Yesterday people celebrated Valentine's Day and couples must have watched a movie too as part of the ritual. For reasons bordering on utter abstraction, the idea of romance is attached to the big screen. Of course, it's present in poetry and art as well but cinema manages to charm almost everyone.

What's more interesting is that some films don't hinge on the usual they-lived-happily-ever-after theme as some stories go much beyond. Like Facebook would want us to believe, it's complicated — at times. Such films walk us through heartbreakingly beautiful moments of love without the burden of clichés. hitlist points out a few of them.