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. 65 -

    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 28 -

    Knocked Up

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 19 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 58 -

    Bridesmaids

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 72 -

    How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  6. 25 -

    Love & Basketball

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 71 -

    Notting Hill

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 68 -

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 7 -

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 47 -

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 100 -2

    The Lobster

    2015, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 20 -

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 45 -

    There's Something About Mary

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 55 -

    You've Got Mail

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 5 -

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 35 -

    Coming to America

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 31 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 42 -

    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 24 -

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

    2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 95 -2

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 57 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 66 -

    Something Wild

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 15 -

    Sabrina

    1954, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 96 -2

    Overboard

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  25. 1 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 84 -1

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 63 -

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  28. 27 -

    The Goodbye Girl

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 64 -

    Splash

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 38 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 79 -

    Bull Durham

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 12 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 99 -2

    Sweet Home Alabama

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 60 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 73 -

    Roxanne

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 83 -1

    Hors de prix

    2006 — a.k.a. Priceless, in 1 top list Check
  37. 52 -

    Xi yan

    1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 85 -1

    Beginners

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 6 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 50 -

    Sleepless in Seattle

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 34 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  42. 33 -

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 93 -2

    Desk Set

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  44. 18 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  45. 78 -

    While You Were Sleeping

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 13 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  47. 59 -

    Moonstruck

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 41 -

    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    1933 — a.k.a. Every Woman's Man, in 1 top list Check
  49. 69 -

    About a Boy

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  50. 36 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
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