Single on Valentines Day? Here Are 10 Movies to Help You Forget
Are you single and do you not really want to mingle? Or just single and unable to find your other half? Well, Valentine’s Day is today, and it’s the day singles find themselves home, waiting for February 15 to come around so they can get Valentine’s candy on sale! To keep your mind off V-Day, here are a few film ideas that will take you to space, help plot revenge or just help you forget about another year of being left out of the Valentine’s festivities.
February 2021
1990s Rom-Coms
Pop some popcorn and cozy up to feel-good movies and TV shows from a generation ago.
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This one will take you back to the good old days when all you wanted to do was go to space and hang with Han, Luke, Leia, Chewie, C-3PO, and R2-D2! This 1977 smash hit follows Luke as he finds himself in the middle of the biggest galactic war in space. If you are really trying to kill time, follow up with the rest of the original trilogy.
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Star Trek will time-warp you back to your childhood, too (especially if you’re team Trekkie). Another venture into outer space, but this time with a beautiful bald woman trying to destroy everything. This is sure to keep your mind off being single! Beam me up, Scotty!
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Wedding Crashers
If you can’t have a wedding, then just crash one! This amazing film follows Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson, who are masterminds of crashing weddings — until they both find their dream girls. You might not find any good tips on dating, but at least you can learn how to crash a wedding and get some cake!
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A funny and underrated film about two wild guys, Steve and Doug (both characters created by Will Ferrell & Chris Kattan on SNL), who will never be cool enough to make the Roxbury club’s guest list … until their luck suddenly changes.
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Godzilla
This one is just on the list because what will stop you from thinking about being single on Valentine’s Day more than a huge Godzilla roaming around NYC and laying eggs? It’s a fun popcorn film — leave your brain at the door, because it’s a ride you never knew you wanted to take!
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Friends to the end and beyond in this supernatural film about the living dead living in Beverly Hills. The cat-and-mouse game between Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep) and Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn) is amazing, already. But throw in some Bruce Willis and it’s the right mixture to forget you are single tonight — with some sweet revenge, friendship, and a swig of eternal life!
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Just over it? Take a trip to Tuscany, Italy, with a gay tour group, and as your world falls apart, you decide to buy a house in Italy! It’s a warm film about finding yourself, inner strength, and maybe some love! Diane Lane stars as Frances Mayes. This film will make you fall in love — but most likely with Tuscany!
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First Wives Club
It’s good to be first, but not for the ex-husbands in this film. A fun and touching movie about sisterhood, it stars Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton as the ex-wives out to seek revenge on the husbands who left them.
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Follow along as reporter Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson) writes a magazine story about all the things women do to lose a relationship. It’s a feel-good movie from which one might learn a trick or two.
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Pretty In Pink
This classic John Hughes film centers on a ‘poor’ high school girl, Andie (Molly Ringwald), who is torn between two boys: one who has declared his unwavering love, and the rich one who worries about what everyone else thinks. “Just wanted to let them know that they didn’t break me,” states Andie, who is stronger than all of them. The only thing stronger is the killer ’80s soundtrack