Who doesn’t love a good romantic tale? This year has already brought a swath of new love stories to the big and small screens, giving viewers plenty to enjoy on the romance front. Whether you want a funny rom-com or a dramatic epic, there’s something for everyone in 2024.
Now that summer is here, new romances are steaming up our screens. Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum are taking us back to the 1960s with their Space Race-centered romance Fly Me to the Moon. Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron reunite 10 years after The Paperboy in their steamy rom-com A Family Affair. Plus, Colleen Hoover fans from around the globe are awaiting the release of It Ends With Us, based on her bestseller.
Later this year, Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield grace the screen in the decades-spanning romance We Live in Time. After a surprise encounter, Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) fall for each other. When life and fate throw obstacles in their way, Almut and Tobias must learn to embrace the present and treasure their love.
Earlier in the spring, Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway turned up the heat in the film adaptation of The Idea of You where Hathaway’s Solène falls in love with the much younger Hayes, played by Galitzine, who happens to be in the biggest boy band in the world.
Netflix‘s adaptation of One Day took the internet by storm in February. The White Lotus‘ Leo Woodall plays Dex alongside Ambika Mod‘s Emma in this version. The limited series follows Dex and Emma’s relationship over 20 years, with one devastating gut punch at the end.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live reunited Andrew Lincoln’s Rick and Danai Gurira’s Michonne for an emotional journey years in the making. Interview With the Vampire Season 2 has become must-watch TV as Louis’ (Jacob Anderson) relationships with Lestat (Sam Reid) and Armand (Assad Zaman) continue to unfold. Starz‘s time-traveling romantic epic, Outlander, will return in 2024, but much later than anyone expected.
Check out the 2024 rom-com and romantic drama TV and movie slate in the gallery below.