30 Best Romance Movies Based on Books That You’ll Love

Rated PG-13

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner

In 1940s South Carolina, mill worker Noah and rich girl Allie are desperately in love. When Noah goes off to serve in World War II, their love affair comes to an end. But when Noah returns years later, on the eve of Allie's wedding, it becomes clear that their romance isn’t through.

Rated PG

Starring: Kiera Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Carey Mulligan

Elizabeth Bennet lives with her family in the English countryside. As the eldest daughter, she faces pressure from her parents to marry. And when the outspoken Elizabeth is introduced to the handsome and upper-class Mr. Darcy, sparks begin to fly.

Rated R

Starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant

When the new year starts, Bridget Jones decides to start writing a diary. In order to make the pages of her journal a little more interesting, she sparks up two relationships with a pair of eligible bachelors.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Constance Wu, Awkafina, Henry Golding

While on a trip to Singapore with her fiancé, a woman’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that the man she’s dating belongs to one of the wealthiest families in Asia.

Rated PG-13

Starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp

When a single mom and her 6-year old daughter open a chocolate chop in rural France, they're met with opposition by the local church. The church is upset that they're open on Sunday's, but the mother-daughter pair warm their way into the community in this heartwarming movie.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Ana Cathcart

To help work out her feelings, Lara Jean writes secret, soul-baring letters to her five crushes. And while she never meant to send them, they somehow get out and begin to wreak havoc on her life.

Rated PG-13

Starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon

Looking back over his life, an old man recalls memories about working for a cirus during the Depression.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Matthew Lewis

When she becomes a caregiver for a wealthy young banker left paralyzed from an accident, a young woman’s cheerfulness is put to the test. But his cynical attitude starts to change when the pair’s bond begins to deepens.

Rated PG

Starring: Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Bale

Faced with financial shortages, family tragedies, and romantic rivalries in mid-19th-century Massachusetts, a group of sisters cling to each other during hard times.

Not rated

Starring: Vivian Leigh, Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel

This epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara, beginning with her life on a sprawling plantation through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, along with her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler.

Rated PG

Starring: Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear

When she’s sent to live with her father for the summer, New York teen Ronnie is in no mood to spend the season away from her friends in a small Southern beach town. That is until she meets Will, who makes her change her mind.

Rate PG-13

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan

This movie adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic, best-selling novel, Great Gatsby, is as gorgeous as it is entertaining!

It also won several awards including the Academy Award for production design and costumes.

Rated PG

Starring Rose Reid and Jedidiah Goodacre

An aspiring violinist visits Ireland and finds herself in an unlikely romantic relationship with a handsome actor in a popular movie series.

Rated PG-13

Starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman

This is another film adaptation of classic Jane Austen's romance novels. Two sisters of different temperments navigate love and life in the early 19th century in this classic film.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell

After suffering cruel abuse by her aunt, Jane Eyre is cast out and sent to a charity school. When she takes a job as a governess at the estate of Edward Rochester years later, the two begin to bond until Jane uncovers the terrible secret Rochester has been hiding,

Rated PG

Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Billy Crystal

A beautiful young woman and her one true love must find each other after a long separation. But the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin threaten to stop the lovers from being reunited with each other.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Raoul Bova

When Frances finds out that her husband is cheating on her, her best friend encourages her to take a tour of Italy to get over the breakup. During the trip, the new divorcée impulsively decides to purchase a rural Tuscan villa and begins to start a new life.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner

When high-school student Bella Swan moves from sunny Arizona to rainy Washington State, she doesn’t expect to fit in. Then she meets Edward Cullen, a handsome but mysterious teen and enters into a dangerous romance.

Rated PG

Starring: Anna Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Johnny Flynn

Emma occupies herself with matchmaking while living in Georgian- and Regency-era England. But her sometimes misguided efforts often result in her meddling in the lives of her friends and family.

Rated PG

Starring: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter

Rebecca Bloomwood loves to shop -- so much that she is drowning in debt. So, while she would love to work at the city's top fashion magazine, she instead lands a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine. When her column becomes an overnight success, her secret shopping habit threatens to ruin her love life and career.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, John Krasinski

After one too many drinks at her 30th-birthday party, Rachel unexpectedly falls into bed with her longtime crush, Dex -- who happens to be engaged to her best friend. And the affair threatens to destroy the women's lifelong friendship.

Rated 16+

Starring Gavin Casalegno, Lola Tong, Christopher Briney, and Sean Kaufman

This 3 part series created and produced by author Jenny Han follows Belly Conklin before she turns 16.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner

One thing kept U.S. Marine Sgt. Logan Thibault alive during his tour of duty in Iraq - a photograph of a woman he doesn't even know. After learning who the woman is, he goes to meet her and eventually a romance blooms.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, Cobie Smothers

To escape her dark past, Katie moves to a small town on the North Carolina coast and is won over by the warmth and caring of the close-knit community. With the help of widower Alex and his children, Katie learns to love and trust again until a mysterious stranger arrives and starts asking questions.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Hailey McCann

Suffering from a rare genetic disorder that causes him to drift uncontrollably through time, a Chicago librarian meets the love of his while time traveling. But he soon finds that he and his love are constantly out of sync thanks to his inability to remain in one time and place.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman

While running on the beach, a journalist discovers a bottle in the sand with a heartbreaking love letter inside. After her paper publishes the letter, she tracks down the author and soon finds herself falling hopelessly in love with him.

Rated PG

Starring: Mandy Moore, Shane West, Lauren German

An aimless high school senior falls in love with a young woman who he and his friends once scorned in this Nicholas Sparks book made into movie.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Scott Porter

A relationship between a soldier and a college student turns rocky when the soldier leaves on dangerous deployments. In spite of it all, the lovers stay in touch through their letters to keep their relationship alive.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern

When a 16-year-old cancer patient falls in love with a teen from her cancer support group, they bond over their shared love of books. So when Gus scores an invitation to meet her favorite author, he and Hazel embark on the adventure of their lives.

Rated PG-13

Starring: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Knowing how hard his wife will take his death, a dying husband plans ahead and sends a series of love letters written by him to help ease her grief and encourage her to move forward.