The Notebook
The defining modern tearjerker: executed with enough conviction to earn every emotion it chases.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The most honest film ever made about why we love people who are wrong for us, and why we would again.
Call Me by Your Name
A summer romance of extraordinary sensory richness: heat, longing, and the particular pain of first love.
Before Sunrise
A film made of almost nothing except conversation, and somehow one of the most romantic films ever made.
Crazy Rich Asians
A joyful romantic comedy that also carries genuine cultural weight: Hollywood representation done right.
La La Land
A musical about dreams and what we sacrifice to pursue them, ending in precisely the right note.