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It ’s no surprisal that during the workweek of Valentine ’s Day , one ofNetflix ’s most popular moviesisPlayers , an original 2024 feature that is yet another in a recent string of successful read-only memory - coms coming out in the last few months . Playersstars Gina Rodriguez as Mack , a New Yorker who enlists the aid of her booster to shoot down a man , Nick ( Tom Ellis ) .
Playersdoesn’t reinvent the wheel , but it hits all the notes of a hearty rom - com : charming lead , a far - fetched premise , and a satisfying termination . For those who are starve more love story just like it , here are three read-only storage - coms onNetflixandAmazon Prime Videothat sharePlayers ‘ warm - and - bleary appeal .
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The House Bunny (2008)
It ’s a modern offence that Anna Faris is n’t a bigger ace than she is correctly now . The rare actress who brings intelligence and express joy to the prototypical “ dull blonde ” role , Faris was one of the standouts of the awed Scary Movie dealership and start a luck to shine on the small screen inMom . The actress had one of her best role inThe House Bunnyas Shelley Darlingson , an aspiring Playboy centerfold who has aged out of the Playboy Mansion . In need of a new place to live , Shelly ends up getting hired as the new house mother of Zeta Alpha Zeta , a sorority of uneasy students that includes next adept Emma Stone ( Poor Things ) , Kat Dennings , and Katharine McPhee .
While Shelly teach the girls how to attract guys by appearing more trivial , she has a gruelling time bring Oliver Hauser ( Colin Hanks ) , a man she really require to shanghai . LikePlayers’lead heroine , Mack , Shelly demand the steering of her all - fille squad to land the object of her pipe dream .
The House Bunnyis streaming onNetflix .
I Want You Back (2022)
One of the most underrated read-only memory - coms in late retentivity , I Want You BackcastsIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Charlie Day andSNLvet Jenny Slate as heartbroken strangers whose chance encounter after being dumped leads them to formulate a crazy design : They ’ll each attempt to infiltrate the life of the other ’s ex - partner and break up up their new family relationship .
wacky , funny , and powered by the stars ’ terrifically peculiar chemical science , I Want You Backalso sport some heavy brook function forPlayersstar Gina Rodriguez , Scott Eastwood , and Pete Davidson . It ’s the uncommon rom - com that ’s really romantic and pretty funny , too .
I Want You Backis streaming onAmazon Prime Video .
My Fake Boyfriend (2022)
My Fake Boyfriend‘s frame-up is a routine far - fetched : After try unsuccessfully to move on from his vain soap opera house actor boyfriend , Andrew ( Kid Flash himself , Keiynan Lonsdale ) enlists the aid of his unspoilt friend , Jake ( Dylan Sprouse ) , and Jake ’s girlfriend , Kelly ( Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland ) , to intermit up from his emotionally abusive ex , Nico . After witness Andrew ’s botched attack at dating , Jake come up up with an idea : make a fake fellow , Cristiano , who accomplish every need Andrew desire .
Complications arise when Andrew meets an attractive chef , Rafi , and begins to fall in love for literal , while Jake develop an unhealthful obsession with Cristiano , who symbolizes everything he wishes he could be and is n’t . Good - natured and breezy , My Fake Boyfriendboasts the same supportive - supporter - setting - up - the - lead - romance plotline , but with a LGBTQ twist .
My Fake Boyfriendis streaming onAmazon Prime Video .
