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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The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933 — a.k.a. Every Woman's Man, in 1 top list Check -
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Boy Meets Girl
2014, in 1 top list Check -
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998, in 1 top list Check -
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Appropriate Behavior
2014 — a.k.a. Appropriate Behaviour, in 3 top lists Check -
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995, in 5 top lists Check -
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Jeffrey
1995, in 1 top list Check -
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
2018, in 1 top list -
89 -2
Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi
1958 — a.k.a. That Which Runs Is a Car, in 2 top lists Check -
90 -2
They Came Together
2014, in 1 top list Check -
82 -1
Kissing Jessica Stein
2001, in 1 top list Check -
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Obvious Child
2014, in 1 top list Check -
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Palm Springs
2020, in 3 top lists -
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Sleeping with Other People
2015, in 1 top list Check -
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The Goodbye Girl
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
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Love & Basketball
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
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She's Gotta Have It
1986, in 6 top lists Check -
83 -1
Hors de prix
2006 — a.k.a. Priceless, in 1 top list Check -
91 -2
Love, Simon
2018, in 1 top list -
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Overboard
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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Yesterday
2019, in 1 top list -
93 -2
Desk Set
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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Houseboat
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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Crazy Rich Asians
2018, in 3 top lists -
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Roxanne
1987, in 2 top lists Check -
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Splash
1983, in 3 top lists Check -
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L.A. Story
1991, in 1 top list Check -
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Xi yan
1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Big Sick
2017, in 2 top lists -
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But I'm a Cheerleader
1999, in 3 top lists Check -
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Some Kind of Wonderful
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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The Major and the Minor
1942, in 3 top lists Check -
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Sing Street
2016, in 3 top lists Check -
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While You Were Sleeping
1995, in 2 top lists Check -
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Sweet Home Alabama
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
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Born Yesterday
1950, in 10 top lists Check -
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Beginners
2010, in 2 top lists Check -
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Serendipity
2001, in 1 top list Check -
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13 Going on 30
2004, in 1 top list Check -
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Moonstruck
1987, in 10 top lists Check -
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Something Wild
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Lobster
2015, in 7 top lists Check -
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Grosse Pointe Blank
1997, in 4 top lists Check -
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Coming to America
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002, in 3 top lists Check -
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You've Got Mail
1998, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ninotchka
1939, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Shop Around the Corner
1940, in 14 top lists Check -
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Lars and the Real Girl
2007, in 1 top list Check -
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Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 4, 2022 by PeacefulAnarchy; source