The Hollywood Romantic Comedy

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From the book by Leger Grindon (2011). The filmography is arranged by a chronological progression of themes:

Transition to Sound (1930-1933)
Screwball (1934-1942)
World war II and the Homefront (1942-1946)
Post-War: Melancholy and Reconciliation (1947-1953)
The Comedies of Seduction: The Playboy, the Gold Digger, and the Virgin (1953-1966)
The transition through the counter-culture (1967-1976)
Nervous Romance (1977-1987)
Reaffirmation of Romance (1986-1996)
Grotesque and Ambivalent (1997-present)

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    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
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    Irma la Douce

    1963, in 1 top list Check
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    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
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    Jerry Maguire

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Holiday

    2006, in 1 top list Check
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    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
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    Love Actually

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Victor/Victoria

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
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    Broadcast News

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
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    Love in the Afternoon

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
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    Knocked Up

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Quiet Man

    1952, in 15 top lists Check
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    Something's Gotta Give

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    Sideways

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
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    What Women Want

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
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    You Can't Take It with You

    1938, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
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    Kiss Me, Stupid

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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    Notting Hill

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
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    An Unmarried Woman

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
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    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
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    10

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Taming of the Shrew

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
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    It's Complicated

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
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    Man's Favorite Sport?

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
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    There's Something About Mary

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
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    Wedding Crashers

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
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    You've Got Mail

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
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    Designing Woman

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    Hitch

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
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    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Talk of the Town

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
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    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
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    Once Upon a Honeymoon

    1942, in 0 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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    A Foreign Affair

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
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    Runaway Bride

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
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    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
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    Blume in Love

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    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
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    Meet the Fockers

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
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    The American President

    1995, in 1 top list Check
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    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
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    Something Wild

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
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    Woman of the Year

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
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    Chasing Amy

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
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    High Fidelity

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
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    Sabrina

    1954, in 5 top lists Check
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