Romantic Comedy Must See List
by natkrobinson_97 | created - 03 Jul 2014 | updated - 01 Jul 2015 | PublicA list of romantic comedies for all kinds of people! Whether you're home alone and need a pick-me-up, on a cute date or hanging with your girlfriends, these rom-coms are perfect. This list is my own personal life saver, so enjoy, and feel free to comment suggestions. :)
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1. Something Borrowed (2011)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Friendships are tested and secrets come to the surface when terminally single Rachel falls for Dex, her best friend Darcy's fiancé.
Director: Luke Greenfield | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Colin Egglesfield, John Krasinski
Votes: 65,221 | Gross: $39.05M
Rachel is the nerdy yin to her eccentric best friend Darcy's yang. The bond between the two has always been unbreakable, but when Rachel finds out that the guy she's pined after for years feels the same way, relationships begin to crumble. Said guy just happens to be her best friend's fiance.
2. Made of Honor (2008)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Hannah surprises Tom, her best friend who is secretly in love with her, with the news of her engagement to a wealthy man. Things take a complicated turn when she asks Tom to be her maid of honor.
Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 76,003 | Gross: $46.01M
Tom is the definition of a womanizer, but underneath all of it, he's been in love with his best friend Hannah for too long. When Hannah goes to Scotland and comes home engaged, Tom realises what he must do: he has to make her see just why he's the man for her, but that's a little hard to do when he's the 'maid of honour'.
3. When in Rome (2010)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Beth is an ambitious young New Yorker who is completely unlucky in love. On a whirlwind trip to Rome, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then aggressively pursued by a band of suitors.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Danny DeVito
Votes: 64,592 | Gross: $32.67M
A story based on the classic adage, 'Be careful what you wish for.' Beth's been unlucky in love, and when her sister invites her to a wedding in Rome to a man she met barely two weeks before, Beth's love life gets a hell of a lot more interesting.
4. Must Love Dogs (2005)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
A thirty-something preschool teacher looks to the personals for a change of pace and a relationship, with hilarious results.
Director: Gary David Goldberg | Stars: Diane Lane, John Cusack, Elizabeth Perkins, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 33,043 | Gross: $43.89M
When forty year-old divorcee Sarah gets involuntarily signed up for a dating site, she meets reluctant Jake, but the two don't hit it off right away. Full of second chances and near-misses, full of irony and laughter, 'Must Love Dogs' is simply a must see, no matter how old you are.
5. Love Actually (2003)
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
Votes: 531,200 | Gross: $59.70M
Love, as seen through the eyes of a handful of different people, and how every type of love is beautiful in it's own way. Arguably one of the best, cheesiest rom coms of the 2000's.
6. Letters to Juliet (2010)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Sophie dreams of becoming a writer and travels to Verona, Italy where she meets the "Secretaries of Juliet".
Director: Gary Winick | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave, Marcia DeBonis
Votes: 107,119 | Gross: $53.03M
7. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.
Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone
Votes: 563,710 | Gross: $84.35M
Middle-aged husband, Cal's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He begins to rediscover his manhood with the help of unlikely new found friend, Jacob.
8. Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
A young woman who has reinvented herself as a New York City socialite must return home to Alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband after seven years of separation.
Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas, Candice Bergen
Votes: 123,460 | Gross: $127.22M
An Alabama girl runs away to New York and finds herself a fashionista socialite. She meets the man of her dreams, but there's one final obstacle in her way, and the only way to get past it is to return home. A story of love, self-discovery and acceptance.
9. Clueless (1995)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd
Votes: 245,475 | Gross: $56.63M
Easily one of the most underrated movies of all time. No words can describe the movie in it's entirety. Just watch it, really.
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