11 Must-Watch Rom-Coms on Prime Video Right Now (June 2026): ‘Larry Crowne’ and More

Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) is not having a good day. Already divorced and living alone, he just got fired from his job at a big-box store because he lacks a college education. Now finding himself with a lot of free time on his hands, he decides to enroll in the local community college and maybe get his job back. At school, he meets Mercedes “Mercy” Tainot (Julia Roberts), a speech teacher who immediately likes Crowne. They begin a tentative romance that’s soon threatened by the arrival of Mercy’s estranged husband, Dean (Bryan Cranston), who is up to no good. With a second chance at love and a better life on the line, can Larry convince Mercy to ditch her ex once and for all and take a chance on him?

Larry Crowne is an unassuming rom-com about two adults who have both been bruised by love. They still have enough hope for romance to give it another go, and that’s where the film distinguishes itself from other rom-coms. You don’t see a lot of movies in this genre that deal with the complicated love lives of 40+ adults, and it’s surprisingly clear-eyed about all the positives – and negatives – that a relationship can bring. Roberts and Hanks are at their charismatic best here, with both actors creating a believable connection between their characters that is less about passion and more about mutual appreciation, care and respect.

Everyone wants to be with the young maiden Roxanne (Haley Bennett); with her flawless skin and intelligent demeanor, can you blame them? Among her many suitors are the Duke De Guiche (Ben Mendelsohn), who wishes to marry and possess her; the soldier Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), who is infatuated with her at first sight; and the dwarven Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage), who really loves her. To win Roxanne’s heart, Christian enlists Cyrano to write love letters for him that express all the words Christian can’t articulate and all the feelings Cyrano can’t express. But with a war brewing, is there any time for a complicated love triangle that could leave all parties disappointed and even dead?

Based on the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano is a dreamy if flawed period rom-com. Before you put this movie in your queue, I should warn you that Cyrano is a musical, and it’s an unsatisfying one. No one in the cast is a particularly good singer, and the only OK songs get in the way of a story that doesn’t really need them. Fortunately, everything else is top-notch, with gorgeous cinematography, an immersive set design that faithfully recreates 19th-century France and a stellar lead performance by Dinklage as the lovestruck title character. 

Rom-coms don’t get any wilder – or sweeter– than The Birdcage. When college student Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) reveals to his dad, Armand (Robin Williams), that he intends to marry Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart), all hell breaks loose. It’s not because Armand disapproves of Barbara – it’s because Barbara’s father, Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman), is an ultra-conservative senator, Armand is gay and Val’s “mother” is Albert (Nathan Lane), a drag queen who can’t – and won’t – hide his authentic self. With Barbara’s parents set to arrive for dinner at their flamboyantly decorated Miami home, it’s a race against time for Armand to pretend to be as straight and conservative as possible long enough for Val to marry Barbara.

The Birdcage isn’t normally classified as a rom-com, but the main source of its laughs revolves around the romantic complications between two couples: Val and Barbara, and Armand and Albert. The latter pair get the majority of the spotlight, and thank the heavens for that. It’s no surprise that Williams and Lane are hysterical as the longtime couple who have to disguise who they are for their son. But what IS a surprise is how believable and deeply felt their relationship is in a mainstream movie made in the ‘90s, an era that still trafficked in gay stereotypes to elicit easy laughs. No one is laughed at in The Birdcage save for the clueless straights, the Keeleys, who can’t see what’s painfully obvious in front of them.  

What went wrong? That’s the question comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) asks himself as he sorts through the memories of his failed relationship with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). Through the good times, like them trying and failing to cook a lobster, and the bad, when they move in together and awkwardly cohabit each other’s private spaces, they seemed like the perfect match. But Alvy’s memories don’t mirror their reality, and he soon realizes some love stories don’t end happily ever after.

You can’t spell “rom-com” without Annie Hall. OK, technically, you can, but you get what I mean. Annie Hall gave birth to the modern romantic comedy as we know it, and it was so well-liked that it won four Oscars, including Best Actress for Keaton and Best Picture. Rom-coms never win the Academy’s top award, which tells you just how well this movie was received — and how it still holds up today. It’s a love story that’s sweeter than bitter, and anyone who has suffered a break-up can relate to what Alvy goes through.

Julie (Jessica Rothe) is a Valley girl who seemingly has everything in life: a great boyfriend, some great friends and a totally rad fashion style. But deep into her senior year, she’s become a bit bored with her fantastic lifestyle. She gets a welcome wake-up call when she meets Randy (Josh Whitehouse), a punk rocker from Hollywood. Randy is totally wrong for her — which somehow makes him the right guy to shake up her life. Can these two opposites attract each other long enough to sustain a long-term relationship?

A remake of the 1983 cult classic starring a young Nicolas Cage, this Valley Girl isn’t as good as the original, but it’s still entertaining enough to recommend. A large part of that is due to Rothe, who has fun playing up all the oh-my-Gawd Valley girl clichés while still creating a three-dimensional character. Alicia Silverstone appears as an older and wiser Julie, while it’s best to ignore Logan Paul as Julie’s moron jock boyfriend, Mickey.

Woody Allen‘s Everyone Says I Love You is an unconventional musical rom-com that features stars who aren’t natural singers. That adds to the charm of their turbulent romantic lives. Allen plays Joe Berlin, a divorced older man who successfully woos Von Sidell (Julia Roberts) by faking an interest in everything she’s passionate about.

Drew Barrymore also stars in the film as Skylar Dandridge, a young woman whose bond with Holden Spence (Edward Norton) is threatened by her intense attraction to a sociopath, Charles Ferry (Tim Roth). No one ever said love was going to be easy, and that’s what all of the songs are really about.

Everyone Says I Love You is streaming on Prime Video.

Merv is a Christmas-themed rom-com that starts off as a reverse romantic comedy. Anna Finch (Zooey Deschanel) and Russ Owens (Charlie Cox) have already broken up at the beginning, and the only thing keeping them in each others’ lives is their dog Merv. Since their split, the former partners have been co-parenting Merv and sending him back and forth from their new homes.

During the holidays, Merv is diagnosed as depressed over Anna and Russ’ breakup, so Russ decides to take his dog on a vacation and Anna follows. It’s almost like the dog planned it from the beginning, as the close proximity with each other reopens the possibility of Russ and Anna getting back together.

Merv is streaming on Prime Video.

Groundhog Day is firmly a part of the pop culture landscape, so much so that a teenager named Mark (Kyle Allen) uses it to explain his situation in The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. He’s stuck in an infinite time loop with seemingly no way out.

It’s a lonely way to live until he meets Margaret (Kathryn Newton), a girl his age who is also experiencing a time loop. Naturally, Mark develops feelings for Margaret and suggests that they may escape if they can track down all of the moments of “perfect beauty” in their endless day. Of course, it won’t be that easy.

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is streaming on Prime Video.

About a decade before they starred together in Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, Paul Rudd and Michelle Pfeiffer played potential lovers in I Could Never Be Your Woman.

Rosie Hanson (Pfeiffer) is a producer on a sitcom who revitalizes the show when she casts Adam Pearl (Rudd) as the main character’s new love interest. But as Adam and Rosie display some real romantic chemistry of their own, she’s worried about the decade-plus age gap between them.

I Could Never Be Your Woman is streaming on Prime Video.

The sci-fi premise of Timer should theoretically make it easier for men and women to find the person that they were meant to be with. Everyone has the choice of getting a timer implanted that counts down to the minute when they will meet their soulmate.

Oona O’Leary (Emma Caulfield) has a timer, but her apparent soulmate doesn’t. That leaves Oona to aimlessly wander when it comes to relationships with men. She soon finds herself falling for Mikey Evers (John Patrick Amedori), a man without a timer of his own. But before things can go too far, Oona discovers that her soulmate may be someone else she knows.

Timer is streaming on Prime Video.

There aren’t many rom-coms that start with the primary couple deciding to break up, but 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up does exactly that. Abigail (Christina Ricci) thinks her relationship with Benjamin (Hamish Linklater) has gone as far as it can go, and she wants to move on.

Benjamin, however, suggests that they do a series of activities together as a couple before parting ways for good. That gives Abigail and Benjamin more time to reflect on whether they’re making a mistake, especially when their romance begins showing signs of life again.

10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up is streaming on Prime Video.