Avoid the Valentine’s cliches with these underrated movies
Camille Lenning | Entertainment Editor
Valentine’s Day activities can sometimes be overly cliche, and no tradition encapsulates this more than the annual viewing of “The Notebook.” If this inevitability doesn’t sound appealing, here is a list of less cliche movies to enjoy on the day of love.
- “The Princess Bride” (1987) — After being separated for many years, a man must battle assassins, mythical villains and death itself to save his one true love from a king who intends to marry her.
- “Pride and Prejudice” (2005) — Stubborn Elizabeth Bennet and arrogant Mr. Darcy must overcome their personal biases in order to fall in love and marry in 19th century England.
- “Love, Simon” (2018) — This romantic comedy follows 17-year-old Simon, who has yet to come out as gay to his friends and family. When he falls for an anonymous gay classmate online, his situation only becomes more complicated.
- “Deadpool” (2016) — After undergoing torturous experiments that left him with healing powers but a disfigured apperance, mercenary Wade Wilson goes on a rampage to kill the man who destoyed his life, and maybe win back his girlfriend in the process.
- “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society” (2018) — After World War II, a London-based writer begins correspondence with residents from the island of Guernsey, which was German-occupied during the war. Through the letters, she begins to understand what living under tyranny was like.
- “Casablanca” (1942) — An American business owner in Casablanca, Morocco must choose whether or not to aid his former flame and her husband in fleeing Nazi persecution.
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