If you are a homebody and looking for a great option to close the curtain of 2021, nothing can be better than a pizza, a coke, and a good romantic movie. Thanks to 2021, which gave us hopes for bringing out some of the most unconventional movies especially in the genre of romance. Bollywood is bored of the same rich guy, poor boy love story, now we want more romance, drama, and sizzle in the movie. This year was truly the year of experiments. While we were expecting a boy and girl love story it gave us a lot more than that. Today, to set up your new year plan, here we bring you a list of top 10 romantic movies that kept us hooked in 2021 and can make your heart go la la:
1. To All The Boys: Always and Forever: The 3rd installment of Peter and Lara Jeans’ love story literally left us speechless. From the fear of missing out to the excitement of going to prom, this year served all the romantic moments a couple threw on our plate. Not just that it left us on a cliffhanger that made us want for more.
2. Chandigarh Kare Ashiqui: Why you should watch this movie a) it is Ayushmann Khuranna in lead, b) it serves a story other than a boy-girl love story that kept is glued to our screen. The movie explored the discrimination and biases, LGBTQ community members have to face in our society.
3. Dating and New York: Dating in New York is hard until you find someone who promises to hold on to you till death keeps you apart and this is the main plotline of this movie. The movie is about two millennial New Yorkers Milo and Wendy who get stuck in the gen-z era and manage to cope up with the world.
4. Atrangi Re: The newest member of the bandwagon is Atrangi Re. The love triangle between Sara Ali Khan, Dhanush, and Akshay Kumar will leave your min twisted, The movie is about a stubborn girl who tries to run away from her house but gets caught and forced to marry a Tamilian guy. Later when she starts feeling for him, her old lover comes into the scene and changes the story.
5. Long Story Short: Another one of those time-bender movies, the title is apt. Rafe Spall stars as Teddy, whose life is suddenly stuck in fast-forward the day after his wedding, and each year of his life starts passing every few minutes. As what is technically a years-long marriage starts tumbling toward free-fall in a matter of minutes.
6. Malcom & Marie: Malcom & Marie is undoubtedly a treat for your eyes. The movie is about a couple who are not in a perfect relationship. Unfolding the reality of relationships, the movie showed signs of abuse with the responsible side of love.
7. Summer of 85: Based on the 1982 YA novel Dance on My Grave, by British author Aidan Chambers, Summer of ’85 follows a pair of teens summering at a seaside resort in Normandy. It strikes a delicate balance between the awkward and the heartfelt moments of first loves, blending the energy and optimism of youth with the disappointments of fate and love.
8. Sweet and Sour: K-drama is the new trend. And movies like sweet and sour is a reason why. This vibrant South Korean rom-com delivers an emotionally charged adaptation of Kurumi Inui’s novel Initiation Love about the hardships of a long-distance relationship that two lovers are unexpectedly thrown into.
9. Dil Bekaraar: Dil Bekaraar is a web series based on Anuja Chauhan’s 2013 book Those Pricey Thakur Girls. It's a light-hearted plotline set in the 80s that we're sure you'll enjoy binge-watching.
10. We Broke Up: Are relationships doomed? Perhaps. That’s what it seems in this sad-but-sweet rom-com that offers a peek into Lori and Doug's breakup just days before Lori’s little sister’s wedding. But after the wedding and a series of emotionally charged events, the couple eventually reconvenes to figure out just what they want for their lives.
