Paste's The 100 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time

As seen by Sien

You are viewing sien's version of this list. You can view your version too.

Paste's The 100 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time's icon

An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from Panunzio).

Favorited 38 times, disliked 5 times, added to 62 watchlists.

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.

Source

Remove ads

Pssst, want to check out the Paste's The 100 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time list in our new look?

  1. 39 -

    Sleeping with Other People

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  2. 83 -1

    Hors de prix

    2006 — a.k.a. Priceless, in 1 top list Check
  3. 41 -

    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    1933 — a.k.a. Every Woman's Man, in 1 top list Check
  4. 86 -1

    Obvious Child

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  5. 96 -2

    Overboard

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  6. 92 -2

    Boy Meets Girl

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  7. 75 -

    Jeffrey

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  8. 82 -1

    Kissing Jessica Stein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  9. 22 -

    L.A. Story

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  10. 89 -2

    Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

    1958 — a.k.a. That Which Runs Is a Car, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 54 -

    Appropriate Behavior

    2014 — a.k.a. Appropriate Behaviour, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 76 -

    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 63 -

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  14. 66 -

    Something Wild

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 53 -

    13 Going on 30

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  16. 27 -

    The Goodbye Girl

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 62 -

    Pretty in Pink

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 32 -

    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 24 -

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

    2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 99 -2

    Sweet Home Alabama

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 46 -

    Enchanted

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 67 -

    But I'm a Cheerleader

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 52 -

    Xi yan

    1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 64 -

    Splash

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 30 -

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 44 -

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 28 -

    Knocked Up

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 15 -

    Sabrina

    1954, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 70 -

    Lars and the Real Girl

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  30. 88 -2

    The Major and the Minor

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 90 -2

    They Came Together

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  32. 79 -

    Bull Durham

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 48 -

    The Purple Rose of Cairo

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 73 -

    Roxanne

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 38 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 56 -

    My Big Fat Greek Wedding

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 33 -

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 57 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 11 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 23 -

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 2 -

    The Princess Bride

    1987, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 78 -

    While You Were Sleeping

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 59 -

    Moonstruck

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 6 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  45. 69 -

    About a Boy

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  46. 74 -

    10 Things I Hate About You

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 81 -1

    The Wedding Singer

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 85 -1

    Beginners

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 98 -2

    Serendipity

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  50. 4 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 100 movies

Last updated on Feb 4, 2022 by PeacefulAnarchy; source