If you forgot to make dinner reservations for Valentine's Day this year, don't worry — there are plenty of other ways to create romance. You can just cook and watch a romantic movie together.
Since no one wants to sit through 'The Notebook' again, we've put together a list of great romantic movies that everyone will enjoy.
The characters are as real as they come — pulling you instantly into the story. There's a mix of comedy and soul-searching that's makes this movie a great choice for anyone.
This movie tackles the age-old question: can men and women truly be friends?
Because there's nothing better on Valentine's Day than a Bill Murray movie.
If you can't stomach movies like 'The Notebook,' this Wes Anderson movie is a quirky alternative.
Your classic American screwball comedy: a socialite falls in love with a reporter (aka Clark Gable). Gable's character takes off his shirt at one point, revealing that he's not wearing an undershirt. There's an urban legend that this scene caused the sales of men's undershirts to decline significantly.
This movie is as American rom-com as it gets: Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon and baseball.
In short, 'bloody damned good. The perfect date flick,' according to Cranky Critic.
Although this looks like another one of those click flicks, it's filled with witty dialogue and fresh characters.
'Get back, witch!'
'I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!'
Enough said.
Classic Shakespeare meets charming Heath Ledger.
Fair warning: your heart might burst during that scene when Ledger sings 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' at the soccer field.
A sharp movie with a talented cast. And the chemistry between Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence is incredible.
Will Smith is that rare breed who can pull off both rom-coms like 'Hitch' and sci-fi flicks like 'iRobot.'
Ryan Reynolds' character, who is going through a divorce, tells his 11 year old daughter about his past loves in flashbacks.
World War II, a great romance, and endless witticisms. We don't really need to pump this one up too much.
Fun fact: this movie was released before World War II ended.
A nonlinear, honest telling of Summer and Tom's romance, and it's end.
'Watching 'High Fidelity', I had the feeling I could walk out of the theater and meet the same people on the street — and want to, which is an even higher compliment,' noted film critic Roger Ebert said.
We guarantee that you will literally laugh out loud several times throughout the movie. Maybe even to the point of tears.
Because sometimes the strangers you meet in a Tokyo hotel understand you better than the people in your 'real' life.
Don't let Jim Carrey turn you off from this. The movie is weird, free, and full of humanity and love.
Fair warning: if you're looking for a rom-com, skip this.
'A giddy symphony of rude and raucous low humor,' Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan wrote.
'Pity the crowds expecting another cute comedy like 'Date Night' who wind up at 'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' It'll be like asking for a burger and getting served escargot,' wrote Kyle Smith.
It's both a love story, and the story of how to become a man.
It's the classic John Cusack movie. AKA the 'one where he holds the boom box.'
'Smartly written and boasting a sensational cast, Cameron Crowe's shrewdly observed third feature also gives Tom Cruise one of his very best roles,' writes Variety's Todd McCarthy.
'...a pulpy good time that holds up remarkably well two decades after its theatrical release...' writes David Nusair.
'Really, 'Don Jon' could have - should have - gone on another 20 minutes. Then again, when was the last time you felt that about a romantic comedy? Or any movie?,' writes the Newark Star Ledger's Stephen Whitty.
'As Chasing Amy redefines the boy-meets-girl formula for a culture where anything goes, including perhaps another boy or girl, it thrives on Smith's dry, deadpan direction,' writes Janet Maslin.
'Here's an anomaly: a comedy about smart people,' writes Richard Corliss.
'Romantic, action-packed and always held together by an intriguing social conscience, Slumdog Millionaire is a rapturous crowd pleaser,'
'Phoenix is terrific in Walk the Line - - the actor's taciturn, brooding persona dovetails beautifully with the role - - but it's his scenes opposite Witherspoon that give the movie its real spark,' writes Rene Rodriguez.
It's a feel-good bromance movie.
This one's a bit on the serious end: sour wit, a brilliant cast, and painfully real.
You want to hate it, but it's so great that it's impossible.
A man falls in love with his operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) in a not-so-distant future. And the visuals are beautiful.