Well, bell hooks wrote a book about it, but if you’re still confused, maybe peruse the vast selection of romantic films available on Netflix. I’m only sort of joking; some of the movies on this list,

Skip the scrolling and check out this list of date-night-approved Hollywood classics and Netflix originals.

Sometime during the the mid-2010s, the quantity of praiseworthy romantic comedies took a significant nosedive. Romantic comedy, or rom-com, production hasn’t entirely ceased — but the golden age of rom-coms is over.