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.
5.6/10
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
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
6.5/10
Five stories of sex and love unfold during a strange, hot summer in Madrid. Read more
6.6/10
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
7/10
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
7/10
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
7/10
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
6.4/10
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
6.1/10
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
7.3/10
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