Best 1980s Romance Movies

Looking for the best 1980s Romance movies? These are the 36 highest-rated 1980s Romance titles in our catalogue, led by Cinema Paradiso, The Princess Bride and The Big Blue. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Cinema Paradiso (1988)

★ 8.4/10

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
2. The Princess Bride (1987)

★ 7.7/10

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of…
3. The Big Blue (1988)

★ 7.5/10

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving…
4. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

★ 7.4/10

Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let…
5. Abbas in Flower (1982)

★ 7.3/10

While working as an assistant to swindling driver Şakir, ingenuous Abbas falls for the same woman his boss loves.
6. Pushpaka Vimana (1987)

★ 7.3/10

An unemployed man, who dreams of living it large, finds a rich man drunk and lying in the sewer. Things take a turn when he imprisons him and takes his identity to get a taste of his lifestyle.
7. Big (1988)

★ 7.2/10

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside…
8. The Lost Boys (1987)

★ 7.1/10

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
9. Ariel (1988)

★ 7.1/10

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
10. Chandni (1989)

★ 7.0/10

Fate leaves Chandni shattered as her love Rohit disappears from her life. She meets Lalit and they befriend each other until Rohit knocks on her door.
11. Shanghai Blues (1984)

★ 7.0/10

In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet-cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years later, the soldier, now a burgeoning songwriter and tuba-player in a…
12. The Wind of Ayahuasca (1983)

★ 7.0/10

A love story of a sociologist and a girl from country in the magic-religious context of Amazon.
13. Coming to America (1988)

★ 6.9/10

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds…
14. Assa (1987)

★ 6.8/10

ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
15. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)

★ 6.8/10

Both Dhanraj Singh and Randhir Singh are two bitter and old time enemies. They faced a disastrous situation when their children, Raj and Rashmi fall deeply in love. They openly declare their hatred for one another and…
16. Leyla and Mecnun (1983)

★ 6.7/10

A fortune-teller reveals the Sultan that his daughter will get married to somebody poor, born on the same day with her. So, the Sultan gets all the baby boys born on the same day are killed and only Kadir is saved…
17. The Laughing Man (1989)

★ 6.7/10

Yusuf Şaplak is a seemingly ordinary man who has a condition where he can't stop laughing. An idealist young doctor decides to cure him.
18. Working Girl (1988)

★ 6.6/10

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.
19. Mack the Knife (1989)

★ 6.6/10

In 19th century London, a young girl falls for a womanizing criminal and they decide to wed. Her family strongly disapproves so her father, 'the king of thieves', gets the gangster arrested.
20. Saagar (1985)

★ 6.6/10

Raja, a fisherman is secretly in love with Mona. When wealthy Ravi comes to live with his grandmother, Kamladevi, he sees Mona and falls in love with her. Mona also reciprocates his love. Raja is devastated by this…
21. Lianna (1983)

★ 6.5/10

Lianna's life is a succession of domestic errands and boring faculty parties, however her heaviest cross to bear is dealing with her waning marriage to Dick. In order to find intellectual stimulus, Lianna takes a…
22. Six Swedish Girls in Alps (1983)

★ 6.5/10

This comedy has everyone's favorite 6 Swedish gals enjoying their stay in the alps. When the girls aren't enjoying the pleasure of their own company they're out having a good time with nearly everyone else in town.
23. Cocktail (1988)

★ 6.1/10

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his…
24. Maria's Lovers (1984)

★ 6.1/10

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
25. Şabaniye (1984)

★ 6.0/10

A poet, who works as a waiter to make ends meet, postures as a female singer to end a blood feud between two families.
26. Choose Me (1984)

★ 6.0/10

Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
27. George and Rosemary (1987)

★ 6.0/10

A shy old man works up the gumption to meet a woman on whom he has a crush.
28. Parent Trap III (1989)

★ 5.9/10

When Jeff plans to marry again, his triplet daughters Megan, Lisa and Jessie try to bring him together with Susan.
29. Lovesick (1983)

★ 5.7/10

Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.
30. The Mirror (1984)

★ 5.4/10

Zelihan and Necmettin, a young couple, live in a small village in the service of an agha. They share their poor "one-eye" room with the agha's ox. In this environment of poverty and loneliness, the agha's brother is…
31. Champagne Charlie (1989)

★ 5.3/10

This is the story of the Charles Heidsieck who opened the market for Champagne sales in America just prior to the American Civil War. He is a reluctant French spy and is captured and spends time in a Union prison…
32. 36 Fillette (1988)

★ 5.0/10

A 14-year-old pursues romance with a man while vacationing with her family in Switzerland.
33. Tears in the Rain (1988)

★ 4.9/10

When Casey Cantrell's mother died, her last wish was that her daughter would give a letter to Lord Richard Bredon, living in the UK. When Casey arrives in London, Lord Bredon denies ever having known her mother.
34. Last Summer in Tangiers (1987)

★ 4.1/10

In 1956, with the independence of Morocco, the Fedala conference in Tangier is set in a city of turmoil.
35. Psycho Woman (1988)

★ 3.5/10

Ahmet is a young, handsome, and successful lawyer. He lives a happy married life with his beautiful wife Nevin and their young daughter. Ahmet has taken Tülay, a journalist who wrote false reports about his client, to…
36. Night of Horror (1989)

★ 0.0/10

The police question Cemile, a young girl who was taken to the hospital with injuries and found to have alcohol and drugs in her blood, as well as evidence of rape, but they do not believe her. There is insufficient…