Kapanlagi.com - Written by: Alsa Batsyeba
Romantic films always provide unusual stories about two characters falling in love. Some films tell stories like friends becoming lovers, from hate to love, confusing love triangles, to love at first sight. Like some of the following film recommendations, the stories they offer are also unique. There are those who fall in love by pretending to be someone else, deceived by dating apps, and trapped in a time loop.
One of the latest recommendations from the following films is Josephine Langford as the main character in the AFTER film series, which also released its fifth film this year. In her latest film, Josephine is accompanied by Drew Starkey, who also stars in the OUTER BANKS series.
To find out their story and other stories, check out the following unique films!
1. Purple Hearts (2022)
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The first film tells the romantic story between a marine and a musician. The initial meeting between them is not very good, Cassie (Sofia Carson) who is working at a bar meets a group of marines, one of whom is Luke (Nicholas Galitzine). She doesn't really like Luke because she thinks he is a know-it-all.
One day, Cassie is in desperate need of money to buy her insulin supplies and pay her house bills. She thinks of becoming a marine's wife because the government will cover the health insurance costs. She asks her friend, who is a marine, to marry her but Cassie is rejected. Luke, who overhears the conversation, offers Cassie to marry him because he also needs the allowance money to pay off his debts. They agree to a contract marriage and from there their love slowly grows.
2. Love Hard (2021)
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LOVE HARD is a romantic comedy film with an interesting and funny love story. It starts with a dating app, where Natalie (Nina Dobrev) always fails to find the right man for her. Until one day, while using the dating app again, she meets Josh (Jimmy O. Yang) and they become closer. Natalie plans to surprise Josh and celebrate Christmas with him.
Unexpectedly, Natalie is deceived because the real Josh in the app is not the same person. It turns out, Josh is using the photos of his childhood friend, Tag (Darren Barret). To redeem himself for deceiving Natalie, Josh helps Natalie get closer to the real Tag. Natalie agrees and starts getting close to Tag. However, her feelings start to waver because of Josh's warm personality. Without realizing it, she starts developing feelings for Josh.
3. Something From Tiffany's (2022)
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SOMETHING FROM TIFFANY'S takes the perspective of two couples, Rachel (Zoey Deutch) and Gary (Ray Nicholson) are a happy and loving couple but both are not ready for a big commitment. On the other hand, Ethan (Kendrick Smith) and Vanessa (Shay Mitchell) are a couple who are preparing for a big commitment.
One day, when Ethan and Gary simultaneously buy Christmas gifts for their partners at the Tiffany & Co jewelry store, Gary gets hit by a car and Ethan, who witnesses the incident, helps him. Unbeknownst to them, their gifts get mixed up because they have the same packaging. When Rachel and Vanessa open the Christmas gifts, a surprising thing happens because the contents are different. Rachel receives the gift that should belong to Vanessa and vice versa. From there, these two couples are connected, and Rachel and Ethan start talking because she knows Ethan is Gary's helper. The seed of love starts to grow between Rachel and Ethan.
4. Palm Springs (2020)
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This romantic comedy film revolves around a time loop where the same time is experienced by the two characters, Nyles (Andy Samberg) and Sarah (Cristin Milioti). Nyles attends a wedding in Palm Springs with his girlfriend. During the dinner, he meets Sarah, the bride's sister.
They become closer and go on a date in the desert when suddenly Nyles is shot with an arrow. Nyles crawls towards a cave with a mysterious light. Worried, Sarah follows Nyles into the cave and gets sucked into the mysterious light as well. Sarah wakes up and realizes that she is reliving the same day. She approaches Nyles to explain her current situation, and it turns out that Nyles has been trapped in the time loop for a while. From there, Sarah and Nyles do many things together as they please. Nyles starts developing feelings for Sarah due to spending a lot of time with her.
5. The Other Zoey
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This unique love story begins with Zoey Miller (Josephine Langford) pretending to be someone else in order to pursue the person she likes. Zoey is a highly intelligent computer science student who doesn't believe in love, she only believes that two people can love each other if they have similarities. One day, she accidentally meets a man who thinks similarly to her, and she falls in love without knowing who he is.
One day, while working at a bookstore, Zoey meets Zach (Drew Starkey) who wants to order a book. When she tries to chase after Zach who left his card behind, Zoey Miller sees Zach getting hit by a car and suffering from amnesia. She helps Zach, and when Zach regains consciousness, he hears that the person who helped him is Zoey, whom he thought was his girlfriend, Zoey Wallace. Seeing that the person she likes is Zach's cousin, Zoey Miller pretends to be Zach's girlfriend and spends the holiday with his family. This is where the complex love triangle story unfolds.
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