When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.
Is there any genre more comforting and more cliche than romantic comedy?
For decades, filmmakers have pushed onto audiences hilarious stories of love and romance.
But some romantic comedies can appeal to everyone - even those who claim to hate them.
Just Friends (2005)
Just Friends is far from the most offensive movie ever made.
Gorgeous (1999)
For anyone seeking a rom-com that reallykicks, check out Gorgeous.
Edgar-Jones and Powell share such electric chemistry that’s powerful enough to suck audiences in and blow them away.
It’s his friend life that needs help.
That all changes when Peter meets eccentric Sydney (Jason Segel).
The Break Up (2006)
If there has ever been ananti-romantic comedy, it’s The Break Up.
In becoming loveless roommates, they begin to provoke each other in the hopes that the other caves in.
Before they can officially date, Scott must defeat her seven evil exes.
The World is peak pop culture brain rot drenched in affections for retro video games and indie rock.
It’s the only way to play the game.
Can young love truly defy all obstacles, or is it doomed to extinction?
Find out in a movie that is pure dino-mite.
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Growing up and revisiting your hometown is never easy.
Even when you’re a slick assassin like Martin Blank.
(Because it actually could be!)
City Lights (1931)
Do romantic comedies with deadened dialogue make you hate the entire genre?
Try a silent movie!
Charlie Chaplin’s silent masterpiece City Lights is as enchanting as it was when it first opened in 1931.
City Lights dazzles as a timeless diamond that never goes out of style.
It sounds like a nightmare, but Billy Wilder’s The Apartment is a joy.
Is love really worth the cost of success?
High Fidelity (2000)
For real rom-com cynics, High Fidelity can speak to your calloused souls.
The Lobster is a strange movie indeed, one bespoke to Lanthimos' uncanny artistry.
Adventureland (2009)
All our halcyon teenage summers are immortalized in Greg Mottola’s late-aughts classic Adventureland.
In 1999, director Roger Michell put that fanciful dream to the screen with his wonderful rom-com Notting Hill.
The two date and fall in love, all while navigating the mazes of Anna Scott’s impossible life.
Amid a rollercoaster fling, Tom learns the hard way the difference between romance and infatuation.
There are many valid criticisms against the movie, particularly Tom’s dehumanizing idealization of Summer.
But that’s also its secret genius.
Hilarious and heartfelt, Hit Man hits its targets with precision.
Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Ever had a romance you felt was right, just notright now?
That’s the tension underscoring Always Be My Maybe, a sharp, witty rom-com from 2019.
When the two find their chemistry hasn’t waned, they have a go at pursue something for real.
They forge an unlikely bond in a destructive journey across America.
The two patients forge an unusual bond and help each other sort through their delusions.
What’s Up, Doc?
Chaos ensues when he meets unpredictable Judy (Streisand), over instances of mistaken identities and lost luggage.
Oh God, I’m repeating myself!
“), What’s Up, Doc?
is playful chaos that leaves even rom-com haters totally winded.
Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling co-lead this insightful picture about how much work love requires.
But its intelligent take on love and relationships sets it head and shoulders above the rest.
Determined to stop living her worst day on repeat, the two team up to break the cycle.
