The Best New Rom-Coms You Can Watch Right Now (2024)

Moments before popstar Kat Valdez (Jennifer Lopez) is set to marry her equally famous fiancé (Maluma) on stage at a huge arena, she learns that the cad had been cheating on her. When the jilted Kat spies a modest dad (Owen Wilson) in the audience, she spontaneously proposes to him. Hey, sometimes opposite (lifestyles) attract.

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When an outspoken salon owner is hired to do hair for a royal wedding, she meets the dutiful prince who happens to be committed to a loveless arranged marriage. Soon, her joie de vivre rubs off on him. We bet you can guess what happens next in this cheerful tale as old as time.

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If you like your romantic movies with a twist of melancholy and magical realism, this wistful story about a musical teen who loses her sister, but finds love in other places, is a beautiful watch.

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When Peter (Charlie Day) and Emma's (Jenny Slate) significant others unceremoniously break up with them, they bond over their shared scheme to get their exes back. Come for the sharp-witted dialogue. Stay to watch Jenny Slate fully slay a number from Little Shop of Horrors.

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After author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) is kidnapped, the cover model for her books (Channing Tatum) attempts to come to her rescue in this humorous big-budget romp.

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In the sequel to this beloved Netflix movie, newly popular Jodi lands the starring role in her high school's musical, but while she seems to have everything together, she begins to doubt herself — and her relationship.

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Raquel's not-so-innocent crush on the boy next door is the driving force of this sizzling Spanish teen drama.

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In this Turkish rom-com, a blogger seeks revenge for a friend who was ghosted by a one-night stand by luring an ad executive playboy to fall in love with her. Little does she know that he's got some tricks up his (exceptionally well tailored) sleeves as well.

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Sophie (Lana Condor) is in a very long distance relationship with a boyfriend who took a job ... on Mars. Walt (Cole Sprouse) is a carefree barista who sneaks onto the space shuttle during Sophie's 35-day trip to visit her beau. We'll let you guess what happens next in this sweet, star-studded (see what we did there?) rom-com.

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In this music-fueled, gender-bending spin on the classic Cinderella tale, a stock boy with dreams of becoming a sneaker designer falls for the heir to a kicks kingdom.

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Following a breakup, Andrew uses social media (and a little bit of Photoshop) to create a fake boyfriend and try to make his ex jealous. But things become pretty complicated when Andrew meets the real love of his life.

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This critically-acclaimed foreign film follows Julie over the course of four years as she searches for love, a fruitful career, and most of all, meaning.

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Henry's novel is a total bust in the U.S., which is why he's surprised to find that it's a bestseller in Mexico. On a promo tour, he meets the reason why: Maria, the Spanish translator who turned his snoozy work into juicy erotica. And of course, she's just as alluring as the words she wrote.

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Paige dreams of being accepted into the summer program at CalArts, and finally asking out her longtime crush, Gabby. So, to get closer to her, Paige does what she never expected to do... she joins her high school’s track team — and starts to fall for someone else.

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A fledgling recent college grad befriends a young mom (Dakota Johnson) and her daughter in this bittersweet rom-com.

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Based on Sarah Dessen's popular YA novel, Along for the Ride follows a studious insomniac on the verge of going to college, and the boy who helps her capture all the joy she missed out on in high school.

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Based on the novel of the same name by Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato follows recent high school graduate Lina, who travels to Rome to fulfill one of her mother’s final wishes. Although reluctant at first, she soon starts to fall for the Italian city’s scenery, food, and boys.

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In this English remake of a French hit, Samara Weaving plays a famous actress who taps a parking attendant to pretend to be her boyfriend so no one suspects that she's actually entangled with a married man (Max Greenfield of New Girl fame).

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Can’t get enough of Bridgerton and period romances? Then you absolutely need to queue up Persuasion, based on the last novel written by Jane Austen. The film centers on Anne Elliot, years after she was persuaded by her family not to marry the humble Frederick Wentworth. Now, they meet again, and she wonders if this is her second chance at love.

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Inspired by Pride & Prejudice or, err, Clueless, this rom-com follows a group of friends on a trip to Fire Island, a top LGBTQ+ vacation destination. But we'll let star Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live) describe it in his own words. “A Jane Austen narrative meeting an Asian-American narrative meeting a queer narrative: Those three helices come together in a way that’s greater than the sum of their parts,” he told Vanity Fair. “And to say that something is greater than a Jane Austen narrative is insane, unhinged of me, to do. But I said it.”

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