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Date night movies by mood, and a way to stop scrolling
Good date night movies depend on the mood, so this list is sorted that way: funny, romantic, tense, scary, beautiful and easy. If you can never agree, answer the Movie Night list separately on OurMaybe. You each mark what you'd watch, and you only see the kinds of movies and shows you both want.
40 movies, sorted by the evening you want
Funny, and asks nothing of you
- Game Night
- Palm Springs
- Bridesmaids
- The Nice Guys
- Crazy, Stupid, Love
- What We Do in the Shadows
- Booksmart
Romantic without being sugary
- When Harry Met Sally
- Before Sunrise
- The Big Sick
- Moonstruck
- About Time
- Past Lives
- Roman Holiday
Tense, with a twist
- Knives Out
- Gone Girl
- Parasite
- Ocean's Eleven
- Arrival
- Inception
- Rear Window
Scary, lights off
- Get Out
- A Quiet Place
- Scream
- The Others
- It Follows
- The Cabin in the Woods
Long, slow and beautiful
- Casablanca
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- La La Land
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Her
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- In the Mood for Love
Easy comfort
- The Princess Bride
- Spirited Away
- Up
- Paddington 2
- Coco
- Chef
Why picking takes longer than watching
Two people with a streaming menu will each wait for the other to commit. Twenty minutes later you are watching trailers. The fix is to decide the kind of evening before you open the app: funny or tense, new or familiar, movie or two episodes.
The Movie Night list does that ahead of time. You each answer 40 lines, such as "something scary, lights off" or "a series you only watch together," and keep the overlap as your standing shortlist.
What the Movie Night list asks
By mood
- Something funny that asks nothing of you
- Something that will make at least one of you cry
- Something scary, lights off
- A comfort movie you've both seen ten times
- Something everyone talked about and you both missed
- A movie from the year one of you was born
- Something so bad it's good
- A long, slow, beautiful one that takes the whole evening
- A movie one of you loved as a kid
- A documentary that leaves you a little angry
By genre
- Romantic comedies
- Thrillers with a twist
- Horror
- Science fiction
- Action movies with no plot to speak of
- Heist movies
- Animated movies
- Musicals
- Black-and-white classics
- Foreign-language films with subtitles
- True crime
- Nature documentaries
- Superhero movies
- Period dramas
Shows
- A series you only watch together, no skipping ahead
- A reality show you both pretend not to like
- A baking or cooking competition
- A sitcom you put on while you make dinner
- A mystery series, one episode a night
- A limited series you finish in one weekend
- Rewatch a whole show from the first episode
- A sports documentary series
How you watch
- Go to an actual theater, with popcorn
- A double feature at home
- Take turns picking, and the other one doesn't get a veto
- A director's whole filmography, one movie a week
- A drive-in
- Watch the movie, then read what the critics said and argue with them
- Phones in another room for the whole movie
- A movie marathon on a rainy Sunday
Make it a date
A movie becomes a date when something around it is deliberate: phones in another room, real popcorn, or dinner first. The date night dinner ideas pair well, and there are 52 more date night ideas for the nights you'd rather go out.
Questions people ask
- What is a good movie for date night?
- Pick by mood. For funny: Game Night or Palm Springs. For romantic: When Harry Met Sally or Before Sunrise. For tense: Knives Out or Parasite. For comfort: The Princess Bride.
- What should we watch when we can't agree?
- Agree on the kind of evening first, not the title. Answering a list of moods and genres separately gives you a shortlist you both already said yes to.
- Are these movies on a particular streaming service?
- Availability changes often and differs by country, so this page doesn't list services. Search the title in your streaming apps.
Last updated October 8, 2026.