Listen, as someone who grew up with all the best romantic comedies from the 1990s and 2000s, it’s kind of sad nowadays to see the lack in the genre throughout the 2010s and 2020s. I mean, there’s always a few gems now and again, but overall, I feel like we’re in a down period for romantics like myself. That being said, I still went out of my way to find them on the 2025 movie schedule, and found a solid list I’d recommend to fans of romance movies.
Last year, I watched a whopping 20 romance movies and found favorites like We Live In Time, Lisa Frankenstein and Challengers, but as I noted a year ago, my favorite romances were so chaotic for the genre. Many of my picks this year are actually a lot more obvious romance movies than 2024, and there are more, which is a good sign, I think. Let’s get into them:
