Sometimes the best dates for Valentine’s Day are the ones spent curled up on the couch, especially if the weather or the crowds around town make going out less appealing. If you’re looking for a classic movie to watch with your sweetheart, here are twenty romantic classics currently streaming on Netflix Instant. Just add popcorn and chocolates for a quiet Valentine’s date for two.
“A Farewell to Arms” (1932) – Dir. Frank Borzage, starring Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper
“My Man Godfrey” (1936) – Dir. Gregory La Cava, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard
“Penny Serenade” (1941) – Dir. George Stevens, starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne
“Heaven Can Wait” (1943) – Dir. Ernst Lubitsch, starring Don Ameche and Gene Tierney
“Jane Eyre” (1943) – Dir. Robert Stevenson, starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine
“Caesar and Cleopatra” (1945) – Dir. Gabriel Pascal, starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh
“The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” (1947) – Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison
“I Was a Male War Bride” (1949) – Dir. Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan
“The African Queen” (1951) – Dir. John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn
“People Will Talk” (1951) – Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain
“The Barefoot Contessa” (1954) – Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner
“The Seven Year Itch” (1955) – Dir. Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell
“Love is a Many-Splendored Thing” (1955) – Dir. Henry King, starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones
“Anastasia” (1956) – Dir. Anatole Litvak, starring Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner
“An Affair to Remember” (1957) – Dir. Leo McCarey, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961) – Dir. Blake Edwards, starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard
“Charade” (1963) – Dir. Stanley Donen, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
“Doctor Zhivago” (1965) – Dir. David Lean, starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie
“Romeo and Juliet” (1968) – Dir. Franco Zeffirelli, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey
“Harold and Maude” (1971) – Dir. Hal Ashby, starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort
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