Romantic Movies for Valentine's Day

Sometimes there is nothing better than to cuddle up with your sweetheart on a big couch and watch a sweet romantic flick, making a journey to the magical reel world and merging yourselves with the characters onscreen, the only bond being that four letter word...love. Looking for some tips on what to watch with your sweet one on Valentine's Day? You've come to the right place then. Here are ten nice Valentine's Day movie suggestions for you. Check these out and find out all about the movies that you can catch on Feb 14! Celebrate Valentine's Day with everybody and have a great time with your sweetheart. Happy Valentine's Day!

Romantic Movies

Watching a romantic comedy is a fun way to celebrate Valentine's Day, whether you're spending the holiday with your special someone or a whole slew of friends and family. And there are lots of lovely movies to choose from. TheHolidaySpot suggests you the following movies that are all-time hits with cinegoers and celebrate the wonderful feeling called love in a beautiful way.

P.S. I Love You (2007)
Director: Richard LaGravenese,
Cast: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler

An American film based on the novel of the same name by Cecelia Ahern.
Plot: The story revolves around a married couple Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) who is smart and beautiful and Gerry (Gerard Butler), the impetuous Irishman. The story is about this couple who is madly in love but their love is often occasioned with trivial fights. Soon we discover Gerry loses his life due to a deadly disease. The film moves ahead of time when devastated Holly, discovers her loving husband has penned a series of 12 letters for her, before he died, each ending with P.S I Love You. Watch this heart pouring movie’s trailer and find out what future finally had in store for Holly.

P.S. I Love You (2007)



A Walk to Remember (2002)
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Shane West and Mandy Moore
It’s an American teen drama based on the novel written by Nicholas Sparks
Plot: The film is set in a coastal North Carolina port. Popular high school student Landon Carter (Shane West) is the big man on campus at Beaufort High School until a darkening incident leaves a fellow student paralyzed. Sentenced to community service and membership in his school's drama club, Landon is forced to seek help from Jamie Sullivan (pop singer Mandy Moore), the religious, conservative, plain-Jane daughter of the town's Baptist minister (Peter Coyote). When the two students begin to fall in love, Landon struggles with a dip in his popularity that his new friendship brings, while Jamie is forced to deal with her strict father and a secret that she's keeping from her schoolmates.

A Walk to Remember (2002)



If Only (2004)
Director: Gil Junger
Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt and Paul Nicholls
The movie made its world première at the Sarasota Film Festival in January 2004.
Plot: The story is about a violinist Samantha (Jennifer Love Hewitt), an American music student in London, who is always taken for granted by her live-in partner Wyndham (Paul Nicholls), an ambitious young Briton who loves her but more in love with his career. In the morning of the day she is was supposed to hold a concert, an event she has been preparing for three years but to her surprise he totally forgets about it, being engrossed in a presentation. Samantha tries everything to catch a bit more of his time and attention as she is supposed to leave the next day for a long vacation in Ohio, but Wyndham manages to ignore her as he was more engrossed with his presentation. Samantha takes all this with a smile and a generously forgiving heart. But little does he know that he is to lose her to death that day. Watch this movie and find out for yourself what exactly went wrong that the two had to be estranged for a lifetime. Check out the official trailer.

If Only (2004)



Sweet November (2001)
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron,
This romantic melodrama reunites The Devil's Advocate (1997) co-stars Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron, and is directed by Irish filmmaker Pat O'Connor (Circle of Friends).
Plot: Nelson is a man who is very much devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women he met in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. Finally one thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her throughout a November that will forever change his life.

Sweet November (2001)



Pretty Woman (1990)
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts and Jason Alexander
A disarming modern-day fairy tale, Written by J.F. Lawton, Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy film set in Los Angeles, California. Julia Roberts became a superstar after this movie.
Plot: Self-involved corporate raider Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) has recently split up with his girlfriend. Seeking directions to the Beverly Hills Hotel, he makes the acquaintance of free-spirited hooker Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) and decides to put her on a 3,000-dollar as his "date" for a week. He woos her by funding a full wardrobe and cosmetic makeover for her. Find out more about this romantic comedy.

Pretty Woman (1990)



Forrest Gump
A movie which was the top grosser in 1994, and won several awards including the Academy, Golden Globe, People's choice and Young artists.The film starts with Forrest (Tom Hanks) telling a story to a lady at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia. The scene then shifts to a flashback at his childhood, where he meets Jenny.The film also stars Robin Wright and Gary Sinise. The story is all engrossing and you will leave with a heavy heart after you have watched the movie.

Forrest Gump



Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Film has an impressive star cast of The film stars an ensemble cast starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Jane Adams, and David Cross.It is a science fiction, where two lovers unable to bear the seperation, erases their happy memories through an agency which specializes in this, called Lacuna. Later they meet again, and decide to start over again.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind trailer



Casablanca
It is a film directed by Michael Curtiz, the starcast being Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Casablanca won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Its characters, dialogue, and music have become iconic, and Casablanca has grown in popularity to the point that it now consistently ranks near the top of lists of the greatest films of all time, and it had released wy back in 1942!
The plot is quite complex to be explained in few words, you can check out the plot at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)

Casablanca trailer



Vertigo
A retired police detective, who has acrophobia, is hired as a private investigator to follow the wife of an acquaintance to uncover the mystery of her peculiar behavior.Hailed as one of the best works of Affred Hitchcock, it tops the charts for all time best romantic movies. The Plot is intrigruing, with a police officer being hired to investigate the strange behavior of an acquaintance's wife.

Vertigo trailer



Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan.[2] It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kaun Banega Crorepati in the Hindi version) and exceeds people's expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials.
All the major cast are played by Indian actors. Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA Awards (including Best Film), five Critics' Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. The film was dubbed in Hindi for Indian release as "Slumdog Crorepati".
You will find more details on it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire trailer



Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American film, a historical epic and romance-drama adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard. Set in the 19th century American South, the film stars Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, and Hattie McDaniel, among others, and tells a story of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era from a Southern point of view.
The film received 10 Academy Awards (8 competitive, 2 honorary), a record that stood for 20 years.[4] In the American Film Institute's inaugural Top 100 Best American Films of All Time list of 1998, it was ranked fourth. "Gone With the Wind" has sold more tickets in the U.S. than any other film in history, and is considered one of the greatest and most popular films of all time and an enduring symbol of the golden age of Hollywood. The film was the longest American sound film made up to that time - three hours and 44 minutes in length, plus a four-minute intermission.
More information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)

Gone with the Wind trailer



An Affair to Remember (1957)
Director: Leo McCarey Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Cathleen Nesbitt.
Plot: Handsome playboy Nicky Ferrante and beautiful night club singer Terry McKay have a romance while on a cruise from Europe to New York. Despite being engaged to other people, both agree to reunite at the top of the Empire State Building in six months. However, an unfortunate accident keeps Terry from the reunion, and Nicky fears that she has married or does not love him anymore. Will he discover the truth behind her absence and reunite with his one true love, or has fate and destiny passed them by?

An Affair to Remember (1957) trailer



An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Director: Taylor Hackford Starring: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett, Jr., David Keith, Lisa Blount.
Plot: Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Flight School. He is a Navy brat who has a bad attitude problem. Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond family and must decide what it is he wants to do with his life.

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) trailer



Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Director: Mike Newell Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet.
Plot: The film follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder if they will ever find true love and marry. Charles thinks he's found "Miss Right" in Carrie, an American. This British subtle comedy revolves around Charlie, his friends and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) trailer



Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Director: Nora Ephron Starring: Dana Ivey, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell.
Plot: Tom Hanks stars in this film as widower and single father Sam. When Sam's son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), calls into a talk radio program looking for a new mother, Sam ends up getting on the phone and laments about his lost love. Thousands of miles away, Annie (Meg Ryan) hears the program and immediately falls in love with Sam, despite the fact that she has never met him and that she is engaged to humdrum Walter (Bill Pullman). Believing they are meant to be together, Annie sets out for Seattle to meet Sam, who, meanwhile, contends with an onslaught of letters from available women equally touched by his phone call. Will Annie and Sam ever unite?

Sleepless in Seattle (1993) trailer



Titanic (1997)
Director: James Cameron Starring: Dana Ivey, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell.
Plot: This fictional romance features Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, and Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, two members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the 'unsinkable' ship RMS Titanic. But on 15 April 1912, Titanic meets with an accident on her maiden voyage. What happens to the lovers? Will their love survive?

Titanic (1997) trailer



The Way We Were (1973)
Director: Sydney Pollack Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman and Lois Chiles.
Plot: The film tells the story of an intense Jewish woman who marries a carefree WASP following World War II. Fundamental differences in the way they engage the world – as revealed in their responses to the rise of McCarthyism – eventually pull them apart. The film is both a romance of star-crossed lovers and a morality tale about the importance of commitment to both individuals and relationships.

The Way We Were (1973) trailer



When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steve Ford.
Plot: This romantic comedy centres around Harry and Sally both of whom search for love, but fail, bumping into each other time and time again. Finally a close friendship blooms between them, and they both like having a friend of the opposite sex. But then they are confronted with the problem: "Can a man and a woman be friends, without sex getting in the way?"

When Harry Met Sally (1989) trailer



While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Director: Jon Turteltaub Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden.
Plot: This fairytale romance stars Sandra Bullock as a love-starved subway toll booth operator, Lucy. who pines for regular customer Peter (Peter Gallagher), and rescues him from almost being run over by a train. While he is in a coma in the hospital, his family mistakenly believes Lucu to be Peter's fiancee. In this cofusion, Lucy finds true love in Jack (Bill Pullman), Peter's brother.

While You Were Sleeping (1995) trailer



You've Got Mail (1998)
Director: Hallee Hirsh, Michael Palin, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear,Jean Stapleton
Plot: Kathleen Kelly, owner of a little and famous bookstore for children's books falls in love with a man over the internet without knowing him in person. Suddenly, her business gets endangered by the opening of Fox Books discount store just "around the corner". Although getting advice by her anonymous mail-pal, she has to close down her store and is full of hatred for Fox Books. Will she ever know that her anonymous mail-pal is actually Joe Fox, the son of the owner of Fox Books?

You've Got Mail (1998) trailer



Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Director: Marc Lawrence Starring: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein.
Plot: Lucy Kelton (Sandra Bullock) is the Chief Legal Counsel for one of New York's leading commercial real estate firms, the Wade Corporation. George Wade (Hugh Grant), is the eccentric and remarkably self-centered head of the firm who seems entirely incapable of making a decision without Lucy's advice. When things start to get too much for Lucy, she gives him two weeks notice, and George reluctantly accepts, under one condition -- Lucy has to hire her own replacement. After extensive research, Lucy picks June Carter (Alicia Witt), a Harvard Law graduate determined to make a career for herself. Lucy soon begins to suspect, however, that June plans to hasten her rise up the corporate ladder by winning George's hand, leaving Lucy to wonder if she should warn George about his beautiful but calculating new attorney -- and whether she should tell George that she has finally realized she's in love with him.

Two Weeks Notice (2002) trailer



Choosing the perfect movie for Valentine's Day depends on your mood and who you're watching it with. Here are some more ideas to get you started:

Romantic Comedies:

The Princess Bride (1987): A timeless fairy tale with a twist, this movie is full of humor, adventure, and romance. It's perfect for a lighthearted and fun Valentine's Day celebration.

Crazy Rich Asians (2018): This heartwarming comedy tells the story of a New York economics professor who travels to Singapore with her boyfriend, only to discover he is a member of a wealthy family. It's a fun and stylish look at love, culture, and family.

Dramas:

The Notebook (2004): This tearjerker tells the story of two young lovers who are separated by class and circumstance. It's a classic choice for a romantic night in.

La La Land (2016): This visually stunning film follows a jazz pianist and an aspiring actress as they chase their dreams in Los Angeles. It's a beautiful and moving story about love, loss, and ambition.

Call Me by Your Name (2017): This coming-of-age story tells the tale of a 17-year-old boy who falls in love with his father's research assistant during a summer in Italy. It's a sensitive and nuanced portrayal of love and desire.

Anti-Rom-Coms:

Bridesmaids (2011): This raunchy comedy follows a group of women as they prepare for their friend's wedding. It's a hilarious and relatable look at female friendship and relationships.

The Half of It (2020): This heartwarming coming-of-age story tells the tale of a shy high schooler who helps a friend write love letters to their crush, only to realize she has feelings for them too. It's a sweet and funny film about friendship, identity, and first love.

No matter what your taste, there's sure to be a movie on this list that you'll enjoy on Valentine's Day. So grab some popcorn, cuddle up with your loved one, and enjoy the show!