Movies and TV series about forbidden love

The 30 best titles about forbidden love, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

Seven Samurai
iRank92
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
MovieActionDrama
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend
Scarlet Heart: Ryeo
iRank85
2016
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & FantasyWar-politics
A story of a 25-year-old Go Hajin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She then wakes up in the body of Lady Hae Soo and finds herself amongst the ruling princes of the Wang Family.
In the Mood for Love
iRank85
2000 · Wong Kar-Wai
MovieDramaRomance
In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.
Roman Holiday
iRank84
1953 · William Wyler
MovieComedyDramaRomance
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench
Midnight in Paris
iRank81
2011 · Woody Allen
MovieComedyFantasyRomance
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Titanic
iRank81
1997 · James Cameron
MovieDramaRomance
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi w
Decision to Leave
iRank81
2022 · Park Chan-wook
MovieMysteryRomanceThriller
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as
Pretty Little Liars
iRank80
2010 · Charles Grant Craig
SeriesDramaMystery
Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappe
Lolita
iRank79
1962 · Stanley Kubrick
MovieComedyDrama
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon
Doctor Zhivago
iRank77
1965 · David Lean
MovieDramaRomanceWar
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Disobedience
iRank73
2018 · Sebastián Lelio
MovieDramaRomance
New York photographer Ronit flies to London after learning about the death of her estranged father. Ronit is returning to the same Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for her ch
Lady Chatterley's Lover
iRank72
2022 · Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
MovieDramaRomance
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfill
Three Steps Above Heaven
iRank70
2010 · Fernando González Molina
MovieDramaRomance
Babi, a sheltered upper-class girl, and Hache, a reckless rebel obsessed with illegal motorcycle races, fall into a forbidden love that pulls them deeper into passion and risk.
Curse of the Golden Flower
iRank69
2006 · Zhang Yimou
MovieActionDramaFantasy
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, i
Closer
iRank68
2004 · Mike Nichols
MovieDramaRomance
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Romeo + Juliet
iRank68
1996 · Baz Luhrmann
MovieDramaRomance
In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in lo
Wild at Heart
iRank66
1990 · David Lynch
MovieCrimeRomanceThriller
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon
Five Feet Apart
iRank64
2019 · Justin Baldoni
MovieDramaRomance
Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she me
Pocahontas
iRank64
1995 · Mike Gabriel
MovieAdventureAnimationFamily
Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
"Wuthering Heights"
iRank60
2026 · Emerald Fennell
MovieDramaRomance
Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.
August Rush
iRank57
2007 · Kirsten Sheridan
MovieDramaFamilyMusic
Evan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an
Gnomeo & Juliet
iRank57
2011 · Kelly Asbury
MovieAnimationFamily
A version of Shakespeare's play, set in the world of warring indoor and outdoor gnomes. Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught
Hancock
iRank55
2008 · Peter Berg
MovieActionFantasy
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's
Twilight
iRank54
2008 · Catherine Hardwicke
MovieDramaFantasyRomance
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
iRank52
2009 · Patrick Tatopoulos
MovieActionFantasyThriller
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in b
Halloween Ends
iRank48
2022 · David Gordon Green
MovieHorrorThriller
Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ig
Underworld: Evolution
iRank47
2006 · Len Wiseman
MovieActionFantasyThriller
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, wo
Pompeii
iRank45
2014 · Paul W. S. Anderson
MovieActionAdventureDrama
In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corr
Endless Love
iRank44
2014 · Shana Feste
MovieDramaRomance
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
My Fault
iRank43
2023 · Domingo González
MovieDramaRomanceThriller
Noah must leave her city, boyfriend, and friends to move into William Leister's mansion, the flashy and wealthy husband of her mother Rafaela. As a proud and independent 17 year old, Noah resists livi