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Romance Movies After A Long Week From The 2020S

Romance movies after a long week from the 2020s. Includes Fallen Leaves, In the Heights, Happiest Season and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Five days of relentless noise, and now this. Finally.

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.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

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.

After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.

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.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

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.

After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.

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.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

After a long week, a film should feel like something you chose rather than endured. These do that.

Human and comforting. Good for softening the edge of a hard week.

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.

After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.

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.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

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.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

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.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

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.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.

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