It’s Valentines Day and if you’re looking for a movie but aren’t interested in what’s running at the theaters or opening this weekend, you might be interested in the following list. What we’ve done is scoured numerous “top romantic movie” lists and culled over 300 romantic movies down to the best 25 of the past 25 years (1983-2007). (The numbers in brackets represent the IMDB ranking of a given movie.)

25. Dangerous Liasions. [7.6] 1988.
Glen Close, John Malkovich, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves.

24. The Last of the Mohicans. [7.7] 1992.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe.

23. Moulin Rouge! [7.7] 2001.
Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Kylie Minogue.

22. Sense and Sensibility. [7.7] 1995.
Jane Seymour, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant.

21. Sideways. [7.8] 2004.
Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh.

20. As Good As It Gets. [7.8] 1996.
Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Yeardley Smith.

19. Love Actually. [7.8] 2003.
Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley.

18. Pride and Prejudice. [7.8] 2005.
Keira Knightley, Donald Sutherland, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone.

17. Brokeback Mountain. [7.8] 2005.
Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Michelle Williams.

16. Garden State. [7.9] 2004.
Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard.

15. Edward Scissorhands. [7.9] 1990.
Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall.

14. Dances With Wolves. [7.9] 1990.
Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene.

13. Away From Her. [7.9] 2006.
Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis.

12. Before Sunset. [8.0] 2004.
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke.

11. Before Sunrise. [8.0] 1995.
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke.

10. Shrek. [8.0] 2001.
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow.

9. The Notebook. [8.0] 2004.
Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Kevin Connolly, James Garner, Gena Rowlands.

8. Atonement. [8.0] 2007.
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy.

7. Groundhog Day. [8.1] 1993.
Bill Murray Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot, Brian Doyle-Murray.

6. Wings of Desire (aka Der Himmel über Berlin). [8.1] 1987.
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Peter Falk.

5. The Princess Bride. [8.2] 1987.
Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Fred Savage, Robin Wright Penn, Peter Falk, Billy Crystal.

4. Braveheart. [8.3] 1995.
Mel Gibson.

3. Forest Gump. [8.5] 1994.
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise.

2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. [8.5] 2004.
Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst.

1. Amélie (aka Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain). [8.6] 2001.
Audrey Tatou.

Watch for our other “romantic movie” lists being posted all this week, Thurs-Sun.