Paste's The 100 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time

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As a genre, the romantic comedy has had pretty sharply defined highs (the 1940s and 1980s) and lows (1990s-2000s) based on viewer appetite and studio competence, but thanks to this thing we call “the human condition,” hope-laden fables showing how two people can, indeed, find and cherish one another despite all obstacles will never stay out of fashion long—no matter how soulless and cynical the industry. Whether because we are young and naïve, not-so-young and searching, or old and grumpy with a soft spot (or wistful memory), there’s always an appetite for fascinating meet-cutes, resolved comedies of errors and melted gruff exteriors. So no matter your particular poison when it comes to scripted takes on love and relationships, let Paste’s list of the 100 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time provide you just what the doctor ordered.

List published April 2013. Updated and expanded in October 2018, updated Feb 2022.

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  1. 74 -

    10 Things I Hate About You

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 53 -

    13 Going on 30

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  3. 24 -

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

    2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 69 -

    About a Boy

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  5. 36 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 4 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 19 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 65 -

    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 61 -

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 33 -

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 57 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 58 -

    Bridesmaids

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 29 -

    Bridget Jones's Diary

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 13 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 79 -

    Bull Durham

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 67 -

    But I'm a Cheerleader

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 89 -2

    Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

    1958 — a.k.a. That Which Runs Is a Car, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 16 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 30 -

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 35 -

    Coming to America

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 93 -2

    Desk Set

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  22. 76 -

    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 46 -

    Enchanted

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 12 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 7 -

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 63 -

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  27. 31 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 27 -

    The Goodbye Girl

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 60 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 10 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 23 -

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 8 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  33. 83 -1

    Hors de prix

    2006 — a.k.a. Priceless, in 1 top list Check
  34. 51 -

    Houseboat

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  35. 72 -

    How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  36. 44 -

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 6 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 75 -

    Jeffrey

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  39. 49 -

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 82 -1

    Kissing Jessica Stein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  41. 28 -

    Knocked Up

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 22 -

    L.A. Story

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  43. 14 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  44. 70 -

    Lars and the Real Girl

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  45. 25 -

    Love & Basketball

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 88 -2

    The Major and the Minor

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 34 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  48. 17 -

    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 59 -

    Moonstruck

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  50. 56 -

    My Big Fat Greek Wedding

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
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