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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  1. 3 new

    Private Lives

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 6 new

    She Done Him Wrong

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 17 new

    Nothing Sacred

    1937, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 21 new

    Pygmalion

    1938, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 24 new

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  6. 26 new

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 31 new

    Woman of the Year

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 35 new

    The Talk of the Town

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 37 new

    Once Upon a Honeymoon

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 39 new

    Heaven Can Wait

    1943, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 42 new

    Lady in the Dark

    1944, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 46 new

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 48 new

    A Foreign Affair

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 50 new

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 51 new

    A Letter to Three Wives

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 52 new

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 53 new

    The Quiet Man

    1952, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 54 new

    The Marrying Kind

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  19. 59 new

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 61 new

    Sabrina

    1954, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 64 new

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 65 new

    Bus Stop

    1956, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 67 new

    Love in the Afternoon

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 71 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 73 new

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 75 new

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 85 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 87 new

    Two for the Road

    1967, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 88 new

    The Taming of the Shrew

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 89 new

    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 95 new

    The Heartbreak Kid

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 96 new

    Blume in Love

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 98 new

    Shampoo

    1975, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 99 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  35. 100 new

    The Goodbye Girl

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 102 new

    An Unmarried Woman

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 104 new

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 109 new

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 115 new

    Desperately Seeking Susan

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 116 new

    Hannah and Her Sisters

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 119 new

    Broadcast News

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 120 new

    Peggy Sue Got Married

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 121 new

    Moonstruck

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 123 new

    Working Girl

    1988, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 124 new

    Big

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 126 new

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 127 new

    Say Anything...

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 130 new

    Singles

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 131 new

    Husbands and Wives

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 132 new

    Sleepless in Seattle

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
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