Romantic Movies on Netflix – Love is a beautiful thing to experience and also behold. This is why it is no surprise that some hopeless romantics keep looking for the best romance to keep their minds busy. You know the type that has you wishing for the same love happening to you in the same circumstances or the one that has you curled up in bed hugging your pillows close and a box of tissues to wipe stray tears from the corner of your eyes.
With that in mind, we have compiled a list of romance novels that can be seen on Netflix this Valentine’s with your partner. Regardless of the theme and settings you’re looking for, there’s something here for you. From sappy romance to high school love and even career romance, we have it all.
Netflix has every genre of romance you could need. And we have listed the ones that would catch your fancy.
Love Again
Love Again is a 2023 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by James C. Strouse. It is a remake of the 2016 German film SMS für Dich in English, and it is based on a novel by Sofie Cramer. In this romantic comedy, Mira Ray is dealing with the loss of her fiance, she sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. He then meets Mira in person… and wins her heart.
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Happiness For Beginners
This is a 2023 American romantic comedy film that stars Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes. It is an adaptation of the Katherine Center 2015 novel of the same name. It follows Helen signing up for a wilderness survival course, a year after getting divorced. She discovers through this experience that sometimes, you have to get lost and get lost yourself.
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Holidate
Holidate is a 2020 American romantic comedy film that is directed by John Whitesell, from a screenplay by Tiffany Paulsen. It is about two strangers who are fed up with being single on holidays, they then agree to be each other’s platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.
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Persuasion
This is a romantic movie. The storyline shows, that eight years after Anne Elliot was persuaded not to marry a dashing man of humble origins, they meet again. Will she seize her second chance at true love?
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Maestro
Maestro is a 2023 American biographical romantic drama film. It is a towering and fearless love story that tells the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
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Along For The Ride
Along for the Ride is a 2022 American romantic drama film written and directed by Sofia Alvarez, based on the novel of the same name by Sarah Dessen. The film stars Emma Pasarow, Belmont Cameli, Kate Bosworth, Laura Kariuki, Andie MacDowell, and Dermot Mulroney. The summer before college Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on a nightly quest to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.
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Love At First Sight
Love at First Sight is a 2023 American romantic comedy film directed by Vanessa Caswill and written by Katie Lovejoy, based upon the 2011 novel The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith. It stars Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Dexter Fletcher, Rob Delaney, Sally Phillips and Jameela Jamil. A 20-year-old girl misses her flight at JFK Airport and meets a young British guy who may turn out to be her true love.
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The Lovebirds
This film stars Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, as well as Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, and Kyle Bornheimer. The plot follows a couple who is on the run after unintentionally getting embroiled in a murder. This moment defines their relationship.
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Lady Chatterley’s Love
This is a historical romance written based on the novel of the same title. Marrying Sir Clifford Chatterley, Connie’s life of wealth and privilege seems set as she takes the title of Lady Chatterley. Yet this idealistic union gradually becomes an incarceration when Clifford returns from the First World War with injuries that have left him unable to walk. When she meets and falls for Oliver Mellors, the gamekeeper on the Chatterley family estate, their secret trysts lead her to a sensual, sexual awakening. But as their affair becomes the subject of local gossip, Connie faces a life-altering decision: follow her heart or return to her husband and endure what Edwardian society expects of her.
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A Perfect Pairing
This romantic comedy is centered around a go-getter LA wine executive who while trying to win over a major client, signs on to work at an Australian sheep farm, where she sparks with a rugged and mysterious local.
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Hello, Goodbye And Everything In Between
After making a pact to break up before college, Clare (Talia Ryder) and Aidan (Jordan Fisher) have an epic date night on the night before they leave for college, they have only one thing left to do: figure out whether they should stay together or break up. Over twelve hours, they retrace the steps of their relationship, trying to find something in their past that might help them decide what their future should be – should they stay together or say goodbye forever?
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Look Both Ways
This romantic movie tells the story of Natalie, whose life, on the eve of her college graduation, diverges into two parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and must navigate motherhood as a young adult in her Texas hometown; the other in which she moves to Los Angeles to pursue her career.
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A Jazzman’s Blues
A sweeping tale of forbidden love, A JAZZMAN’S BLUES unspools forty years of secrets and lies soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South. It follows an investigation into an unsolved murder unveiling a story full of forbidden love, deceit, and a secret.
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Malcolm & Marie
Malcolm & Marie is an intimate, black-and-white film that was shot during quarantine. It’s limited to one gorgeous house that is almost a character in and of itself. This film stars John David Washington as Malcolm and Zendaya as Marie. It follows a filmmaker (Washington) and his girlfriend (Zendaya) who return home following a celebratory movie premiere as he awaits what’s sure to be an imminent critical and financial success. The evening suddenly takes a turn as revelations about their relationships begin to surface, testing the strength of their love.
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All The Bright Places
After meeting each other, two people struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past. They discover that even the smallest moments can mean something.
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The Perfect Date
This romance novel is about a high school student who creates an app to offer his services as a fake date to make money for college. He then develops feelings for someone, and this gets his plan complicated.
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May December
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, Gracie Atherton-Yu and her husband Joe (twenty-three years her junior) brace themselves for their twins to graduate from high school. When Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who she will be playing in a film, family dynamics unravel under the pressure of the outside gaze. Joe, never having processed what happened in his youth, starts to confront the reality of life as an empty-nester at thirty-six. As Elizabeth and Gracie study each other, the similarities and differences between the two women begin to ebb and flow. Set in picturesque and comfortable Savannah, Georgia, May December is an exploration of truth, storytelling, and the difficulties (or impossibility) of fully understanding another person.
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A Soweto Love Story
It dives and follows the romance blossoming in the lives of common people in the heart of the famous Johannesburg borough. The lives of Fikile and Bongi, two star-crossed lovers navigating the complexities of race, class, and societal expectations in post-apartheid South Africa. Expect forbidden love, family secrets, and the fight for social justice, all woven into a tapestry of laughter, tears, and the electrifying energy of youth.
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Ashes
This intense erotic thriller depicts the story of a wealthy, married woman falling in love (in an affair) with a mysterious carpenter, which will lead to many conflicts. It is set to be released on February 9, 2024. Starring Mehmet Günsür, Funda Eryiğit, Alperen Durmaz, and Gökçe Eyüboglu.
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Through My Window: Looking At You
This movie has a release date of 23rd of February, 2024. Raquel and Ares are in a long-distance relationship. They finally reunite during summer on the landscapes of Costa Brava with their friends, Raquel and Ares begin to question whether their relationship can endure the test of time.
All these movies are bound to keep you glued to your screens. We hope you consider them and enjoy them while at it.
