11 Amazing British Romance Films That Will Sweep You Off Your Feet
Fancy a bit of romance? Whether you like classic movies or playful indie dramas, we've found plenty of romantic films to make you feel royally English. For a touch of love and British charm (with hot accents, to boot), here are romantic movies to stream on Netflix.
— Additional reporting by Corinne Sullivan, Nicole Yi, and Ryan Roschke
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Love Actually
Ten complicated love stories are told in the cult holiday romance flick Love Actually . . . but let's be real, we're streaming this one year round.
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The Duchess
Keira Knightley plays a duchess miserable in her marriage who enters into an affair with a politician in the 2008 drama The Duchess.
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Anna Karenina
Keira Knightley, Jude Law, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson star in Anna Karenina, a historical romance based on the Russian novel by Leo Tolstoy about a high-society married woman who has an affair with a handsome young cavalry officer.
Bridget Jones's Baby
Bridget Jones, once a wandering waif, now has a very important job as a television producer. One problem: Bridget is pregnant and doesn't know who the father is. Hilarity ensues in Bridget Jones's Baby as possible baby daddies Mark Darcy and Jack Qwant fight for the leading lady's affection.
I Give It a Year
This 2013 movie beats the rule that recent romantic comedies aren't good by completely bending the rules. I won't give it away, but I Give It a Year is totally unpredictable but still very cute, and Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne are a gut-busting pair of newlyweds.
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Sliding Doors
In Sliding Doors, a woman's life forever changes based on the timing of the subway and whether or not she catches her boyfriend cheating.
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Easy Virtue
Jessica Biel steals the show as glamorous and intelligent Larita in Easy Virtue, a 1920s-set romantic comedy based on Noel Coward's play.
The Decoy Bride
The Decoy Bride is a British rom-com starring Alice Eve as a celebrity bride-to-be who runs away from her fiancé and has to be "replaced" by a local girl played by Kelly Macdonald.
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God's Own Country
You heard plenty of buzz about Call My by Your Name in 2017, but you may not have heard about its very indie sibling, God's Own Country. It's a beautiful, captivating look at one man's struggle with his sexuality, and it earned a directing award at Sundance, as well as a BAFTA nomination.
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Chocolat
The 2000 British-American romantic dramedy Chocolat tells the story of the beautiful, mysterious Vianne (played by Juliette Binoche), who arrives in a tranquil French town and opens an unusual chocolate shop that lures in the villagers by anticipating their desires.
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Chalet Girl
Felicity Jones and Ed Westwick star in Chalet Girl, the 2011 romantic comedy about a girl who trades her skateboard for a snowboard.