TimeOut's The 50 Best Romcoms of All Time (feb 2020 edition)

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Love – it’s a funny old game. Or at least it is in these films. Here's Time Out's definitive list of the 50 best romcoms.

Like cargo pants and saying ‘as if!’ to people, romcoms were huge in the ’90s, but fell sadly out of fashion in the 2010s. Now, though, that drought looks to be over. Thanks in part to Netflix, we’re in the middle of a romcom revival, with films like ‘Always Be My Maybe’ and ‘Set It Up’ inspiring mainstream Hollywood to start making romantic comedies again.

From Nora Ephron classics to Richard Curtis movies that are so-very-British (and so-very-funny), we’ve put together 50 of the most hilarious romantic comedies and bittersweet romances that’ll leave a lump in your throat and tears rolling down your cheeks.

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  1. 27 -

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    1933, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 10 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  3. 31 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 15 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  5. 13 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 25 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 7 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  8. 16 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 20 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 18 -

    I Know Where I'm Going!

    1945, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 4 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 9 -

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 22 -

    Guys and Dolls

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 17 -

    Sommarnattens leende

    1955 — a.k.a. Smiles of a Summer Night, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  16. 3 -

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
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    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
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    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 29 -

    The Purple Rose of Cairo

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 40 -

    Something Wild

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 19 new

    Moonstruck

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 35 -

    The Princess Bride

    1987, in 19 top lists Check
  23. 41 -

    Roxanne

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 26 -

    Say Anything...

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 1 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 14 -

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
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    Jamón Jamón

    1992 — a.k.a. Jamón, Jamón, in 1 top list Check
  28. 5 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 43 -

    Sleepless in Seattle

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 24 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 46 -

    Muriel's Wedding

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
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    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 45 -

    While You Were Sleeping

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 48 -

    My Best Friend's Wedding

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
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    Fucking Åmål

    1998 — a.k.a. Show Me Love, in 6 top lists Check
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    There's Something About Mary

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 30 -

    The Wedding Singer

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 37 -

    10 Things I Hate About You

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 28 -

    But I'm a Cheerleader

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
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    Notting Hill

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
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    Bridget Jones's Diary

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
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    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 32 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 42 -

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

    2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check
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    It's Complicated

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  46. 38 -

    Les amours imaginaires

    2010 — a.k.a. Heartbeats, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 44 new

    Crazy, Stupid, Love.

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
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    Much Ado About Nothing

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 12 new

    The Big Sick

    2017, in 2 top lists
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  50. 33 new

    Long Shot

    2019, in 0 top lists
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