Top Ten Best Romantic Comedy Films of All Time
Top Ten Romantic Comedy Films
Welcome to my Top Ten Romantic Comedy Films of all time list. There's nothing even better than watching movies on a weekends especially when it's a romantic comedy drama genres that will surely make you smile, cry and laugh all in one. These films are in no particular order thus I never miss out in my DVD collection. This is somehow the list of my favorites of what I think fall into the standard of my taste and categories of what is the best of the best out there.
Most of the films I listed here are rated PG or PG-13 and were made to suit even young viewers as well as those people young at heart. You shouldn't miss this one!
Rom-Com Films
Films That Can Make You Smile, Cry and Laugh
#1: Amelie (2001) - One person can change your life forever.
Amelie is a story about a girl named Amelie Poulain whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amelie gets hardly any real life contact with other people.
This leads Amelie to resort to her own whimsical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost", a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades - she finds out that she is disregarding her own life and damaging her quest for love...
Audrey Tautou as Amelie Poulain in the movie Amelie
Buy Amelie (Blu-ray) on Amazon
Amelie Poll - Tell us what you think...
Do you think Amelie should make the top 10 list?
#2: (500) Days of Summer (2009) - Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.
Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is one heartbroken guy who loves architecture but works as a writer in a greeting card company where he suddenly meets Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) the girl of his dreams.
Now he's fallen and fallen harder for her but she doesn't want to confirm in any relationship with him. Eventually, Tom ends up questioning their status with one another, which manages to put strain on the relationship, causing her to request the dreaded "time apart" until the relationship suddenly ended.
Zooey Deschanel as Summer and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom
Buy (500) Days of Summer (Blu-ray) on Amazon
(500) Days of Summer Poll - Tell us what you think...
Do you think (500) Days of Summer should make the top 10 list?
#3: Serendipity (2001) - The love of your life could be in line for popcorn.....
Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) and Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) met while shopping for gloves in New York. Though buying for their respective lovers, the magic was right and a night of Christmas shopping turned into romance. Jon wanted to explore things further but Sara wasn't sure their love was meant to be. They decided to test fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny brought them back together...
Many years later, having lost each other that night, both are engaged to be married. Still, neither can shake the need to give fate one last chance to reunite them. Jon enlists the help of his best man to track down the girl he can't forget starting at the store where they met. Sara asks her new age musician fiancé for a break before the wedding and, with her best friend in tow, flies from California to New York hoping destiny will bring her soulmate back. Near-misses and classic Shakespearean confusion bring the two close to meeting a number of times but fate will have the final word on whether it was meant to be.
Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack in Serendipity
Buy Serendipity (Blu-ray) on Amazon
Serendipity Poll - Tell us what you think...
Do you think Serendipity should make the top 10 list?
#4: Pretty Woman (1990) - She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart.
Edward is a rich, ruthless businessman who specializes in taking over companies and then selling them off piece by piece. He travels to Los Angeles for a business trip and decides to hire a prostitute. They take a liking to each other and he offers her money if she'll stay with him for an entire week while he makes the "rich and famous" scene (since it doesn't do for a man of his stature to be alone at society parties and polo matches). Romantic comedy (and complications) ensue.
Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
Buy Pretty Woman (Bluray) on Amazon
Pretty Woman Poll - Tell us what you think..
Do you think Pretty Woman should make the top 10 list?
#5: When Harry Met Sally (1989) - Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning?
Harry and Sally meet when she gives him a ride to New York after they both graduate from the University of Chicago. The film jumps through their lives as they both search for love, but fail, bumping into each other time and time again. Finally a close friendship blooms between them, and they both like having a friend of the opposite sex. But then they are confronted with the problem: "Can a man and a woman be friends, without sex getting in the way? -excerpt from IMDb
Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally
Buy When Harry Met Sally on Amazon
When Harry Met Sally Poll - Tell us what you think...
Do you think When Harry Met Sally should make the top 10 list?
#6: Sex and the City (2008) - Get Carried Away.
After moving in together in an impossibly beautiful New York apartment, Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big make a rather arbitrary decision to get married. The wedding itself proves to be anything but a hasty affair--the guest list quickly blooms from 75 to 200 guests, and Carrie's simple, label-less wedding gown gives way to an enormous creation that makes her look like a gigantic cream puff. An upcoming photo spread in Vogue puts the event--which will take place at the New York Public Library--squarely in the public eye.
Meanwhile, Carrie's girlfriends--Samantha, the sexpot; Charlotte, the sweet naif; and Miranda, the rigid perfectionist--could not be happier. At least, they couldn't be happier for Carrie. Charlotte still has the unrealized hope of getting pregnant. Samantha is finding a loving, committed relationship more grueling than she could have imagined. Miranda unwittingly lets her own unhappiness--created when Steve admits to cheating on her just once spoil Carrie's... -excerpt from IMDb
Sex and the City
Buy Sex and the City on Amazon
Sex and the City Poll
Do you think Sex and the City should make the top 10 list?
#7: 50 First Dates (2004) - Imagine having to win over the girl of your dreams... every friggin' day.
Henry Roth lives in a Hawaiian paradise with the company of endless women with no strings attached. This is until he meets Lucy Whitmore. Both Henry and Lucy enjoy the company of each other and feels the start of a serious relationship occurring. Approaching Lucy the next day, Henry is confused when Lucy fails to recognise him. This is the moment Henry discovers that Lucy actually suffers from short term memory loss and can't remember each individual day. Henry won't let this stop him and is prepared to make her fall in love with him all over again, each and every day. -excerpt from IMDb
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in 50 First Dates
Buy 50 First Dates (Bluray) on Amazon
50 First Dates Poll - Tell us what you think..
Do you think 50 First Dates should be in the Top 10 List?
#8: The Proposal (2009) - Here comes the bribe...
For three years, Andrew Paxton has slaved as the assistant to Margaret Tate, hard-driving editor at a New York publisher. When Margaret, a Canadian, faces deportation for an expired visa, she hatches a scheme to marry Andrew - he agrees if she'll promise a promotion. A skeptical INS agent vows to test the couple about each other the next Monday. Andrew had plans to fly home that weekend for his grandma's 90th, so Margaret goes with him - to Sitka, Alaska - where mom, dad, and grams await. Family dynamics take over: tensions between dad and Andrew, an ex-girlfriend, Andrew's dislike of Margaret, and her past color the next few days, with the INS ready to charge Andrew with fraud. -excerpt from IMDb
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in The Proposal
Buy The Proposal (Bluray) on Amazon
The Proposal Poll - Tell us what you think...
Do you think The Proposal should be in the Top 10 List?
#9: The Wedding Singer (1998) - Before the internet, Before cell phones, Before roller-blades, There was a time... 1985. Don't pretend you don't remember.
Robbie Hart is singing the hits of the 1980s at weddings and other celebrations. He also can keep the party going in good spirit, he knows what to say and when to say it. Julia is a waitress at the events where Robbie performs. When both of them find someone to marry and prepare for their weddings, it becomes clear that they've chosen wrong partners. -excerpt from IMDb
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer
Buy The Wedding Singer (Bluray) on Amazon
The Wedding Singer Poll
Do you think The Wedding Singer should be included in the Top 10 list?
#10: You've Got Mail (1998) - Someone you pass on the street may already be the love of your life.
This sweet romantic comedy reunites "Sleepless In Seattle" stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. He's the owner of a bookstore chain; she's the woman he falls for online. Both are unaware that she runs the little shop his company is trying to shut down.
Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in You've Got Mail
Buy You've Got Mail on Amazon
Vote for your Favorite!
Which of these Romantic Comedy films is your favorite?
Like this page? Be the first one to submit a blurb or even to say hi! I would love to hear what your thoughts on this!