Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026

8 movies

Critics’ Picks: Romance Films · 2 Hours Max · Recognition 2021–2026

Romance films lasting 120 minutes or less with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Only films with a known Critics Score of 85+ are included, ordered by Critics Score.

2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 8 films in this collection.

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AW
Payal Kapadia · France; India; Netherlands; Luxembourg; Italy
202492.672.195.383.3
◆CANNES 2024
Drama, Romance118 min
2
NB
Jafar Panahi · Iran
202292.373.595.181.4
◆VENICE 2022
Drama, Romance106 min
3
PL
Celine Song · South Korea; United States
202394.479.794.887.3
●BERLIN 2023●OSCAR 2024
Drama, Romance105 min
4
FL
Aki Kaurismäki · Finland; Germany
202392.474.489.983.3
◆CANNES 2023
Comedy, Drama, Romance81 min
5
L
Dag Johan Haugerud · Norway
202489.172.687.670.8
●VENICE 2024
Comedy, Drama, Romance120 min
6
MF
Maryam Moghadam; Behtash Sanaeeha · Iran; France; Sweden; Germany
202489.276.086.570.0
●BERLIN 2024
Comedy, Drama, Romance97 min
7
A
Christian Petzold · Germany
202391.172.185.880.6
◆BERLIN 2023
Comedy, Drama, Romance102 min
8
LÉ
Claire Burger · France; Germany; Belgium
202488.5~69.985.870.0
●BERLIN 2024
Drama, Romance101 min
#1
AW
2024 · Payal Kapadia · 118 min
Drama · Romance
◆CANNES 2024
#2
NB
2022 · Jafar Panahi · 106 min
Drama · Romance
◆VENICE 2022
#3
PL
2023 · Celine Song · 105 min
Drama · Romance
●BERLIN 2023●OSCAR 2024
#4
FL
2023 · Aki Kaurismäki · 81 min
Comedy · Drama · Romance
◆CANNES 2023
#5
L
2024 · Dag Johan Haugerud · 120 min
Comedy · Drama · Romance
●VENICE 2024
#6
MF
2024 · Maryam Moghadam; Behtash Sanaeeha · 97 min
Comedy · Drama · Romance
●BERLIN 2024
#7
A
2023 · Christian Petzold · 102 min
Comedy · Drama · Romance
◆BERLIN 2023
#8
LÉ
2024 · Claire Burger · 101 min
Drama · Romance
●BERLIN 2024

How to choose from this collection

This collection contains 8 romance films with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Every film runs for 120 minutes or less. The shortest is 81 minutes and the longest is 120 minutes. The Romance label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre. Every film has a known Critics Score of at least 85. Missing critics’ ratings are excluded. Critics Score combines ratings from trusted sources; it is not an individual Rotten Tomatoes percentage or Metacritic score.

All We Imagine as Light leads this Critics Score ranking with 95.3. Past Lives has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (79.7). All We Imagine as Light has one of the highest known Critics scores (95.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.

  1. 1. All We Imagine as Light

    Payal Kapadia · 2024 · 118 min

    Audience 72.1 · Critics 95.3 · Total 92.6

    Cannes 2024: Other major award

  2. 2. No Bears

    Jafar Panahi · 2022 · 106 min

    Audience 73.5 · Critics 95.1 · Total 92.3

    Venice 2022: Other major award

  3. 3. Past Lives

    Celine Song · 2023 · 105 min

    Audience 79.7 · Critics 94.8 · Total 94.4

    Berlin 2023: Main Competition
    Oscar 2024: Nominee (Best Picture)

How the ranking works

Films are ordered by their known Critics Score. The 85-point minimum is applied before ranking. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.