Spring comes in with flowers and a wake-up call for all the lovers to pay attention to their loved ones. It’s high time for the soulmates to show and express their affection and we just happen to have the right collection of best foreign romance movies to help you lighten the fire of romance with your partner.
The thing about Netflix is although it might highlight the most commercial movies and series on your trending section, the platform has an interesting range of collections from all around the globe.
Watching foreign movies might be challenging though, reading the fast-paced subtitles while not missing the sequences can be a tough job for many people. The dubbing can rub off a bit of an unnatural feeling but once you get the hang of it, the whole ordeal will become as natural as blinking an eye.
Bong Joon-ho the director of Parasite, and recipient of four Academy Awards is also famous for saying “Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,”
From the love stories that will make you feel warm and fuzzy to the ones that will compel your partner to utter those 3 sweet words at you. These movies contain stories for you and your partner to cheer and root for. There will be more of that love in the air after you’re done watching our picks, here we go…
Here are the 5 Best Foreign Romance Movies now on Netflix
The Leopard (re-release) 2004
Directed by Luchino Visconti, The Leopard, or better “Il Gattopardo” has a suburban setting with beautiful actors like Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon. and considered a monument in movie history.
The movie dwells between war, romance and politics during the Garibaldi troop’s unification of Italy in the 1860s. An aristocratic Sicilian family’s attempt to adapt to the socio-political changes in their own value of life. In order to maintain the family’s level of economic and political power, the Prine Don Fabrizio Salina lets his war hero nephew, Tancredi, marry Angelica, the daughter of a gauche.
Through my window (Spain) 2022
Madly in love with her attractive and mysterious neighbor Ares, Raquel watches him from afar. They haven’t exchanged a single word but Raquel has a clear mission to make Ares fall in love with her. Not compromising to lose anything but to gain everything, this not-so-innocent, helpless and unprepared girl sets out to get the love of her life by any means.
Kabir Singh (India) 2019
The Bollywood romance drama Kabir Singh, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga casts Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani in the lead roles. It is an official remake of the Telugu movie Arjun Reddy. The plot revolves around an alcoholic surgeon with temper issues and the love of his life marrying another man. The exalted but short-fused surgeon dives into a fit of drugs, alcohol, and rage as his extreme relationship explosively ends.
Atlantics (France) 2019
Directed by Mati Diop, Atlantics is about a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower that looms over a suburb of Dakar, and the story of Ada who is in love with Souleimane, a young construction worker. But has been promised to wed another man but she disappears at sea. The story dwells on poverty and need and love and rebellion. Some of the workers have come claiming revenge and threaten to burn the tower down if the developer does not pay their wages.
Omar (Palestine) 2013
In the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this movie Omar is a thriller and a romance with unabashedly melodramatic elements. Helped along by an amazing cast consisting of mostly first-time actors, “Omar” has a fresh approach and offers no solutions. It’s the story of three childhood friends who get caught up in a war that has no end. Played by Adam Bakri as Omar a baker, a new actor with barely any credit is seen spending his free time training for an upcoming war with the Israelis with his two childhood friends, Tarek (Eyad Hourani) and Amjad (Samer Bisharat).