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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. 76 -

    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 89 -2

    Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

    1958 — a.k.a. That Which Runs Is a Car, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 65 -

    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 28 -

    Knocked Up

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 19 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 58 -

    Bridesmaids

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 72 -

    How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  8. 25 -

    Love & Basketball

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 71 -

    Notting Hill

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 68 -

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 7 -

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 47 -

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 9 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 100 -2

    The Lobster

    2015, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 20 -

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 45 -

    There's Something About Mary

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 55 -

    You've Got Mail

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 5 -

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 35 -

    Coming to America

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 31 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 42 -

    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 24 -

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

    2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 95 -2

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 57 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 66 -

    Something Wild

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 15 -

    Sabrina

    1954, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 96 -2

    Overboard

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 84 -1

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 63 -

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  31. 27 -

    The Goodbye Girl

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 64 -

    Splash

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 51 -

    Houseboat

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  34. 38 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 79 -

    Bull Durham

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 12 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  37. 99 -2

    Sweet Home Alabama

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 46 -

    Enchanted

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 60 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 73 -

    Roxanne

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 83 -1

    Hors de prix

    2006 — a.k.a. Priceless, in 1 top list Check
  42. 70 -

    Lars and the Real Girl

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  43. 40 -

    Sing Street

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 52 -

    Xi yan

    1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 85 -1

    Beginners

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 6 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  47. 50 -

    Sleepless in Seattle

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 34 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  49. 33 -

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  50. 93 -2

    Desk Set

    1957, in 1 top list Check
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