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Valentine’s Day 2019: 25 best romantic shows and movies on Netflix

By Sarah Perchikoff

To All The Boys I've Loved Before | Photo courtesy of Netflix
To All The Boys I've Loved Before | Photo courtesy of Netflix /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 13: (L-R) Olivia Colman, Michael Smiley, Ben Whishaw, Jessica Barden, Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ariane Labed, Lee Magiday and Andrew Lowe attend ‘The Lobster’- Dare Gala, In Association With Time Out during the BFI London Film Festival at Vue Leicester Square on October 13, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for BFI)
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 13: (L-R) Olivia Colman, Michael Smiley, Ben Whishaw, Jessica Barden, Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ariane Labed, Lee Magiday and Andrew Lowe attend ‘The Lobster’- Dare Gala, In Association With Time Out during the BFI London Film Festival at Vue Leicester Square on October 13, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for BFI) /

25. The Lobster

What if society made you have a partner? What if it was mandatory? What would you do? Would you be fine because you already have someone or would you be in a panic trying to find the person for you? That is the premise of The Lobster.

The film follows David whose wife just left him for another man. He is then escorted to a hotel room and told that he has 45 days to find someone else or he will be transformed into an animal. He has chosen to become a lobster.

The Lobster stars Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, John C. Reilly, Lea Seydoux, and Michael Smiley.

As the days go by, David meets a number of different people, including Robert who has a lisp and John who has a limp. They sort of become his friends. While he waits for the 45 days to be up, he stays at the hotel. But this isn’t just any ordinary hotel as this clearly isn’t just another ordinary world. The hotel rules mostly have to do with sex and also that guests must go to dances every day and watch the propaganda that explains why having a partnership to so advantageous.

And the rules are not taken lightly. Robert breaks one of the rules and the hotel manager burns his fingers in a toaster! Relationships also have rules surrounding them, including the need to have a distinguishing trait in common. For instance, John is told that there is a woman with a limp who had just arrived. But he refuses her as her limp will heal while his will not.

While this is definitely an off-beat, quirky romance film, it can be perfect for anyone who isn’t exactly the lovey-dovey type. This is definitely a romance for a specific audience.

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