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Set the perfect mood this Valentine’s Day with one of these great movies

Set the perfect mood this Valentine’s Day with one of these great movies

Our experts have curated a list of great romances to fit what ever mood you are in or genre you are looking for.

With a background in sports and entertainment reporting, he’s covered everything from Broadway to college football. He cut the cord in 2014 and has a sharp eye for streaming trends and a soft spot for Hallmark movies.

Whether you look at Valentine’s Day as the perfect opportunity to celebrate the love of your life or just a corporate-created holiday designed to sell candy, flowers, and greeting cards, there is no denying that Hollywood is at the center of the romance industry. So, regardless of how you feel about Valentine’s Day, there is no doubt a movie waiting to be streamed that would be perfect for you.

So, to celebrate (or commiserate) the holiday, the experts here at The Streamable have come up with a list over 70 films (with one miniseries and a trilogy of movies thrown in) across nine moods and genres that will help you set the perfect tone for your Valentine’s Day, whether you are going to be cuddled up with your significant other, or on the couch all on your own. And, while it didn’t make any of our lists, how could we not include the holiday’s titular film, “Valentine's Day”?

What mood are you in this Valentine’s Day?

The Classics

  • It Happened One Night

    February 22, 1934

    A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

  • Casablanca

    January 15, 1943

    In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

    If you’ve never seen it, now is the time! It’s one of the best scripts ever, filled with quotable lines, fantastic supporting performances, and one of the most famous endings in movie history.

  • Roman Holiday

    August 26, 1953

    Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann’s regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

  • An Affair to Remember

    July 11, 1957

    A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

  • Doctor Zhivago

    December 22, 1965

    The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist’s wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

  • Barefoot in the Park

    May 25, 1967

    In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.

  • Moonstruck

    December 16, 1987

    37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn’t love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she’s not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

  • Pride & Prejudice

    September 16, 2005

    A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family’s future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

Iconic Rom-Coms

  • When Harry Met Sally…

    July 12, 1989

    Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that’s what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry’s determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry’s fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?

  • Pretty Woman

    March 23, 1990

    Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian’s energetic spirit challenges Edward’s no-nonsense approach to life, and soon they are teaching each other – and falling in love!

  • Sleepless in Seattle

    June 24, 1993

    After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite their never having met. Will their paths collide despite the odds?

  • 10 Things I Hate About You

    March 30, 1999

    On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.

  • Notting Hill

    May 21, 1999

    London bookstore owner William Thacker’s quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

  • Love Actually

    September 7, 2003

    Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

  • The Proposal

    June 2, 2009

    When she learns she’s in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

  • Crazy Rich Asians

    August 15, 2018

    An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend’s wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia’s rich and famous.

Epic Tear-Jerkers

  • The English Patient

    November 14, 1996

    In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

  • Romeo + Juliet

    November 1, 1996

    In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard’s dialogue remains.

  • Titanic

    December 18, 1997

    101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic’s departure through to its death—on its first and only voyage.

    This is the movie that launched Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet into superstardom. It is epic in every way, and director James Cameron sailed home with a boatload of Oscars.

  • The Notebook

    June 25, 2004

    An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer’s. From a faded notebook, the old man’s words bring to life the story of a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

    This classic tearjerker from director Nick Cassavetes stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as the young lovers, with James Garner and Gena Rowlands playing the older version of the couple.

  • Atonement

    February 27, 2007

    A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit.

  • The Time Traveler's Wife

    August 14, 2009

    Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.

Musical Romance

  • West Side Story

    December 13, 1961

    In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.

  • Grease

    June 16, 1978

    Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

  • Dirty Dancing

    August 21, 1987

    Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

  • Moulin Rouge!

    May 18, 2001

    A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club’s most notorious and beautiful star.

    Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman are wonderful in this soaring musical. It’s incredibly jarring at the start, but it settles into its sweetness after the first 15 minutes.

  • La La Land

    December 1, 2016

    Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

  • A Star Is Born

    October 3, 2018

    Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally’s career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

Sci-Fi and Supernatural Love Stories

  • Somewhere in Time

    October 2, 1980

    Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to “Come back to me”. Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

  • The Princess Bride

    September 25, 1987

    In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can’t stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

    This is an endlessly quotable classic. It’s a perfect blend of comedy, fantasy, action, and love conquering all odds.

  • Before Sunrise

    January 27, 1995

    An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    March 19, 2004

    Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

    This is one of Jim Carrey’s best films. He pulls back his manic energy to reveal a fragile soul, broken by an ill-fated love. Kate Winslet is fantastic as a free spirit who simultaneously excites and torments her boyfriend. If you’ve ever had a broken heart, this movie will speak to you on several different levels.

    The supporting cast is also great, with Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, David Cross, Kirsten Dunst, and Tom Wilkinson.

    The movie comes from Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman, the team behind other mind-bending classics like “Being John Malkovich” and “Adaptation.”

  • The Shape of Water

    December 1, 2017

    An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

It’s Complicated

  • The Bridges of Madison County

    June 2, 1995

    Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

  • Before Sunset

    June 16, 2004

    Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

  • Closer

    December 3, 2004

    The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

  • Blue Valentine

    December 26, 2010

    Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

  • Carol

    November 20, 2015

    In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

  • Call Me by Your Name

    October 1, 2017

    In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family’s villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio’s father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

  • Marriage Story

    September 28, 2019

    A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

  • Scenes from a Marriage

    September 12, 2021

    A chronicle of the many years of love and turmoil that bind a contemporary American couple, tracking their relationship as it progresses through a number of successive stages: matrimony, parenthood, infidelity, divorce and subsequent partnerships.

  • Past Lives

    June 2, 2023

    After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

Is It Hot in Here?

  • Last Tango in Paris

    December 15, 1972

    A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

  • Body Heat

    August 28, 1981

    During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

  • Nine 1/2 Weeks

    February 9, 1986

    An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.

  • Out of Africa

    December 20, 1985

    Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    February 5, 1988

    Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.

  • Out of Sight

    June 26, 1998

    Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they’re willing to risk it all to find out if there’s more between them than just the law.

  • Y Tu Mamá También

    June 8, 2001

    In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

  • Secretary

    September 20, 2002

    A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

  • Fifty Shades of Grey

    February 11, 2015

    When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, finds himself strangely drawn to Ana, and she to him. Though sexually inexperienced, Ana plunges headlong into an affair — and learns that Christian’s true sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure.

  • The Handmaiden

    June 1, 2016

    1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    September 6, 2019

    At the end of the 18th century, a female painter is hired to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. But there are a couple of problems: the woman doesn’t want to get married and she doesn’t want to pose for a painting. What follows is a masterpiece of cinema. The painter studies her subject and her subject studies back.

    The film draws the two women closer and closer before the inevitable separation. And through the prism of art (paintings, music, and even mythological stories), we see the relationship change, even after it’s finished.

    The movie will churn up your old lost loves and force you to reexamine them. “Do all lovers feel they’re inventing something?” one character asks. If there’s a better way to describe falling in love, we haven’t heard it.

    Trust the critics and take the leap. This is one film you shouldn’t miss.

A Hallmark Kind of Love

  • The Lost Valentine

    January 30, 2011

    A young and cynical female journalist learns love may transcend trials and time as she discovers a story that will change her life forever. When war separates lovers on their wedding anniversary Feb. 14, 1944 at LA Union Train Station, Navy pilot Neil Thomas makes a promise he isn’t sure he can keep - to return to the train station safe by their next anniversary. For sixty years Caroline Thomas keeps her promise by waiting at the train station until her missing in action husband can finally keep his with the “lost valentine.” The message and meaning shows romance and love can be real; worth fighting, and maybe even dying for.

  • A Country Wedding

    June 27, 2015

    A famous country singer set to marry a glamorous Hollywood actress returns to his small town roots. When he crosses paths with his childhood sweetheart and finally feels inspired to write songs again he reevaluates his life, his values and his opinion of true love. As his wedding day approaches, he must decide if he has chosen the right woman to be his wife.

  • A Dash of Love

    February 11, 2017

    A young woman who dreams of opening her own restaurant lands a job at a prominent restaurant whose head chef becomes her unlikely ally when the restaurant’s unscrupulous owner, a Master Chef herself, plots to return the place to its former glory by presenting her new assistant’s recipes as her own.

  • Love, Romance & Chocolate

    February 16, 2019

    Emma and chocolatier Luc compete for Belgium’s Royal Chocolatier. The beauty and romance of Bruges inspire unique chocolate combinations, but will their entry win without them losing their hearts?

  • Valentine in the Vineyard

    February 2, 2019

    As partners in life and professional winemaking, Frankie Baldwin and Nate DeLuca have different personality types and styles. They’ve just gotten engaged when Frankie’s cousin Lexi and Nate’s brother Marco spring the news that they are getting married – and on Valentine’s Day. Agreeing to keep their plans a secret, Frankie and Nate offer to host Lexi and Marco’s big day.

  • Matching Hearts

    February 8, 2020

    As Valentine’s Day nears, a matchmaker is tasked by her mentor to find a match for an entrepreneur who believes staying single is the key to success.

  • A Valentine's Match

    February 1, 2020

    Fired from her job as a reality TV host, Natalie returns home for Valentine’s Day, only to find herself running the town festival’s auction with her ex-fiancé thanks to two scheming mothers.

  • Playing Cupid

    February 13, 2021

    Set in the halls of Austen Middle School, a newly single middle-school teacher is covertly set up with a divorced dad after his daughter – one of her students – begins a matchmaking business for a school project she assigned her class.

  • Hearts in the Game

    April 29, 2023

    Hazel Miller is a top publicist in New York City looking to build her empire. Diego Vasquez is a top MLB pitcher for the New York Mets who froze during Game 7 of the World Series. He also happens to be the guy who shattered Hazel’s heart in high school. When Hazel is tasked with spinning Diego’s image, it might be her biggest challenge professionally, and personally, as she takes him back to their hometown in Ohio to deal with what they’ve both left behind.

  • The Wedding Veil Movies

    A pair of trilogies starring Lacey Chabert, Autumn Reeser and Alison Sweeney, longtime friends who find a mysterious, antique veil fabled to unite its bearer with her true love.

Happily Single

  • The First Wives Club

    September 20, 1996

    After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!

  • High Fidelity

    March 17, 2000

    After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his “top five breakups of all time”.

  • Legally Blonde

    July 13, 2001

    Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading to Harvard Law School. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. While there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just good looks.

  • Lost in Translation

    September 18, 2003

    Two lost souls visiting Tokyo — the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial — find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other’s company, away from their lives in America.

  • Under the Tuscan Sun

    September 20, 2003

    Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to piece her life back together in unexpected ways.

  • Eat Pray Love

    August 12, 2010

    A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to “find herself”.


Matt Tamanini is the News Editor at The Streamable, where he oversees daily news coverage and editorial strategy, with a particular focus on breaking stories, streaming comparisons, and major industry events. A well-rounded journalist with a diverse background, Matt joined The Streamable in 2022 after holding key editorial roles at several high-profile outlets. He has an extensive career in sports and entertainment journalism, having served as a senior editor for BroadwayWorld, the world’s largest theater website, and as managing editor for Land-Grant Holy Land, which covers Ohio State sports.

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