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Defining Genre
Peak 2010s

THE ROMANCE

TWO PEOPLE, ONE FRAME
The oldest brief in the form. Where every lighting choice asks whether they'll kiss and every cut decides the answer.
Peak 2010s
16,475
Films Catalogued
65.9
Avg Master Score
6.3
Avg IMDb
2010s
Peak Decade
TERRY INGRAM
Top Director
Of which 381 earned Oscar nominations or wins
The Defining Three

ESSENTIAL VIEWING

Top-ranked by master score. If you only saw three films from this decade, these are the three.

No.01
MS93.9
MAKOTO SHINKAI|2016
YOUR NAME.

“Separated by distance, connected by fate.”

No.02
MS93.8
VICTOR FLEMING|1939
GONE WITH THE WIND

“The greatest romance of all time!”

No.03
MS93.1
ELIA KAZAN|1954
ON THE WATERFRONT

“The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!”

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Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
93.9
02
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Victor Fleming · 10 Oscars
93.8
03
On the Waterfront
1954 · Elia Kazan · 8 Oscars
93.1
04
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Yimou Zhang
92.7
05
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
2025 · Tatsuya Yoshihara
92.5
06
The Best of Youth
2003 · Marco Tullio Giordana
92.4
07
Slumdog Millionaire
2008 · Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan · 8 Oscars
92.4
08
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · William Wyler · 8 Oscars
92.2
09
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
92.1
10
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995 · Aditya Chopra
92.0
11
Children of Paradise
1945 · Marcel Carné
91.9
12
Notorious
1946 · Alfred Hitchcock
91.7
13
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Safety Last!
1923 · Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
91.6
14
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Sherlock Jr.
1924 · Buster Keaton
91.6
15
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The Big Parade
1925 · King Vidor, George W. Hill
91.3
16
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
91.3
17
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011 · Zoya Akhtar
91.3
18
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Ernst Lubitsch
91.1
19
Forrest Gump
1994 · Robert Zemeckis · 6 Oscars
91.0
20
Better Days
2019 · Derek Tsang
90.9
21
96
2018 · C. Prem Kumar
90.9
22
A Dog's Will
2000 · Guel Arraes
90.8
23
A Woman Under the Influence
1974 · John Cassavetes
90.8
24
A Special Day
1977 · Ettore Scola
90.8
25
It Happened One Night
1934 · Frank Capra · 5 Oscars
90.6
26
The Sound of Music
1965 · Robert Wise · 5 Oscars
90.6
27
The Big Sick
2017 · Michael Showalter
90.5
28
The Apartment
1960 · Billy Wilder · 5 Oscars
90.4
29
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-Wai
90.4
30
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The Cameraman
1928 · Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton
90.3
31
Sairat
2016 · Nagraj Manjule
90.2
32
Cinderella
1950 · Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
90.1
33
Happy Together
1997 · Wong Kar-Wai
90.0
34
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016 · Naoko Yamada
90.0
35
The Wrestler
2008 · Darren Aronofsky
90.0
36
His Girl Friday
1940 · Howard Hawks
89.9
37
Weathering with You
2019 · Makoto Shinkai
89.9
38
3-Iron
2004 · Kim Ki-duk
89.9
39
The Fault in Our Stars
2014 · Josh Boone
89.8
40
Early Summer
1951 · Yasujirô Ozu
89.8
41
Badlands
1973 · Terrence Malick
89.8
42
Casablanca
1942 · Michael Curtiz · 3 Oscars
89.8
43
Cabaret
1972 · Bob Fosse · 8 Oscars
89.8
44
What's Up, Doc?
1972 · Peter Bogdanovich
89.7
45
Before Sunset
2004 · Richard Linklater
89.7
46
La La Land
2016 · Damien Chazelle · 6 Oscars
89.7
47
Head-On
2004 · Fatih Akin
89.6
48
Premalu
2024 · Girish A.D.
89.6
49
Lage Raho Munna Bhai
2006 · Rajkumar Hirani
89.6
50
Brief Encounter
1945 · David Lean
89.5
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