Watching a movie is still a nice way to spend your Valentine’s Day, whether you’re single or in a relationship. Here are 37 Valentine’s day movies to watch this February.
1. 10 Things I Hate About You
Don’t let the title fool you, this modern take on Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ has romance at its heart, even if its main characters are a little rough around the edges.
2. A Knight’s Tale
A peasant squire masquerades as a knight, competing in jousting tournaments and winning the heart of Jocelyn, a young noble lady.
3. A Star Is Born
There are so many versions of this movie to choose from, but go for the 1976 one and you won’t be disappointed, either with the cast or the legendary soundtrack.
4. Aladdin
One of Disney’s most spectacular animated features, fulfil one of your three wishes by having the perfect Valentine’s Day watching this feelgood film.
5. Beauty and the Beast
The live-action version of Disney’s classic starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens that proves beauty really is more than just skin deep.
6. Bridget Jones’ Diary
Bridget starts a diary to document her search for love, but it does have its downsides, especially when someone reads what you wrote about them.
7. Call Me By Your Name
The movie that shot Timothee Chalamet to fame portraying a gay teen in ‘80s Italy. This coming-of-age story is powerful and emotional, with an ending guaranteed to bring you to tears.
8. Casablanca
Filled with Hollywood royalty, this classic from the Golden Age of cinema is as fresh now as it was in 1942, and you already know its final line!
9. Crazy Rich Asians
When Constance Wu’s character travels to Singapore, she finds out her boyfriend actually belongs to one of the richest families there, but the life of the super-wealthy isn’t what she expected.
10. Dirty Dancing
The songs, the dancing, you’ll really have the time of your life with this movie!
11. Enchanted
A happily ever after fairy tale that makes fun of Disney’s classic animated movies, it’s perfect for curling up on the sofa to watch this Valentine’s Day.
12. Ghost
The movie that gave a new meaning to the phrase “everlasting love”, and pottery making too!
13. Grease
The top high school movie for many, its story of Greaser culture in 1950s America is as compelling now as it was 45 years ago.
14. High School Musical
Get ready for a lot of teenage heartache as a group of high schoolers audition for their school’s musical production.
15. La La Land
It brought musicals back into the spotlight, and smashed it at awards season. This feature deserves all the praise it gets and more, and should be on anyone’s list of must-see movies.
16. Love, Actually
It might be considered a Christmas movie now, but its multiple love stories and all-star cast are too good to only watch it once a year.
17. Love, Simon
Simon is a closeted gay high-schooler who secretly shares his feelings with a pseudonymous person by email, but another student makes the emails public to the whole school.
18. Mamma Mia
If there’s anything better than a rom-com, it’s a rom-com set to the tunes of Swedish pop group ABBA. Singing along is required.
19. Moulin Rouge
A young English writer starts a romance with a French cabaret star trying to put on a stage play in late nineteenth-century Paris.
20. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
It’s a swashbuckler of a movie as blacksmith Will Turner enlists the help of a pirate to save the love of his life, Elizabeth Swann.
21. Pride and Prejudice
If you’re looking for something regal, this Jane Austen adaptation has you covered, with stunning costumes and sets, and a story that’s captivated people for over two hundred years.
22. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
This movie is a classic take on the Robin Hood and Maid Marion love story. It’s worth watching purely for that one song.
23. Rocky
It’s not a conventional choice, but the main theme of Rocky (and its sequels) is the love between the titular boxer and Adrian, a love that keeps Rocky going even when he’s up against the ropes.
24. Sense and Sensibility
Featuring some of the best acting talent ever, this Jane Austen adaptation has multiple love stories to keep you rooting for your favourite characters right to the end.
25. Shrek 2
While the original movie would fit just as well, Shrek 2 has the green ogre taking a love potion to change into a human, and become more like the man he believes Fiona deserves.
26. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
A young man sets out to find a fallen star and discovers true love instead. A light-hearted fantasy film.
27. Stardust
It’s not the first movie you think of for Valentine’s Day, but Episode 2 does have the best Star Wars romance between Anakin and Padme, with some cheesy dialogue that’s even more famous than the movie itself!
28. The Bodyguard
Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston star in one of cinema’s most famous workplace relationships as an R&B singer begins a romance with her personal bodyguard.
29. The Fault in Our Stars
Focussing on two cancer patients who fall in love, this movie will warm your heart and then tear it out. DO NOT attempt it without a good supply of tissues.
30. The Photograph
Focussing on two cancer patients who fall in love, this movie will warm your heart and then tear it out. DO NOT attempt it without a good supply of tissues.
31. The Princess Bride
The movie that got parody down to an art form, The Princess Bride makes fun of the fantasy and fairy tale genre like nothing else, right down to the corny story of true love and the princess in peril.
32. The Princess Diaries
A US high-schooler discovers she’s actually a princess and heir to the throne of a country in Europe, but royal life has plenty of downsides.
33. The Three Musketeers
A story told many times, but in 1993, Disney did it like only they could. “All for one, all for love!”
34. Think Like A Man
A series of intertwining love stories set in the past and in the present.A series of intertwining love stories set in the past and in the present.
35. Titanic
One of the biggest phenomena in cinema, based on true events, its ending is still just as powerful, no matter how many times you see it.
36. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Lara Jean writes but never sends secret letters to boys she has a crush on, that is until someone else mails them all out without her knowing.
37. Twilight
The teen vampire movie of teen vampire movies, starring the ever-youthful Robert Pattinson, and with added werewolves!
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