15 Romantic Movies That Will Have You Swooning (and Sweating) All Summer Long

College-bound hopeless romantic Daniel (Riverdale's Charles Melton) attempts to convince matter-of-fact Natasha (Grown-ish's Yara Shahidi) that he can make her fall head over heels for him in just 24 magical hours. But there's a catch: Natasha has been fiercely fighting against her family's sudden deportation back to Jamaica, so a future with Daniel seems not only unlikely but flat-out impossible.

Release date: May 17

Seth Rogen stars as a journalist who happens to run into his childhood crush and babysitter (Charlize Theron), who has become one of the most powerful and unattainable women on the planet and is on the cusp of running for president. Despite their obvious differences, she decides to bring him along on her political journey, and romance soon sparks between them.

Release date: May 3

This rom-com stars follows a close-knit group of recent high school grads trying to make the most of their last Summer together before heading off to college, dealing with romance, betrayal, and ambition along the way. KJ Apa, Jacob Latimore, Maia Mitchell, Tyler Posey, and more star.

Release date: May 3

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!

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.

Release date: May 24

Stand-up queen Ali Wong and Fresh Off the Boat's Randall Park (as well as a bunch of other amazing actors) join forces for this Netflix rom-com that follows childhood sweethearts who reconnect as adults. Although they're both in incredibly different socioeconomic situations and it's been 15 years since a dramatic falling out, neither can deny that there's something between them.

Release date: May 31

Two best friends (Maya Erskine and Jack Quaid) decide to be each others' plus-ones for a marathon of Summer weddings. In addition to acting as loyal wingmen for each other and getting into some sticky, drunken situations, they also come to realize that perhaps their own soulmates have been in front of each other all along.

Release date: June 14

Aspiring comedy writer Molly (Mindy 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. Their new work friendship unsurprisingly has a dramatic and unexpected impact on their personal lives.

Release date: June 7

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. Mystery, action, AND romance!

Release date: June 14

This eye-opening, sexy, and often hilarious documentary from director Gene Graham explores the sexual and social identity of contemporary black America. With accounts from both women and men who find love and entertainment at a weekly underground exotic dancing event in New Jersey, the film also includes testimonials (and footage of) dancers Satan, Mr. Capable, Fever, Young Rider, and Blaze.

Release date: June 14

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.

Release date: June 28

In the mood for some tragic romance? Because Daisy Ridley is leaving the futuristic world of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker behind for a very different setting in Ophelia — the 14th-century castle featured in Shakespeare's Hamlet. This reimagining of the classic tale is seen through the eyes of Ophelia (Ridley), who is Queen Gertrude's (Naomi Watts) favorite lady-in-waiting before she attracts the attention of Prince Hamlet (George MacKay) and their forbidden love blossoms amid a time of war, tragedy, and death.
Release date: June 28

Director Nick Broomfield's latest is a deeply personal, sweepingly romantic documentary that begins on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where we meet a young, struggling, and then-unknown fiction writer Leonard Cohen as he crosses paths with Marianne, a single mother with a young son. From there the film provides an in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician and his Norwegian muse with never-before-seen footage.

Release date: July 5

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.

Release date: Aug. 14

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.

Release date: Aug. 16