We might be in the age of mind-boggling spectacle and roaring heroes but sometimes all you crave is a good ole romantic movie. The recent years have given us delicious twists to the usual boy-meets-girl-love-happens template, peppering the genre with raw portraits of marriage, the anxiety of dating and broadening our understanding of the big, all-encompassing emotion that is love.
These Amazon Prime Video movies have all of that and more. Here is a list of our favourite love stories on the OTT platform:. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than indulge in a classic Bollywood romantic movie?
Twenty-eight years later, with the exception of a few necessary flaws pointed out, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge still exudes charm. This Rani Mukerji-Vivek Oberoi-starrer revolves around the blues of young love.
There are fights, accusations of affairs and even a car accident. But because this is early s Hindi cinema, Saathiya gets a happy ending. We travel backwards, tracing both the inevitable and passionate love story between Lalita and Shekhar and the circumstances that pull them apart. The songs, the costumes and the memorable dialogue are just the cherry on top. Initially unconvinced to take him on, Shruti eventually learns to respect his resourcefulness and integrity and together, the two begin their meteoric rise.
Before Marriage Story , there was Blue Valentine. An unflinching look at the reality of a long-term marriage straining under the weight of Life, the film can seem both tragic and beautiful in what it reveals. Is it enough when the regret of sacrificed ambitions fester and your beloved stands before you in the cold, hard day of light? If you are tired of the romantic escapades and need something real, Blue Valentine is for you.
