AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions

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Part of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions is a list of the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 11, 2002, in a CBS television special hosted by Candice Bergen.

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn are tied for the most films in the list, with six each. They co-starred in two of them – Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story. Audrey Hepburn has five movies on the list putting her in second place.

The list

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! Film

! Director

! Year

! Actress

! Actor

1Casablanca{{sort|curtiz|Michael Curtiz}}1942{{sort|bergman|Ingrid Bergman }}{{sort|bogart|Humphrey Bogart}}
2Gone with the Wind{{sort|fleming|Victor Fleming}}1939{{sort|leigh|Vivien Leigh}}{{sort|gable |Clark Gable }}
3West Side Story{{sort|wise|Robert Wise
Jerome Robbins}}
1961{{sort|wood|Natalie Wood}}{{sort|beymer|Richard Beymer}}
4Roman Holiday{{sort|wyler|William Wyler}}1953{{sort|hepburnaud|Audrey Hepburn}}{{sort|peck|Gregory Peck }}
5{{sort|affair|An Affair to Remember}}{{sort|mccarey|Leo McCarey}}1957{{sort|kerr|Deborah Kerr}}{{sort|grant|Cary Grant}}
6{{sort|way|The Way We Were}}{{sort|pollack|Sydney Pollack}}1973{{sort|streisand|Barbra Streisand }}{{sort|redford|Robert Redford }}
7Doctor Zhivago{{sort|lean|David Lean}}1965{{sort|christie|Julie Christie
Geraldine Chaplin}}
{{sort|sharif|Omar Sharif}}
8It's a Wonderful Life{{sort|capra|Frank Capra}}1946{{sort|reed|Donna Reed}}{{sort|stewart|James Stewart}}
9Love Story{{sort|hiller|Arthur Hiller}}1970{{sort|macgraw|Ali MacGraw }}{{sort|o'neal|Ryan O'Neal}}
10City Lights{{sort|chaplin|Charlie Chaplin}}1931{{sort|cherrill|Virginia Cherrill}}{{sort|chaplin|Charlie Chaplin}}
11Annie Hall{{sort|allen|Woody Allen}}1977{{sort|keaton|Diane Keaton}}{{sort|allen|Woody Allen }}
12My Fair Lady{{sort|cukor|George Cukor}}1964{{sort|hepburn |Audrey Hepburn }}{{sort|harrison|Rex Harrison
Jeremy Brett}}
13Out of Africa{{sort|pollack|Sydney Pollack}}1985{{sort|streep|Meryl Streep}}{{sort|redford|Robert Redford }}
14{{sort|african|The African Queen}}{{sort|huston|John Huston}}1951{{sort|hepburnkath|Katharine Hepburn}}{{sort|bogart|Humphrey Bogart}}
15Wuthering Heights{{sort|wyler|William Wyler}}1939{{sort|oberon|Merle Oberon}}{{sort|olivier|Laurence Olivier}}
16Singin' in the Rain{{sort|kelly|Gene Kelly
Stanley Donen}}
1952{{sort|reynolds|Debbie Reynolds}}{{sort|kelly|Gene Kelly}}
17Moonstruck{{sort|jewison|Norman Jewison}}1987Cher{{sort|cage|Nicolas Cage}}
18Vertigo{{sort|hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock}}1958{{sort|novak|Kim Novak}}{{sort|stewart|James Stewart}}
19Ghost{{sort|zucker|Jerry Zucker}}1990{{sort|moore|Demi Moore}}{{sort|swayze|Patrick Swayze}}
20From Here to Eternity{{sort|zinnemann|Fred Zinnemann}}1953{{sort|kerr|Deborah Kerr
Donna Reed}}
{{sort|lancaster|Burt Lancaster
Montgomery Clift}}
21Pretty Woman{{sort|marshall|Garry Marshall}}1990{{sort|roberts|Julia Roberts}}{{sort|gere|Richard Gere}}
22On Golden Pond{{sort|rydell|Mark Rydell}}1981{{sort|hepburnkath|Katharine Hepburn}}{{sort|fonda|Henry Fonda}}
23Now, Voyager{{sort|rapper|Irving Rapper}}1942{{sort|davis|Bette Davis}}{{sort|henreid|Paul Henreid}}
24King Kong{{sort|cooper|Merian C. Cooper
Ernest B. Schoedsack}}
1933{{sort|wray|Fay Wray}}Kong
Bruce Cabot
25When Harry Met Sally...{{sort|reiner|Rob Reiner}}1989{{sort|ryan|Meg Ryan}}{{sort|crystal|Billy Crystal}}
26{{sort|lady|The Lady Eve}}{{sort|sturges|Preston Sturges}}1941{{sort|stanwyck|Barbara Stanwyck}}{{sort|fonda|Henry Fonda}}
27{{sort|sound|The Sound of Music}}{{sort|wise|Robert Wise}}1965{{sort|andrews|Julie Andrews}}{{sort|plummer|Christopher Plummer}}
28{{sort|shop|The Shop Around the Corner}}{{sort|lubitsch|Ernst Lubitsch}}1940{{sort|sullavan|Margaret Sullavan}}{{sort|stewart|James Stewart}}
29{{sort|officer|An Officer and a Gentleman}}{{sort|hackford|Taylor Hackford}}1982{{sort|winger|Debra Winger}}{{sort|gere|Richard Gere}}
30Swing Time{{sort|stevens|George Stevens}}1936{{sort|rogers|Ginger Rogers}}{{sort|astaire|Fred Astaire}}
31{{sort|king|The King and I}}{{sort|lang|Walter Lang}}1956{{sort|kerr|Deborah Kerr}}{{sort|brynner|Yul Brynner}}
32Dark Victory{{sort|goulding|Edmund Goulding}}1939{{sort|davis|Bette Davis}}{{sort|bogart|George Brent}}
33Camille{{sort|cukor|George Cukor}}1936{{sort|garbo|Greta Garbo}}{{sort|taylor|Robert Taylor}}
34Beauty and the Beast{{sort|trousdale|Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise}}
1991{{sort|o'hara|Paige O'Hara}}{{sort|benson|Robby Benson}}
35Gigi{{sort|minnelli|Vincente Minnelli}}1958{{sort|caron|Leslie Caron}}{{sort|jourdan|Louis Jourdan}}
36Random Harvest{{sort|leroy|Mervyn LeRoy}}1942{{sort|garson|Greer Garson}}{{sort|colman|Ronald Colman}}
37Titanic{{sort|cameron|James Cameron}}1997{{sort|winslet|Kate Winslet}}{{sort|dicaprio|Leonardo DiCaprio}}
38It Happened One Night{{sort|capra|Frank Capra}}1934{{sort|colbert|Claudette Colbert}}{{sort|gable|Clark Gable}}
39{{sort|american|An American in Paris}}{{sort|minnelli|Vincente Minnelli}}1951{{sort|caron|Leslie Caron}}{{sort|kelly|Gene Kelly}}
40Ninotchka{{sort|lubitsch|Ernst Lubitsch}}1939{{sort|garbo|Greta Garbo}}{{sort|douglas|Melvyn Douglas}}
41Funny Girl{{sort|wyler|William Wyler}}1968{{sort|streisand|Barbra Streisand}}{{sort|sharif|Omar Sharif}}
42Anna Karenina{{sort|brown|Clarence Brown}}1935{{sort|garbo|Greta Garbo}}{{sort|march|Fredric March}}
43{{sort|star|A Star Is Born}}{{sort|cukor|George Cukor}}1954{{sort|garland|Judy Garland}}{{sort|mason|James Mason}}
44{{sort|philadelphia|The Philadelphia Story}}{{sort|cukor|George Cukor}}1940{{sort|hepburnkath|Katharine Hepburn}}{{sort|grant|Cary Grant
James Stewart}}
45Sleepless in Seattle{{sort|ephron|Nora Ephron}}1993{{sort|ryan|Meg Ryan}}{{sort|hanks|Tom Hanks}}
46To Catch a Thief{{sort|hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock}}1955{{sort|kelly|Grace Kelly}}{{sort|grant|Cary Grant}}
47Splendor in the Grass{{sort|kazan|Elia Kazan}}1961{{sort|wood|Natalie Wood}}{{sort|beatty|Warren Beatty}}
48Last Tango in Paris{{sort|bertolucci|Bernardo Bertolucci}}1973{{sort|schneider|Maria Schneider}}{{sort|brando|Marlon Brando}}
49{{sort|postman|The Postman Always Rings Twice}}{{sort|garnett|Tay Garnett}}1946{{sort|turner|Lana Turner}}{{sort|garfield|John Garfield}}
50Shakespeare in Love{{sort|madden|John Madden}}1998{{sort|paltrow|Gwyneth Paltrow}}{{sort|fiennes|Joseph Fiennes}}
51Bringing Up Baby{{sort|hawks|Howard Hawks}}1938{{sort|hepburnkath|Katharine Hepburn}}{{sort|grant|Cary Grant}}
52{{sort|graduate|The Graduate}}{{sort|nichols|Mike Nichols}}1967{{sort|ross|Katharine Ross}}{{sort|hoffman|Dustin Hoffman}}
53{{sort|place|A Place in the Sun}}{{sort|stevens|George Stevens}}1951{{sort|taylor|Elizabeth Taylor}}{{sort|clift|Montgomery Clift}}
54Sabrina{{sort|wilder|Billy Wilder}}1954{{sort|hepburnaud|Audrey Hepburn}}{{sort|bogart|Humphrey Bogart}}
55Reds{{sort|beatty|Warren Beatty}}1981{{sort|keaton|Diane Keaton}}{{sort|beatty|Warren Beatty}}
56{{sort|english|The English Patient}}{{sort|minghella|Anthony Minghella}}1996{{sort|binoche|Juliette Binoche
Kristin Scott Thomas}}
{{sort|andrews|Naveen Andrews
Ralph Fiennes}}
57Two for the Road{{sort|donen|Stanley Donen}}1967{{sort|hepburnaud|Audrey Hepburn}}{{sort|finney|Albert Finney}}
58Guess Who's Coming to Dinner{{sort|kramer|Stanley Kramer}}1967{{sort|hepburnkath|Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton}}
{{sort|tracy|Spencer Tracy
Sidney Poitier}}
59Picnic{{sort|logan|Joshua Logan}}1955{{sort|novak|Kim Novak}}{{sort|holden|William Holden}}
60To Have and Have Not{{sort|hawks|Howard Hawks}}1944{{sort|bacall|Lauren Bacall}}{{sort|bogart|Humphrey Bogart}}
61Breakfast at Tiffany's{{sort|edwards|Blake Edwards}}1961{{sort|hepburnaud|Audrey Hepburn}}{{sort|peppard|George Peppard}}
62{{sort|apartment|The Apartment}}{{sort|wilder|Billy Wilder}}1960{{sort|maclaine|Shirley MacLaine}}{{sort|lemmon|Jack Lemmon}}
63Sunrise{{sort|murnau|F. W. Murnau}}1927{{sort|gaynor|Janet Gaynor
Margaret Livingston}}
{{sort|o'brien|George O'Brien}}
64Marty{{sort|mann|Delbert Mann}}1955{{sort|blair|Betsy Blair}}{{sort|borgnine|Ernest Borgnine}}
65Bonnie and Clyde{{sort|penn|Arthur Penn}}1967{{sort|dunaway|Faye Dunaway}}{{sort|beatty|Warren Beatty}}
66Manhattan{{sort|allen|Woody Allen}}1979{{sort|keaton|Diane Keaton}}{{sort|allen|Woody Allen}}
67{{sort|streetcar|A Streetcar Named Desire}}{{sort|kazan|Elia Kazan}}1951{{sort|leigh|Vivien Leigh}}{{sort|brando|Marlon Brando}}
68What's Up, Doc?{{sort|bogdanovich|Peter Bogdanovich}}1972{{sort|streisand|Barbra Streisand}}{{sort|o'neal|Ryan O'Neal}}
69Harold and Maude{{sort|ashby|Hal Ashby}}1971{{sort|gordon|Ruth Gordon}}{{sort|cort|Bud Cort}}
70Sense and Sensibility{{sort|lee|Ang Lee}}1995{{sort|thompson|Emma Thompson
Kate Winslet}}
{{sort|grant|Hugh Grant
Alan Rickman}}
71Way Down East{{sort|griffith|D. W. Griffith}}1920{{sort|gish|Lillian Gish}}{{sort|barthelmess|Richard Barthelmess}}
72Roxanne{{sort|schepisi|Fred Schepisi}}1987{{sort|hannah|Daryl Hannah}}{{sort|martin|Steve Martin}}
73{{sort|ghost|The Ghost and Mrs. Muir}}{{sort|mankiewicz|Joseph L. Mankiewicz}}1947{{sort|tierney|Gene Tierney}}{{sort|harrison|Rex Harrison}}
74Woman of the Year{{sort|stevens|George Stevens}}1942{{sort|hepburnkath|Katharine Hepburn}}{{sort|tracy|Spencer Tracy}}
75{{sort|american|The American President}}{{sort|reiner|Rob Reiner}}1995{{sort|bening|Annette Bening}}{{sort|douglas|Michael Douglas}}
76{{sort|quiet|The Quiet Man}}{{sort|ford|John Ford}}1952{{sort|o'hara|Maureen O'Hara}}{{sort|wayne|John Wayne}}
77{{sort|awful|The Awful Truth}}{{sort|mccarey|Leo McCarey}}1937{{sort|dunne|Irene Dunne}}{{sort|grant|Cary Grant}}
78Coming Home{{sort|ashby|Hal Ashby}}1978{{sort|fonda|Jane Fonda}}{{sort|voight|Jon Voight}}
79Jezebel{{sort|wyler|William Wyler}}1938{{sort|davis|Bette Davis}}{{sort|fonda|Henry Fonda}}
80{{sort|sheik|The Sheik}}{{sort|melford|George Melford}}1921{{sort|ayres|Agnes Ayres}}{{sort|valentino|Rudolph Valentino}}
81{{sort|goodbye|The Goodbye Girl}}{{sort|ross|Herbert Ross}}1977{{sort|mason|Marsha Mason}}{{sort|dreyfuss|Richard Dreyfuss}}
82Witness{{sort|weir|Peter Weir}}1985{{sort|mcgillis|Kelly McGillis}}{{sort|ford|Harrison Ford}}
83Morocco{{sort|sternberg|Josef von Sternberg}}1930{{sort|dietrich|Marlene Dietrich}}{{sort|cooper|Gary Cooper}}
84Double Indemnity{{sort|wilder|Billy Wilder}}1944{{sort|stanwyck|Barbara Stanwyck}}{{sort|macmurray|Fred MacMurray}}
85Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing{{sort|king|Henry King}}1955{{sort|jones|Jennifer Jones}}{{sort|holden|William Holden}}
86Notorious{{sort|hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock}}1946{{sort|bergman|Ingrid Bergman}}{{sort|grant|Cary Grant}}
87{{sort|unbearable|The Unbearable Lightness of Being}}{{sort|kaufman|Philip Kaufman}}1988{{sort|binoche|Juliette Binoche}}{{sort|day|Daniel Day-Lewis}}
88{{sort|princess|The Princess Bride}}{{sort|reiner|Rob Reiner}}1987{{sort|wright|Robin Wright}}{{sort|elwes|Cary Elwes}}
89Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?{{sort|nichols|Mike Nichols}}1966{{sort|taylor|Elizabeth Taylor
Sandy Dennis}}
{{sort|burton|Richard Burton
George Segal}}
90{{sort|bridges|The Bridges of Madison County }}{{sort|eastwood|Clint Eastwood}}1995{{sort|streep|Meryl Streep}}{{sort|eastwood|Clint Eastwood}}
91Working Girl{{sort|nichols|Mike Nichols}}1988{{sort|griffith|Melanie Griffith}}{{sort|ford|Harrison Ford}}
92Porgy and Bess{{sort|preminger|Otto Preminger}}1959{{sort|dandridge|Dorothy Dandridge}}{{sort|poitier|Sidney Poitier}}
93Dirty Dancing{{sort|ardolino|Emile Ardolino}}1987{{sort|grey|Jennifer Grey}}{{sort|swayze|Patrick Swayze}}
94Body Heat{{sort|kasdan|Lawrence Kasdan}}1981{{sort|turner|Kathleen Turner}}{{sort|hurt|William Hurt}}
95Lady and the Tramp{{sort|geronimi|Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Clyde Geronimi}}
1955{{sort|luddy|Barbara Luddy}}{{sort|roberts|Larry Roberts}}
96Barefoot in the Park{{sort|saks|Gene Saks}}1967{{sort|fonda|Jane Fonda}}{{sort|redford|Robert Redford}}
97Grease{{sort|kleiser|Randal Kleiser}}1978{{sort|newton-john|Olivia Newton-John}}{{sort|travolta|John Travolta}}
98{{sort|hunchback|The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}{{sort|dieterle|William Dieterle}}1939{{sort|o'hara|Maureen O'Hara}}{{sort|laughton|Charles Laughton}}
99Pillow Talk{{sort|gordon|Michael Gordon}}1959{{sort|day|Doris Day}}{{sort|hudson|Rock Hudson}}
100Jerry Maguire{{sort|crowe|Cameron Crowe}}1996{{sort|zellweger|Renée Zellweger}}{{sort|cruise|Tom Cruise}}

Criteria

The list uses the following criteria:{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-passions/ |website=American Film Institute |access-date=February 5, 2024 |language=en}}

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  • Feature-length fiction film: The film must be in narrative format, typically more than 60 minutes long.
  • American film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
  • Love story: Regardless of genre, a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film’s narrative.
  • Legacy: Films whose "passion" have enriched America’s film and cultural heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.}}

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