Isn't It Romantic? 2019's Best Love-Filled Movies You Need to Watch Right Now

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If romantic films are more your speed than the next big superhero movie, this list of 2019 love stories will suit your fancy. Most being romantic comedies — because nothing makes you feel warmer and fuzzier than a good rom-com — we've also mixed in a few dramas based around matters of the heart (if you want to change things up a bit). From Netflix romances like Someone Great and Falling Inn Love to big-screen rom-coms like Long Shot and Isn't It Romantic, there's no shortage of movies you can get your hands on. Make sure to take special note of Oscar-bait drama The Aftermath starring Alexander Skarsgard and Keira Knightley; it sounds supersteamy. Ahead, find 2019's best romance films!

— Additional reporting by Haley Lyndes, Lauren Harano, and Mekishana Pierre

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Earthquake Bird
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Earthquake Bird

Thanks to Netflix, Susanna Jones's novel Earthquake Bird is being adapted to the big screen. The thriller slash mystery stars Alicia Vikander as Lucy Fly, a young female expat who moves to Tokyo to get away from her past. Upon arrival, Lucy meets a handsome photographer named Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi) and quickly falls in love. However, things take a turn when one of her good friends, Lily, gets in the middle of their relationship and goes missing. Did Lucy kill her? The romantic thriller will have you on your toes.

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Lady and the Tramp
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Lady and the Tramp

This Disney reboot features an upper-class American cocker spaniel named Lady (Tessa Thompson) who was the center of her family's attention since the day she was adopted — until they had a baby. Quickly, Lady finds herself forgotten in the streets, where she meets a stray named Tramp (Justin Theroux), and falls in love. Galavanting around town together, the dogs form a relationship that we all can learn from.

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Let It Snow
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Let It Snow

Combine a snow day, a small town, and lots of teenage hormones and what do you get? A romantic drama, of course! Let It Snow tells the story of a group of high school students who, thanks to a raging snowstorm and a deserted pop star, attend a party on Christmas Eve. Love triangles, long walks in the woods, and an adorable sledding scene are just a few of the ever-so-cheesy things that take place — and we love every minute of it!

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What Men Want
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What Men Want

This gender-reversed What Women Want stars Taraji P. Henson as a sports agent who gets overlooked in her male-dominated profession. But she gains an unexpected advantage over the men she works with when she starts to hear their thoughts. Wendi McLendon-Covey, Max Greenfield, Kellan Lutz, Pete Davidson, and Aldis Hodge costar.

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Isn't It Romantic
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Isn't It Romantic

Natalie (Rebel Wilson), cynical and fed up with love, gets hit over the head and wakes up trapped in a rom-com. She must avoid cliches and find her happily ever after in order to return to reality in this film, costarring Liam Hemsworth, Adam Devine and Priyanka Chopra.

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Five Feet Apart
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Five Feet Apart

Directed by Jane the Virgin star Justin Baldoni, this tearjerker stars Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson as two teenagers with life-threatening illnesses who meet in the hospital and fall in love. You should probably pack a tissue or two.

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After
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After

Based on the bestselling novel by Anna Todd, this romance stars Josephine Langford as a college student who falls for a bad boy (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) and begins a tumultuous relationship. Their parents are played played by Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Beals, and Selma Blair.

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The Aftermath
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The Aftermath

Alexander Skarsgard, Keira Knightley, and Jason Clarke star in this adult romance about three adults who find themselves living together in postwar Germany in 1946. The tension builds as their postwar grief turns to passion . . . and ultimately to betrayal.

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Long Shot
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Long Shot

Seth Rogen stars as a down-on-his-luck journalist who decides to pursue his childhood crush and babysitter — and she has not only become one of the most powerful and unattainable women on the planet, but she's played by Charlize Theron. That's a tough go, buddy. Alexander Skarsgard (clearly having a very busy 2019) costars.

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Last Christmas
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Last Christmas

This holiday romance set in London stars Game of Thrones badass Emilia Clarke and Crazy Rich Asians charmer Henry Golding as a couple that cannot resist falling in love in the beautiful English backdrop — though the actual plot is being kept tightly under wraps. We do know that it will feature George Michael's popular holiday tune of the same name!

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Someone Great
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Someone Great

Get ready for your Girls Trip of 2019 with Netflix's upcoming buddy comedy. Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez plays a young woman who rebounds from a devastating break-up by taking a trip to New York City with her besties. Brittany Snow, DeWanda Wise, and Rosario Dawson costar, and it's the directorial debut of Sweet/Vicious writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.

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The Perfect Date
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The Perfect Date

To save up for college, Brooks Rattigan (Noah Centineo) creates an app where anyone can pay him to play the perfect stand-in boyfriend for any occasion.

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Good Sam
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Good Sam

Based on Dete Meserve's book of the same name, Good Sam follows TV news reporter Kate Bradley (Tiya Sircar) who is assigned to uncover the identity of a mysterious Good Samaritan who has been anonymously leaving $100,000 cash gifts on the doorsteps of random New Yorkers. Kate seeks to unravel the identity of Good Sam and the powerful and unexpected reasons behind the extraordinary gifts.

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Booksmart
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Booksmart

Olivia Wilde directs this hilarious coming-of-age comedy, which stars Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever as two high school overachievers and best friends who decide to have a first and final wild night together (and with their crushes) before they head to college in the Fall.

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Always Be My Maybe
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Always Be My Maybe

This rom-com, starring stand-up queen Ali Wong and Fresh Off the Boat's Randall Park (as well as a bunch of other amazing actors), follows childhood sweethearts who reconnect as adults in incredibly different socioeconomic situations, 15 years after a dramatic falling out.

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Late Night
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Late Night

Aspiring comedy writer Molly (Kaling) teams up with legendary late-night host Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) to give her show some much-needed adjustments and hopefully save her career in the process.

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Murder Mystery
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Murder Mystery

Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler team up to play a bored husband and wife who go on a long-awaited trip to Europe, only to have a chance meeting with a handsome stranger on the plane (Luke Evans) that leads the pair to an intimate family gathering on the yacht of aging billionaire Malcolm Quince (Terence Stamp). Though their surroundings are lavish, things soon take a turn when Quince turns up dead and everyone aboard the boat becomes a suspect in his murder.

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Blinded by the Light
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Blinded by the Light

Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha's new film proves just how universal Bruce Springsteen's timeless lyrics and music is as the inspirational drama follows Javed (Viveik Kalra), a British teenager of Pakistani descent struggling to figure out who he really is while growing up in Britain in the late 1980s.

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Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

Maria Semple's 2012 bestseller comes to the big screen in this adaption directed by Richard Linklater. Just like the novel, the film tells the tale of Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett), a woman from Seattle with a loving husband and precocious daughter who unexpectedly goes missing. Her family goes on a wild adventure to solve the mystery of where she's gone off to and — well, we don't want to spoil the whole thing for you.

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Falling Inn Love
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Falling Inn Love

Netflix's upcoming feel-good romance Falling Inn Love has everything you need in a cheesy rom-com: a punny title, a gorgeous setting, and a scenario built to make its leads fall in (sorry, inn) love against all odds. Singer and actress Christina Milian stars as Gabriela, a city girl who spontaneously enters a contest to "win an inn" — aka renovating the dilapidated Bellbird Valley Farm — after a breakup. Lo and behold, she's chosen! Which means she has to travel from her home in San Francisco to New Zealand, where the Bellbird is located. Luckily, with the help of a handsome contractor (Adam Demos), Gabriela fixes up not only the building but also her heart.

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The Wedding Year
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The Wedding Year

Starring Sarah Hyland and Tyler James Williams, the romantic comedy follows Hyland's Mara Hickey, a 27-year-old commitment-phobe who lands a cute boyfriend (Williams) just in time for a seriously packed wedding season. With seven weddings to attend in the same year — including her sister's — Mara and Jake's relationship is put to the test when her fear of commitment clashes with his readiness to settle down.

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A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
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A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish

The Perfect Date's Laura Marano takes on the role of Katherine "Kat" Decker, an aspiring singer who's stuck in the shadow of her overbearing stepmother and stepsisters. Fortunately, her seasonal job working as a singing elf at a Christmas fair brings her in contact with the handsome Nick (Runaways' Gregg Sulkin), who plays a Santa on the tree lot. The two hit it off, and soon Kat finds herself invited to a prestigious gala that draws the jealousy of her stepsisters. Will she be able to attend and fall for Nick? We'll just have to wait and see!

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Holiday in the Wild
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Holiday in the Wild

Starring Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis, this holiday rom-com tells the story of a woman who — abandoned by her husband the night before they're set to leave on an African safari — decides to travel to Cape Town alone, where she meets a superhot elephant conservationist.

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Gloria Bell
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Gloria Bell

Written and directed by Academy Award winner Sebastián Lelio, this swoon-worthy romance film tells the story of a middle-aged woman named Gloria (Julianne Moore) who has an ordinary day-to-day life, but lets loose on the town's dance floors each night. One night while she's out, she unexpectedly meets Arnold (John Turturro), and their whirlwind love story begins. Get ready for a lusty relationship and so much more.

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Elisa & Marcela
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Elisa & Marcela

Based on a true story, Elisa & Marcela is a heartwarming (and heartbreaking) tale of the first same-sex marriage in Spain in 1901. Starring Natalia de Molina and Greta Fernández, this forbidden love story will have you wishing for a relationship as passionate as theirs.

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Berlin, I Love You
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Berlin, I Love You

Berlin, I Love You takes a romantic cue from Paris, je t'aime and New York, I Love You. Starring A-listers such as Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, and Luke Wilson, the film consists of 10 different stories about love, which involves, of course, some strong intimacy.

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The Sun Is Also a Star
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The Sun Is Also a Star

Another book to film adaptation, The Sun Is Also a Star features lead performances from Riverdale's Charles Melton and Black-ish's Yara Shihidi. Based on Nicola Yoon's book, the story is about a boy and a girl who fall in love on a crowded New York City street. Drama ensues when we learn that the girl's family is getting deported to Jamaica, intensifying the sparks between two young lovers.

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Sorry Angel
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Sorry Angel

In this dreamy French love story, a Parisian writer on the cusp of 40 and suffering from AIDs meets a 22-year-old student just coming to terms with his sexuality, and the result is a torrid love story that will make your heart burst (and then, of course, break it).

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Non-Fiction
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Non-Fiction

A movie about sex, romance, and literature, Non-Fiction will pull you in and leave you wanting more. This film follows a controversial writer who mixes his real-life stories with his made-up stories and stirs up drama between couples, relationships, and even his steamy affairs.

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Photograph
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Photograph

In this Indian coming-of-age romantic drama, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra star side by side and bring the passion of a lifetime to the big screen. This movie tells the story of a street photographer who asks a woman he just met to pose as his fiancée to appease his grandmother who desperately wants him to get married. Their fake relationship soon turns into a fiery romance that takes them to a place they've never been before.

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The Souvenir
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The Souvenir

An aspiring film student (Honor Swinton Byrne) falls into a tumultuous relationship with a man (Tom Burke) much older than her, who wants her all to himself. While her dreams and life take a wild turn, their relationship only just begins to heats up. This film is filled with all the passion and sexy drama viewers could ever want.

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The Last Summer
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The Last Summer

This Netflix original is filled with high school sweethearts, new love, old lovers, and everything in between. It follows a group of adolescents who are trying to navigate through the heartbreak and drama of their last Summer together before they head off in their own directions. This romance movie will take your breath away more than once, so be prepared.

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The Tomorrow Man
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The Tomorrow Man

A man (played by John Lithgow) who has his sights set on the future meets a woman (Blythe Danner) who is trapped in the past, and together they take on the present. This romantic drama follows the two as they learn how to love, and in turn, be loved.

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Plus One
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Plus One

When two single friends (played by Maya Erskine and Jack Quaid) decide to take each other to every wedding they get invited to one Summer, their friendship turns into something more. This rom-com is complete with laughs, love, and some much-needed sexy scenes.

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Luka Chuppi
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Luka Chuppi

A rom-com with a more than a couple twists, Luka Chuppi is about a television reporter (Kartik Aaryan) who falls in love with a strong-willed woman, and before they know it, their whole lives undergo drastic changes. Trust us when we tell you that this movie brings the passion of new love back to life.

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Notebook
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Notebook

A Bollywood drama, the Notebook is the ideal mix of lust, romance, passion, and drama. When a retired army officer (Zaheer Iqbal) finds an old notebook at a school he is attempting to teach at, he soon becomes infatuated with the writer whom he has never even met.

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Kabir Singh
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Kabir Singh

This remake of the 2017 Telugu movie Arjun Reddy tells the wild story of an alcoholic surgeon whose life is turned upside down after he finds out his girlfriend is forced to marry another man. Expect drugs, alcohol, and passion to ensue.

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Queen & Slim
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Queen & Slim

Queen & Slim follows the journey of the titular characters — played by big-screen newcomer Jodie Turner-Smith and Get Out's Daniel Kaluuya, respectively — as the two meet up for a first date that goes horrifically awry when they get pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. When the situation quickly goes left, Slim shoots a police officer in self-defense, and the two flee for their lives, setting off a perilous chain of events. This adventurous movie has all the Bonnie and Clyde feels, so get ready for more than a little action.

Release date: Nov. 27

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Aladdin
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Aladdin

Is Aladdin what you instantly think of when you're imagining romantic movies? OK, no, maybe not. But the Guy Ritchie-directed remake tells the story we know and love of the street rat from Agrabah, starring Mena Massoud as Aladdin, Naomi Scott as Jasmine, and Will Smith as a very, VERY blue Genie. And of course there's a ton of romance woven into the story that you can look forward to!

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Yesterday
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Yesterday

Struggling singer-songwriter Jack Malik (newcomer Himesh Patel), awakens after a bike accident to discover that the world suddenly doesn't remember the music of The Beatles . . . except for him. Directed by Slumdog Mullionaire's Danny Boyle and written by rom-com king Richard Curtis (of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill fame), the musical follows Jack as he does what any other sane wannabe rock star would do when a pot of gold lands in their lap — he passes the songs off as his own.

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All the Bright Places, New Release Date 2020

Based on Jennifer Niven's YA novel of the same name, Netflix's adaptation of All the Bright Places stars Elle Fanning as Violet and Justice Smith as Theodore, two small-town kids who meet in the school's bell tower when they're both contemplating suicide. They form a bond and begin traveling around Indiana together for a school project, helping each other heal and falling in love in the process.