100+ Good Romantic Movies & Shows to Watch

Is love in the air? It sure is on streaming platforms, where there’s no shortage of romance to cuddle up to. From intimate dramas to love-fuelled adventures, here are the best romance movies and shows to stream now.

Love Story
Love Story
7.7
Show|Oscar · Golden Globe Winner · Golden Globe

Love Story

Let’s get this out of the way: Love Story isn’t an accurate retelling of the marriage between John F. Kennedy…

Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
8.1
Show|Sundance · Golden Globe · BAFTA

Like Water for Chocolate

With the gorgeous period costumes, the romance, and the familial dynamics, you would think that Like Water for Chocolate’s latest…

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
8.0
Show|Berlin

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

If you’re expecting the sleek, playful, and totally over-the-top spy shenanigans of 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, you’re not going…

The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
7.3
Show|Golden Globe

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a limited series depicting World War II in the eyes of an…

One Day
One Day
7.8
Show|Berlin

One Day

With a film version that didn’t live up to the hype of the original novel, Netflix’s adaptation of One Day…

Touch (2024)
Touch (2024)
7.7
Movie|Spirit

Touch (2024)

With the internet able to connect people from miles away, the concept of the one that got away has become…

The Blue Caftan (2022)
The Blue Caftan (2022)
8.0
Movie|Cannes

The Blue Caftan (2022)

Set in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas, Blue Caftan is a tender portrayal of pure love and the different forms…

A Nice Indian Boy (2025)
A Nice Indian Boy (2025)
7.8
Movie

A Nice Indian Boy (2025)

Sure, many of the tropes in this feel-good romcom would be familiar. Naveen, a shy Indian doctor, loves Jay, a…

The Eternal Memory (2023)
The Eternal Memory (2023)
7.9
Movie|Berlin · Sundance · Oscar

The Eternal Memory (2023)

Documentaries about people suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s, or other neurodegenerative diseases will always occupy a bit of an uneasy space—how…

Forever
Forever
7.8
Show

Forever

Based on the Judy Blume novel of the same name, Forever follows two teens in Los Angeles as they navigate…

Bones and All (2022)
Bones and All (2022)
7.9
Movie|Spirit · Venice Winner

Bones and All (2022)

Earnest, beautiful, and tender, Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All is many things: a road trip movie that sweeps the midwest…

Rust and Bone (2012)
Rust and Bone (2012)
8.1
Movie|Cannes · Golden Globe · BAFTA

Rust and Bone (2012)

This is the type of movie I completely fell in love with but cannot articulate exactly why. Maybe it’s the…

The New Years
The New Years
8.0
Show

The New Years

The concept of The New Years is simple: It’s the multi-year glimpses of a relationship like One Day, except on…

The Taste of Things (2023)
The Taste of Things (2023)
7.6
Movie|Cannes Winner

The Taste of Things (2023)

If it’s true that to cook is to love, then Dodin and Eugenie must be enraptured by one another. They…

Laapataa Ladies (2024)
Laapataa Ladies (2024)
8.4
Movie

Laapataa Ladies (2024)

When two young brides are mistakenly swapped on a train, it’s a difficult situation, much more so when the brides…

Shortcomings (2023)
Shortcomings (2023)
7.6
Movie|Sundance

Shortcomings (2023)

It’s always tricky translating literature to screen. In Shortcomings’ case, it struggles to make its Berkeley and New York settings…

May December (2023)
May December (2023)
7.6
Movie|Cannes · Spirit · Oscar

May December (2023)

The colloquial phrase “May-December” refers to romantic partners with a large age gap, but leave it to Todd Haynes to…

Rye Lane (2023)
Rye Lane (2023)
7.5
Movie|Sundance · BAFTA

Rye Lane (2023)

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Rye Lane knows it’s treading familiar ground by having its charming leads fall in love as they walk and talk…

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
7.7
Movie|Oscar · BAFTA · Golden Globe

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

It’s difficult to portray Cinderella stories nowadays without making them feel cliche and irrelevant, but Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris…

Trying
Trying
8.0
Show

Trying

Trying is a realistic but charming take on couples venturing to build a life and stable future for themselves. Heavy…

Love at First Sight (2023)
Love at First Sight (2023)
7.5
Movie|Berlin · Cannes

Love at First Sight (2023)

Watching Love at First Sight, there are times you catch it almost falling into eye-rolling clichés, like when Hadley loses…

In the Heights (2021)
In the Heights (2021)
7.9
Movie|Golden Globe

In the Heights (2021)

Even if you aren’t familiar with the original, Tony Award-winning Broadway production from Lin-Manuel Miranda, this adaptation of In the…

Lie with Me (2023)
Lie with Me (2023)
7.5
Movie|Berlin

Lie with Me (2023)

Oh, the pains of first love. Many a film has been created in memory of it, so the struggles of…

Boyfriend on Demand
Boyfriend on Demand
7.1
Show

Boyfriend on Demand

Honestly, it’s a bit insulting to diminish a romance fan’s love for the genre simply due to good looks of…

Dinner in America (2022)
Dinner in America (2022)
7.5
Movie|Sundance

Dinner in America (2022)

Admittedly, it’s hard to watch the first twenty minutes of Dinner in America. The slurs are gratuitous, the suburban families…

Lucy and Desi (2022)
Lucy and Desi (2022)
7.6
Movie|Sundance

Lucy and Desi (2022)

Saying that the program I Love Lucy paved the way for television would be an understatement. Lucille Ball inspired a…

Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones & The Six
7.4
Show|Golden Globe

Daisy Jones & The Six

Daisy Jones & The Six is riddled with rock and roll clichés—sex, drugs, and alcohol abound—but the series has enough…

Fallen Leaves (2023)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
8.3
Movie

Fallen Leaves (2023)

Simple but lovely movies like Fallen Leaves are hard to come by these days. While others rely on complicated dialogue…

Between the Temples (2024)
Between the Temples (2024)
7.0
Movie|Berlin · Sundance · Spirit

Between the Temples (2024)

Many movies try to be nostalgic, but few have come as close as Between the Temples. Directed by Nathan Silver,…

Skywalkers: A Love Story (2024)
Skywalkers: A Love Story (2024)
7.0
Movie|Sundance

Skywalkers: A Love Story (2024)

Far from a typical documentary, Skywalkers is as relentless and fast-paced as the climbers it follows. As Angela Nikolau and…

Blue Box
Blue Box
7.6
Show

Blue Box

When a show is focused on a kid and their sport, chances are, the main character holds a passion for…

The Big Sick (2017)
The Big Sick (2017)
8.2
Movie|Sundance · Oscar · SAG

The Big Sick (2017)

A revelation of a movie, both in filmmaking and commercial success. While little-known abroad, it has made more than $42 million in…

Private Life (2018)
Private Life (2018)
8.1
Movie|Oscar · Venice Winner

Private Life (2018)

Paul Giamatti, man. Ever watched Win/Win? What a performance. I didn’t think he could do any better than that. But…

Fellow Travelers
Fellow Travelers
8.2
Show

Fellow Travelers

In just eight episodes, this densely packed miniseries manages to be a beautifully told queer romance, a riveting political thriller,…

Asako I & II (2018)
Asako I & II (2018)
8.0
Movie|Cannes

Asako I & II (2018)

Asako is in love with Baku—deeply and almost delusionally, in a way that can only manifest in young love. But…

Acapulco
Acapulco
7.7
Show

Acapulco

There is an art to making a comedy that can be enjoyed by all ages—a balance must be kept between…

Song Sung Blue (2025)
Song Sung Blue (2025)
7.4
Movie

Song Sung Blue (2025)

Song Sung Blue gets its name from a Neil Diamond song, but rather than depict his life in a regular…

North of North
North of North
7.5
Show

North of North

Set in Nunavut in northern Canada, North of North follows the joys and trials of Siaja (Lambe), a 26-year-old Inuit…

Of an Age (2022)
Of an Age (2022)
8.0
Movie

Of an Age (2022)

It’s difficult not to compare Of an Age to other beautifully shot and tenderly told queer love stories like Call…

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