Netflix users horrified after watching new 'rom-com' that's left viewers having an 'existential crisis'

When you think of a rom-com, the likes of Bridget Jones, Notting Hill, and The Proposal might spring to mind.

What do they have in common? Comedy and romance, of course. Typically these type of movies are somewhat lighthearted and give you serotonin boost, and this is exactly what people were expecting with Netflix's brand new movie My Oxford Year.

The film stars Queen Charlotte's Corey Mylchreest, as well as The Life List actress Sofia Carson.

The film is based on a novel with the same that was penned by Julia Whelan that sees an American (Carson) go to Oxford University for a year to study.

Ultimately she falls in love with her very young professor (Mylchreest) and you watch their love story unfold.

Sweet, right? Well not all is as it seems with My Oxford Year, as it comes with a huge plot twist that, unless you've read the book, you most certainly won't be prepared for.

Huge spoiler ahead...

Ultimately Mylchreest's character dies which, as I'm sure we can all agree, isn't very comedic.

In light of the heartbreaking twist, people have been taking to Twitter to share their thoughts.

Next to a GIF of Margot Robbie crying, one person penned: "Wen you realize the romcom you were watching is actually not a romcom #MyOxfordYear."

"I should’ve known better when i read 'from the producers of the fault is in our stars' on the freaking poster," said another of the movie, which arrived on Netflix on August 1.

Someone else said: "I thought #MyOxfordYear would be a romcom but it ended up destroying me."

"I thought I was watching another stupid summer rom com WHAT HAPPENED #MyOxfordYear," raged another viewed.

I thought #MyOxfordYear would be a romcom but it ended up destroying me 😭 pic.twitter.com/TuulNOKtq2

— luna 🌙 (@landonkingx) August 1, 2025

when you realize the romcom you were watching is actually not a romcom #MyOxfordYear pic.twitter.com/FjLfZwQdxa

— mel ℘ | we were liars era (@hcsiequake) August 1, 2025

One person was so devastated by the film's ending that they ended up having an 'an existential crisis'.

"My Oxford Year is the most severe case of false advertising I’ve seen since Time Cut, Netflix needs to fire the people responsible for marketing these movies," they wrote. "I wanted to watch a cute romcom to relax and ended up with an existential crisis instead."

As somebody who has seen the film for themselves, I very much agree.

While it's not all laughs in My Oxford Year, there are some funny moments in the film to slightly make up for its undeniably heartbreaking ending.

Also Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest are hardly bad to look at...

My Oxford Year is now streaming on Netflix.