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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The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Princess Bride
1987, in 19 top lists Check -
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When Harry Met Sally...
1989, in 16 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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Roman Holiday
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 top lists Check -
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Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check -
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His Girl Friday
1940, in 21 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
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Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004, in 28 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Lady Eve
1941, in 20 top lists Check -
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Sabrina
1954, in 5 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Moonrise Kingdom
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
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Pretty Woman
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Shop Around the Corner
1940, in 14 top lists Check -
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L.A. Story
1991, in 1 top list Check -
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Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check -
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Love & Basketball
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
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Punch-Drunk Love
2002, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Goodbye Girl
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
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Knocked Up
2007, in 4 top lists Check -
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Bridget Jones's Diary
2001, in 3 top lists Check -
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Clueless
1995, in 8 top lists Check -
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994, in 13 top lists Check -
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She's Gotta Have It
1986, in 6 top lists Check -
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Born Yesterday
1950, in 10 top lists Check -
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 23 top lists Check -
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Coming to America
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
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Adam's Rib
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Big Sick
2017, in 2 top lists -
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Ninotchka
1939, in 20 top lists Check -
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Sleeping with Other People
2015, in 1 top list Check -
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Sing Street
2016, in 3 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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A Room with a View
1985, in 11 top lists Check -
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WALL·E
2008, in 26 top lists Check -
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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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There's Something About Mary
1998, in 11 top lists Check -
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Enchanted
2007, in 3 top lists Check -
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Silver Linings Playbook
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
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Juno
2007, in 12 top lists Check -
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Sleepless in Seattle
1993, in 8 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 4, 2022 by PeacefulAnarchy; source