Somewhere between that pumpkin spice latte and full-blown emotional hibernation, the air shifts. Group chats quiet down. The nights are longer, and suddenly staying in could lead to foreplay. 

Welcome to cuffing season: that strange, tender stretch of the year where body heat becomes a love language and every blanket in your house feels like an accomplice. 

We’ve hand-selected films to fit all moods and situations, whether you’re partnered up, happily solo, curiously dating, or piling onto the couch with friends!

💞 Extra Romantic

Amélie (2001): a Parisian daydream of quiet connections, missed glances, and the magic of noticing small things. Watch with someone who understands your weirdness.

Clueless (1995): Sometimes love finds you in a Beverly Hills high school makeover montage.

Palm Springs (2020): a time loop rom-com that’s oddly perfect for anyone stuck in the cycle of modern dating.

Grease (1978): classic, campy, and arousing in a leather-jacket kind of way

Titanic (1997): an unforgettable doomed love story, where the steamy parked car is still our favorite scene

Never Been Kissed (1999): for romantics who still believe in a well-timed slow dance

Twilight Saga (2008–2012): don’t come for us here for suggesting the entire saga, but we feel it’s best to watch all of the melancholic, melodramatic, and deliciously over the top movies back to back

🌈 Queer Love

Carol (2015): gloved hands, longing glances, and the kind of restraint that’s erotic in its quiet

Call Me by Your Name (2017): a sensory slow burn through Italian summer 

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013): vulnerable, raw, and unapologetically intimate

Brokeback Mountain (2005): heartbreak stretched across mountains, where silence says everything words can’t

Shelter (2007): a tender surf-town romance about finding safety in each other

Lost and Delirious (2001): early-2000s sapphic angst with a Shakespearean ache

🛋️ Cozy Couch-Cuddling

When Harry Met Sally (1989): banter that defines an era; friendship, sex, and everything in between

The Holiday (2006): two women trade homes and heartbreak to rediscover joy 

Notting Hill (1999): for the romantics who still believe in chance encounters and bookstore miracles (have you seen it yet?!)

10 Things I Hate About You (1999): the blueprint for every romcom that followed (RIP Heath)

You’ve Got Mail (1998): a love letter to dial-up romance

🌀 Wild & Weird

Her (2013): AI intimacy before it went mainstream

May (2002): creepy &  sweet, if you could ever expect the two together

The Room (2003): a cinematic trainwreck that’s better with commentary and cocktails

Nosferatu (2024): gothic foreplay for the spooky romantics

Fire of Love (2022): real-life volcanologists, burning devotion, and the most poetic eruption ever captured on film and narrated by Miranda July

🔥 Curious & Sexy

Blue Velvet (1986): kinky suburbia and voyeurism wrapped in dreamy dread

Cruel Intentions (1999): the ultimate ‘90s morality play dressed in plaid skirts and manipulation where every line drips with tension, desire, and the kind of chaos you swore you’d never text back.

Closer (2004): brutally honest about love, lust, and the space between

The Blue Lagoon (1980): isolated, sun-drenched, and awkwardly erotic

Poor Things (2023): feminine autonomy meets surreal sexuality; weird, witty, and brilliantly arousing

FYI: Find more recs, pleasure rituals, and DIY casting kits to keep your winter interesting on our blog + Instagram ❤️🔥