Do you believe in love? Like real, all-caps, happily ever after, fairy tale L-O-V-E? So do we. That kind of perfect romance might not always seem possible in real life (unless your name is Meghan Markle, that is), but in the movies, we always get our happily ever after. If your current love life isn’t quite the fairy tale you’d like it to be, head to the cinema: 2019 is full of movies that will fill that will make your heart flutter once again. And if you are lucky in love, well get ready to keep swooning.
Here are the best romantic movies coming out in 2019, in order of release date.
Release date: February 8
Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Phoebe Robinson, and Tracy Morgan
Take a fairly problematic early aughts rom-com, gender swap it, add Taraji P. Henson and you have…a movie we actually want to see, that’s what. What Men Want promises classic rom-com vibes with a modern twist.
Release date: February 8
Starring: SO MANY PEOPLE. Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna, Jim Sturgess, Dianna Agron, Rafaëlle Cohen, Jenna Dewan, Toni Garrn, Sibel Kekilli ,Hannelore Elsner, Robert Stadlober, and Luke Wilson, to name a few.
The movie, told in short vignettes and featuring a massive ensemble cast, is the latest installment of the Cities of Love, series created by Emmanuel Benbihy.
Release date: March 15
Starring: Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, and Jason Clarke
Leave it to Keira Knightley to break our hearts and make us believe in once-in-a-lifetime romance all while wearing gorgeous period costumes. If you enjoyed crying over Atonement, The Aftermath is for you.
Release date: March 15
Starring: Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse
Did The Fault in Our Stars make you cry tears of love mixed in with your tears of sadness? Were you into that? Then you should check out Five Feet Apart, which takes The Fault in Our Stars‘ winning formula and adds Cole Sprouse, just to up the ante.
Release date: April 12
Starring: Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
Based on a viral series of Harry Styles fan fiction (no joke), After is a gut-wrenching look at first love—and what comes…after.
Release date: May 3
Starring: Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Andy Serkis, June Diane Raphael, Bob Odenkirk, and Alexander Skarsgård
This rom-com starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron follows a journalist (Rogen) who ends up working on the campaign of his former babysitter/childhood crush (Theron) when she decides t o run for president.