10 Movies to Watch on Netflix If You Hate Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day isn't for everyone. In fact, it's not for most people, even those in a relationship. The cheesy cards? The expensive chocolate? The half-dead flowers your significant other definitely picked up from Walgreens on the way home? The more cynical among us have plenty of reasons to roll their eyes. If you abhor the holiday and all the romantic comedies that come with it, I'm not here to judge you. Instead, I'm here to officially invite you to join the club and watch a movie that will actually make you feel good about your life choices on Feb. 14. Rather than sweeping romantic gestures, Netflix can offer you 18th century decapitations, French mastiffs, Michael Jackson dance routines, and more — what else could you ask for in a movie?
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Eyes Wide Shut
There's nothing remotely mushy about Stanley Kubrick's 1999 thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise as an unsatisfied married couple that quickly get in over their heads with an underground sex club.
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Bachelorette
Yes, technically Bachelorette is about a wedding, but don't let that fool you. The dark comedy starring Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and Rebel Wilson is more about the importance of swallowing your pride in the name of friendship, and disregarding societal expectations of romance.
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Heathers
Has love ever gone as wrong as it does in Heathers? The 1988 drama proves just how disastrous it can be to leave your own morals at home in exchange for approval from both the popular kids and your school's new bad boy. Also, scrunchies are coming back in style, so there's obviously no better time to revisit it.
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St. Vincent
Feeling bummed about Valentine's Day? Let Bill Murray make you forget your worries with this heartwarming, darkly funny story about a young boy's bond with his curmudgeonly neighbor, Vincent.
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Adore
Adore will not only provide you with plenty of eye candy thanks to Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville, but it'll also give you a reason to appreciate your own relationship status. Whether you're single or taken, we guarantee there's no way your love life is as complicated as the ones in this movie, which explores what happens when two mothers and best friends — Naomi Watts and Robin Wright — fall in love with each others' sons.
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Turner & Hooch
Don't have a significant other? Who cares, they probably wouldn't be as awesome as a gigantic, drooling French Mastiff . . . or Tom Hanks, for that matter.
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Marie Antoinette
Using Tinder might be annoying, but imagine if your parents forced you to marry the King of France when you were only 14. And then, to make matters worse, you were decapitated. Marie Antoinette, with Sofia Coppola's cotton candy-colored take on this historic figure, will no doubt put things in perspective.
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13 Going on 30
It's impossible to feel cynical about life while watching Jennifer Garner do the "Thriller" dance in 13 Going on 30. Push play and see what I mean.
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Honestly, Bridget Jones's Diary is good for any occasion, especially if you want to feel normal about belting out "All By Myself" in your PJs. Pour yourself a Bridget-sized glass of vodka (I won't judge) and crank it up!
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It Follows
Nothing says "F*ck Valentine's Day" like a movie about a sexually transmitted stalker that can look like anyone.