Not too late for a movie about love

With Valentine’s Day being this week, let’s look at movies about love, in all its many shapes and forms.

Several streaming services have created channels dedicated to romance. Fire up Paramount+ for the “Peak Romance” collection, with curated carousels dedicated to Modern Love, Classic Romance, ’90s, Twisted Romance, 2000s Rom-Coms, and a whole collection of reality dating shows.

Some highlights include the dizzy screwball action-adventure “The Lost City,” the lo-fi amusement park indie “Adventureland,” Hitchcock’s European romp “To Catch a Thief,” perennial ’90s nostalgia favorite “Clueless,” Paul Verhoeven’s erotic thriller “Basic Instinct” and Nancy Meyer’s house-swap rom-com “The Holiday.”

Over on HBO Max, the “Share the Love” spotlight page has curations including Swipe Right, Swipe Left, Delightful Rom-Coms, Swoon-Worthy Dramas, LGBTQ+Love, Black Leads in Love, Forever Friends, Love Across Time and Space, ’80s Heartthrobs, ’90s Sweethearts, 2000s Flings, We Heart a Classic, and TV Dates. Check out the ensemble comedy “Crazy Rich Asians,” the classic “The Philadelphia Story,” the charming ’90s rom-com “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” the iconic “Casablanca,” Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” and the John Hughes favorite “Pretty in Pink.”

For a rowdy Galentine’s gathering, you can’t go wrong with a double feature of “Magic Mike” and “Magic Mike XXL,” both streaming on HBO Max. And for a true-crime twist looking at the dark side of the all-male revue, fire up the series “Welcome to Chippendales” on Hulu, starring Kumail Nanjiani and Murray Bartlett.

Embracing the single life? Rent the delightful French comedy “My Donkey, My Lover & I,” starring Laure Calamy as a woman who hits the Stevenson Trail in southern France looking for love, and finds herself along the way. Rent it on iTunes, Amazon and Kino Now.

Other recent favorites about complex independent women include the Norwegian dramedy “The Worst Person in the World” (streaming on Hulu and Kanopy), “Frances Ha” (on Netflix, Kanopy and the Criterion Channel) and the dizzyingly charming Sapphic French rom-com “Anais in Love,” streaming on Hulu or available to rent.

As “Anais in Love” fits the bill for those interested in a queer love story, so do Andrew Haigh’s whirlwind romance “Weekend” (Criterion Channel, Tubi, Kanopy), Luca Guadagnino’s summer love “Call Me by Your Name” (Netflix), Todd Haynes’ lesbian romantic drama “Carol” (Tubi, Kanopy, Freevee) starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, Celine Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (Hulu, Kanopy), Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning “Moonlight” (Showtime, Kanopy) and Wong Kar-wai’s moody, Buenos Aires-set romance “Happy Together” (Hulu, HBO Max, Criterion Channel).

Going through a breakup? There is only one answer: Michel Gondry’s surreal “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” starring Jim Carrey as a man trying to forget his ex, Kate Winslet. Stream it on Prime Video, or rent it elsewhere.

Need a cathartic cry? The Korean documentary “My Love, Don’t Cross That River,” about an elderly couple living out the last years of their lifelong partnership, will leave you in a puddle. Stream it on Kanopy or Tubi, or rent it elsewhere.

For something edgy and dark, stream Kathryn Bigelow’s sexy ’80s vampire romance “Near Dark” on Shudder or AMC+, or Tony Scott’s sexy ’80s vampire romance “The Hunger” on HBO Max. Monster hunter? Check out Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning “The Shape of Water” (Freevee or rent).