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. 48 -

    The Purple Rose of Cairo

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 90 -2

    They Came Together

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  3. 11 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 61 -

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 86 -1

    Obvious Child

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  6. 32 -

    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 67 -

    But I'm a Cheerleader

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 54 -

    Appropriate Behavior

    2014 — a.k.a. Appropriate Behaviour, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 16 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 80 new

    Palm Springs

    2020, in 3 top lists
    Check
  11. 98 -2

    Serendipity

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  12. 23 -

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 8 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 75 -

    Jeffrey

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  15. 4 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  16. 14 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  17. 17 -

    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 92 -2

    Boy Meets Girl

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  19. 44 -

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 22 -

    L.A. Story

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  21. 56 -

    My Big Fat Greek Wedding

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 26 -

    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 77 -

    Some Kind of Wonderful

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  24. 3 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 49 -

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 74 -

    10 Things I Hate About You

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 29 -

    Bridget Jones's Diary

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 30 -

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 82 -1

    Kissing Jessica Stein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  30. 62 -

    Pretty in Pink

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 81 -1

    The Wedding Singer

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 53 -

    13 Going on 30

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  33. 2 -

    The Princess Bride

    1987, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 43 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  35. 21 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 94 -2

    To All the Boys I've Loved Before

    2018, in 1 top list
    Check
  37. 88 -2

    The Major and the Minor

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 69 -

    About a Boy

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  39. 36 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 10 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 39 -

    Sleeping with Other People

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  42. 13 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 59 -

    Moonstruck

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 41 -

    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    1933 — a.k.a. Every Woman's Man, in 1 top list Check
  45. 33 -

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 93 -2

    Desk Set

    1957, in 1 top list Check
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    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  48. 78 -

    While You Were Sleeping

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  50. 85 -1

    Beginners

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
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