There’s something especially comforting and satisfying about a good romantic comedy. The genre, which was in its heyday in the 1980s and 1990s, is back, and many of the new films and TV shows are based on books. These are the rom-coms hitting your screens next.

‘Guarding Stars’
Streaming Nov. 18 on Netflix

Netflix’s upcoming holiday romance film, “Guarding Stars,” is based on Katherine Center’s 2022 book “The Bodyguard.” It stars Leighton Meester as a bodyguard tasked with protecting Jared Padalecki, who plays an action star who’s being stalked. The cast also includes Andie MacDowell, Walker Hayes, Toby Sandeman, Noah LaLonde and CM Punk. It will premiere on the streaming service Nov. 18. 

‘In A Holidaze’
Streaming Dec. 2 on Netflix

The adaptation of Christina Lauren’s “In a Holidaze” will debut Dec. 2  on Netflix. The romantic comedy film stars Maddie Ziegler, Graham Phillips, Elias Kacavas, Patton Oswalt, Jackie Sandler, Andrea Anders, Gil Bellows and Rob Lowe. 

The film is about a young woman trapped in a time loop, forced to relive Christmas with her family after she makes a “romantic mistake of epic proportions.” Tiffany Paulsen directs.

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‘The Love Hypothesis’
Streaming Sept. 23 on Prime Video

“The Love Hypothesis” is based on the 2021 book of the same name by Ali Hazelwood. The story, which features the popular grumpy-sunshine and fake-dating tropes, follows Stanford University Ph.D. candidate Olive (Lili Reinhart), who fakes a relationship with intimidating, brooding professor Adam (Tom Bateman). Olive thinks this plan will prove to her friend Anh that she has moved on, so Anh (Rachel Marsh) can feel free to pursue Olive’s former crush. Adam thinks this could help him with a situation at work, so the scheme seems mutually beneficial. It premiered Sept. 23 on Prime Video.

‘Wicker’
In theaters Oct. 23

Black Bear Pictures’ fantasy-comedy “Wicker” has been getting huge reactions online. It stars Olivia Colman as a fisherwoman who has a wicker husband, played by Alexander Skarsgård. The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki, Peter Dinklage and Richard E. Grant. It’s an adaptation of “The Wicker Husband,” a short story by author Ursula Wills-Jones. 

“When her wicker husband proves more spectacular than she ever imagined, his soulful spirit and unique prowess awaken something inside her, setting off a wave of jealousy, fascination and upheaval that threatens the very fabric of village life,” a synopsis of the film reads. It hit theaters Oct. 23.