“Eat Your Heart Out” is a witty comedy about love, secrets, and a passion for cooking. Young chef Paolo travels to Los Angeles to mend a broken heart. After taking a job washing dishes at Maya and Carlos’ restaurant, he discovers a dark secret that threatens their business and marriage.
The swelling music, the outpouring of emotions, the lean-in and eventual kiss — is there anything that gets the heart pumping faster than a good movie romance? And with so many varieties of love stories set to film, from lighthearted romantic comedies to more dramatic stories full of yearning and swooning, romance fans are spoiled for choice.
Whether you’re watching with a sweetheart, pining alone or just in the mood to get swept away, the next time the occasion calls for it, these are the best romantic movies of all time. Some are classics, with amazing kisses and steamy scenes that are still referenced even after decades. Others are newer favorites that you might not have gotten around to watching yet. Some are funnier, some are more serious but all of them put a good love story front-and-center. Whether you’re looking to Netflix and chill or just want to have your pulse quicken, throw one of these on.
We Live in Time (2024)
This movie follows a relationship over a course of a decade, but the “in time” part comes into play in the way the story s told: It hops around from the beginning of the relationship to the end. It comes courtesy of director John Crowley, who previously took a stab at the romance genre with the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn, which has a similar mix of romance and sadness.
Babygirl (2024)
Is it romance, or is it something else? In Babygirl, Nicole Kidman plays Romy, a high-powered CEO who gets swept into an affair with one of the company’s interns. Power imbalances in their relationships assert themselves in different ways, which only fuels the affair.
