The Best Rom-Coms on Netflix to Stream Right Now

It’s the reason for the Netflix rom-com revolution, and for good reason. The film abides by rom-com conventions but manages to feel younger and fresher. TATBILB also introduced Netflix’s genre stars: Noah Centineo and Lana Condor.

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One salutary result of the revolution is Netflix’s willingness to break up the traditional white-girl-meets-white-boy variety of the genre. Comedians Ali Wong and Randall Park don’t reinvent the rom-com form, but they make it more widely watchable again.

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Three friends set off on a road trip with romantic detours, awkwardness, and more than a few hilarious moments. It’s also got a banging soundtrack.

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Though set up as a classic falling-in-love-with-the-friend flick, the film twists in more realistic and heart-wrenching ways. It’s also a loose modern retelling of the famous play Cyrano de Bergerac.

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Maybe not the most unexpected rom-com entry (let’s be honest, the genre doesn’t often move beyond expectancy), but, nonetheless, a fun, quick film featuring some amazing actors. It follows Jessica, an aspiring playwright, who’s recovering from a recent breakup. She meets, Boone, who’s also had a recent breakup. Together, they try to make sense of their lives.

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Silver Linings won’t rewrite the rom-com plot playbook, but it will execute the hell out of its gameplan—and its genre-straddling tone. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence play off each other well in a film about a man struggling with bipolar disorder and a young widow who enter a dance competition together.

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Another major entry in Netflix’s summer of love, The Kissing Booth is a solid bet for rom-com night. It skews pretty young, though, so don’t expect anything particularly serious. It’s also one of Jacob Elordi’s first major roles, in addition to Euphoria.

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A Hong Kong film about two lovers who meet over during a smoke break, Love in a Puff is down to earth in the most shoe-stomping-out-a-ciggie way possible. It’s the first in a trilogy, too, if you really enjoy it.

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Hoping to get their bosses of their backs, two assistants conspire to play matchmaker. It’s a formula film done right. Not to mention, it’s the first lead rom-com role for Glen Powell.

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More of an anti-rom com, the film follows a woman fresh off a breakout and on her last night in NYC before a big move. Relationships are great, but never forget your friends.

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An arranged marriage. A secret love. Family expectations. Hilarity. Chaos. It’s simply universal. A Muslim cleric has to choose between the girl he loves…and following his duty to the woman he’s arranged to marry.

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Another Julia Roberts ’90s genre entry is the polarizing My Best Friend’s Wedding, which you’ll either love or hate and feel absolutely nothing in between. Consider it a relationship test for you and your partner’s cinema opinions.

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Maybe slow-moving for some, but this South African romance/drama/unexpected comedy is worth the watch for something new in the genre.

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Translated as The Heartbreak Club, this Indonesian musical rom-com is fun and colorful and will help shakeup your monotonous watchlist.

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PK is simply delightful. A story about an alien making his way on earth acts also as a social satire. During his journey, he learns about the highs and lows of human emotion, especially love.

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A French cosmic revenge film featuring a chauvinist and a world suddenly run only by women. A little too on the nose occasionally, but still a sharp social comedy.

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The holiday rom-com is a pretty stuffed sub-genre. Still, Let It Snow embraces the conventions and delivers a fun ride. A group of high school students are brought together due to a Midwestern snowstorm, which causes their personal lives and relationships to collide.

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It’s actually a TV series rather than a movie, but we’re counting it since it’s a solid rom-com. One of the better rom-coms Netflix has put out, Dash and Lily follows two teens who communicate via a notebook they pass around New York City.

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A reimagining of the original live-action film, which itself is an adaptation of a comic book, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off includes many of the same actors of the live-action and melds together exciting animation with dedicated acting.

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