Last Updated: January 22ndIf love isn’t in the air, it’s sure to be on Netflix. The streaming giant has a host of swoon-worthy titles guaranteed to sweep you off your feet.
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Netflix Critic score: 17% Netflix description: ' When teenager Elle's first kiss leads to a forbidden romance with the hottest boy in high school, she risks her relationship with her best friend.
There are high school rom-coms, period dramas, World War II romances, and plenty of forbidden love affairs to keep things juicy. (Be still our beating hearts.) Of course, because there are so many romantic films to choose from, we’ve chosen the cream of the crop. Grab some tissues and get ready to melt over the best romances on Netflix right now.Related: Summit. I Love You (2007)Run Time: 126 min IMDb:Is P.S. I Love You the saddest, sappiest flick in the history of film? Probably not, but it is the biggest tearjerker on this list. Hilary Swank plays Holly, a young widow trying to heal after the death of her husband, Gerry (Gerard Butler).
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Unbeknownst to her, Gerry has scheduled 10 letters to be delivered over the course of the film, each directing Holly and helping her to begin her life again, without him in it. It’s an emotional mess of a movie. Swank is crying most of the time, and Gerry’s well-meaning notes just make things worse, but it’s also a lovely commentary on losing a loved one and the work it takes to build a life of your own.
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)Run Time: 99 mins IMDb:Netflix’s latest original flick is being hailed as the best teen rom-com of the decade and for good reason. The story stars Lana Condor as Lara Jean Covey, a junior in high school who tends to write her crushes love letters but never actually send them.
After those same letters are anonymously sent, she’s forced to do damage control by carrying on a fake relationship with one of her former love interests. It’s a sweet, oddly empowering twist on the classic rom-com trope and you won’t be able to scroll through Twitter without coming across a Peter Kavinsky stan account thanks to this one.
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The Weinstein Company 4. Blue Valentine (2010)Run Time: 112 min IMDb:This romantic drama starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling is equal parts sweet love story and messy, unavoidable tragedy. The actors play a pair of lovers whose relationship is charted in nonlinear fashion over the course of the film. Things begin promisingly, as they always do, before failed careers, addiction, dishonesty, and a general feeling of unhappiness slowly rot away at the couple’s marriage. It’s a mesmerizing train wreck, but honestly, aren’t all of the great love stories? The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)Run Time: 124 mins IMDb:Lily James and Matthew Goode star in this romantic drama loosely-based on a true story.
James plays Juliet, a young writer looking for an idea for her next book when she stumbles upon a letter from a resident of a British Channel island detailing their town’s occupation by Nazis during the war and how they formed a kind of resistance through an innocuous book club. The leader of that book club went missing during the war, believed to have been taken to a concentration camp for openly-rebelling against the Nazi occupation, and throughout the film, Juliet draws closer to her story, and a certain man on the island, as she explores the way books have the ability to bring people together. It’s the Downton Abbey spin-off that should tide fans over for now. Her (2013)Run Time: 126 mins IMDb:Spike Jonze imagines a world in which Artificial Intelligence can become something more than just a personal assistant program. Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore Twombly, a depressed introvert going through a divorce who starts up a relationship with an OS named Samantha. Things get serious before Theodore begins to realize that romance with an A.I.
Is more complicated than he thought. What follows is a thoughtful exploration of love, relationships, and the ways human beings find connection in a plugged-in world. Equals (2015)Run Time: 101 min IMDb:Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart star in this sci-fi romance about two people who buck against societal convention to be together. Silas (Hoult) and Nia (Stewart) live in a dystopian future where all emotion has been eradicated by the government, supposedly for the citizens’ own good. Most mental illness has been cured and people procreate through an artificial insemination program. This detached way of life works unless, like Nia and Sila, people begin exhibiting signs of Switched-On Syndrome, a disease that slowly introduces emotions, both good and bad, back into a person’s psyche, causing some to commit suicide and almost all to be detained by the collective in charge. Nia and Silas form a romantic bond and plan to escape their community before the government can find out, but things don’t go as planned.
It’s an interesting concept, made even better by the performance from Hoult and Stewart, even if it feels a bit slow at times.Focus Features 8. Theory of Everything (2014)Run Time: 123 min IMDb:Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones star in this biographical drama about the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife, Jane. The two met at university with Hawking just beginning work on his theory of back holes before he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, which severely limited his motion and ability to speak. Despite the setback, Jane married Stephen, taking care of him and helping him achieve some his greatest feats. The film gives a much-needed look at the woman behind the man, the toll the disease took on their relationship, and the strength of Hawking to persevere in spite of it all.
Someone Great (2019)Run Time: 92 min IMDb:Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow, and DeWanda Wise team up for this romantic comedy about a young woman’s final hurrah before leaving NYC. Rodriguez plays a journalist named Jenny who must pack up her life, leave her friends, and travel to the West Coast for an exciting job opportunity. Unfortunately for her, her boyfriend of nearly 10 years decides to call it quits, which leaves Jenny on the party trail, determined to have one final night of fun before her big trip. Lakeith Stanfield also stars in this, and with Netflix’s pretty stellar rom-com track record lately, bet on this being a fun watch. Suite Francaise (2014)Run Time: 107 min IMDb:This World War II drama follows a pair of star-crossed lovers on opposite sides of the conflict. Michelle Williams stars as Lucille, a young Frenchwoman living with her domineering mother-in-law while her husband’s off fighting in the war.
Matthias Schoenaerts plays a German officer name Bruno, who stays with Lucille during the German occupation. The two become close, gaining the ire of the townsfolk as they bond over music and the effect of the war.
Things end as well as can be expected but the journey there is the kind of old-school romance we just don’t see enough of on film these days. The Spectacular Now (2013)Run Time: 95 mins IMDb:Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley star as a pair of lovestruck teens in this messy, high school romance that eschews the rose-colored view of first love for something a bit more gritty and real. Teller is Sutter, a popular senior who lives in the “now” which roughly translates to him being perpetually wasted and squandering his chance at college by partying and skipping school. Woodley is Aimee, a studious young woman taking care of her deadbeat mom and looking to live a little before heading off to college. The two become friends, then something more as they sort through some tough issues like neglectful fathers, addiction, broken families, and unrealized potential. It’s not the sweetest tale, but it’s more romantic for its realness.
Eat, Pray, Love (2010)Run Time: 133 min IMDb:Julia Roberts stars in this adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling novel. Helmed by Ryan Murphy, this travel-log of one middle-aged woman’s journey to find herself following a painful and messy divorce takes viewers on a wild ride, filled with steamy hookups with younger men (hello, James Franco) and an overseas love affair with Javier Bardem. But the real love story at the center of this thing is with food. No seriously, Roberts’ character doesn’t eye any man with as much lust and passion as she does a good bowl of pasta on the Italy leg of her trip.
Universal 14. About Time (2013)Run Time: 123 min IMDb:Not many people know about this British romance drama, which is a damn shame because it stars the queen of the genre, Rachel McAdams, and a very soft young cinnamon roll, Domhnall Gleeson.
Gleeson plays a young man who discovers he has the ability to travel through time and McAdams (once again) plays the love interest of said time-traveler, but things don’t turn out quite as depressing as they do in that other movie. The chemistry between Adams and Gleeson is spot on, as is the humor from Bill Nighy, who plays Gleeson’s eccentric dad. Samuel Goldwyn 15. God’s Own Country (2017)Run Time: 104 min IMDb.This British drama follows the story of a young farmer named Johnny who’s forced to take over the family business when his father suffers a debilitating stroke. Johnny works hard during the day and spends his nights binge drinking and engaging in sexual encounters with men. The family hires a Romanian migrant worker named Gheorghe to help Johnny manage the farm, and the two men slowly enter an intense relationship that alters the course of both their lives. It’s a gritty, sweeping romance, one entrenched in mud and social issues and complicated family dynamics, but it’s also full of joy and hope, a nice change for a gay love story.
You're not going to watch an existential tearjerker on your second date, but you might screen a sexy road trip flick from the couch. There are so many good movies out there in the world, but there's a time and a place to watch each. Below, we compiled the best romantic movies that you can stream right now—they're all on Netflix, so all you need is a subscription!—that suit every occasion, from classic comedies to a musical filled with iconic actors.
And if you're looking for a brand-new romantic film you can go and enjoy in the theater, the old-fashioned way, you can find one of those. A Musical Rom-Com Worth Watching Over and Over: 'Grease'. Before she was Ryan Gosling's life partner, Eva Mendes was winning our love and respect putting a cheesy, clumsy Will Smith in his place in Hitch. This rom-com, if you need a refresher, is about 'Hitch' (played by Smith), a freelance cupid of sorts who helps men create scenarios to shine in front of the women they've always loved from afar. On the one hand, yeah, it is kind of manipulative, but Hitch's policy of only helping genuine guys—and only helping them be their true selves, not something they're not—keeps it on the right side of creepy.A Sexy, Moody Indie: 'Blue Valentine'.
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