Top 5 Must See Rom Coms Before or During Valentine’s Day
February 12th, 2025
Writer: Sophia Wohl
Editor: Dani Cohen
John Tucker Must Die
Heart throb: Jesse Metcalfe
Synopsis: John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) is a typical basketball jock heartbreaker who has played one three many hearts, and he is about to pay. His love interests played by Brittney Snow, Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Bush and Ashanti make it their high school mission to make the new girl, (Snow), John’s next target.
Rating: 10/10
How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
Heart throb: Matthew McConaughey
Synopsis: A writer (Kate Hudson) is assigned to propose an article about common mistakes most women make in their relationships, and in choosing to gather information she sets out to find the perfect connection, to ruin. In time, she picks a marketing executive (Matthew McConaughey), trying to set off a ticking time bomb in just ten days.
Rating: 8/10 (hot take)
10 Things I Hate About You
Heart throb: Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon Levitt
Synopsis: After the new kid (Joseph Gordon Levitt) enrolls in Padua High School, he falls for the beautiful and popular Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik). But the only way she is allowed to date is if her sister Kat (Julia Stiles) agrees to terms with the broody bad boy (Heath Ledger). Ledger is the only guy willing to go out with the stricter Stratford sister.
Rating: 10/10
Friends with Benefits
Heart throb: Justin Timberlake
Synopsis: Dylan Harper (Justin Timberlake) from Los Angeles, travels to New York City after being hired by GQ magazine headhunter (Mila Kunis). The two become fast friends and try to prove that sex is only physical, but is there anything more to them than they thought?
Rating: 9/10
Valentine’s Day
Ensemble cast: All heart throbs
Synopsis: This romantic comedy interweaves multiple different love stories that all have the same ending on February 14th in Los Angeles. The story follows the lives of Reed (Ashton Kutcher), a florist who's madly in love with his girlfriend (Jessica Alba) just to find out she's not ready, Julia (Jennifer Garner) that has the idea of spending the holiday with her heartfelt boyfriend Dr. Harrison Copeland (Patrick Dempsey) to find he is an unfaithful spouse. These are just two examples of how numerous couples intertwine during their own hell of a holiday.
Rating: 11/10 (I’m a sucker for ensemble cases)
