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- Casablanca (1942) Despite boasting some of the best quotes in all of cinematic history, Casablanca was just one of many films churned out by the studio system in the early years of World War II.
- Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) Ending a relationship is easier than falling out of love. In Celeste and Jesse Forever, the titular characters (Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg) are high-school sweethearts who have made the decision to divorce but haven't yet figured out how to move on.
- Date Night (2010) A screwball comedy modernized to highlight the exhausted suburban parent, Date Night follows Claire and Phil Foster (Tina Fey and Steve Carell), a New Jersey couple who decide to break out of their mundane routine by enjoying a trendy dinner in the city — only to find themselves confused for another pair and embroiled in a corruption scandal.
- Definitely, Maybe (2008) For those seeking a quicker rom-com fix than binging nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother, this sleeper late-2000s flick offers the same formula with a worthwhile conclusion in just under two hours.
May 13, 2024 · Need a romance fix? Maybe you’re single and want to believe in love again. Or perhaps you’re looking for just the right mix of ooey-gooey love with a healthy dose of humor to please everyone in the household. Put your Max subscription to work with the best rom coms on Max this May, 2024. Which ones are your faves?
- Shiva Baby
- Legally Blonde
- Southside with You
- Singin' in The Rain
- Heartbreakers
- Just Like Heaven
- Knocked Up
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Grease
- Starstruck
Worlds collide in this 2020 cringe comedy that's been widely hailedby critics. When a Jewish college student (Rachel Sennott) dutifully attends a shiva alongside her parents, she's prepared to field questions about her unimpressive job prospects and lack of a boyfriend. However, she's not ready for her secret sugar daddy (Danny Deferrari) to show u...
What can we possibly say about this truly perfect movie that hasn't already been said? Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and adapted for the screen by Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith, Legally Blondeis bright, bubbly, and seriously smart — just like its main character, Elle Woods. Reese Witherspoon is iconic as the blonde bombshell who gets into H...
Barack and Michelle Obama's love story becomes a patient and gorgeous romantic dramedy in Southside With You. With a tone and style reminiscent of Before Sunrise, Barack and Michelle meet in the morning and spend the course of the day getting to know each other, ultimately falling in love. They wander through a museum together, attend a community o...
Easily one of the greatest movie musicals ever made, Singin' in the Rain tells the story of Hollywood's shift from silent films to talking pictures. Caught in this transition is leading man Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly), whose leading lady Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) has the most grating voice imaginable. With the help of his best friend Cosmo Brown (Dona...
The romantic crime comedy is a highly underutilized movie subgenre. The stakes are high, the laughs are big, and the twists come with a kiss. It's a winning combo, any way you slice it, and Heartbreakersis an archetypal triumph of the form. Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt are Max and Page, a mother-daughter con artist team who have to com...
From Mark Waters, the director of Mean Girls. comes a boy-meets-girl comedy with a Ghost Dad premise. In this romantic comedy, Reese Witherspoon stars as an E.R. doctor too fixated on work to consider her personal life — that is, until a car crash seems to have ended it. As a disembodied spirit, she haunts her old apartment as the unwelcome roommat...
A perfect synthesis of romantic comedy and bro humor, Knocked Upbroke the mold for modern rom-coms when it debuted in 2007. It's raunchy, clever, and occasionally deeply unromantic — a welcome dose of reality in a field crowded with swooning, grand gestures, and musical numbers. Written and directed by Judd Apatow, Knocked Upfeatures Katherine Heig...
My Big Fat Greek Weddingis just as loud, energetic, and sweet as you remember. The sleeper movie hit has 30-year-old Toula (Nia Vardalos) meeting the handsome Ian Miller (John Corbett) one day while waiting tables at her family's Chicago restaurant. The pair reconnects after Toula begins working for a travel agency, and it's not long before Ian put...
If you don't know what Greaseis, will you kindly remove yourself from the cave in which you've been living?! John Travolta is Danny Zuko, Rydell High School's best bad boy circa 1958. Olivia Newton-John is Sandy, a new student at Rydell and a little bit of a goody-two-shoes. These two couldn't have less in common — except, of course, the fling they...
Written and created by powerhouse New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo, Starstruckis a fresh new takeon the classic question: "What if an A-list actor fell for a regular person?" Matafeo is almost criminally charming as Jessie, a listless New Zealander living in London without much direction in her life. After a fun New Years' Eve hook-up, she realize...
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- Casablanca (1942) As time goes by, Casablanca remains one of the most unanimously adored and celebrated movies ever. Not least among the reasons why is the adapted screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch, frequently touted as the smartest, most quotable script ever written.
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) Nia Vardalos' family-friendly, relatable romance was the sleeper hit of the early aughts, dethroning The Blair Witch Project as the most successful indie of all time.
- Date Night (2009) Date Night isn't a movie about falling in love for the first time. It's a movie about getting out of a rut. Tina Fey and Steve Carell play a dorky married couple who have lost the romantic spark while falling into everyday routines.
- In the Mood For Love (2000) Heart-stoppingly sumptuous and sensitively performed, Wong Kar-wai‘s Hong Kong drama about adultery and unexpected feelings is already regarded by many as one of the greatest films of all time.
- Crazy Rich Asians (2018) This great romantic comedy is one to make you smile. Crazy Rich Asians, starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding, follows a couple that travels to Singapore, only for the girlfriend to find out that her fiancé's side of the family is insanely rich.
- Sleepless In Seattle (1993) This Nora Ephron-directed gem is definitely famous for a reason. The story follows the unlikely long-distance romance of engaged Annie (Meg Ryan) and recently widowed Sam (Tom Hanks), which is significantly helped along by Sam’s determined son, Jonah (Ross Malinger).
- Crazy Stupid Love (2011) If you’re looking for a great romantic comedy that has an awesome ensemble, then you need to check out Crazy Stupid Love. This film follows a man who is in the state of a marriage that is falling apart, so in order to make himself feel better, he tries to pick up women at bars – and fails miserably.
- Mrs. Winterbourne (1996) You may not have heard of Mrs. Winterbourne, but it features one of the more intriguing rom-com set ups involving mistaken identity.
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