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7 Netflix Releases To Watch This Valentine's Day Weekend
These Netflix movie gems are sure to spark the fireworks for an evening to remember as you celebrate the loveliest season of the year.

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Ready to snuggle in for a romantic weekend? These Netflix movie gems are perfect for Valentine’s Day.
From young-adult romances brimming with puppy love to period romance dramas transcending age and circumstances to screwball-romance crime movies bursting with hilarity, these flicks are sure to dazzle with lovey-dovey grooves.
Enjoy!
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“La Dolce Villa”
Scott Foley, Maia Reficco, Violante Placido; directed by Mark Waters
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Get ready to be swept away as Tuscany beckons with the beauty and magic of romance in the Netflix original movie, “La Dolce Villa.” The romantic comedy follows a single father (Scott Foley), who unexpectedly finds a new path to happiness and true love in Italy while languishing in the throes of a midlife crisis.
“Lady Chatterley's Lover”
Emma Corrin, Jack O'Connell, Matthew Duckett; directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

D.H. Lawrence’s novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” comes to life in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s romantic drama, in which Emma Corrin plays Lady Constance Chatterly, while Jack O’Connell plays the eponymous lover. The chemistry between Corrin and O’Connell is electric. Romance and passion are palpable against a backdrop of lush orchestrations.
“Hit Man”
Glen Powell, Adria Arjona; directed by Richard Linklater
Academia meets the underworld in Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” a screwball-romance crime comedy film about a Pecksniffian professor (Glen Powell) who moonlights as an undercover cop posing as a hitman. But love gets in the way when he falls for a woman (Adria Arjona) stuck in an abusive marriage.
“Our Souls at Night”
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda; directed by Ritesh Batra

In “Our Souls at Night,” Jane Fonda and Robert Redford navigate a story of friendship and romance between two neighbors, the widow Addie Moore (Fonda) and the widower Louis Walters (Redford). Based on Ritesh Batra’s novel, the 2017 drama echoes the beauty of love as a many splendored thing.
“Love, Guaranteed”
Rachael Leigh Cook, Damon Wayans Jr., Heather Graham; directed by Mark Steven Johnson

Mark Steven Johnson’s romantic comedy swirls an original and intriguing spin into online dating. Damon Wayans Jr. plays Nick, a hopeless romantic looking for a love connection online through a dating site called, “Love, Guaranteed.” Sadly, he has not had any luck in his search even after 1,000 dates. Feeling frustrated, he hires a lawyer, Susan (Rachael Leigh Cook), to sue the company. What are the odds? The two hit it off, and Nick starts falling for her. Did the company indirectly deliver then on its promises?
“Your Place or Mine”
Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher; directed by Aline Brosh McKenna

A story about repressed emotions for a Valentine’s Day watch? Why not? Writer-director Aline Brosh McKenna’s feature directorial debut tells the love story of Debbie (Reese Witherspoon) and Peter (Ashton Kutcher). The two met and had a one-night stand in 2003. Two decades later, they are BFFs. Debbie is now a single mom who lives with her son in Los Angeles, while Peter is still a confirmed bachelor living in New York City. As the story unfolds, Peter will finally realize that he has been in love with her all along. Will Debbie accept Peter’s love? Will they both settle in Los Angeles or New York?
“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”
Lana Condor, Noah Centineo; directed by Susan Johnson
Susan Johnson’s young-adult romantic comedy, based on Jenny Han’s 2014 novel of the same name, stars Lana Condor as Lara Jean, a reserved high-school junior who writes secret love letters to all the boys she is infatuated with — though she never mails them. She just keeps them locked away in her closet. Soon, chaos ensues as Lara Jean discovers that the love letters have been mailed to her crushes somehow. Will romance bloom for Lara Jean in the end after her middle-school crush Peter receives the love letter?
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