Date Night Picks

This is featherlight romantic comedy at its most flirtatious: two love-starved strangers collide on a single unforgettable night and spend twelve hours discovering what could be. Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner have the kind of crackle that makes you reach for your partner's hand in the dark. Playful, giddy, and made for a night out where the mood matters more than the plot.

When a cosmic event tears their whole neighborhood out of suburbia and drops it somewhere strange, one family finds that survival depends on staying close, and David Robert Mitchell turns that premise into an eerie, gorgeous mystery. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor ground the wonder in real feeling, so it plays as a couple's adventure rather than a scare. A stylish, talk-about-it-afterward night that earns its 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.