25 Best Romantic Movies on Amazon Prime Video for Valentine’s Day
By Reed Gaudens
25. Café Society
Release Year: 2016
Written By: Woody Allen
Directed By: Woody Allen
Starring: Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Ken Stott
An Amazon Studios original theatrical release, Wood Allen’s Café Society travels back in time to the 1930s to tell an Old Hollywood love story. It’s the latest Woody Allen romantic comedy film to feature an ensemble cast of recognizable stars after films such as Blue Jasmine, To Rome with Love, and Midnight in Paris.
In Café Society, Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) moves to Los Angeles, accepting a job as an assistant for his talent agent uncle Phil (Steve Carell) and falling in love with Vonnie (Kristen Stewart), Phil’s secretary and mistress. Bobby later moves back to New York, falls for Veronica (Blake Lively), and becomes swept up in high society nightclubs. But old loves die hard.
Do Bobbie and Vonnie end up together in the long run? Café Society explores complex matters of love with unexpected twists and turns in a captivating time period. If Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart’s palpable on-screen chemistry is an indicator, Amazon’s own film ranks among the best romance movies on Amazon Prime Video.