35 best romantic movies on Netflix
It doesn't have to be Valentine's season to enjoy romantic movies. As much as we love a gripping true crime documentary and an edge-of-our-seat thriller movie here at Glamour, some days just call for a lovey-dovey flick, don't they?
Luckily for us, romantic movies on Netflix are in no shortage, with the platform being home to some of the best films of all time that will tug at even the coldest of hearts during a cosy night in.
2026 has started strong, with Hamnet and Wuthering Heights providing much in the way of romance and drama (the former maybe a tad more of a tearjerker than the latter), while last year brought iconic rom-coms and dramas like The History of Sound and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey that are firmly on our ‘Watch Again’ list on Letterboxd.
Of course, you've also got your golden oldies. Notting Hill is one for the ages, while Purple Hearts broke us with its emotional story of a struggling singer-songwriter who agrees to marry a troubled Marine, Luke, for military benefits.
There has also been a cultural insight into the topic of love from other countries, including the collection of short stories centred on Indian women depicted in Lust Stories.
So, for your next Friday night filmathon or post-work romcom sesh, make sure to stick on one of the following 35 best romantic movies on Netflix. All you need is love, after all…
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©MCA/Courtesy Everett CollectionNotting Hill
Julia Roberts at her very best. ICYMI, Notting Hill tells the story of a movie star (Roberts) who forges a connection with an unassuming bookshop owner (Hugh Grant), and a will-they-won't-they romance begins, defined by the fact that the couple are from different worlds. Will they make it work? Watch for the most iconic and quoteable scene right at the end. Hint: “I'm just a girl…”.
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Sarah ShatzSomeone Great (2019)
This one isn't just romantic about relationships, it's romantic about life. After her long-term boyfriend breaks up with her, music journalist Jenny (Gina Rodriguez) rallies her friends together (DeWanda Wise and Brittany Snow) for a legendary night out in New York City before a new chapter in her life begins. It's great on the romance in female friendship and in moving on.
©Screen Gems/Courtesy Everett CollectionThe Vow (2012)
NetflixOur Little Secret (2024)
© 2022 Netflix, Inc.A Tourist's Guide To Love (2023)
We all love to unwind with a feel-good romance, and A Tourist's Guide To Love is the perfect movie to watch on those low-key days. Rachael Leigh Cook stars as a travel executive who accepts an assignment to go undercover and explore more about Vietnam's tourist industry after an unexpected breakup. Of course, along the way, she finds adventure and romance with her hunky tour guide.
Your Place or Mine (2023)
Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher star as best friends Debbie and Peter, who are total opposites. Debbie is a routine-loving mother in Los Angeles, while Peter thrives on change across the country in the Big Apple. They agree to swap homes and lives for a week to discover what they really want in life. It is then they discover that what they think they need might not be what they actually want.
Skip Bolen/NETFLIXThe Lovebirds (2020)
Bettina StraussLove Hard (2021)
Okay, this one is for those who love the festive feeling all year round (Or you can just save for Christmas Day). Nina Dobrev stars as a Los Angeles-based writer who meets her perfect match on a dating app and travels 3,000 miles to meet him in person, to realise that she has been cat-fished. Unable to travel back home immediately, she is forced to get to know him.
KC BailySet It Up (2018)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
The first in the hugely popular Netflix film franchise, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, focuses on Lara Jean (Lana Condor), who bares her soul in letters to all of her five crushes, which she never intends to send. However, when those letters secretly get mailed out to everyone in high school, Lara's life turns upside down.
Doane Gregory / NetflixAlways Be My Maybe (2019)
Ali Wong and Randall Park star in this Netflix rom-com that sees childhood sweethearts reconnecting as adults in San Francisco fifteen years after a huge falling out. The old sparks are still there, but the pair now live in entirely different worlds, so will they be able to make their love a success the second time around? And yes, Keanu Reeves stars in this movie, too!
Ali's Wedding (2017)
This Australian romantic feature film follows the journey of a charming, musically-talented son of a Muslim cleric named Ali who wants to be with the girl of his dreams, Dianne, even though he has been promised to wed another girl at his father's mosque. Will he follow his heart for true love, or will he comply with his sense of duty and his father's wishes?
Tina Rowden/NetflixThe In Between (2022)
Joey King has been in her fair share of impactful romance movies, but we especially love her in The In Between. Cynical Tessa doesn't believe in love until she meets true romantic Skylar. The pair quickly fall in love before tragedy strikes, and Skylar is killed in a car accident. The love story doesn't seem to be over, as Tessa believes Skylar is trying to connect with her from the afterworld. She goes to all lengths to ensure they have the love story they deserve.
E1The Best Of Me (2014)
When Dawson (James Marsden) returns to his hometown to attend his surrogate father's funeral, he reunites with his former high school sweetheart (Michelle Monaghan). Is this redemption at love a chance for him to alleviate his grief? Watch to find out! This undeniably sweet romcom, The Best Of Me, is fabulous for a low-key rainy day.
Maajid Khan / NetflixLust Stories (2018)
Directed by Karan Johar, this Bollywood Hindi-language anthology film focuses on four stories shedding light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of Indian women. The first story centres on a married professor who hooks up with her student, the second is about a domestic helper who begins a relationship with her employer's son, the third is about how the protagonist of an extra-marital affair ends the relationship on her own terms, and lastly, the fourth centres on the bedroom problems of a newlywed couple.
NICK WALL/NETFLIXPersuasion (2022)
Period films don't all have to be serious, so we love how Dakota Johnson injects some humour into her character Anne Elliot, who, after eight years of being dissuaded not to marry the young and handsome Captain Frederick Wentworth, meets him once again. Will she get her epic second chance, and will love blossom?
Vince Valitutti/ NetflixA Perfect Pairing (2022)
An ambitious Los Angeles wine executive (Victoria Justice) flies to Australia to meet with Vaughn Family Wines to get into a major client's good books as she starts up her own wine company. However, she quickly comes across a massive hurdle. The family Down Under are not interested in getting to know. To prove her worth, she begins working at their sheep farm, where she falls in love with a mysteriously handsome local (played by Sex/Life's Adam Demos). This seems more Hallmark movie than an award-season gem, but if you're after a light-hearted watch, A Perfect Pairing is, well, erm, perfect.
Nicola DoveFalling Inn Love (2019)
Another Hallmark-style romance movie which we cannot resist. Gabriela Diaz (Christina Milian) enters a contest to win an Inn overlooking New Zealand's countryside following a breakup. After winning and moving from the US across the world, she renovates The Bellbird Valley Farm, where she teams up with handsome contractor Jake Taylor (Adam Demos, again!) to fix and flip it.
Attraction DistributionSonny Boy (2011)
Sonny Boy is an emotional, romantic Dutch film based on the book The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl. Centred on forbidden interracial love during WW2, a Dutch woman and a man from Suriname, seventeen years her junior, face many social and economic obstacles as they try to make their relationship work.
NetflixThe Valley of a Thousand Hills (2022)
New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett CollectionThe Notebook
Can you get any more romantic than The Notebook? The classic film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams (who went on to become a real couple themselves) and follows their characters over the course of their lives, both together and not. We won't spoil it if you haven't seen it, but we dare you to watch it without crying.
Francisco Roman/NetflixThe Four Seasons
While more on the comedy side of rom-com, this new series written by and starring Tina Fey revolves around three couples and explores topics of marriage, dating in later life and divorce — with lots of hilarity and heartfelt scenes thrown in for good measure. You'll be belly laughing at one-liners from Steve Carrell and Colman Domingo.
© 2022 Netflix, Inc.Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022)
Lady Chatterley has a sexual awakening and pursues a hot and heavy affair with the gamekeeper on her estate after falling out of love with her husband following a war injury. She quickly learns about her own internal biases. Based on the 1928 novel by D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover has seen many on-screen adaptations, but this one may be our favourite.
Ken Woroner/NetflixWedding Season (2022)
This romantic comedy focuses on the Indian leads Asha and Ravi, who are pressured into finding spouses by their traditional parents. In a bid to make them happy, they concoct a plan to be each other's dates for a slate of summer weddings, only to find themselves, yes, you guessed it, falling for each other.
Walter ThomsonAll The Bright Places (2020)
Starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith, All The Bright Places, which is based on the young adult fiction novel of the same name by Jennifer Niven, see high-schoolers Violet and Theodore change each other's lives and help each other through the emotional and physical scars of their past as they fall in love.
KC BaileyThe Half Of It (2020)
A super sweet coming-of-age romantic drama film, The Half Of It sees shy Chinese-American student Ellie Chu help the popular school jock with the girl of his dreams. However, during her journey, Ellie doesn't expect to become good friends with the jock and fall in love with the girl he's trying to win over.
Kerry Brown / NetflixRebecca (2020)
Lily James-starring romance thriller Rebecca sees her character become obsessed with the life of her new husband's first wife, who passed away in a mysterious boating accident. What actually happened during her husband's first marriage?
© 2025 Netflix, Inc.People We Meet On Vacation
Based on Emily Henry's best-selling novel, this rom-com asks the question: “What if two completely opposite people fell in love?”. Poppy, who wants to explore the world, is best friends with Alex, who prefers to stay home with a good book. They live far apart, but for a decade, they have spent one week of summer vacation together. You can guess how the rest goes.
KC BaileyThe Half Of It (2020)
Part coming-of-age film, part romantic comedy, this film follows Ellie Chu, an introverted high schooler, who accepts Paul's offer to write a love letter to Aster Flores, the beautiful daughter of the minister who is reluctantly dating Trig, a narcissistic popular boy from a wealthy family. However, Ellie soon falls in love with Aster while developing a genuine bond with Paul.
