Best Romance movies of 1971 that are award winners or nominees

Harold and Maude(1971)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.



Summer of '42(1971)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 15

During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII.



Plaza Suite(1971)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Three vignettes, each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel, make up this comedy.



The Boy Friend(1971)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 8

When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.



The Go-Between(1971)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A tale of torrid and forbidden love between a couple in the English countryside.