Movies are a great source of entertainment. Sometimes, movies are based on true and real-life events that can have a big impact on our minds and evoke heart-stopping feelings in our hearts, and even make us emotional. A love story can be toxic or heart-touching. Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, and they provide a great way to experience different types of love and see how people express their feelings for each other. Here, we bring you a list of the top 10 romantic movies based on real-life events.
1. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film directed by Ron Howard. Its screenplay was inspired by Sylvia Nasar's 1998 biography of the mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. This movie is based on the true events of mathematician John Nash's life. Brilliantly acted out by Russell Crowe, the story covers many key moments in Nash's life, including many of the hardships he and his wife faced.
2. The Vow (2012)
The Vow is based on the actual relationship of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, who wrote a book about their marriage, also known as The Vow. Ten weeks after their wedding on September 18, 1993, the couple was involved in a serious car accident. The Vow is loosely based on the actual relationship of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, who wrote a book about their marriage, also known as The Vow.
3. The Notebook (2004)
The Notebook is an American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, with a screenplay by Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. It's a beautiful tale of an unbreakable love story between people of different social classes, and it's emotionally devastating.
4. The Theory of Everything (2014)
The Theory of Everything is a biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh. It tells us about the life of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and is set at the University of Cambridge.
5. Walk the Line (2005)
Walk the Line is an American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold. The screenplay, written by Mangold and Gill Dennis, is based on two autobiographies by the American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash: Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words (1975) and Cash: The Autobiography (1997).
6. All My Life (2020)
All My Life is an American romantic drama film directed by Marc Meyers, from a screenplay by Todd Rosenberg, based on the true story of Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, a young couple that rushes to put their wedding together after Solomon is diagnosed with liver cancer.
7. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde is an American biographical neo-noir crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. The film also stars Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, and Estelle Parsons. The screenplay is by David Newman and Robert Benton. Robert Towne and Beatty provided uncredited contributions to the script, and Beatty produced the film. The music is by Charles Strouse.
8. It Could Happen to You (1994)
It Could Happen to You is an American romantic comedy-drama film starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda. In a plot inspired by a real-life news story, a New York City police officer (Cage) who is short on cash and unable to tip his waitress (Fonda)
9. The Big Sick (2017)
The Big Sick is an American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. It stars Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, and Anupam Kher. Gordon and Nanjiani wrote the film based on their own relationship, which is a true-life love story.
10. At First Sight (1999)
At First Sight is an American romantic drama film directed by Irwin Winkler and starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino. It is based on the essay "To See and Not See" in neurologist Oliver Sacks' 1995 book An Anthropologist on Mars and was inspired by the true-life story of Shirl Jennings. The film was written by Steve Levitt.
