25 Most Romantic Series Of All Time, Ranked
25. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Before balls and gossip columns of ‘Bridgerton,’ there was a young queen and a reluctant king - Charlotte and George. Their royal union was never supposed to bloom into love. But it certainly did, defying politics, prejudice, and a haunting secret that threatened to unravel everything.
24. Daisy Jones & The Six
In the sweaty haze of 1970s rock ‘n’ roll, two damaged souls create magic on stage and chaos off it. Daisy and Billy's chemistry crackles like lightning, and burns just as destructively. It’s musical love at its loudest and most electric.
23. Jane the Virgin
This telenovela could’ve fallen flat, but it somehow persevered. We got to see a virgin, an accidental pregnancy, and two swoon-worthy men. This series is more than a romance; it’s a love letter to culture, family, and believing in happy endings even when life throws in the melodrama.
22. Gilmore Girls
Stars Hollow is the magical place where autumn never ends, and love stories are brewed stronger than the coffee at Luke’s Diner. Rory’s tangled romances may spark debate, but it’s Lorelai and Luke’s slow dance toward love that holds the show’s beating heart.
21. Lovesick
When a chlamydia diagnosis turns into a quest to revisit exes, Dylan finds more than awkward reunions. He uncovers a past love that never quite faded. Romance has never been this…well, contagious.
20. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Belly’s seaside summers are painted in the soft blush of first love, albeit between two brothers. But when emotions swell like the tide, childhood friendships fracture into something far more complicated, and far more captivating.
19. Like Water for Chocolate
Set against the fires of revolution and repression, Tita and Pedro’s love simmers in secret, infused into every dish she cooks. This is romance soaked in passion, grief, and magic…you know, where food becomes the language of forbidden love.
18. A Discovery of Witches
This is witch meets vampire, and before you know it, sparks fly. Sure, she is reluctant, he loves to keep brooding, but their partnership works. There’s an ancient manuscript that could destroy them both. This intoxicating tale proves that love, when restrained, only grows more dangerous.
17. Younger
Welcome to love triangles, lies and literary affairs. Liza’s age-defying deception spirals into an irresistible love triangle—proof that reinvention is seductive, but honesty might be the sexiest thing of all.
16. Emily in Paris
In a fantasy Paris of croissants and couture, Emily stumbles from faux pas to flirtation. Don’t forget, romance is less about logic here, and more about living every moment like it’s a perfect Instagram filter.
15. Fellow Travelers
This one’s heartbreaking. Timothy and Hawk’s decades-long affair unfolds under the cruel spotlight of American political paranoia during the McCarthy era. Equal parts haunting and heroic, their story is a reminder that love, especially queer love, is often a rebellion in itself.
14. Fleabag
Fleabag could be a genre of its own. Yet, in season two, Fleabag doesn’t just fall in love, she unravels. And so do we, watching as she crashes into the one man she shouldn’t want. But oh, we want the Hot Priest too.
13. Young Royals
What happens when duty and desire collide? For Sweden’s Prince Wilhelm and the soft-spoken Simon, love is a revolution. This coming-of-age drama pulls viewers in with a romance that threatens to undo a monarchy.
12. One Day
Fourteen years, one date, and countless tears. Dex and Em share one day together every year, and our hearts break anew. This slow-burn series is a symphony of missed chances, real growth, and a love that’s never quite on time, but always worth waiting for.
11. Sanditon
This one amplifies the unfinished work of the queen of romance, Jane Austen. What Austen started, the show finishes with flair and a fair amount of bodice-ripping. ‘Sanditon’ essentially turns classic romance on its head with unexpected twists and unapologetic sensuality.
10. Virgin River
Witness a healing heart in the mountains. Mel’s move to the middle of nowhere was supposed to be about peace after tragedy, not passion and community. But love blooms in unlikely places, especially when the local bartender is also her emotional salve. It’s a visually stunning series with its heart in the right place.
9. Heartstopper
Nick and Charlie’s journey is tender, honest, and quietly phenomenal in this Netflix series based on Alice Oseman’s graphic novels. The story reminds us that love doesn’t have to be all-consuming in order to be profound.
8. Sex and the City
Oh the pop culture juggernaut where cosmopolitans met catastrophes! Carrie Bradshaw’s pursuit of love is like her shoe collection: excessive, extravagant, and sometimes excruciating. But every heartbreak she and her girlfriends endured led them closer to finding themselves.
7. Crash Landing on You
The lesson: love knows no borders. A South Korean heiress crash lands into enemy territory, and into the arms of a North Korean soldier. What unfolds is a love so potent, it defies politics, peril, and prejudice.
6. Nobody Wants This
This one’s for those who like unlikely lovers falling in love, irrevocably so. Joanne and Noah are wrong for each other on paper—she is a sex podcaster and he is a rabbi—and yet, they’re undeniably right. Sometimes the most romantic thing is choosing love when the world tells you not to.
5. This Is Us
Here is a love that spans generations, and is remembered for ages by those who knew them. Jack and Rebecca’s romance anchors a saga of family, grief, and resilience. Their love isn’t perfect, it’s better. It’s real.
4. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
The ultimate enemies-to-lovers icons - Elizabeth and Darcy. ‘Pride and Prejudice’ offers the slowest of burns, the deepest of yearnings. And yes, Colin Firth, dripping wet from a lake, made literary romance forever sexy.
3. Outlander
Ready for some time travel, a handsome Scot in tartan, and inescapable temptation? This is the land of ‘Outlander.’ One minute, Claire’s in post-war Britain. The next, she’s married to a rugged Highlander with a jawline that could cut glass. This is epic romance with swords, scars, and serious smolder.
2. Bridgerton
‘Bridgerton’ transports viewers to the Regency Era, replete with gowns, gossip, and glorious desires. Scandal never looked this sumptuous on screen. With each season, the Bridgertons offer up a new kind of love—passionate, tortured, messy, and totally magnificent.
1. Normal People
The most beautiful heartbreak you'll ever witness. Connell and Marianne don’t just love each other, they undo each other. Their story is raw, painful, and staggeringly intimate. It’s the kind of connection where you see them everywhere—in every silence, every page, every part of who you become. The miscommunications may frustrate, but they are brutally human. ‘Normal People’ doesn’t romanticize love, yet it’s the most revealing, romantic series.
