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- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg. 925 votes. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days delivers an amusing war-of-the-sexes battle stacked with irresistible chemistry between leads - Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey.
- The Proposal. Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen. 805 votes. The Proposal provides a delightful take on the classic fake relationship trope with two powerhouse actors, Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, leading the charge.
- Legally Blonde. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair. 636 votes. Legally Blonde turned Reese Witherspoon into America’s sweetheart when she portrayed sorority queen Elle Woods seeking justice by storming Harvard Law School after being dumped by her boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis).
- The Princess Diaries. Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Héctor Elizondo. 417 votes. The Princess Diaries catapulted Anne Hathaway into stardom as she starred alongside Julie Andrews in this charming Cinderella-esque tale directed by Garry Marshall.
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ Kate Hudson plays a magazine writer whose last assignment before she goes after the Serious Journalism Job™ of her dreams has her detailing her attempts to attract and then drive away a man within 10 days.
- Deliver Us From Eva’ Fun fact: Gabrielle Union has starred in not one, but two modern adaptations of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. After appearing as a side character in 1999’s 10 Things I Hate About You, she took center stage in 2003’s Deliver Us From Eva, playing a woman whose younger sisters’ significant others get so fed up with her overprotective ways that they hire a “master player” (LL Cool J) to seduce her.
- Serendipity’ Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack’s Sara and Jonathan have an adorable meet-cute over the last pair of gloves at Bloomingdale’s and then spend a magical evening wandering around NYC.
- The Holiday’ This 2006 Nancy Meyers film may be a wintertime classic, but it hits just as hard year-round. Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet play two women who are frustrated with their lives and decide to swap homes for the holidays—bringing Diaz’s Amanda to a cozy English cottage and a very handsome Brit (played by Jude Law), while Winslet’s Iris gets to bask in the L.A.
6.3 (102K) Rate. 71 Metascore. Miles, a high-profile divorce lawyer, wins a case for his rich but adulterous client Rex Rexroth. But Rex's ex-wife, Marylin, who is no saint and is a gold-digger, plots to take revenge on Miles. Director Joel Coen Ethan Coen Stars George Clooney Catherine Zeta-Jones Billy Bob Thornton.
4 days ago · What else are you gonna do? But compiling the ultimate list of the Freshest romantic comedies of all time? It’s complicated. For our list of the 200 best romantic comedies of all...
- Bridget Jones’s Diary
- Amélie
- Kissing Jessica Stein
- Brown Sugar
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Maid in Manhattan
- Punch-Drunk Love
- How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days
- Something’s Gotta Give
- 50 First Dates
The film based on Helen Fielding’s 1996 novel, which, in turn, was inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, offers a compassionate portrayal of singledom. Since this is a rom-com, what Renée Zellweger’s Bridget fears most is becoming a spinster whose greatest relationship is with a bottle of wine. But when she finds herself in a love triangle...
Audrey Tautou’s manic pixie dream haircut and her traveling gnomes might be a little too twee for some, but at the heart of this whimsical French film is a lonely young woman trying to connect with the world around her. While on a quest to improve the lives of others through simple acts of kindness, she finds herself playing an elaborate game of ca...
The queer rom-comis still too rare a thing in Hollywood, which is why this indie co-written by and starring Jennifer Westerfeldt as a woman exploring her sexuality at the behest of her Jewish family who just want to see her settle down with a nice guy feels like a win. Not everyone is a fan of the film’s ending, which we won’t spoil here, but it sh...
Early on, Brown Sugar, named for D’Angelo’s debut album released seven years earlier, was labeled “hip-hop When Harry Met Sally.” Chalk that lazy comparison up to the genre’s overall lack of diversity. In actuality, the Rick Famuyiwa-directed film, which boasts an amazing soundtrack and a cast of rap legends, is a welcome update to the friends-to-l...
Whether or not your dad uses Windex as a cure-all, it’s such hilarious details in Nia Vardalos’ fictional portrait of her real family that help this film feel universal. Her attention to those eccentric particulars is why the movie was the highest grossing romantic comedy until Crazy Rich Asians broke its record in 2018. (My Big Fat Greek Weddingis...
Jennifer Lopez made her rom-com debut as a struggling single mom who falls for a high-profile guest (an American-accented Ralph Fiennes), who doesn’t realize she is the maid at the hotel where he’s staying. While the movie has its flaws, it’s J.Lo who transcends its faults. With each longing look, Jenny from the Block makes you believe that she’s a...
Paul Thomas Anderson knew what he was doing when he hired Hollywood’s favorite leading man Adam Sandler for his quirky indie rom-com. The actor known for yelling for comedic effect in films like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore uses his impressive pipes to paint a portrait of a misanthrope who finds happiness in an unexpected love connection. The sw...
Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey’s performances in this harebrained movie are straight-up bonkers—and that’s a compliment. Journalist Andi Anderson (Hudson) is out to prove she can get a guy to break up with in less than two weeks by smothering him with love ferns and rat dogs. At the same time, ad exec Ben Berry (McConaughey) is willing to endu...
While the kitchens are spectacular in every Nancy Meyers movie, the director also has a knack for creating characters that feel fully realized. That starts with the writing, but also the casting. Here, Diana Keaton has never been better as successful playwright Erica Barry, who, since her divorce, has given up on love. She finds her match in Harry ...
Six years after Adam Sandler sang about wanting to grow old with Drew Barrymore in The Wedding Singer,he’s back pulling out all the romantic stops to help her remember they’re in love today knowing, due to her short term memory loss, she won’t remember him tomorrow. While we won’t defend the science here, the idea of someone committing so fully to ...
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Feb 13, 2023 · Our ultimate list of best romantic comedies is an eclectic mix, containing everything from black-and-white classics to, well, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
Aug 10, 2023 · Updated Aug 10, 2023. It’s never the wrong time to watch a rom-com. From 13 Going on 30 to Maid in Manhattan, here's our ranking of the best romantic comedies of the 2000s. Apatow...
