10 Romantic Movies That Are As Good As 'Titanic'

It’s fitting that Titanic feels as large in scope as its title suggests: a sweeping disaster picture that doubles as a potent romance and remains resonant decades on. The films below don’t all match its scale or disaster elements, but each leans heavily on love, and several reach similar emotional heights.

The list begins with The Apartment (1960), a crowd-pleasing drama that won Best Picture while balancing dark comedy and sincere heart. Chungking Express (1994) offers an arthouse take on loneliness and love in two abrupt but thematically linked halves. Brief Encounter (1945) is a gentle yet devastating tearjerker about two married people whose friendship deepens into something more.

Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden (2016) blends romance, thriller and eroticism against a 1930s Korean backdrop, turning a pulpy premise into something elevated. Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally (1989) follows two people who move from dislike to friendship and then to questions about a deeper relationship, executed with classic rom‑com polish.

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