27 Romantic Comedies & Dramas to Watch in 2024 & How to Stream Them
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Who doesn’t love a good romantic tale? This year has already brought a swath of new love stories to the big and small screens, giving viewers plenty to enjoy. Whether you want a funny rom-com or a dramatic epic, there’s something for everyone in 2024.
Now that spring is in full bloom, romance is blossoming on screen. Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway are turning up the heat in the film adaptation of The Idea of You where Hathaway’s Solène falls in love with the much younger Hayes, played by Galitzine, who happens to be in the biggest boy band in the world.
Heartstopper alum Sebastian Croft is adorable in Prime Video’s British rom-com How to Date Billy Walsh. Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt team up for Netflix’s highly-anticipated Mother of the Bride. Spring 2024 will also bring Bridgerton back for Season 3, and it’s all about Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin’s (Luke Newton) love story.
Netflix‘s adaptation of One Day took the internet by storm in February. The White Lotus‘ Leo Woodall plays Dex alongside Ambika Mod‘s Emma in this version. The limited series follows Dex and Emma’s relationship over 20 years, with one devastating gut punch at the end.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live reunited Andrew Lincoln’s Rick and Danai Gurira’s Michonne for an emotional journey years in the making. Interview With the Vampire Season 2 will undoubtedly bring the fire as Louis’ (Jacob Anderson) relationships with Lestat (Sam Reid) and Armand (Assad Zaman) continue to unfold. Starz‘s time-traveling romantic epic, Outlander, will return in 2024, but much later than anyone expected.
On the theatrical side, Challengers — starring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor as tennis pros stuck in a love triangle — hits theaters this spring, and the film adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni (who also directs), and 1923‘s Brandon Sklenar is on the horizon this summer.
Check out the 2024 rom-com and romantic drama TV and movie slate in the gallery below.
Challengers
Tashi Duncan (Zendaya), a former tennis prodigy turned coach is married to champion Art (Faist), who’s on a losing streak. Her strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend, Patrick (O’Connor). The sexy sports drama turned heads with its first trailer and is directed by Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino. The SAG-AFTRA strike pushed the release date to 2024.
In Theaters April 26, Streaming Date TBA
The Idea of You (Prime Video)
The Idea of You, based on Robinne Lee’s bestselling book, is about to be THE rom-com of 2024. The film broke the record for the most-watched trailer ever for a streaming movie with 125 million global views across social media.
Hathaway’s Solène falls for boy band heartthrob Hayes Campbell, played by Galitzine, after they cross paths at Coachella. Solène and Hayes get swept up in a passionate romance, but the global spotlight puts strain on their relationship.
May 2
Turtles All the Way Down (Prime Video)
Turtles All the Way Down, based on John Green’s bestselling novel, follows Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced) as she navigates high school while battling anxiety. She reconnects with her childhood crush Davis (Felix Mallard) and finds herself opening up in ways she never has before. Cree, Poorna Jagannathan, Judy Reyes, and J. Smith-Cameron also star.
May 2
The Fall Guy
Adapted from the 1981 series of the same name, The Fall Guy stars Ryan Gosling as Colt Seavers, a former stuntman who’s sprung back into action when the star of a new movie, Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), goes missing. Emily Blunt stars as Judy Moreno, his former lover, who’s directing the film in which the missing actor stars. Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham, and Stephanie Hsu also star.
In Theaters May 3, Streaming Date TBA
Mother of the Bride (Netflix)
Shields stars as Lana in the upcoming Netflix rom-com. Lana’s daughter Emma (Miranda Cosgrove) returns from abroad and reveals she’s getting married in Thailand in a month. When Lana meets her daughter’s fiancé (Owen Teale), she realizes his father (Bratt) is the man who broke her heart years ago.
May 9
Interview With the Vampire (AMC)
The toxic love between Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Lestat (Sam Reid) will be put to the side as viewers see how Louis and Armand’s (Assad Zaman) relationship came to be in Interview With the Vampire Season 2 on AMC. Expect a much bloodier season as Louis and Armand get to know each other at the Parisian Théâtres des Vampires, occupied by vicious bloodsuckers like Ben Daniels‘ Santiago and more.
Season 2 Premiere, May 12
Bridgerton (Netflix)
The long-awaited Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton)-focused season premieres this spring. As “Polin” blooms, Season 2 stars Antony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) will also return. This season is based on Julia Quinn’s Romancing Mister Bridgerton.
Season 3 Part 1, May 16
Season 3 Part 2, June 13
A Family Affair (Netflix)
This upcoming Netflix flick follows a surprising romance with comic consequences for a young woman, her mother, and her movie star boss as they face complications of love, sex, and identity. Directed by Richard LaGravenese who writes the movie alongside Carrie Solomon. Meanwhile, A Family Affair features Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Joey King, Liza Koshy, and Kathy Bates.
Streaming Date TBA
It Ends With Us
Based on the Colleen Hoover novel, complications arise when a woman’s high school love interest comes back into her life.
Lily (Lively) believes she’s found true love with Ryle (Baldoni), but when a painful incident triggers past trauma, she must decide if love alone can carry her marriage through. However, things are complicated when her first love, Atlas Corrigan (Sklenar), returns to her life. Baldoni directs the flick in addition to starring.
In Theaters June 21, Streaming Date TBA
Outlander (Starz)
Starz‘s most romantic series, based on Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling novel series, is set to return in 2024 for Outlander Season 7 Part 2. The season will see Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) finally back in Scotland as they return their nephew, Ian (John Bell), to his parents at their ancestral home of Lallybroch.
Season 7 Part 2, November 2024
How to Date Billy Walsh (Prime Video)
Croft and Bridgerton’s Charithra Chandran play childhood best friends in the Prime Video rom-com. However, Archie (played by Croft) has been harboring a secret love for Chandran’s Amelia for years. He’s gathering up the courage to reveal his feelings when Amelia falls for Billy Walsh (Tanner Buchanan) a new student who transfers in. Archie engages in some hilarious sabotage to keep Billy and Amelia apart, but he risks losing her in the process.
Streaming Now
Mary & George (Starz)
Mary & George is a lush and uber-sexy romp mixed with betrayal and intrigue. Galitzine plays George Villiers who, with the help of his scheming mother Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore), becomes one of the most powerful men in England after he seduces King James VI (Tony Curran). Galitzine, Moore, and Curran are firing on all cylinders here in this riveting royal drama based on Benjamin Woolley’s The King’s Assassin.
Series Premiere, April 5
Música (Prime Video)
Rudy Mancuso directors, co-writes, composes, and stars in Música, a film inspired by Mancuso’s own life. The coming-of-age romantic comedy also stars Riverdale’s Camila Mendes. Mancuso and Mendes met on the set of the film and fell in love.
Streaming Now
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC)
The love story between The Walking Dead‘s Rick and Michonne (Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira), changed by a world that is constantly changing, reunited in the highly-anticipated limited series. Lincoln and Gurira’s chemistry was more palpable than ever as they forged a new path forward.
Streaming Now
Irish Wish (Netflix)
In the Netflix rom-com, Lindsay Lohan‘s Maddie is in love with her best friend’s betrothed, and one day she wakes up to discover she’s now the bride-to-be instead. Set in the green moors of Ireland, the movie sees Maddie learn that her dreams for true love may not be what she initially imagined. Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Ayesha Curry, Elizabeth Tan, and Jane Seymour join Lohan for the movie.
Streaming Now
Anyone But You
The Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney rom-com became a welcome addition to the genre when it came out in theaters in 2023 and turned out to be box office sensation.
After an amazing first date, Bea (Sweeney) and Ben’s (Powell) fiery attraction turns ice-cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
Streaming on Netflix Now
What Happens Later (VOD)
Ex-lovers (Meg Ryan and David Duchovny) reunite when they both become stranded in an airport overnight. They find themselves drawn together to revisit their past to discuss what could have been and what may happen in the future. Ryan directs and stars in the rom-com.
Available Now on VOD
Beautiful Wedding
After a crazy night in Las Vegas, Abby (Virginia Gardner) and Travis (Dylan Sprouse) discover they are married. They head to Mexico for a honeymoon with friends and family.
Available Now on VOD
Sometimes I Think About Dying
A lonely and socially awkward woman, Fran (Daisy Ridley), tries to make a connection with a friendly new co-worker, Robert (Dave Merheje), who takes her out on a date.
Available Now on VOD
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video)
Two strangers (Glover and Erskine) land jobs with a spy agency that offers them a life of espionage, wealth, and travel. The catch: new identities in an arranged marriage. The Prime Video series is a reimagining of the 2005 film. The star-studded list of guest stars includes Alexander Skarsgård, Eiza González, Sharon Horgan, Ron Perlman, Billy Campbell, Úrsula Corberó, Paul Dano, Michaela Coel, John Turturro, Parker Posey, and Wagner Moura.
Streaming Now
One Day (Netflix)
Emma Morley (Mod) and Dexter Mayhew (Woodall) met on July 15, 1988, the night of their graduation. The next morning, they go their separate ways but they always manage to reconnect on this one day for decades to come.
Each episode finds Dex and Em, one year older, on this one particular date, as they grow and change, move together and apart, experience joy and heartbreak. One Day is based on the worldwide bestseller by David Nicholls.
Streaming Now
Lisa Frankenstein
A misunderstood teenager, Lisa (Kathryn Newton), and a reanimated corpse called “The Creature” (Cole Sprouse) embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness, and a few missing body parts.
Streaming Now on Peacock
Upgraded (Prime Video)
Ana (Mendes) is an ambitious intern dreaming of a career in the art world while trying to impress her demanding boss Claire (Marisa Tomei). When she’s upgraded to first class on a work trip, she meets handsome Will (Archie Renaux), who mistakes Ana for her boss—a white lie that sets off a glamorous chain of events, romance and opportunity, until her fib threatens to surface.
Streaming Now
Float
After she nearly drowns, Waverly (Andrea Bang) unexpectedly falls for the small-town lifeguard who rescued her, Blake (Robbie Amell). Based on the novel by Kate Marchant.
Available Now on VOD
Marmalade
The recently incarcerated Baron (Joe Keery) strikes up a friendship with cellmate Otis (Aldis Hodge), a man with a history of prison breaks. As they plan to escape together, Baron recalls the story of how he met Marmalade (Camila Morrone), the love of his life, and their Bonnie and Clyde-style scheme to rob a bank in order to care for his sick mother and give the couple the life they’ve always dreamed of.
Available Now on VOD
Players (Netflix)
New York sportswriter Mack (Gina Rodriguez) has spent years devising successful hook-up “plays” with best friend Adam (Damon Wayans Jr.) and their crew. While it has led to countless one-night stands over the years, following their playbook comes with a strict set of ground rules — chief among them: you can’t build a relationship from a play. When Mack unexpectedly falls for her latest target, charming war correspondent Nick (Tom Ellis), she begins to rethink the game entirely. As the lines between work, fun, friendship, and romance begin to blur, Mack must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps. Players also stars Joel Courtney, Augustus Prew, Liza Koshy, Ego Nwodim, and Marin Hinkle.
Streaming Now
This Is Me... Now: A Love Story (Prime Video)
This Is Me…Now: A Love Story is a narrative-driven cinematic odyssey, steeped in mythological storytelling and personal healing. The film drops in tandem with Jennifer Lopez‘s first studio album in a decade and showcases the singer’s journey to love through her own eyes. The star-studded cast includes Lopez’s husband, Ben Affleck, Fat Joe, Trevor Noah, Kim Petras, Post Malone, Keke Palmer, Sofia Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Derek Hough, and more.
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