Heart Eyes (2025)

Heart Eyes looks like a Valentine’s card and plays like a slasher, so think twice before picking it for a first date. Ally McCabe, played by Olivia Holt, is a jewelry marketer fresh off a breakup who pitches an ad about doomed couples, terrible timing in a city where a masked killer stalks couples every Valentine’s Day. Her boss pairs her with Jay, a smooth freelancer played by Mason Gooding. One kiss to save face in front of her ex, and the killer has them pegged as Seattle’s cutest couple. The surprise is how well the rom-com half works. They bicker about love over dinner, he helps her break into her own apartment after she forgets her key, and you actually root for them. It landed 78% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, regular audiences were a lot cooler, and the scary half is much rougher than the title lets on. A 6.6 because it really does work as both. $43.48 says you skip the fancy restaurant this February and cook at home with the doors locked.

What works: The rom-com half is legitimately charming, and the film blends its two genres better than it has any right to.

What doesn’t: The slasher half is far rougher than the cute title suggests, and regular audiences liked it a lot less than critics did.

Who it’s for: Grown-up horror fans who secretly love a good meet-cute.