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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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
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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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It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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Ninotchka
1939, in 20 top lists Check -
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His Girl Friday
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Shop Around the Corner
1940, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Lady Eve
1941, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Major and the Minor
1942, in 3 top lists Check -
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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Adam's Rib
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
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Born Yesterday
1950, in 10 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Roman Holiday
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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Sabrina
1954, in 5 top lists Check -
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Desk Set
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961, in 9 top lists Check -
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Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Goodbye Girl
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
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Tootsie
1982, in 17 top lists Check -
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Splash
1983, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
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A Room with a View
1985, in 11 top lists Check -
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Pretty in Pink
1986, in 2 top lists Check -
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She's Gotta Have It
1986, in 6 top lists Check -
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Something Wild
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
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Moonstruck
1987, in 10 top lists Check -
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Overboard
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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Roxanne
1987, in 2 top lists Check -
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Some Kind of Wonderful
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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Bull Durham
1988, in 8 top lists Check -
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Coming to America
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
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When Harry Met Sally...
1989, in 16 top lists Check -
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Pretty Woman
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
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Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
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Sleepless in Seattle
1993, in 8 top lists Check -
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Xi yan
1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check -
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994, in 13 top lists Check -
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Clueless
1995, in 8 top lists Check -
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While You Were Sleeping
1995, in 2 top lists Check -
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As Good as It Gets
1997, in 9 top lists Check -
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Grosse Pointe Blank
1997, in 4 top lists Check -
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998, in 1 top list Check -
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Shakespeare in Love
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
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There's Something About Mary
1998, in 11 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 4, 2022 by PeacefulAnarchy; source