Best movies — romance on Netflix : our Top 20

2010 · Robert Luketic

Wounded in a double-cross by her merciless boss Bill and colleagues from their close-knit circle of killers, a professional operative survives and secretly prepares a meticulous plan to take them down.

With Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O'Hara, Katheryn Winnick, Kevin Sussman and Lisa Ann Walter

2008 · David Fincher

Arriving into the world under strange circumstances—as an elderly infant in a New Orleans nursing home—Benjamin Button begins life aging backward. When he is twelve, he meets Daisy, a youngster who drifts in and out of his life as she grows into a professional dancer. Though his years are filled with many extraordinary episodes, it is his bond with Daisy and the hope that their timelines will one day align that sustains him.

With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Mahershala Ali and Jared Harris

1995 · Ang Lee

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood—one reserved and practical, the other headstrong and romantic—find their prospects clouded when their father dies and the family fortune legally passes to his son from a previous marriage. Stripped of their home and left with only a modest income, their mother and sisters must navigate a society that prizes social rank and financial security above all. As each woman seeks love, she confronts the harsh realities of a world where money shapes choices and reputations; together they learn to balance prudence with passion in the pursuit of both stability and happiness.

With Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Greg Wise and Elizabeth Spriggs

2001 · Baz Luhrmann

On the brink of the 20th century, a notorious, opulent Parisian nightclub pulses with raucous glamor and artistic fervor. A young poet, swept into its intoxicating orbit, sparks a fervent romance with the club’s most celebrated and beguiling star.

With Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald and Jacek Koman

2026 · Leah McKendrick

Grieving her sister, a young woman begins leaving candid, often hilarious voicemail diaries about her tumultuous life in San Francisco. When her number is quietly reassigned, the messages start arriving on the phone of an enigmatic Austin real-estate agent, whose unexpected role as unintended confidant sets in motion a surprising, life-altering connection.

With Zoey Deutch, Nick Robinson, Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage, Harry Shum Jr., Ciara Bravo and Megan Danso

1993 · James Ivory

A fastidious head butler in post–World War I Britain, whose life is governed by strict ritual and unspoken rules, finds his ordered existence unsettled when a new housekeeper arrives and quietly falls for him. As a tentative romance blooms, his loyalty is further tested by his employer’s growing connections to Nazism, forcing him to reconcile the polished mask of servitude he has perfected with the moral compromises it may now demand.

With Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Peter Vaughan and Ben Chaplin

1996 ·

A Hungarian cartographer hired by the Royal Geographical Society spends the 1930s leading expeditions across the Sahara alongside renowned explorers, mapping its endless sands. When World War II erupts, his work and relationships are drawn into a tangled web of passion, betrayal and political maneuvering that will redefine his fate.

With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth and Julian Wadham

1996 · Cameron Crowe

A once-cutthroat sports agent who built his career by chasing the biggest deals and the fattest commissions suddenly questions the moral cost of his methods. When he speaks out about his doubts, he’s pushed out of his firm and loses nearly his entire roster—except for one stubborn client, Rod Tidwell, a larger-than-life football star whose ego and demands make him both difficult and indispensable.

With Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr and Regina King

2019 · Greta Gerwig

In the turbulent years after the Civil War, four sisters struggle with the hardships and discoveries of growing up in America.

With Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet and Meryl Streep

2018 · Susan Johnson

Lara Jean's private daydreams about romance are turned upside down when the secret letters she wrote to every boy she's ever liked are mysteriously sent out, plunging her into a chaotic, very real love life.

With Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Israel Broussard, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart, Andrew Bachelor and Trezzo Mahoro

1995 · Amy Heckerling

Cher, a wealthy, image-conscious teenager who sits at the top of her Beverly Hills high school social ladder, delights in playing matchmaker — first engineering a relationship between two of her teachers. Encouraged by that triumph, she gives a clumsy new student, Tai, a full makeover to boost her social standing. When Tai ends up outshining Cher, she is forced to confront her shallow behavior, admit her former stepbrother’s criticism was correct, and discovers unexpected romantic feelings for him.

With Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison, Elisa Donovan and Breckin Meyer

2011 · Leon Ford

Cecilia inherits a fortune when her violent former partner supposedly takes his own life, but she becomes convinced the death is a setup. As a string of unlikely events spirals into fatal incidents, she fights to expose the truth and prove she’s being pursued by an unseen predator.

With Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Patrick Brammall, Toby Schmitz, Marshall Napier, Heather Mitchell and David Webb

2022 · Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum

An aspiring musician enters a marriage of convenience with a Marine about to deploy, but when a sudden tragedy occurs their pretend arrangement is forced into an intensely real and complicated bond.

With Sofia Carson, Nicholas Galitzine, John Harlan Kim, Chosen Jacobs, Anthony Ippolito, Linden Ashby and Kat Cunning

1964 · Jacques Demy

Set in 1957, twenty-year-old auto mechanic Guy Foucher falls deeply for seventeen-year-old Geneviève Emery, who works in her widowed mother's fashionable but cash-strapped umbrella shop. On the eve of Guy's two-year military deployment to Algeria the young couple sleep together; when Geneviève discovers she is pregnant, she must decide whether to wait for Guy's return or to accept a marriage proposal from a wealthy diamond merchant.

With Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner and Jean Champion

2005 · Judd Apatow

Andy Stitzer leads a quiet, comfortable life—modest apartment, steady job stamping invoices at an electronics shop. At forty, though, one thing haunts him and fuels the ribald curiosity of his sex-obsessed coworkers: he’s never had sex. Determined to fix that, his colleagues make it their mission to help him lose his virginity, but their efforts keep falling flat until Andy meets Trish, a single mother who runs her own small business and may be the person who finally changes everything.

With Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen, Jane Lynch and Leslie Mann

2007 · Nadine Labaki

A rising chef's life is upended by a sudden medical diagnosis, forcing them to rethink their ambitions and sense of self—until a scrappy rescue dog crashes into their kitchen, delivering messy companionship, unexpected laughs, and a new recipe for hope.

With Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Massri, Adel Karam, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Sihame Haddad and Aziza Semaan

1956 · Douglas Sirk

Sent by her mother to finish the unfinished items on a teenage bucket list, a young woman sets out on a journey that reveals hidden family truths, ignites an unexpected romance, and guides her back to who she truly is.

With Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Bennett, William Reynolds, Pat Crowley, Gigi Perreau and Jane Darwell

2009 · Tom Ford

John and his friend Jeremy make a living by crashing wedding receptions, posing as guests to take advantage of hopeful attendees looking for a brief romance. Their carefully rehearsed scheme—turning a day of celebration into an opportunity for casual conquests—falls apart when John meets Claire, whose honesty and warmth awaken in him a longing he has never known. As his feelings grow, John is forced to face the consequences of their deception and the heartbreak that comes with wanting something real.

With Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode, Jon Kortajarena, Paulette Lamori and Ryan Simpkins

1998 · Dean Parisot

A lovestruck teen swaps their natural curls for straightened hair to catch the school's most sought-after student, only to have a magnetic new transfer upend their plans and make them question who they really want to be with.

With Drew Barrymore, Catherine O'Hara, Luke Wilson, Jake Busey, Shelley Duvall, Kim Robillard and Daryl Mitchell

1986 · Spike Lee

Seen through Nola’s perspective and the accounts of her lovers and friends, this film follows her simultaneous involvement with three men. Each suitor insists on exclusivity, but Nola refuses to be claimed or confined by a single relationship.

With Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee, Raye Dowell, Joie Lee and S. Epatha Merkerson