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.
6.9/10
Love and chocolate are the predominant themes of this charming French romantic comedy in which Benoit Poelvoorde plays the owner of a small chocolate... Read more
6.6/10
Steve Martin successfully updates the story of 'Cyrano de Bergerac' as he plays a soulful small-town fire chief with a big heart and an even larger no... Read more
7.2/10
Suffering from writer's block ever since his success as a teenage author, Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) believes he's on the verge of a breakthrough... Read more
7.2/10
Suffering from writer's block ever since his success as a teenage author, Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) believes he's on the verge of a breakthrough... Read more
Sarah (Jennifer Aniston) is the black sheep in the family, confused about her stalling journalistic career and her impending marriage to boyfriend Mar... Read more
6.6/10
In an attempt to win back the pregnant fiancee he left standing at the altar years earlier, the slightly flabby Dennis (Simon Pegg) decides to prove h... Read more
5.5/10
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere ("Pretty Woman") reteam in this romantic comedy about a reporter investigating a small-town woman notorious for leaving... Read more
7/10
Set five years after 'The Spanish Apartment', friends Xavier (Romain Duris), William (Kevin Bishop), Wendy (Kelly Reilly), Martine (Audrey Tatou) and... Read more
6.7/10
Passionate and independent as a youth, Sabah is now a devout, forty-year-old Muslim woman, living in Canada and devoted to her traditional family. Bu... Read more
6.3/10
Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond and Greg Kinnear make the perfect love triangle in this updated version of the classic of the same name. Two rich brothers... Read more