Can you feel the romance tonight? Love comes in all shapes and sizes, and for hopeless dreamers like us, nothing quite beats the lure of a good old rom-com. Looking to make your special night with that special someone even more special? Streaming services like Netflix have a library full of films that will really bring out your inner lover.
These romantic classics will have you chuckling with laughter one moment and sobbing into a box of tissues the very next. Regardless, It’s time to light a spark in your otherwise boring movie nights with our top movie picks.
“City of Angels”
When your romantic classic has big-name actors like Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan lighting up the big screen, it’s bound to melt millions of hearts. With a $55 million production budget, “City of Angels” went on to gross close to $200 million at the box office, proving the power of love in cinema.
Despite its A-lister cast and stellar storyline, “City of Angels” has somehow been forgotten over the years by hardcore fans and moviegoers. With an intriguing plot that revolves around an angelic being falling in love with a mortal human, the film is a cinematic masterpiece.
“Frankie and Johnny”
If someone told us a film had Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino as its lead actor, we definitely wouldn’t need a second invitation to pick it up for a special movie night. These two stars might have treated us to loads of drama and gang-related violence in “Scarface” but with “Frankie and Johnny,” Pacino and Pfeiffer switch up the gears as they deliver an expectedly great rom-com.
The icing on the cake? The scenes and cinematic sequences of “Frankie and Johnny” have been carefully and meticulously orchestrated by Garry Marshall, the director behind hits like “Pretty Woman.”
“The Opposite of S*x”
Christina Ricci is at the helm of this one, playing a pregnant teenager named Dedee Truitt who decides to run away from home before traveling to Indiana to move in with her half-brother. The plot twist comes when she becomes romantically involved with his boyfriend Matt before and misleads him into believing that it is, in fact, him, who is the father of her unborn child.
