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- Set It Up
For fans of: quirky comedies about falling in love
Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.subscription
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- Dash & Lily
For fans of: romantic-comedies set around the holidays
Dash and optimistic Lily trade dares, dreams and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth.subscription
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- While You Were Sleeping
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
For fans of: romance movies centered on shams
In While You Were Sleeping, Lucy Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) is a lonely token collector for the Chicago Transit Authority. Secretly admiring a handsome commuter, Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher), she saves him from an oncoming train after he falls onto the tracks. Unconscious in the hospital, Peter's family mistakenly believes Lucy to be his fiancée. Jack Callaghan (Bill Pullman), Peter's brother, is skeptical yet drawn towards Lucy. As Peter recovers, Lucy finds herself entangled in a comical and unexpected romantic dilemma. This charming 1995 rom-com won the hearts of many, earning Bullock a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress.featured
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- To All the Boys I've Loved Before
For fans of: Netflix original rom-coms
In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Lara Jean Song Covey (Lana Condor) is an introverted high school girl who writes secret love letters to her crushes, never intending for them to see the light of day. But when these letters mysteriously get mailed out, her peaceful life spirals into a whirlwind of romantic complications. Notably caught in this maelstrom is Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo), a popular jock with whom she forms an unexpected bond. This teen romantic-comedy, based on Jenny Han's bestselling novel, interweaves themes of adolescence, friendship, and first love, providing a fresh take on the genre.subscription
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- The Holiday
- Sony Pictures Releasing
For fans of: feel-good romances
Two women, one from America and one from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.featured
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For fans of: Christmas rom-com classics
Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects all individuals, love. Among the characters explored are David, the handsome newly elected British prime minister who falls for a young junior staffer, Sarah, a graphic designer whose devotion to her mentally ill brother complicates her love life, and Harry, a married man tempted by his attractive new secretary.featured
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- Why Him?
- 20th Century Fox
For fans of: rom-coms about meeting the family
During the holidays, loving but overprotective Ned (Bryan Cranston) travels to California to visit his daughter Stephanie (Zoey Deutch) at Stanford University. While there, he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). Even though Laird is a multimillionaire, Ned disapproves of his freewheeling attitude and unfiltered language. His panic level escalates even further when he learns that Laird plans to ask for Stephanie's hand in marriage.featured
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- Love Life
For fans of: love through the seasons
The journey from first love to last love and the people along the way.featured
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- Always Be My Maybe
For fans of: lovely, hilarious comedies
Childhood sweethearts have a falling out and don't speak for 15 years. They reconnect as adults when Sasha runs into Marcus in San Francisco. Although the old sparks are still there, the couple live in different worlds.subscription
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- The Best Man Holiday
- Universal Pictures
For fans of: holiday tearjerkers
Nearly 15 years after they were last together as a group, college friends Lance (Morris Chestnut), Harper (Taye Diggs), Candace (Regina Hall), Quentin (Terrence Howard), Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Jordan (Nia Long), Murch (Harold Perrineau), and Mia (Monica Calhoun) finally reunite over the Christmas holidays. Though much has changed in their lives, the friends discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and passionate romances to be reignited.featured
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- The Princess Switch
For fans of: Christmas-themed romance films
One week before Christmas, a duchess switches places with an ordinary woman from Chicago, who looks exactly like her, and they each fall in love with each other's beaus.subscription
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- The Family Stone
- 20th Century Fox
For fans of: screwball comedies set around the holidays
Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) wants to bring his girlfriend, Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), to meet his bohemian Connecticut family at Christmas. Straitlaced Meredith, feeling she needs backup, asks her sister Julie (Claire Danes) to come along. Hoping to win the approval of her boyfriend's parents Sybil (Diane Keaton) and Kelly (Craig T. Nelson) and the rest of the family, instead Meredith succeeds only in highlighting her uptight personality and making Everett doubt his intentions.featured
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- The Knight Before Christmas
For fans of: romance movies with snow
A medieval knight is transported to the present day, where he falls for a high school science teacher who's disillusioned by love.subscription
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For fans of: hilarious comedies with ample dysfunction
A look at love and happiness through the eyes of two people who haven't been successful with either.featured
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- Love. Wedding. Repeat
For fans of: unconventional romances
Jack tries to make sure his little sister has the perfect wedding day.subscription
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- Serendipity
- Miramax Films
For fans of: romances based in reality
On a magical night when they are in in their 20s, Jonathan (John Cusack) meets Sara (Kate Beckinsale). He finds it love at first sight, but Sara believes in destiny. After 10 years the two -- with 3,000 miles between them -- must decide if fate wants them to be together again. When love feels like magic, it is called destiny; when destiny has a sense of humor, it is serendipity.featured
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- Vertical Entertainment
For fans of: romantic films starring Emma Roberts
In a Relationship is an 2018 American comedy drama film directed by Sam Boyd. As long-term couple Haillie (Emma Roberts) and Owen (Michael Angarano) struggle with staying together, their friends Willa (Dree Hemingway) and Matt (Patrick Gibson) start a new relationship.- Photo:
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- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
- Warner Bros. Pictures
For fans of: unconventional rom-coms
Celebrity photographer Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) lives life in the fast lane, committed to bachelorhood and simultaneous relationships with multiple women. On the eve of his brother's wedding, Connor receives a visit from the spirits of his jilted lovers, who take him on an odyssey through his many failed relationships to try to find out what made him such a cad -- and if there is any hope of Connor finding true love.featured
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For fans of: complex relationships
The Kissing Booth, a teen rom-com, traces the tumultuous love life of Elle Evans (Joey King). This high school junior's world spins as she violates her lifelong friendship rule - not to fall for her best friend Lee's (Joel Courtney) older brother, Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi). An unexpected kiss at a school carnival booth unravels an intense romance between Elle and Noah. As their secret relationship grows, so does the tension with Lee. The film explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and love in this intricate adolescent triangle.subscription
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- Four Christmases
- Warner Bros. Pictures
For fans of: Christmas romantic-comedies starring Kristin Chenoweth
When their plans for an exotic vacation fall apart, unmarried couple Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) must spend Christmas Day trudging around to a quartet of family get-togethers. While Brad counts the hours till he can escape the onslaught of crazy relatives, Kate begins to wonder about her own choices and ponders whether her family members are so crazy after all.featured
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- I Hate Christmas
After lying to her family about having a boyfriend, a woman looks for a partner by Christmas.subscription
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A newly single, 40-year-old mother tries to get back into the working world with her friends' help.featured
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- Operation Christmas Drop
- Netflix
For fans of: romantic movies with Christmas cheer
Operation Christmas Drop is a 2020 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Martin Wood. A Congressional aide (Kat Graham) misses her family Christmas plans at the behest of her boss to find reasons to defund a beachside Air Force base only to come into conflict with Capt. Andrew Jantz (Alexander Ludwig).- Photo:
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- Someone Great
- Netflix
For fans of: movies about love in the big city
Dumped by her long-term boyfriend, a music journalist recruits her two best friends for one last outrageous adventure in New York City before she moves to San Francisco.subscription
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- Let It Snow
For fans of: romantic films that make you laugh
A snowstorm brings a group of young people together.subscription
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- Exmas
26Graham comes home for Christmas and finds his family already celebrating with Ali, his ex.featured
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- Holiday Rush
- Netflix
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For fans of: Christmas comedies
Holiday Rush is a 2019 American Christmas comedy film directed by Leslie Small. After a popular DJ is suddenly fired, he movies in with his and four spoiled children along with a plan that will return him to the airwaves.- Photo:
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- Happiest Season
For fans of: love around the holidays
A young woman agrees to go home with her girlfriend for Christmas, but discovers she hasn't come out to her conservative parents.subscription
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For fans of: TV series about unexpected romances
An Irish teacher and a Boston ad exec start a relationship after their lust leads to pregnancy.featured
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- 200 Cigarettes
- Paramount Pictures
For fans of: comedies for the holidays
This ensemble comedy follows an array of young people in New York City on New Year's Eve. Among the numerous characters looking for love and fun are impulsive artist Ellie (Janeane Garofalo) and punks Tom (Casey Affleck) and Dave (Guillermo Diaz), who meet up with Stephie (Gaby Hoffmann) and Val (Christina Ricci), two girls from Long Island. Also interacting with various partygoers are a pensive bartender (Ben Affleck) and a taxi driver (Dave Chappelle) who operates a disco in his cab.- Photo:
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For fans of: holiday comedies for adults
In Bad Santa, Willie Soke (Billy Bob Thornton) is a conman and a thief who, with his partner Marcus (Tony Cox), has an unusual seasonal job. Every Christmas, they work as Santa and his helper in different department stores, using this cover to rob the establishments blind after hours. Willie, a man troubled by alcoholism and self-loathing, strikes up an unlikely friendship with a naive but kind-hearted kid named Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly). This relationship sets Willie on a path that might lead him towards redemption or ruin. The movie is a dark comedy that turns holiday tropes on their head, offering viewers a twisted yet hilarious take on the genre.subscription
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