![]() ![]() Far from the lurid vampires of Dracula or the timid abstinence of Twilight, director Ana Lily Amirpour describes her movie as the “first Iranian vampire spaghetti western.” The movie follows a young man named Arash who lives in a semi-abandoned ghost town called Bad City, where he meets a nameless skateboarding vampire girl. This is a vampire movie and a romance, but probably not in any of the ways one might expect. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Image: Logan Pictures, SpectreVision It is also available for digital rental or purchase on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu. Petrana Radulovicġ0 Things I Hate About You is available to stream on Disney Plus. Kat and Patrick definitely take center stage here, but Cameron and Bianca’s romance isn’t half-bad either. It is the sort of romantic comedy where much of the tension comes from the leads butting heads and realizing they’re not so different after all - with an extra dose of two vastly different sisters learning to understand each other. It is a very loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew: popular girl Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) is not allowed to date until her headstrong older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) does, so Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the new kid with a big crush on Bianca, pays bad boy Patrick (Heath Ledger) to woo Kat. Of all the “teen movie adaptations of classic literature” out there, 10 Things I Hate About You is probably the most romantic. Got some other favorites of your own? Let us know in the comments.ġ0 Things I Hate About You Image: Touchstone Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures ![]() So sit back, grab a tub of popcorn, and enjoy some of these choice selections from the Polygon crew. That includes options on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and even some available on free platforms that don’t require a subscription at all. There’s just one rule for our selections: the romance in it has to be real and tangible, no matter the genre it technically falls under. Whether you’re looking for a light-hearted romantic comedy, a moving romance filled with meaning, a genre movie fused with romance, or something in between, we have something for you. The Polygon staff got together and picked our favorite romance movies available on streaming, just for you. ![]()
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