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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  1. 55 -

    You've Got Mail

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 42 -

    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 36 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 33 -

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 21 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 59 -

    Moonstruck

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 40 -

    Sing Street

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 74 -

    10 Things I Hate About You

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 69 -

    About a Boy

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  10. 95 -2

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 85 -1

    Beginners

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 57 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 34 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 29 -

    Bridget Jones's Diary

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 71 -

    Notting Hill

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 50 -

    Sleepless in Seattle

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 65 -

    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 3 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 8 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 68 -

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 4 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  22. 47 -

    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 52 -

    Xi yan

    1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 17 -

    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 44 -

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 78 -

    While You Were Sleeping

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 31 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 28 -

    Knocked Up

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 63 -

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  30. 70 -

    Lars and the Real Girl

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  31. 26 -

    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 49 -

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 19 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  34. 12 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  35. 16 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 92 -2

    Boy Meets Girl

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  37. 67 -

    But I'm a Cheerleader

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 76 -

    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 27 -

    The Goodbye Girl

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 51 -

    Houseboat

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  41. 72 -

    How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  42. 75 -

    Jeffrey

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  43. 82 -1

    Kissing Jessica Stein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  44. 22 -

    L.A. Story

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  45. 25 -

    Love & Basketball

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 62 -

    Pretty in Pink

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 15 -

    Sabrina

    1954, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 77 -

    Some Kind of Wonderful

    1987, in 1 top list Check
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