We couldn’t resist leading you, with popcorn and other snacks, to STUDIOCANAL Presents, who are the essential destination this Valentine’s Day for a whole host of critically acclaimed, award-winning dramas featuring the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Julie Christie, Cate Blanchett, Holly Hunter, Antonio Banderas, Dustin Hoffman, Terence Stamp, Colin Firth and Ryan Gosling… to name a selection, streaming now!

These are movies you’ll fall in love with – for the first time, or all over again…

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Law of Desire (1987) Pedro Almodóvar’s outrageous and brilliant comedy drama, winner of Best feature at the 1987 Berlin Film Festival, stars Antonio Banderas as an obsessive fan with gay film director Eusobio Poncela in his sights.

Blue Valentine (2010) Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are a couple who seem to be drifting apart in Derek Cianfrance’s searing examination of a crumbling marriage, which nabbed the leads Golden Globe nominations and Williams an Academy Award nod.

The Go-Between (1971) Illicit love between Julie Christie and Alan Bates in this sumptuous period drama, based on the classic novel by L.P.Hartley and directed by Joseph Losey, who won Best Director at Cannes.

Lovesong (2016) Riley Keough and Jena Malone are two friends who find their relationship deepens during a road trip, in So Yong Kim’s film that The New York Times calls an “exquisite, beautifully shot meditation on love”.

The Family Way (1966) The path of true love never runs smoothly, as newlyweds Hywell Bennet and Hayley Mills discover in this British comedy drama from the Boulting brothers. 

Supernova (2020) Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci are a couple who embark on perhaps a final trip across England in a truly moving and romantic drama. Hankies at the ready for this one.

Carol (2015) This beautifully filmed adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as unlikely lovers in 1950s New York. Todd Haynes’ swoonsome period drama was nominated for six Academy Awards, and won Mara Best Actress at Cannes.

The Graduate (1967) Mike Nichols’ classic sixties comedy drama made a star of Dustin Hoffman, as a young man trying to find his way in the world and ending up having a potentially ruinous affair with an older woman, Anne Bancroft, who happens to be his girlfriend’s mother.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) A steamy romantic comedy from Woody Allen, starring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johannson, set in Spain during the summer and a wonderful antidote to the February chill.

The Virgin Suicides (1999) Sofia Coppolla’s debut film, an adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ bestselling novel, starring Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett and Kathleen Turner, is a lush, dreamlike fable that lingers in the mind. A gorgeous Valentine’s Day treat.

Far From The Madding Crowd (1967) A simply gorgeous looking film with beautiful leads – Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates and Terence Stamp – in one of the greatest adaptations of Thomas Hardy ever. 

The Piano (1993) A powerful, mesmeric and haunting story of passion among the elements, in Jane Campion’s astonishingly rich and rewarding period romance starring Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel. Winner of three Academy Awards, it will be sure to win your heart.

Head to the StudioCanal Presents channel, by clicking here!