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Romance films

March 2024

  • Greta Lee in Past Lives

    Best picture Oscar hustings
    Why Past Lives should win the best picture Oscar

    Celine Song’s indelible drama takes us through three life chapters and wrecks us in the process

February 2024

  • Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall in One Day.

    Dating apps suggest there’s a perfect match. New romcoms like One Day reveal a messier, lovelier reality

    Kit Buchan
  • Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night.

    It Happened One Night at 90: the greatest romantic comedy ever made?

  • The Letter Writer Press publicity film still supplied by PR

    The Letter Writer review – Cyrano-style love story set in 1960s British-occupied Dubai

  • Delicious … The film serves up a healthy portion of humour.

    My Favourite Cake review – charming portrayal of a 70-year-old Iranian’s appetite for romance

  • One From the Heart review – ambitious Coppola romance with charm and goofy innocence

  • Players review – Netflix’s Valentine’s romcom is a genre upgrade

  • Smouldering kisses that linger in the memory – from Bogart and Bacall to Baptiste and Garance

  • Upgraded review – Camila Mendes rises above uneven romcom

  • Ranked
    Say it with a kiss! The 20 greatest smooches on film – ranked!

  • Which Brings Me to You review – mostly charming romcom is worth puckering up for

  • Table for Six 2 review – second round of hit couples comedy heads for the wedding party

  • Marmalade review – poppy spin on classic noir thriller is full of fizzy chemistry

  • Days of Heaven review – Malick’s early masterwork heralds a rarefied visionary

January 2024

  • Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers.

    Wendy Ide's film of the week
    All of Us Strangers review – Andrew Haigh’s drama grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go

    This deeply personal portrait of newfound love and a traumatic past, starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, is an emotionally wrenching masterpiece
  • Ed Oxenbould (Angus) in Head South.

    Head South review – post-punk coming-of-age tale strikes a personal note

    A teenager in 70s New Zealand dreams of starting a band in Jonathan Ogilvie’s nostalgic comedy, which opens Rotterdam’s international film festival

    • Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
      All of Us Strangers review – Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott tremendous in a beautiful fantasy-romance

    • First look review
      Love Me review – Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun explore love in oddball sci-fi

    • ‘Allowed to be sexy’: how did Anyone But You become a surprise box office hit?

December 2023

  • Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan at a New Year's Eve party in When Harry Met Sally.

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    Streaming: the best party movies

    From the will-they-won’t-they romance of When Harry Met Sally to the acid-burn comedy of Festen, organised jollity is a gift for film-makers
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