Romance movies are back and better than ever in 2024, and the best projects of the year come from a variety of up-and-coming directors, as well as veterans of the genre. While romance is sometimes pigeonholed for having formulaic plots and predictable endings, this is a reductive take and disregards the many genre-bending romance films that have only become more popular in recent years. However, there’s still plenty of fun to be had in watching a good old-fashioned rom-com, formulaic or not. A mix of arthouse, blockbuster, and up-and-coming films round out the year’s new movies.