Top 6 Best Long Distance Relationship Movies on Netflix

This summer, no sunbathing on the beach for us!
We preferred to devour the Netflix catalog with two goals in mind:

• To spend quiet evenings together to enjoy even more being together physically
• To find you the best long distance relationship movies on Netflix

After a dozen movies seen (and reviewed for some), here is our ranking of the best long distance relationship movies on Netflix.
Was it long? A little… Was it worth it? Definitely!

We’ve got you covered so you don’t waste time or worse, feel like you’ve wasted 1.5 hours of your life.

Between the bad movies, the ones that don’t talk about long distance relationships at all (thanks to the misleading synopsis), the gems that were recommended to us and the movies that unfortunately won’t be on the streaming platform by the time you read these lines (hello The Notebook. We loved you, though!); we selected 6 movies related to long distance relationships.

All available on Netflix!

Our rating criteria were as follows:

• Overall rating
• Is the long-distance relationship a major, highlighted element?
• Can it be useful for our own relationship?

Warning!
Here, we are talking about films about long-distance relationships and not about long-distance love.
This is what complicated our research and the fact that there are only 6 films in our top. We saw twice as many, but they were not relevant enough to appear here.

The small (but crucial) difference between the two is that there are only exchanges, in a long distance relationship. The works dealing with long distance love will deal more with the aspect of finding a forgotten love after years.
This is not what we are interested in here.

You are ready to discover movies where one of the parents is systematically dead (why? no idea… it must reinforce the dramatic side) and to spend a relaxing moment with your partner from a distance, let’s start right now!

Note:
We wrote this list during the summer of 2021.
Because the Netflix catalog is constantly changing depending on the day and your geographic location, you may not find any of the movies on the streaming platform.
All the movies are present from the United States, and in english. We recommend using a VPN and the Teleparty extension to get the most out of this list. Have a good read!

6. 6 Years

Running time: 1h19
Release date : 2015
Genre: Romance / Drama

IMDB Synopsis:
« A young couple, bound by a seemingly ideal love, begin to unravel as expected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined »

Our opinion:
Certainly the film which disappointed us the most !
The length is ridiculous (1h19) which prevents a good development of the characters. It’s the shortest movie on this list, and the one that took us the most time to finish. But fortunately, the closer we get to the end, the more interesting the film becomes.

It’s a film that will appeal to younger people, especially those who have been in relationships since their teens and have stayed with their first love for a long time.
This was not our case, hence the fact that it was hard to get into the proposed atmosphere.

What we liked least: the synopsis is misleading!
The issue for the two protagonists is whether their couple can continue to flourish after 6 years together. The « career opportunities » are only introduced very late and are not really impactful.

One thing we particularly liked was the similarities between the LDR couples and the couples who have been together for a long time.
We recognized ourself in many of the situations that Melanie and Daniel experience, especially with their entourage. A parallel is easily made, and that’s what gives it the merit to be in our top.

A nice movie that touches on the aspect of long distance relationships without ever really stopping there.

The next two films are also special and approach long distance relationships in a unique and original way.

Top 5 long distance relationship movies on netflix: The Half of it

Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Release date : 2020
Genre: Comedy / Drama

Synopsis:
Shy and nerdy, Ellie helps Paul, a lovable but awkward young jock, win over the heart of a popular student by writing love letters for her. The situation gradually becomes more complicated when Ellie discovers that she has more and more in common with the girl.

Our opinion:
Inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac, we both liked this film, without loving it. It does not revolutionize its genre and struggles to convey strong emotions.

The relationship between the three main characters (Ellie, Paul and Aster) is however quite successful and the evolution between each of them is pleasant to follow.
Between the nerd who has trouble making friends, the guy who is sure of himself but awkward with his feelings and the popular girl who is only happy in appearance, we are entitled to some pretty funny situations full of sarcasm.

At first glance, this film has nothing to do with long-distance relationships. The protagonists know each other and all go to the same high school. However, there are some commonalities such as:

• Learning to love a person with only words
• The budding relationship between two people without experiencing physical contact
• The « flirting » phase, that is, the moment when you start talking to someone and the moment when you make the relationship official.

In conclusion, this is a nice movie to watch but it doesn’t stand out that much. The long-distance relationship is not really one.
That’s why this movie is at the second last place in this list.

Rest assured, the others are much better!

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