28 Best Romantic Movies on Netflix You’ll Fall in Love With
Sometimes all you want to do is stay inside, bask in the comfort of your couch, and queue up the best romantic movies on Netflix. (And, sometimes, that’s all the time.) And here's your reward: Right now Netflix is a rich resource of rom-coms, historical romances, and tearjerkers—so there’s something for every mood.
Take To All the Boys I've Loved Before, a sweet story about a young woman who writes secret letters to her crushes. Or Set It Up, the Netflix original romantic comedy that features a legend, Lucy Liu, and your boyfriend Glen Powell. If you're in the mood to cry, Netflix also has romantic dramas like Blue Jay, that will stir up some emotions.
The point is, romantic movies can help you get through any season—and relationship status—with sanity and humor intact. Below, check out the best romantic movies on Netflix available to stream right now.
Ed Araquel / Netflix1/28Always Be My Maybe
Hands down one of the best romantic comedies you can watch on Netflix. Sparks fly 15 years later in San Francisco for childhood sweethearts chef Sasha (played by comedian Ali Wong) and musician Marcus (Fresh Off the Boat's Randall Park).
Available to stream on Netflix.
NICK WALL/NETFLIX2/28Persuasion
The Jane Austen classic gets a Fleabag-esque update thanks to a fourth-wall-breaking Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson). Pure delight.
3/28Your Place or Mine
Two tried-and-true rom-com stars—Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher—finally teamed up in this friends-to-lovers story. LA-based Debbie and NYC-based Peter swap homes for a week, and through a series of events, realize their true feelings for each other. And like any great rom-com, there’s a crucial airport scene.
ROB BAKER ASHTON/NETFLIX © 20224/28Love at First Sight
Hadley (Haley Lu Richardson), on the way to her dad’s wedding, meets—and flirts with—Oliver (Ben Hardy) on a flight to London. Pesky customs gets in the way, but they’re determined to find each other again. Bet you can’t guess what happens next!
Netflix5/28The Kissing Booth
You haven't lived until you've seen this delightfully over-the-top Netflix original about a high school student (Joey King) who has a crush on her best friend's brother (played by Euphoria star Jacob Elordi). You'll have to watch to find out how a kissing booth plays into all of this, but trust me: It's worth it.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Netflix6/28To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Why are all the best rom-coms set in high school? In this giddy Netflix original, a high school junior (Lana Condor) freaks out when love notes she never intended to send to her crushes become public. Oh, and who's her love interest, you ask? Just some unknown guy named Noah Centineo.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Netflix7/28Set It Up
Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell play two overworked assistants who try to set their bosses up with each other in an attempt to get a break from work. But—surprise!—they also end up falling for each other in the process. It's very cute!
Available to stream on Netflix.
Steve Dietl/NETFLIX8/28Holidate
Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey are adorable as can be as stuck-together lovers in this will-they-won't-they (they will) rom-com. And don't worry about it feeling too Christmas-y: No occasion goes unseen in Holidate, the rare movie that also encompasses New Year's, Valentine's Day, and beyond.
Felicia Graham/Netflix9/28Look Both Ways
In this Sliding Doors–esque tale, we see Natalie (Lili Reinhart) in two parallel lives: In one, she has a positive pregnancy test; in the other, a negative one. Which version wins out for her and Gabe (Danny Ramirez)? You'll have to watch and see.
Netflix10/28Alex Strangelove
A high school senior is quite confident in his heterosexuality—until he meets a mysterious guy at a party who changes everything. What transpires is a story about sexual exploration and identity that's one part Call Me by Your Name and two parts Love, Simon.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Netflix11/28Been So Long
One of the sexiest movies on Netflix, a single mother meets a charming stranger one night on the streets of London who makes her rethink everything about love, life, and past relationships. So...when is this going to happen to me on the streets of New York City? I'm waiting.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Scott Yamano/ Netflix12/28Murder Mystery
A long-awaited romantic trip to Europe for an NYC cop played by Adam Sandler and his wife (Jennifer Aniston) turns into an adventurous whodunit in this new Netflix original.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Courtesy Everett Collection13/28Blue Jay
Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson star in this intimate, poignant movie as high school sweethearts who reconnect in their hometown and spend one night together like nothing's changed. The entire film plays out like a heartbreaking time capsule—which is perhaps why it's shot in black-and-white.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Linda Kallerus / Netflix14/28Irreplaceable You
After she's diagnosed with cancer, Abbie (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) decides to find a future girlfriend for her fiancé, Sam (Michiel Huisman). Don't you dare watch this without a box of tissues nearby—it's one of the biggest tearjerkers on the streaming service.
Available to stream on Netflix.
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Netflix15/28A Christmas Prince
A Christmas Prince is a December-set film that holds up in any month. After all, the premise will feel similar to so many rom-coms that have come before it: A journalist meets a prince, and—shock!—they fall in love.
Available to stream on Netflix.
KC Bailey16/28The Half of It
This teen romance and modern retelling of the classic Cyrano de Bergerac tale is about as sweet as you can find on Netflix. When Ellie (Leah Lewis) starts writing love letters for her jock classmate Paul (Daniel Diemer) to his crush Aster (Alexxis Lemire), she realizes she might have deeper, unexplored feelings of her own.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Nicola Dove / Netflix17/28Falling Inn Love
Falling Inn Love isn't exactly a groundbreaking work—though you probably knew that from the title. But who cares! It's sweet, heartwarming, one of the best feel-good movies on Netflix, and absolutely worth an hour and 38 minutes of your day.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Kerry Brown / Netflix18/28The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Don't let the mouthful of a title sway you from watching The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It's a charming period romance that's perfect for anyone who's ever joined a book club.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images19/28Duck Butter
Alia Shawkat and Laia Costa star as two women who decide to bypass the getting-to-know-each-other stage with an interesting experiment: spend 24 hours together, having sex every hour. You'll have to watch to see how it plays out.
Available to stream on Netflix.
©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection20/28Tune In for Love (Yooyeolui Eumakaelbum)
This romance set a box office record in South Korea when it premiered in 2019; set in the 1990s, it features a couple who meet in their youth and try to find their way back to each other through the years.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Skip Bolen/NETFLIX21/28The Lovebirds
If you're in the mood for a romantic comedy but also a whodunit mystery thriller, look no further than The Lovebirds, starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Gabriel Hennessey/Netflix22/28The Princess Switch
Sure, this Netflix original—about a bakery owner who temporarily switches lives with a princess doppelgänger for a day—is set during the holiday season. But Vanessa Hudgens is so charming in it that we think it should be enjoyed year-round.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Gerardo Maldonado R.23/28Anonymously Yours
“After an accidental text message turns into a digital friendship, Vale and Alex start crushing on each other without realizing they've met in real life,” reads the Netflix description. So…You've Got Mail for Gen Z? We're into it.
Available to stream on Netflix.
©Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection24/28Silver Linings Playbook
Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar for her performance as a young widow who begins a friendship turned romance with Bradley Cooper's character, a man recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Bettina Strauss/Netflix25/28Love Hard
Nina Dobrev stars as a young woman who travels to New York to spend Christmas with her online boyfriend…only to find out she's been catfished. What can we say—we love to watch holiday-set love stories year round.
Available to stream on Netflix.
Walter Thomson26/28Someone Great
“The romantic comedy has just been focusing on the wrong romance,” Someone Great director and writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson tells Glamour. “When I sat down to write Someone Great, I knew two things: (1) There was no world where Jenny (Gina Rodriguez) and Nate (Lakeith Stanfield) could end up together at the end of this movie and (2) that the central love story would not be between Jenny and Nate, but instead between Jenny and her two best friends, Erin (DeWanda Wise) and Blair (Brittany Snow).”
Available to stream on Netflix.
Philippe Bosse/Netflix27/28Single All the Way
As Glamour contributor Christopher Rosa wrote in his review, “The plot of Single All the Way reads like any holiday movie from Hallmark or Lifetime. Unlucky-in-love Peter (Michael Urie) asks his best friend Nick (Philemon Chambers) to come home with him for Christmas and pretend to be his boyfriend so his family doesn’t shame him for being single…. Cue a happily-ever. It’s so charming, I could smash my laptop against the wall.”
Available to stream on Netflix.
Patti Perret28/28Tall Girl
Tall Girl was a surprise hit for Netflix when it came out in 2019. Fans loved the sweet tale of a, well, tall girl who develops a crush on the new foreign exchange student at her school.
Available to stream on Netflix.
