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Romance Movies That Are Impossible To Stop Watching With Family

Romance movies that are impossible to stop watching with family. Includes Rocco and His Brothers, Barry Lyndon, Paperman and more, curated by Moviepiq.

The kind of film that makes you cancel tomorrow.

Rocco and His Brothers movie poster
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1960 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.

Barry Lyndon movie poster
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1975 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.

Paperman movie poster
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2012 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.

The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.

The Red Shoes movie poster
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1948 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.

Weathering with You movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.

Compulsive watching isn't an accident. These films are engineered to make stopping feel wrong.

Will-they-won't-they mechanics are specifically designed for this.

Works across the room. Nobody left out or checked out.

Love, Simon movie poster
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2018 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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 anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.

Before Sunrise movie poster
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1995 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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 while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.

The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.

Chungking Express movie poster
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1994 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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.

The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.

In a Heartbeat movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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.

The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.

Love Exposure movie poster
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2008 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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 spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with Catholic guilt.

The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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