The 10 Best Romantic Movies on Netflix for When You Want to Stay In

Based on the steamy novel by D.H. Lawrence, this film stars The Crown‘s Emma Corrin as a woman who, after her husband returns from the war wounded, is shuttled off from the city to a country estate. She’s miserable until she starts an affair with the estate’s gamekeeper. (Swooning ensues.)

WATCH NOW

Jerry Maguire has given us so many romantic quotes, from “you complete me” to “you had me at ‘hello'” (to say nothing of “show me the money!”), and yet it’s not strictly a romance. In it, Tom Cruise plays a disillusioned sports agent who strikes out on his own, so there’s plenty about business, about life and about family rolled into the story as well. It comes from director Cameron Crowe, who’s known for making these something-for-everyone romances with movies like Say Anything and Almost Famous.

WATCH NOW

Dakota Johnson stars in this Jane Austen adaptation about a woman who reconnects with a man she once planned on marrying. And while the movie takes place in a period setting, the filmmaking feels very modern, with Johnson breaking the fourth wall to talk to the audience.

WATCH NOW

Based on a short story by Annie Proulx, this film is about the forbidden love between two ranchers in Wyoming in the ’60s. When it came out, it was nominated for eight Academy Awards (including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Williams) and Ang Lee brought home the award for Best Director.

WATCH NOW

There’s nothing like that awkward, uncomfortable, brand-new blush of first love. If you want to recapture your teenage yearning, check out Netflix’s original movie (based on a YA book series) about a high schooler whose secret love letters unintentionally get mailed to her top five crushes, giving her a tumultuous start to dating life. Once you fall in love with Lara Jean, you can watch To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You and the third installment, To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Lara Jean.

WATCH NOW

RELATED: The Best Teen Movies on Netflix

Julia Roberts plays a fictionalized version of herself in this film — she’s an international superstar who meets a not-famous English bookstore owner, and the two begin an improbably relationship. It comes from screenwriter Richard Curtis, who’s also known for rom-coms Love, Actually; Four Wedding and a Funeral and Bridget Jones’s Diary.

WATCH NOW

This film stars Ali Wong and Randall Park, so you know it definitely falls on the “rom-com” side of romance. They play people who knew each other as kids, and re-connect as adults after several years, possibly rekindling their teenage spark.

WATCH NOW

RELATED: The 60 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time to Watch With Your Friends

If you’re looking for something on the cuter, sweeter side, this film follows a man who starts to question his sexuality, so he dates a woman for the first time. The movie questions whether it’s possible to have a relationship based on a deep emotional connection, but without physical intimacy.

WATCH NOW

A fictional imagining of the life of Marilyn Monroe, Blonde has romance along with tragedy. It goes through many of the major relationships in the star’s life, from the exciting beginnings to the hear-rending ends. The movie also turned heads when it received an NC-17 rating.

WATCH NOW

Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps give astounding performances in this movie, which follows the ups and downs of long-term relationships (and how volatile those can be in a marriage with creative people). Day-Lewis plays fashion designer Reginald Woodcock, and you can be forgiven for assuming he’s a veiled version of the director, Paul Thomas Anderson.