Culture Calling has curated a list of the top 15 heartwarming and swoon-worthy experiences available on Amazon Prime. Say goodbye to endless scrolling and hello to a carefully crafted selection that will make your heart flutter. Whether you yearn for epic love stories, charming rom-coms, or soul-stirring dramas, Amazon Prime Video UK has the perfect romantic films to ignite your emotions. Get ready to be immersed in tales of love, passion, and heartfelt connections, and let Culture Calling guide you to the most romantic films on Amazon Prime today.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
1h 48m | Romance/Sci-fi | 15
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Starring: Jim Carey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson
The Apartment
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
2h 5m | Romance/Comedy | PG
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, David Lewis, Hope Holiday
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.
1h 43m | Romance/Drama | 12A
Directed by: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Mae Whitman, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Lynskey, Nina Dobrev, Joan Cusack, Paul Rudd, Nicholas Braun
The Theory of Everything
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
2h 3m | Romance/Drama | 12A
Directed by: James Marsh
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Jones, Simon McBurney, David Thewlis
Licorice Pizza
Alana Kane and Gary Valentine grow up, run around, and fall in love in California's San Fernando Valley in the 1970s.
2h 13m | Romance/Comedy | 15
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim, Skyler Gisondo, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, George DiCaprio, Tom Waits, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly
Carol
Therese Belivet works at a department store in Manhattan where she encounters the beautiful Carol. Things take an unexpected turn when Therese develops strong feelings for Carol.
1h 58m | Romance/Drama | 15
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Starring: Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Sara Paulson, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Cal, a middle-aged man, is heartbroken when his wife asks for a divorce. However, to get over his loss, he starts picking up women at a bar on the insistence of his new-found friend, Jacob.
1h 58m | Romance/Comedy | 12A
Directed by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Lio Tipton, Jonah Bobo, Joey King
The Notebook
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
2h 3m | Romance/Drama | 15
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Sam Shepard, Joan Allen, James Marsden
Brokeback Mountain
Rodeo cowboy Jack and ranch hand Ennis are hired as sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, they spark a physical relationship. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider, they keep up their tortured, sporadic love affair for 20 years.
2h 14m | Romance/Drama | 15
Directed by: Ang Lee
Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, David Harbour, Kate Mara
The Big Sick
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
1h 59m | Romance/Comedy | 15
Directed by: Michael Showalter
Starring: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Bo Burnham, Anupam Kher, Zenobia Shroff, Adeel Akhtar
Me Before You
Louisa Clark accepts the job of being a caretaker of Will Traynor, a rigid man who has paralysis. However, her life transforms as the two, gradually, form a bond and later fall in love.
1h 50m | Romance/Drama | 12
Directed by: Thea Sharrock
Starring: Sam Claflin, Emilia Clarke, Matthew Lewis, Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman, Vanessa Kirby
Palm Springs
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
1h 30m | Sci-fi/Rom-Com | 15
Directed by: Max Barbakow
Starring: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, Camila Mendes, J. K. Simmons, Meredith Hagner, Tyler Hoechlin, Peter Gallagher
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
While lying in a hospital bed after Hurricane Katrina's devastation, Daisy remembers her friendship with Benjamin Button, a person suffering from a rare ageing ailment wherein he aged backwards.
2h 46m | Romance/Drama | 12A
Directed by: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Mahershala Ali, Jared Harris, Elle Fanning
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
After his break-up with Sarah, Peter Bretter decides to go for a Hawaiian vacation. However, he is in for a rude shock when he finds out that Sarah has checked in at the same resort as his.
1h 51m | Romance/Comedy | 15
Directed by: Nicholas Stoller
Starring: Jason Segel, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Rusell Brand, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Maria Thayer, Jack McBrayer, Jason Bateman, June Diane Raphael, William Baldwin, Kristen Wiig
Meet Joe Black
Death arrives on Earth in human form, going by the name Joe Black, to escort the soul of media tycoon William Parrish. However, Death's journey ends with him falling in love with William's daughter.
3h 1m | Romance/Fantasy | 12
Directed by: Martin Brest
Starring: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcia Gay Harden