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For all you love birds looking for movies to snuggle up together and watch on Valentine’s Day, we’ve got you covered. And for you single pringles, you’ll definitely enjoy it too, but hold your pillow tight o. ?
1. Entergalactic
Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love after he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.
2. Crazy Rich Asians
Rachel, a professor, dates a man named Nick and looks forward to meeting his family. However, she is shaken up when she learns that Nick belongs to one of the richest families in the country.
3. Purple Hearts
Cassie is a singer-songwriter drowning in medical bills from her diabetes. Luke is a marine in training, in need of quick cash. Against their better judgement and hatred for one another, the two marry to receive military benefits. However, if they can’t pull off their fake marriage, they’ll both be charged with fraud.
4. To all the boys I’ve loved before
This Netflix original, starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo, was all the rage in 2018. If you haven’t seen the cute—and cringeworthy—story, and then follow it up with the sequels!
5. Love, Rosie
Searching for a romance you haven’t seen before? Let us present Love, Rosie. This under-rated, cult favorite is jam-packed with popular tropes: miscommunication, friends to lovers, and “right person, wrong time.” But the real question is: will childhood friends Alex and Rosie ever figure out a way to make it work?
6. Five Feet apart
Two teens battling cystic fibrosis meet in the hospital. One, a by-the-book, rule-follower determined to beat the odds of their illness; the other, a realist, content with their destined future. As a relationship forms between the two, it’s important they stay six feet apart to avoid cross-infection, but it’s easier said than done.
7. Your place or mine
The story follows Debbie (Reese Witherspoon) and Peter’s (Ashton Kutcher) close-knit friendship as they swap homes on opposite sides of the country, so Debbie can pursue a short-term program. However, neither likes what they discover about the other’s life.
8. You People
A new couple portrayed by Jonah Hill and Lauren Landon trying to bring together their culturally different parents (played by Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and David Duchovny).
9. Date Night
Phil and Claire lead a routine, almost dull life of a suburban couple with kids. An attempt to spice up the date night with a bit of excitement and glamour turns into more thrills than they asked for.
10. La La Land
When Sebastian, a pianist, and Mia, an actress, follow their passion and achieve success in their respective fields, they find themselves torn between their love for each other and their careers.
11. The Fault in our Stars
Teenager Hazel Grace’s life changes when she meets Augustus Waters at a cancer support group. The two then embark on a life-changing journey which brings them even closer.
12. Mr & Mrs Smith
This action comedy with a romantic undertone follows John (Brad Pitt) and Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie), two married, undercover assassins from different agencies sent to kill one another. It goes without saying, their relationship isn’t wedded bliss.
Grab a popcorn, pick any of these and have a lovely Valentine’s Day with your partner. ❤️
