This may be your last chance to watch movies like The Wedding Date, Pride and Prejudice (2005) and High Society on Netflix, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any romantic movies left to stream. Here are just 12 of our favorite love stories, both funny and heartfelt, to inspire you and get you in the mood for your wedding. Happy binge-ing!
1. The Wedding Date (2005)
Starring: Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney and Amy Adams
Why You’ll Love It: Messing’s neurotic character (Kat) gels perfectly with Mulroney’s cool, smooth-talking character (Nick). Handsome British ex-boyfriends, nosy families and one beautiful wedding in the English countryside make this flick irresistible.
Hurry: The Wedding Date leaves Netflix April 1!
2. Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen and Rosamund Pike
Why You’ll Love It: Leave it to a Jane Austen story to put you in the mood for romance. This adaptation of Austen’s classic novel is stunningly shot and overwhelmingly romantic. It might even inspire you to wear an Edwardian empire-waist ball gown and pearl-adorned updo to your wedding.
Hurry: Pride and Prejudice leaves Netflix April 1!
3. High Society (1956)
Starring: Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra
Why You’ll Love It: Vintage Frank Sinatra is never a bad idea, not to mention Grace Kelly in her prime being wooed by three doting suitors. The dapper men are swoon worthy and Kelly’s tea-length wedding dress is a must-see.
Hurry: High Society leaves Netflix April 1!
4. The Princess Bride (1987)
Starring: Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin and Wallace Shawn
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Why You’ll Love It: This one’s a downright classic: a hilarious, tender, romantic and all-around feel-good film. It’s a rom-com and fairy tale adventure rolled into one, with a spectacular cast of characters, an iconic “mawwiage” scene and some fabulous wedding tiaras. (Coming to Netflix April 1!)
5. One Small Hitch (2013)
Starring: Aubrey Dollar and Shane McRae
Why You’ll Love it: You may not have heard of it, but it’s an adorable flick about a decoy engagement gone completely awry (as they typically do). Dollar and McRae have some sweet chemistry and their chaotic families offer a little something we can all relate to.
6. Notting Hill (1999)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant and Rhys Ifans
Why You’ll Love It: Hugh Grant is beyond lovable in this quaint romance riddled with charming British humor, and proves that being your lovable self is enough to win the heart of a stunning, famous actress (played by Julia Roberts). Subtle and laugh-out-loud funny, don’t skip this movie in your queue.
7. Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant
Why You’ll Love It: Watch Renee Zellweger as the endearing Bridget Jones, bumbling and self-deprecating in the funniest way. Even the biggest mess of a single girl can find happiness if she opens her heart to love—love for herself and a man she never expected. (And don’t miss the sequel, Bridget Jones’s Baby, coming to theaters September 16, 2016.)
8. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes and Judi Dench
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Why You’ll Love It: It’s the fictional story of William Shakespeare’s love affair with a high-society woman (who’s promised to another man!), meant to have inspired Romeo and Juliet. Elizabethan costumes, love poems and breathless melodrama—need we say more?
9. Leap Year (2010)
Starring: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode and Adam Scott
Why You’ll Love It: Anna (Amy Adams) has the girl-power gumption to follow the Irish tradition and propose to her fiance on Leap Day, with a little help from a handsome and charming Irishman (Matthew Goode), who most definitely is not her boyfriend. You’ll swoon over the proposal scene, but you’ll have to watch to find out which lucky man receives it.
10. Jenny’s Wedding (2015)
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Linda Emond and Alexis Bledel
Why You’ll Love It: This is an authentic and moving portrait of a same-sex relationship and the power of love and acceptance. (Expect a few happy tears!)
11. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall
Why You’ll Love It: Three gorgeous, cunning models in 1950s New York City plot to trap the richest men they can find. Follow their fabulous schemes and foibles as they answer for themselves the age-old question: Is marrying for money really better than true love?
12. Serendipity (2001)
Starring: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale and Jeremy Piven
Why You’ll Love It: It’s sweetly funny and uber-romantic—and all about fate, second chances and finding your soul mate (we can totally get behind that!).
