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Best Romance Movies Alone On A Rainy Night From The 2020S That Will Make You Think For Days

Every romance film here was chosen with a rainy night in in mind. These aren't algorithmically ranked, they were chosen because they actually work for this.

The best romance movies alone on a rainy night from the 2020s that will make you think for days. Includes Fallen Leaves, In the Heights, Happiest Season and ...

There's a particular kind of film for a rainy night alone - absorbing enough to pull you fully in, good enough that you don't check your phone once.

The 2020s have already produced films that will be studied for decades - lean, precise, unafraid to take audiences seriously.

Romance cinema at its finest doesn't sentimentalise love. It shows it clearly — messy, inconvenient, and still somehow worth everything.

Fallen Leaves movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.

In the Heights movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.

Happiest Season movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

Dracula movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

In late 15th-century Eastern Europe, Prince Vlad II's bride is brutally murdered. As a result, he renounces God and damns Heaven itself. Cursed with eternal life, Vlad is reborn as Dracula, an immortal warlord who defies fate in a blood-soaked crusade to wrench his lost love back from death.

The Half of It movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

These films work because they trust their characters to be complicated. Love doesn't simplify people — it complicates them. These films know that.

Your Fault movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

The love between Noah and Nick seems unwavering despite their parents' attempts to separate them. But his job and her entry into college open up their lives to new relationships that will shake the foundations of both their relationship and the Leister family itself.

Anora movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

My Oxford Year movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.0/10

An ambitious American fulfilling her dream of studying at Oxford falls for a charming Brit hiding a secret that may upend her perfectly planned life.

Emma. movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.0/10

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

Malcolm & Marie movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.0/10

As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.

A film that makes you think for days has done something rare: it's trusted you to do the work. These films trust you.

These films understand that love is most interesting when it's in conflict with something. The feeling matters more because of what it costs.

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