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Make your Valentine’s Day binge list all the more romantic with these Lionsgate Play titles
From Love Life to Hiccups and Hookups, what better way to spend Valentine’s Day than with these films and shows that celebrate love in all its forms.
Love Life Seasons 1 and 2
Everyone’s love story is different, with their own kinds of ups and downs and trials and tribulations. This American TV series follows the story of different people as they journey through their love lives, from their first crushes to their long-term partners or ‘last loves’. The series takes the form of an anthology, with different seasons telling the story of different people in love. While the first season starred Anna Kendrick, the second featured William Jackson Harper as the protagonist.
1/5
The Pier
This Spanish drama series revolves around the story of Alejandra, a woman whose life comes crumbling down when he receives news that Óscar, her husband of 15 years, has died by suicide. After her husband's death, her grief becomes compounded when she discovers that her husband was cheating on her with another woman named Verónica. Alejandra decides to unravel the mystery behind her husband’s double life and mysterious death, by befriending Verónica. The series stars Álvaro Morte, Verónica Sánchez, and Irene Arcos.
2/5
Pure
This offbeat British television series follows the story of a 24-year-old Marnie, a woman whose life is made profoundly difficult due to her obsessive compulsive disorder and intrusive sexual thoughts. In order to get away from it all, she decides to go somewhere to start life anew, beginning therapy to combat her disturbing thoughts. When her best friend Helen visits her out of the blue, her slow progress comes at a risk of being undone, as her thoughts start getting stronger and stronger with Helen’s presence. The show stars Charly Clive as Marnie.
3/5
Hiccups & Hookups
Families can never seem to escape the chaotic dynamic, which seems to stick to them like glue, and the chaos is made all the more tangible in unconventional ones. Starring Lara Dutta, Shinnova and Prateik Babbar, Hiccups & Hookups tell the story of three people in a family - a recently single mother; her dashing, yet immature younger brother; and her teen daughter, who is yet to figure things out. How the dysfunctional, yet loving trio tries to navigate their lives, relationships and everything in between, form the crux of the story.
4/5
Breathe
Love stories are made all the more compelling when they are based on real events, and Breathe is one such film. Set in the 1950s, this biographical drama tells the touching story of Robin Cavendish, a 28-year-old, who gets afflicted with polio and becomes paralysed. But despite medical professionals giving him only a few months to live, Cavendish and his wife Diana refuse to give up on hope and do all that they can to improve his quality of life, leading to discoveries that eventually help out the whole disabled community. The film stars Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy.
5/5
Love Island
Throw together a group of people on an island, cut off from the rest of the world, and chaos is sure to follow. This is the premise that has made Love Island such a popular reality show. The series sees a group of people who are brought together on an island, where they must form pairings with the other islanders to survive. In a step away from most dating shows, the rules do not specify that the ‘couples’ formed should be involved in a romantic relationship together. Through the course of their time on the island, the pairs are offered to choose other people for their partners as well, and the ones who remain single at the end are forced to leave the island. Viewers are also given a chance to vote for the contestants of their choice, and the ones with the lowest votes are eliminated.