that his girlfriend has had him surgically removed from her memory, he decides to submit to the same erasure. As their history blurs and the images of her slip away, an unexpected, stubborn love remains—and with each vanished scene he confronts the terrifying possibility that it may already be too late to undo what he's done.

With Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson and Jane Adams

2011 · Andrew Lau

Fang Zhen Dong, a night patrol officer in Beijing, crosses paths one evening with Li Pei Ru, a Hong Kong real-estate agent who, flushed and tipsy after a karaoke session at a KTV, stumbles into his watchful presence. Ambitious and intent on carving out a fortune in the sprawling, cosmopolitan capital, Li finds her plans complicated by the city's moral and emotional entanglements and becomes involved in a secret relationship with a married man. As their lives collide, both are forced to face the costs of desire, compromise and survival in a place that promises opportunity but exacts a price.

With Liu Ye, Anthony Wong, Shu Qi, Liang Tian, Feng Danying, Sa Rina and Zhang Songwen

2001 · John Stockwell

A struggling Latino student at Pacific Palisades High falls deeply for a troubled girl from the nearby affluent neighborhood, pulling him into a world of wealth and turmoil that challenges both their limits.

With Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison, Herman Osorio, Miguel Castro, Tommy De La Cruz and Rolando Molina

2010 · Robert Luketic

Wounded in a double-cross by her merciless boss Bill and colleagues from their close-knit circle of killers, a professional operative survives and secretly prepares a meticulous plan to take them down.

With Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O'Hara, Katheryn Winnick, Kevin Sussman and Lisa Ann Walter

2004 · Richard Linklater

Nearly a decade on, Jesse tours Europe reading aloud from a memoir about the one unforgettable night he once spent with Celine in Vienna. After a Paris performance she seeks him out, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse must rush to catch a flight. Though both are now involved with other people — and Jesse is a father — old feelings begin to resurface, and they admit to craving something more than the lives they’ve settled into.

With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès, Rodolphe Pauly, Mariane Plasteig and Diabolo

2000 · Edward Norton

Gerry Conlon, a petty thief from Belfast, is wrongfully convicted of an IRA bombing in London; imprisoned alongside his father and friends, he endures fifteen years behind bars fighting to clear his name.

With Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman, Anne Bancroft, Eli Wallach, Ron Rifkin and Miloš Forman

2005 · Ron Howard

Former boxer Jim Braddock, forced into retirement during the 1930s, stages an unlikely comeback in the ring to battle his way out of hardship and lift his family from poverty.

With Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill and David Huband

2008 · Stephan Elliott

A young Englishman brings his glamorous American bride home to meet his parents, and her bold, modern charm upends their prim, old‑fashioned reserve.

With Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson and Kris Marshall

2008 · David Fincher

Arriving into the world under strange circumstances—as an elderly infant in a New Orleans nursing home—Benjamin Button begins life aging backward. When he is twelve, he meets Daisy, a youngster who drifts in and out of his life as she grows into a professional dancer. Though his years are filled with many extraordinary episodes, it is his bond with Daisy and the hope that their timelines will one day align that sustains him.

With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Mahershala Ali and Jared Harris

1990 · Tim Burton

A stranded, unfinished laboratory creation called Edward appears in a quiet suburban neighborhood, upending everyday life as residents grapple with the unexpected consequences of a runaway experiment.

With Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Alan Arkin, Anthony Michael Hall, Vincent Price and Kathy Baker

2014 · James Marsh

An intimate biographical drama that traces the rise of celebrated theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and the profound relationship he develops with Jane Wilde after they meet as students at Cambridge.

With Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, David Thewlis and Maxine Peake

2005 · Ang Lee

Against the wide, conservative plains of 1960s Wyoming, two men forge a deep romantic and physical bond that endures for decades. As each marries and becomes a father, their secret connection tests loyalties, upends expectations, and reshapes the families they try to uphold.

With Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini and Anna Faris

1998 · Daisy von Scherler Mayer

sharp-minded, elegant, and dryly witty. Men are drawn to her effortlessly, yet no one ever stays. Then she encounters Tim, a paralegal who is everything she isn’t—steady, earnest, and unassuming—and on paper they shouldn’t connect. But when a string of bizarre, anxiety-inducing mishaps unfolds during their very first date, an unexpected bond begins to form between them.

With Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Duane Martin, Michael Ralph, Darrel Heath, Dave Chappelle and Paula Jai Parker

1960 · Billy Wilder

A junior clerk at a sprawling New York insurance firm finds a fast route up the corporate ladder by renting out his apartment to senior executives for secret trysts. He spends his evenings clearing up after their rendezvous and covering their indiscretions, until one night leaves him confronted with a crisis that could unravel the bargains he's been making.

With Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis and Hope Holiday

2006 · Peyton Reed

Five very different high school students—John the rebel, Claire the popular girl, Allison the outsider, Brian the scholar and Andrew the athlete—are stuck together for a Saturday detention under a domineering administrator. As the hours pass, each of them opens up about their lives, revealing vulnerabilities and stories that force the others to rethink the labels they’ve been given. By the time detention ends, their relationships have shifted and they’re left wondering if anything at school will ever be the same.

With Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams, Ann-Margret, Jason Bateman, Judy Davis and Vincent D'Onofrio

2024 · Peter Sullivan

Determined to rescue her parents' struggling family nightclub in her hometown, a Broadway dancer mounts a Christmas-themed, all-male revue — and unexpectedly falls for a charismatic performer whose moves steal the show and her heart.

With Britt Robertson, Chad Michael Murray, Marla Sokoloff, Maxwell Caulfield, Colt Prattes, Hector David Jr. and Marc Anthony Samuel

2018 · Greg Berlanti

Seventeen-year-old Simon is juggling a normal teenage life while keeping a major secret: he hasn't come out to his family or friends. When he develops a deep online connection with an anonymous classmate, the mystery of their identity forces him to confront both the fear of being open about who he is and the possibility of a real, complicated romance.

With Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller and Keiynan Lonsdale

2010 · Lasse Hallström

A struggling puppeteer, Craig, discovers a strange doorway that opens into the mind and body of actor John Malkovich. What begins as a surreal oddity quickly becomes an addictive craze as visitors take turns inhabiting Malkovich’s consciousness, savoring the intoxicating thrill and moral peril of living inside another person.

With Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, D.J. Cotrona, Cullen Moss and Gavin McCulley

1989 · Rob Reiner

Convinced that attraction inevitably ruins friendships between men and women, Harry approaches relationships with skepticism. When he meets Sally, a close and unexpected bond forms, and he fights to protect their friendship despite his growing feelings. After one impulsive night leads to an awkward, truth-revealing morning, they must decide whether to preserve the safe familiarity of being friends or acknowledge that they may actually be perfect for each other.

With Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford, Lisa Jane Persky and Michelle Nicastro