Rom-coms (but with problems)
Yes, it’s romance. No, it’s not simple. Sometimes the problem is existential. Sometimes the problem is time travel. Sometimes the problem is that they’re literally trying to kill each other. The point is: love is great. Life is messy. These movies don’t pretend otherwise.
The Picks
A boring guy meets a famous actress and somehow it stays charming instead of unbearable. Peak comfort rom-com.
Official synopsis
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.
Married couple discovers they’re both assassins hired to kill each other. They handle it like adults: with gunfights and flirting.
Official synopsis
A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.
Honorable Mentions
Teen pays a popular girl to pretend-date him and learns popularity is a scam. Classic ‘social status is fake’ rom-com energy.
Official synopsis
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy grows fond of Ronald, making him popular. But when Ronald's former best friend gets left behind, he realizes that social success isn't everything.
Deadbeat country star dad returns home to face the consequences of leaving. In his defence he didn't know he had a kid but still a dick move. Oh and Brian Cranston is there but no cancer yet. Romance + guilt + small-town emotional cleanup.
Official synopsis
After being gone for a decade, a country star returns home to the love he left behind.
Rich guy hires a woman for a week and accidentally falls in love. And people still think women are the ones who can't have sex without catching feelings. It’s glossy, iconic, and absolutely not subtle.
Official synopsis
Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense approach to life, and soon they are teaching each other – and falling in love!