LIST: Romance flicks, series to watch this Valentine's Day

MANILA, Philippines — It's Valentine's Day so you know what that means, time to Netflix and chill... literally.

No doubt several people have planned nights out with their significant others and friends (Galentine's anyone?), others have opted to stay indoors and pull up a nice movie to watch.

To save you sometime, Philstar.com has narrowed some date-worthy selections that will make February 14 this year worth your while.

'Can't Buy Me Love'

The popular romantic drama starring the DonBelle love team of Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano, their first teleserye, is all the rage as it continues into the second half of its planned 150-episode run.

While Donny's Bingo and Belle's Caroline were the initial pull of the series, people are now finding extreme interest in the pairing between Maris Racal's Irene and Anthony Jennings' Snoop.

Regardless of which couple to root for, it's really been a while since a teleserye had a grip on Filipinos this strong.

'Ikaw Pa Rin Ang Pipiliin Ko'

Out in theaters right now is the May-December movie "Ikaw Pa Rin Ang Pipiliin Ko," starring Julia Barretto and Aga Muhlach and directed by Denise O’Hara.

A young lady (Barretto) with a passion for music sees her life take a different route upon meeting the new conductor (Muhlach) of her choir.

'Lisa Frankenstein'

Also in cinemas is "Lisa Frankenstein," starring Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse, which puts a spin on the "Frankenstein" story by setting in 1980s America.

The titular teenager, played by Newton, reanimates the Victorian corpse (Sprouse) she's taken a liking to, and begins to conquer the scariest thing for a person her age.

The movie is also the Hollywood debut of Liza Soberano, whose performance has been well-received by critics globally.

'One Day'

A series adaptation of David Nicholls' novel and the 2011 movie starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess about the lives of two characters on a single day for 20 years.

This adaptation by Netflix stars Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod in the lead roles, accompanied by Eleanor Tomlinson, Essie Davis and Tim McInnerny.

'Letters to Juliet'

This 2010 romantic-comedy starring Amanda Seyfried is inspired by the Club di Giulietta (Juliet's Club), where numerous letters write letters to the famous William Shakespeare character Juliet Capulet in Verona, Italy, seeking romantic affirmation and advice.

Seyfried plays a writer for The New Yorker who decides to aid one letter sender (Vanessa Redgrave) in seeking out her long-lost love, even though she doesn't initially get along with the sender's grandson, played by Christopher Egan.

Redgrave's long-lost love is portrayed by her real-life husband, Franco Nero. Redgrave and Nero noted the film's story almost mirrors their own as they first met and fell in love on the set of "Camelot" in 1966, but they only reunited and married 40 years later.

'Twilight'

Say what you want about the "Twilight" films, but over the years they have gone from critically-panned moneymakers to cult classics of sorts.

Released at the time when vampire projects were all the rage, the first installment follows the budding relationship of reclusive teenager Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and unaging vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson).

The three books by Stephanie Meyer that followed "Twilight" would also be adapted into film — the last one divided into two parts, another product of the era — but none of them came close to how iconic the first one is now.

From endless memes about "say it, out loud" or "spidermonkey" to the cultural phenomenon spawned by a baseball game, "Twilight" truly changed the game for a generation.

'Tell Me That You Love Me'

This Korean series, starring Jung Woo-sung and Shin Hyun-been, is based on the 1995 Japanese series "Aishiteiru to Itte Kure," which at the time led to brief interest in Japanese Sign Language.

The show follows a hearing-impaired painter who expresses his emotions better through drawings and an aspiring actress who does the same but with her voice.

This Genie TV original drama aired on South Korea's ENA network, but all episodes are now streaming on Disney+.

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