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Comedy Romance

The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two people meet, banter with each other, but despite an attraction obvious to the audience do not become romantically involved because of some internal factor (on the surface, they do not like each other) or an external barrier (one is romantically involved with another person, for instance). At some point, after various comic scenes, they are parted for some reason. One partner or the other then realises that they are perfect for each other, and (often after some spectacular effort, sometimes termed the Grand Gesture, and/or incredible coincidence) they meet again, they declare undying love for each other, and disappear off into the sunset together. Of course, there are innumerable variations on this basic plotline. It is not even essential for the two lead characters to end up in each other's arms: "My Best Friend's Wedding" (pictured) is a good example. Only "Romantic Comedies" can be scrolled below. "Romance", "Romantic Dramas" or "Romantic Classics" sections may also prove fruitful.

Just The Ticket (1999)

5.6/10
Director: Richard Wenk
Starring: Andy Garcia, Andie MacDowell, Richard Bradford

About a ne'er-do-well ticket scalper (Andy Garcia) and his on-again, off-again relationship with Andie MacDowell. He's looking to become respectable a... Read more

Kate and Leopold (2001)

Director: James Mangold
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Meg Ryan, Breckin Meyer

This time-travel comedy starts Hugh Jackman as Leopold, an 1870s English duke who is brought to modern day New York via a portal invented by his desce... Read more

Kiki, Love to Love (2016)

6.5/10
Director: Paco Leon
Starring: Natalia de Molina, Alex Garcia, Jacobo Sanchez

Five stories of sex and love unfold during a strange, hot summer in Madrid. Read more

Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)

6.6/10
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Starring: Scott Cohen, Heather Juergensen, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jackie Hoffman, Tovah Felds...

When Jessica, a straight, twentysomething New York copy editor with a long string of bad dates, decides on a whim to answer a "woman seeks woman" pers... Read more

Knocked Up (2007)

7/10
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen

When a one-night stand between go-getting journalist Allison (Katherine Heigl) and slacker Ben (Seth Rogen) has the unexpected outcome of pregnancy, t... Read more

Knocked Up ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

7/10
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill

When a one-night stand between go-getting journalist Allison (Katherine Heigl) and slacker Ben (Seth Rogen) has the unexpected outcome of pregnancy, t... Read more

Ladies in Lavender (2004)

7/10
Director: Charles Dance
Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Bruhl, Miriam Margolyes, Natascha McElhone, Dav...

Judi Dench and Maggie Smith are elderly spinsters living on the Cornwall coast in 1936 when they find a handsome young Polish man washed up injured on... Read more

Laggies (2014)

6.4/10
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Keira Knightley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Kaitlyn Dever, Jeff Garlin, E...

Aka "Say When". Overeducated and underemployed, 28-year-old Megan (Keira Knightley) is in the throes of a quarter-life crisis. Squarely into adulthood... Read more

Larry Crowne (2011)

6.1/10
Director: Tom Hanks
Starring: Julia Roberts, Pam Grier, Tom Hanks, Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P Henson, Br...

Academy Award winner Tom Hanks directed, co-wrote (with Nia Vardalos), and stars in this romantic and optimistic comedy about how it's never too late... Read more

Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

7.3/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson

A delightful, sweet-natured, Capra-esque story about the affection painfully shy Lars (Ryan Gosling) bestows on his new girlfriend. This still comes... Read more