Valentine’s Day holiday brings people together and them apart. Some people like to celebrate, some don’t, some take it seriously, and some go to the drugstore and buy chocolate.
No matter your relationship status, if you’re in the mood for a bit of romance, there’s a movie that will give you precisely what you’re looking for.
Here is a list of romantic comedies, dramas, period pieces, and even movies about Valentine’s Day that you can watch when you get home from dancing with your sweetheart or staying in bed alone.
P.S. I Love You
The man’s husband leaves her ten messages to help his young widow overcome his death and go on with her life.
| Year | 2007 |
| Director | Richard LaGravenese |
| Actors | Hilary Swank Gerard Butler Harry Connick Jr. |
A Star Is Born
As the musician ages and drinks more, his career goes downhill, so he helps a young singer become famous.
| Year | 2018 |
| Director | Bradley Cooper |
| Actors | Lady Gaga Bradley Cooper Sam Elliott |
La La Land
A pianist and an actress meet in Los Angeles and fall in love while trying to reach their professional goals.
| Year | 2016 |
| Director | Damien Chazelle |
| Actors | Ryan Gosling Emma Stone Rosemarie DeWitt |
The Vow
After a car accident leaves Paige in a coma, her husband Leo makes it his mission to win her back despite her severe memory loss.
| Year | 2012 |
| Director | Michael Sucsy |
| Actors | Rachel McAdams Channing Tatum Sam Neill |
Once
It is a modern musical about a street performer and an immigrant who spend a week in Dublin writing, practising, and recording songs telling their love’s story.
| Year | 2007 |
| Director | John Carney |
| Actors | Glen Hansard Markéta Irglová Hugh Walsh |
The Notebook
Ryan Gosling plays an impoverished but passionate young guy who gives Rachel McAdams’ character (from a wealthy family) a taste of independence via love before their class disparities force them apart.
| Year | 2005 |
| Director | Nick Cassavetes |
| Actors | Gena Rowlands James Garner Rachel McAdams |
Titanic
The tragic love story of a seventeen-year-old aristocrat onboard the opulent doomed R.M.S. Titanic.
| Year | 1997 |
| Director | James Cameron |
| Actors | Leonardo DiCaprio Kate Winslet Billy Zane |
Say Anything
A valedictorian and an honourable underachiever fall in love the summer before she leaves for college.
| Year | 1989 |
| Director | Cameron Crowe |
| Actors | John Cusack Ione Skye John Mahoney |
Beauty and the Beast
Unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps captive, a selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life.
| Year | 2017 |
| Director | Bill Condon |
| Actors | Emma Watson Dan Stevens Luke Evans |
Atonement
When Briony Tallis, 13, accuses her older sister’s boyfriend of a crime he didn’t do, she changes many people’s lives in a way that can’t be undone.
| Year | 2017 |
| Director | Joe Wright |
| Actors | Keira Knightley James McAvoy Brenda Blethyn |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
When a couple turns sour, one option is surgically removing each other from their memories.
| Year | 2004 |
| Director | Michel Gondry |
| Actors | Jim Carrey Kate Winslet Tom Wilkinson |
Brokeback Mountain
Ennis and Jack are both shepherds, and they fall in love with each other. When they both get married to their girlfriends, it makes their relationship more complicated.
| Year | 2005 |
| Director | Ang Lee |
| Actors | Jake Gyllenhaal Heath Ledger Michelle Williams |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts to age backwards and what happens to him.
| Year | 2008 |
| Director | David Fincher |
| Actors | Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Tilda Swinton |
Punch-Drunk Love
Barry Egan, who has no friends, calls a phone sex line to make himself feel less lonely. He has no idea it will get him into much trouble and hurt his relationship with the mysterious Lena.
| Year | 2002 |
| Director | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Actors | Adam Sandler Emily Watson Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Up in the Air
Ryan Bingham likes that his job lets him live out of a suitcase and travel around the country firing people. However, this way of life is threatened by a possible love interest and a new hire who brings a new business model.
| Year | 2009 |
| Director | Jason Reitman |
| Actors | George Clooney Vera Farmiga Anna Kendrick |
About Time
Tim discovers at age 21 that he can go back in time and change things that have happened. It wasn’t as easy as you might think for him to decide that getting a girlfriend would make his life better.
| Year | 2013 |
| Director | Richard Curtis |
| Actors | Domhnall Gleeson Rachel McAdams Bill Nighy |
Love Actually
It follows the love lives of eight couples who are very different from each other. The stories are loosely connected and occur in London, England, the month before Christmas.
| Year | 2003 |
| Director | Richard Curtis |
| Actors | Hugh Grant Martine McCutcheon Liam Neeson |
The Wedding Singer
Robbie, a singer, and Julia, a waitress, are married to the wrong people. Luck steps in and helps them find each other.
| Year | 1998 |
| Director | Frank Coraci |
| Actors | Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore Christine Taylor |
Gone With The Wind
In this American film classic, a manipulative woman and a shady man have a rocky relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
| Year | 1939 |
| Director | Victor Fleming George Cukor Sam Wood |
| Actors | Margaret Mitchell Sidney Howard Oliver H.P. Garrett |
Up
Carl Fredricksen, who is 78 years old, takes his balloon-equipped house to Paradise Falls and accidentally takes a young stowaway with him.
| Year | 2009 |
| Director | Pete Docter Bob Peterson (co-director) |
| Actors | Edward Asner(voice) Jordan Nagai(voice) John Ratzenberger(voice) |
Sleepless in Seattle
A man’s son calls a radio talk show to find a partner for his father, who just lost his wife.
| Year | 1993 |
| Director | Nora Ephron |
| Actors | Tom Hanks Meg Ryan Ross Malinger |
10 Things I Hate About You
A pretty, popular teenager can’t date until her bad-tempered older sister does.
| Year | 1999 |
| Director | Gil Junger |
| Actors | Heath Ledger Julia Stiles Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
Save the Last Dance
A white girl from the Midwest moves to Chicago, where she meets her new boyfriend, a rough-around-the-edges black teen from the South Side.
| Year | 2001 |
| Director | Thomas Carter |
| Actors | Julia Stiles Sean Patrick Thomas Kerry Washington |
The Age of Adaline
After an accident, a young woman born at the turn of the 20th century no longer ages. After living alone for a long time, she meets a man who changes how she lives forever.
| Year | 2015 |
| Director | Lee Toland Krieger |
| Actors | Blake Lively Michiel Huisman Harrison Ford |
Crazy, Stupid, Love
When the wife of a middle-aged man asks for a divorce, his life changes in a big way. He tries to return to being a man by learning to pick up girls at bars with the help of a new friend, Jacob.
| Year | 2011 |
| Director | Glenn Ficarra John Requa |
| Actors | Steve Carell Ryan Gosling Julianne Moore |
The Best of Me
When they return to their small hometown after many years, the two people in love in high school see each other again.
| Year | 2014 |
| Director | Michael Hoffman |
| Actors | James Marsden Michelle Monaghan Luke Bracey |
(500) Days Of Summer
Tom Hansen is a hopeless romantic. When the girl he thinks is his soulmate breaks up with him, he thinks back on their relationship to figure out what went wrong and how he can get her back.
| Year | 2009 |
| Director | Marc Webb |
| Actors | Zooey Deschanel Joseph Gordon-Levitt Geoffrey Arend |
The Holiday
Two women with trouble with guys swap houses and move to each other’s countries. There, they each meet and fall in love with a local guy.
| Year | 2006 |
| Director | Nancy Meyers |
| Actors | Kate Winslet Cameron Diaz Jude Law |
Elizabethtown
During a memorial for his Kentucky-born father in his hometown, a young man meets a stewardess who seems too good to be true. Valentine’s Day movie all the way.
| Year | 2005 |
| Director | Cameron Crowe |
| Actors | Orlando Bloom Kirsten Dunst Susan Sarandon |
Remember Me
A romantic drama about two people who fall in love: Tyler, whose parents broke up after his brother killed himself, and Ally, who lives every Day to the fullest after seeing her mother killed.
| Year | 2010 |
| Director | Allen Coulter |
| Actors | Robert Pattinson Emilie de Ravin Caitlyn Rund |
A Walk to Remember
Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan from North Carolina live together after Landon gets in trouble and has to do community service.
| Year | 2002 |
| Director | Adam Shankman |
| Actors | Mandy Moore Shane West Peter Coyote |
Dear John
A romantic drama about a soldier who falls in love with a conservative college student while he’s home on leave.
| Year | 2010 |
| Director | Lasse Hallström |
| Actors | Channing Tatum Amanda Seyfried Richard Jenkins |
In the end, what matters most is the connection these Valentine’s Day movies create. They connect us to our emotions, to the people we care about, and to the larger tapestry of human experience. They remind us that love is a journey—one that is sometimes messy, often unexpected, but always worth celebrating.
So, this Valentine’s Day, grab your popcorn, settle into your favorite spot, and let the magic of cinema sweep you away into the world of love, however you define it. Whether you’re in the company of someone special or savoring the joy of your own company, may these films bring a touch of love and laughter to your heart.
