Valentine's romcoms

Two women swap houses for Christmas, one in a rose-covered English cottage and one in a Los Angeles movie life, and both of them get unstuck. Jude Law cries in a doorway. It is on Hulu. This is the one a lot of us meant.

She is a mess in a London Christmas shop, and he seems too good to be a coincidence. Emilia Clarke, a George Michael soundtrack, and a turn you should let happen. On Hulu.

He has to make her fall in love with him again every morning. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, sweeter than the premise sounds, on Paramount+.

A shy man can travel back through his own days, and he uses it on love, family, and the ordinary stuff he is afraid of missing. Bring a person you like. It is rated R, mostly for language, and it is gentle anyway.

Cher is rich, well-meaning, and completely sure she can fix her friends' lives. Alicia Silverstone, 1995, on Paramount+. Still the funniest teen movie a lot of us own in our heads.

She flies to Singapore to meet his family and discovers the family is a continent. A wedding movie, a food movie, and a very good romcom. On Max.

A man whose marriage just ended gets lessons in charm and then has to become a person. Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone. On Max. A grown-up romcom with a full table of feelings.

A stylish, funny Emma who is sure she knows what everyone needs, until she doesn't. Anya Taylor-Joy, gorgeous clothes, autumn picnics. On Prime. The period one with a wink.

A cartoon princess lands in live-action New York and will not stop singing, which turns out to be a gift. Amy Adams. Disney+. A love story with a clean heart.

A cynical weatherman relives February 2 until he learns how to live it. Bill Murray, on Tubi. Not a Valentine's movie on paper, and somehow the most romantic time loop we have.

She has to scare a man off for a magazine article, and he has to make her fall in love with him for a bet. Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, on Paramount+. A shiny 2003 comfort watch.

She realizes she loves her best friend the week of his wedding to someone else. Julia Roberts, 1997, on Paramount+. The romcom where the lesson is not the obvious one.

An adult reporter goes undercover in high school and remembers how cruel and how possible that age is. Drew Barrymore, on Prime and Disney+. A 1999 romcom with a big heart.

A bookstore owner and a movie star try to have a normal love story, which is not possible and is wonderful anyway. Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. On Paramount+ and Peacock.

Two people are stuck repeating the same wedding day until they decide what they actually want. Rated R, very funny, and weirdly romantic. On Hulu.

Elizabeth and Darcy misunderstand each other across a very green England until they don't. Keira Knightley, the Joe Wright one, on Peacock. A fall afternoon all by itself.

Two assistants start setting up their nightmare bosses so they can have a night off, and then they catch feelings of their own. Fast, funny, and rated R for how adults actually talk.

A bet, a makeover, and a girl who was already interesting. The 1999 one, on Prime and Paramount+. You can see every turn coming and the prom is still fun.

A kid calls a radio show about his widowed dad, and a woman on the other side of the country starts to believe in the Empire State Building. The 1993 one. It still works.

A New York designer goes home to divorce her first love and remembers why the south had a hold on her. Reese Witherspoon, on Peacock. A romcom with dirt on its boots.

A shy girl writes love letters for a classmate and falls for the girl he likes. Smart, PG-13, and one of the best teen romcoms on Netflix. Not a Christmas movie. A February one, easily.

A grandfather reads a story about pirates, giants, and true love, and the story is perfect. On Disney+, Hulu, and Peacock right now, which feels like a public service.

Her secret love letters get mailed, and a fake relationship becomes the realest thing in school. The first one is the sweetest, and it lives on Netflix.

Lara Jean and Peter are facing the end of high school and the scary part of a real future. The third letter movie, on Netflix. Soft, and a little sad in a senior-year way.

They argue for years about whether men and women can be friends, mostly in New York diners. Rated R, and one of the best romcoms ever made. On Paramount+. The deli scene still clears a room.

A lonely token-collector saves a stranger and gets folded into his family by accident, at Christmas. Sandra Bullock, 1995, on Disney+. One of the great cozy romcoms.