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    Italian Romance Movies

    The 40 most popular italian romance movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Love Me Love Me
    TMDB3.0

    Love Me Love Me

    2026 · 1h 39m

    country: Italy

    After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in clandestine MMA fights—sparks a rivalry that quickly turns into irresistible attraction, June must choose between safety and a love that upends everything she thought she wanted.

    The Dreamers
    TMDB3.6

    The Dreamers

    2003 · 1h 55m

    country: France

    When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.

    Cinema Paradiso
    TMDB4.2

    Cinema Paradiso

    1988 · 2h 4m

    country: Italy

    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.

    Provocation
    TMDB2.7

    Provocation

    1995 · 1h 27m

    country: Italy

    Passions run wildly amok at Carlo's country inn as his wife, Amelia, fantasizes about an affair with a guest, while his grandson Gianni spies on him to learn the secrets of love. And when Carlo's sexy cousin Marilinda comes to stay, everybody sits up and takes notice.

    That Malicious Age
    TMDB3.2

    That Malicious Age

    1975 · 1h 30m

    country: Italy

    Gardener Napoleone takes a job in a southern-Italian villa and quickly finds himself embroiled in a menage-a-trois with Paola and her mother, which soon leads to sex, death and mayhem.

    Nest of Vipers
    TMDB2.5

    Nest of Vipers

    1978 · 1h 45m

    country: Italy

    A background of rising fascism in Venice in 1930s. A music-student, Matthias, mixes with the town's bourgeoisie and falls in love with a mature teacher, Carla, the mother of his friend Renato, and then with his young colleague, Elena.

    Black Maid
    TMDB2.3

    Black Maid

    1976 · 1h 39m

    country: Italy

    Major Galeazzo, Chancellor Enea, the goalkeeper Placido, journalist Antenor and others living in a building of the city. All are drawn to the morbid fascination of Mariolina, exuberant waitress Venetian. But soon Aminta, maid of color, dispossess irreparably.

    Youth
    TMDB3.5

    Youth

    2015 · 2h 5m

    country: Italy

    Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?

    Priceless Beauty
    TMDB1.6

    Priceless Beauty

    1988 · 1h 37m

    country: Italy

    A rock-star who stopped singing after the death of his brother finds a female genie in a vase. She tries to help him live again.

    Last Tango in Paris
    TMDB3.4

    Last Tango in Paris

    1972 · 2h 9m

    country: France

    A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

    The Key
    TMDB3.0

    The Key

    1983 · 1h 50m

    country: Italy

    In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.

    The Tearsmith
    TMDB3.3

    The Tearsmith

    2024 · 1h 46m

    country: Italy

    Adopted together after a tough childhood in an orphanage, Nica and Rigel realize that unexpected but irresistible feelings pull them together.

    A Bigger Splash
    TMDB3.1

    A Bigger Splash

    2015 · 2h 5m

    country: France

    An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.

    The Best Offer
    TMDB3.9

    The Best Offer

    2013 · 2h 11m

    country: Italy

    Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.

    L'Eclisse
    TMDB3.8

    L'Eclisse

    1962 · 2h 6m

    country: France

    Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.

    Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
    TMDB3.6

    Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today

    1960 · 1h 32m

    country: Italy

    A boy and a girl fall in love but their fathers take a strong dislike to each other, clashing repeatedly during the preparations for the upcoming marriage.

    No Place to Be Single
    TMDB3.4

    No Place to Be Single

    2026 · 1h 43m

    country: Italy

    A brilliant and intelligent love comedy that celebrates second chances and new horizons, starring a strong and determined woman who settles the score.

    The Flesh
    TMDB2.8

    The Flesh

    1991 · 1h 30m

    country: Italy

    A piano player meets and falls in love with a beautiful and voluptuous woman who, by some strange procedure, leaves the man unable to move but with a permanent priapism. After some time he becomes sick of it and she relieves his paralysis. Eventually she gets bored and decides to leave, but he can't take it because he loves her…

    Nada más
    TMDB3.3

    Nada más

    2001 · 1h 30m

    country: Cuba

    Carla, a young postal worker in Havana, spends her days postmarking thousands of letters and dreaming of the day when she can be reunited with her parents, who moved to Miami when she was fifteen. To fulfill her longing for intimacy, she opens random letters and rewrites them into lyrical prose, believing she is helping her fellow Cubans understand one another better. Beautifully filmed in black and white accented by brilliant colours, Nada+ has a stunning visual composition. With its delightful mix of visual humour, theatrical characters, satire and a lighthearted love story, it has a distinctly Cuban flair.

    Tale of Tales
    TMDB3.2

    Tale of Tales

    2015 · 2h 14m

    country: United Kingdom

    The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.

    The Love Scam
    TMDB3.2

    The Love Scam

    2025 · 1h 41m

    country: Italy

    Drowning in debt, two brothers concoct a plan to scam a wealthy heiress and save their home in Naples — but unexpected love soon complicates the scheme.

    Io+Te
    TMDB2.9

    Io+Te

    2026

    country: Italy

    She is Mia, 36 years old, an accomplished and independent gynecologist. Averse to stable relationships, she is used to experiencing love as something to be consumed and left behind. She loves to experiment, to change, and to remain unattached. While her professional life is orderly and schematic, she seeks the exact opposite in her private life: new emotions, encounters without promises, and stories that demand no future. He is Leo, 26 years old, a poet by nature. Averse to social media, he is in love with music and authentic things, possessing a vision of love that seems to belong to another era. Their meeting happens almost by chance in a bar, interrupting an ordinary date. From there, an overwhelming, unconventional relationship takes shape—built on passion, complicity, and shared moments. But as is often the case, falling in love is only the beginning. When reality breaks in, bringing with it a weight of responsibilities, fears, and questions, everything changes.

    Swept Away
    TMDB2.4

    Swept Away

    2002 · 1h 29m

    country: Italy

    Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.

    The Postman
    TMDB4.0

    The Postman

    1994 · 1h 54m

    country: Italy

    Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

    Miranda
    TMDB2.6

    Miranda

    1985 · 1h 40m

    country: Italy

    In 1950s Ferrara, a lonely innkeeper explores a series of relationships while awaiting her missing husband’s return from war.

    Laure
    TMDB2.3

    Laure

    1976 · 1h 35m

    country: France

    At an institute in Manila, researchers and eco-tourists trade stories about the Mara tribe, who live on a remote island and have an annual festival of rebirth in which some of the tribe forget who they are and begin again. Laure is the daughter of the institute's director; she's a free spirit who has captured the fancy of Nicola, a European photographer. After a courtship in which the voyeuristic Nick indulges Laure's exhibitionism and sexual freedom, they set off for Mara land with Gualtier, an anthropologist, and his philosophical lover, Myrte. As they approach the Mara on the night of rebirth, who of the group will actually join the tribe to begin life anew?

    Romeo & Juliet
    TMDB3.4

    Romeo & Juliet

    2013 · 1h 58m

    country: United States

    In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.

    Eros
    TMDB2.9

    Eros

    2004 · 1h 49m

    country: France

    A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.

    The Forbidden City
    TMDB3.5

    The Forbidden City

    2025 · 2h 18m

    country: Italy

    The son of an indebted restaurant owner joins a foreign girl in search of her sister. Together, they’ll have to fight side by side against the most ruthless members of the Roman criminal underworld.

    The Night Porter
    TMDB3.4

    The Night Porter

    1974 · 1h 58m

    country: Italy

    A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.

    Rocco and His Brothers
    TMDB4.0

    Rocco and His Brothers

    1960 · 2h 58m

    country: Italy

    When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    TMDB3.2

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    1999 · 1h 56m

    country: Italy

    The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods, with married fairy rulers Titania and Oberon toying with various lovers and each other.

    Black Emanuelle
    TMDB2.5

    Black Emanuelle

    1975 · 1h 36m

    country: Italy

    Internationally-renowned photographer Mae Jordan, professionally known as 'Emanuelle', is hired by a wealthy British expat to go to Nairobi to shoot the ruins and wildlife. While there, she explores sexual situations with her hosts and their friends.

    Departures
    TMDB4.5

    Departures

    2018 · 17m

    country: Italy

    Ludovico accepted the last choice of his wife, out of love. Now he has to find the courage to reveal this to his daughter.

    Eleven Days, Eleven Nights
    TMDB2.6

    Eleven Days, Eleven Nights

    1987 · 1h 41m

    country: Italy

    In eleven days time, Michael is due to wed his fiancée Helen. However, a chance meeting with Sarah, a total stranger, threatens to destroy all his plans as he is seduced on the spot and finds himself unable to resist her.

    The Corruption
    TMDB2.5

    The Corruption

    1986 · 1h 22m

    country: France

    Anna, a beautiful lawyer's wife, feels abandoned by her husband and grows closer to their maid, Angela. The maid convinces Anna to try increasingly daring erotic games.

    Beyond the Clouds
    TMDB3.1

    Beyond the Clouds

    1995 · 1h 50m

    country: Italy

    Four tales, each centered on a woman, journey inward to explore the enigmatic reality of their lives, connecting through a single narrative thread.

    Malanova
    TMDB3.0

    Malanova

    2025 · 1h 13m

    country: Italy

    Matteo and Riccardo are blissfully in love and are getting ready to celebrate their six-month anniversary. But their romantic interlude takes an unexpected turn when an unforeseen event shakes their certainties. Matteo withdraws into himself, Riccardo wavers between wanting to run away and being curious, and the couple suddenly finds itself facing questions they had never dared to ask. Amid desire, tension, and hope, they’ll have to confront their fears and strengthen the bond that unites them.

    L'Avventura
    TMDB3.8

    L'Avventura

    1960 · 2h 24m

    country: France

    Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.

    The Taming of the Shrew
    TMDB3.5

    The Taming of the Shrew

    1967 · 1h 57m

    country: Italy

    Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

    About Italian Romance Movies

    Italian cinema

    Italian cinema runs from the neorealists working in bombed-out postwar streets to Fellini's spectacle, the Spaghetti Western, and the lurid giallo thrillers that shaped modern horror. Few national cinemas have exported this many distinct genres.

    Romance

    Romance is the genre most shaped by its era's ideas about intimacy, which makes watching across decades a genuine education. It spans the screwball comedies, the sweeping melodramas, and the modern indie two-hander.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1960–2026
    Best reviewed
    Cinema Paradiso (8.4)
    Often also
    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

    Common questions

    What are the best Italian romance movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Love Me Love Me, The Dreamers, and Cinema Paradiso. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Italian romance movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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