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. 92 -2

    Boy Meets Girl

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  2. 75 -

    Jeffrey

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  3. 93 -2

    Desk Set

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  4. 89 -2

    Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

    1958 — a.k.a. That Which Runs Is a Car, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 54 -

    Appropriate Behavior

    2014 — a.k.a. Appropriate Behaviour, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 88 -2

    The Major and the Minor

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 41 -

    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    1933 — a.k.a. Every Woman's Man, in 1 top list Check
  8. 52 -

    Xi yan

    1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check
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    Houseboat

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  10. 33 -

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 27 -

    The Goodbye Girl

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 66 -

    Something Wild

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 25 -

    Love & Basketball

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 91 -2

    Love, Simon

    2018, in 1 top list
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  15. 80 new

    Palm Springs

    2020, in 3 top lists
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    Sing Street

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 77 -

    Some Kind of Wonderful

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  18. 22 -

    L.A. Story

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  19. 39 -

    Sleeping with Other People

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  20. 72 -

    How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    1998, in 1 top list Check
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    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 83 -1

    Hors de prix

    2006 — a.k.a. Priceless, in 1 top list Check
  23. 32 -

    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 44 -

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 48 -

    The Purple Rose of Cairo

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 94 -2

    To All the Boys I've Loved Before

    2018, in 1 top list
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  27. 86 -1

    Obvious Child

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  28. 82 -1

    Kissing Jessica Stein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  29. 96 -2

    Overboard

    1987, in 1 top list Check
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    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 11 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 67 -

    But I'm a Cheerleader

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 15 -

    Sabrina

    1954, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 37 -

    The Big Sick

    2017, in 2 top lists
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  35. 34 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 38 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  37. 73 -

    Roxanne

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 90 -2

    They Came Together

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  39. 87 new

    Yesterday

    2019, in 1 top list
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    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
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    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 64 -

    Splash

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 79 -

    Bull Durham

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
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    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 76 -

    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
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    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
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    Pretty in Pink

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 85 -1

    Beginners

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
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    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  50. 97 -2

    Crazy Rich Asians

    2018, in 3 top lists
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