What you need when you are stranded at the airport, chilling on your beach vacation, or looking to laze at home is a good movie watchlist. If you are a lover of romcoms, this list of 2022 releases that will set the right mood for a giddy summer romance is especially for you.
Senior year
Giving millennials a nostalgic dose of ’90s high school romantic dramas like She’s All That, the Rebel Wilson-starrer portrays the ‘then&now’ of the genre. Wilson’s character, Stephanie ‘Steph’ Conway, in Senior Year does all that it takes to go from awkward international student to prom-queen material. The movie includes the age-old makeover montage of the teenage Conway that turns her into the popular cheerleading captain. However, due to the actions of her rival, Tiffany Blanchette, Conway ends up in a 20-year-long coma.
Having lost her prime high-school year, her boyfriend, her dream future life and her popularity, the 37-year-old Conway returns to high school to get it all back. It’s an enjoyable watch, especially for those who love to binge on movies like Mean Girls. In this rom-com, Conway finds love and also learns to love herself, sending a heartening message.
Streaming on: Netflix
Moonshot
This sci-fi romcom is literally out of the world as it surrounds a couple’s journey to Mars. The movie follows the desperate desires of Walt, played by Riverdale star Cole Sprouse, to get to the red planet. Failing to be a part of the Kovi Industries Student Mars Program, the college campus barista comes across Sophie Tsukino, played by Lana Condor. He convinces Sophie to take him along to Mars where she plans on reuniting with her boyfriend Calvin (Mason Gooding).
Along the journey, Walt and Sophie fall in love. By the time they reach Mars, Sophie decides to go back to Calvin while Walt is arrested for sneaking on-board the spaceship. However, after going their separate ways, the two find their way back to each other.
Streaming on: Amazon Prime
The Perfect Pairing
If sappy Hallmark Movies are your thing, then The Perfect Pairing is an ideal 101-minute watch. The movie is sweet, it is simple and it is scenic. Victoria Dawn Justice, known for her roles in the Nickelodeon shows Zoey 101 and Victorious, plays a Los Angeles-based no-nonsense wine executive, Lola Alvarez, who finds herself hunting down a client in Australia.
In her mission to secure business with her client, Lola has a comic stint as a sheep-farm worker. She ends up being aided by a ranch manager named Max, played by Adam Demos. The two fall in love while the movie leaves us planning our next vacation to Australia.
Streaming on: Netflix
F*ck Love Too
What is better than a romcom? A romcom about a girl gang finding love!
F*ck Love Too is a Dutch movie, with English audio, that surrounds the romantic journeys of three friends. Lisa (Bo Maerten), Kiki (Nienke Plas) and Angela (Bettina Holwerda) engage in crazy adventures in Ibiza where they go to celebrate Kiki’s bachelorette party. The trio introspect on their relationships, form new ones and return to old ones by the end of the film. The Hangover-style movie is entertaining and can even offer some tips on how to make your summer vacation extra spicy.
Streaming on: Netflix
I Want You Back
A turbulent romcom with unexpected happy endings has It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia actor Charlie Day as Peter and former Saturday Night Live star Jenny Slate as Emma. The two leads begin the movie heartbroken as their partners have ended their respective relationships. Peter and Emma promise to help each other by ruining their former partners’ current relationships.
While Emma manages to stay true to her word, Peter is unable to manipulate Emma’s ex-boyfriend to break up with his current partner. Their plans of sabotage eventually get revealed, but by then the two find love in each other.
Streaming on: Amazon Prime
Tall Girl 2
After the immense success of the teenage romcom Tall Girl, Ava Michelle returns as Jodi Kreyman in the sequel Tall Girl 2. Having already found love in her best-friend Jack Dunkleman (Griffin Gluck), the newly popular engages in a battle against the voice in her head that tells her that she is not good enough. Through her struggles to find self-worth, she jeopardises her relationships.
Continuing to deal with deep topics that affect teenagers and even adults, the romcom manages to deliver both comedy and romance. You just have to watch it to know about the unlikely couple that emerges by the end of the movie.
Streaming on: Netflix
