Don't have any Valentine's Day plans tonight? Join us, as we hate-watch others fall in love Hollywood-style, in the comfort of our own homes. Netflix and Amazon streaming will wrap you in their warm embraces with romantic plot devices that will make you wonder why you can't find love. Below, our picks for some rom coms you can watch tonight while you're celebrating this day alone. So so alone.
1987's Overboard features Goldie Hawn as a rich bitch who loses her memory after falling off her yacht. While suffering amnesia, she slowly falls in love with her carpenter, who is tricking her into believing they're married. It's available on Netflix.
In Benny & Joon, "a mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton." And ladies, that eccentric young man is Johnny Depp. It's available on Netflix.
Baby Boom follows Diane Keaton's character as she transforms from super-yuppie and Manhattan business woman to a mom living in Vermont and falling in love with a small town vet. Watch it on Netflix.
A husband is left alone in Manhattan one hot summer and becomes tempted by neighbor Marilyn Monroe... see what happens in The Seven Year Itch on Netflix!
A lesbian, a Scientologist, and Ben Affleck walk into a bar in Jersey... or something like that. Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy has comic books, Red Bank, and a cute scene involving a diner painting. Watch it on Netflix.
Say what you will about Ashton Kutcher, but he has at least one good romcom under his belt: A Lot Like Love, co-starring Amanda Peat. Watch their two characters grow together and apart over the course of 7 years, it's available for $1.99 on Amazon streaming.
In the very underrated Definitely, Maybe, Ryan Reynolds tries to "tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter," who is played by Abigail Breslin. It's from the makers of Notting Hill and Love Actually, and those people know how to make a rom com. Watch it on Amazon streaming for $2.99.
We asked some of the men at Gothamist HQ if there were any dude-friendly romcoms, and here's the short list of what they came up with: Crazy Stupid Love, Clueless, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. They're all available on Amazon streaming for under 4 bucks.
Bonus: Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown is a documentary about "An Unrequited Love Story that will warm you like Linus's blanket." It's free on Amazon streaming.
