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Weird14 Best Romances On Streaming In 2014
By Meghan O'Keefe
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Dec. 30, 2014, 11:00 a.m. ET
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14) HENRY & ELIZA on 'SELFIE' - This modern retelling of 'Pygmalion' started off a little bit rough, but wound up being one of our favs of the season. The show might have been cancelled too soon, but you can see Henry and Eliza's romance start to bloom in unaired episodes on Hulu.
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12) EVERYONE & EVERYONE ELSE on 'REIGN' - The CW's newest frothy soap is 'Reign.' It tells the true-ish story of Mary, Queen of Scots, when she was a teen navigating courtly politics and bedroom pleasures in France. Everyone falls in love with everyone else and people DIE! Oh, and Nostradamus is there. SEXY!
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11) MARGOT & LA MOLE in 'QUEEN MARGOT' - Speaking of courtly drama in France... Netflix now has a beautifully remastered version of the 1994 film, 'Queen Margot.' The movie is sexy, sumptuous, and based on one of the most tragic love stories of all time. Oh, and there's nudity.
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10) FRANK & CLAIRE on 'HOUSE OF CARDS' - You might think that 'House of Cards' is a cynical political drama, but I would argue that it's the beautiful portrait of a loving marriage between two charming sociopaths. Sometimes you just want to watch the world burn with someone else...
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9) DANIELLE & HENRY in 'EVER AFTER' - The greatest love stories can be reduced to mere fairy tales, so why not indulge in one of the best film adaptations of Cinderella of all time? 'Ever After' hit Netflix this year and our swooning hearts are thankful for it.
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8) JANE & MR. ROCHESTER in 'JANE EYRE' - Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester is one of the most complicated and enduring love stories in all of literature. While some film adaptations lay on the schmaltz, Cary Fukunaga's take on it is tense, thrilling, and sensual. And on streaming.
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7) JANE & RAFAEL on 'JANE THE VIRGIN' - Looking for an enchanting love story with a different kind of meet cute? How about Jane and Rafael? They were from two different worlds until Jane was accidentally inseminated with Rafael's sperm.
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6) PAT & TIFFANY in 'SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK' - This might have been the Oscar bait flick that scored Jennifer Lawrence her Best Actress Academy Award, but make no bones about it. This is a sweet and frothy romantic comedy. There's even a dance competition!
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5) GOMEZ & MORTICIA ADDAMS in 'ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES' - Gomez and Morticia are quite simply the most romantic couple of all time. If you don't believe me, I wrote an essay about it. Or, you can just watch 'Addams Family Values' on Netflix.
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4) LESLIE & BEN on 'PARKS AND RECREATION' - Love can be steamy, but true love grows with time and only gets sweeter. So it is with 'Parks and Rec' love birds Ben and Leslie. Season 6 saw them grappling with the revelation that they would be parents to twins, and the upcoming farewell season will see them still happily married in the future.
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3) ADELE & EMMA in 'BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR' - Sad, sensual, and so, so very steamy. These are all words you could use to describe the heart-breaking romance, 'Blue is the Warmest Color.'
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2) GUS & HAZEL in 'THE FAULT IN OUR STARS' - Oooo! Are we fighting? Do you think John Green's doomed love birds should be top of the list? Look, they came close. They came REALLY close. Okay? Okay.
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1) CLAIRE & JAMIE on 'OUTLANDER' - Starz's new hit is an adventure series, a historic drama, and a time travel caper. However, the thing that kept audiences rapt all season was finding out if, and when, and HOW, Claire and Jamie would hook up. Their sexy wedding night was well worth the wait, but now we are growing all too impatient to find out what happens next for them.
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