Date Night Picks

Here is the gentle, big-hearted charmer you want when you both need a little faith in people restored. Lily strikes up a friendship with an online stranger who happens to share her self-centered father's name, and that quiet connection becomes something transformative, carried by Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo. Glowing at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.4 on IMDb, it is comfort and conversation in one.

Olivia Wilde directs and stars alongside Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz in a deliciously unpredictable dinner-party romance where a couple on thin ice invite their enigmatic neighbors over and watch the night spiral somewhere unexpected. It is sharp, flirtatious and perfect for debating afterward whether they reignited the spark or lit the fuse. Adored at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.5 on IMDb, though screenings are only scattered here this week, so plan ahead to catch it.