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Romance Movies With Friends Friday That Are Actually Worth Watching
ROMANCE · FRIDAY WITH FRIENDSFriday night with a group has its own requirements. The right film can shift everything. This list was put together for that specific occasion.
Romance cinema earns its moments only when the characters feel like real people. Every film here was chosen with that standard in mind.
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Love, Simon
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anony...
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Before Sunrise
An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas w...
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Chungking Express
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
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In a Heartbeat
A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.
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Ballad of a Soldier
During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit hi...
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Love Exposure
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a...
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La Notte
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.
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Beyond the Universe
While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.
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The Way He Looks
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange progra...
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The Circus
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Worth watching means something specific: not just tolerable, but genuinely good, the kind of film you'd recommend unprompted.
These made the cut because they deliver on their premise without flinching. The romance films that last are the ones with something underneath the love story. These have it.