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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.

She's All That (1999)

5.8/10
Director: Robert Iscove
Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Freddie Prinze Jr, Paul Walker, Matthew Lillard, Jodi Lyn O'...

Freddie Prinze Jr stars as a high school favourite who makes a bet with a fellow classmate that he can turn mousy, bespectacled Rachael Leigh Cook int... Read more

She's Gotta Have It (1986)

6.6/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Spike Lee

The celebrated first feature from independent black filmmaker Spike Lee, a brazenly comic foray into sexual politics. Tracy Camilla Johns stars as Nol... Read more

She's Out of My League (2010)

6.4/10
Director: Jim Field Smith
Starring: Krysten Ritter, Nate Torrence, Alice Eve, Lindsay Sloane, Geoff Stults, TJ Mille...

Raucous romantic comedy starring Jay Baruchel as an average guy stuck in a dead-end job as an airport security guard, who can't believe his luck when... Read more

She's Out of My League (Blu-ray) (2010)

6.4/10
Director: Jim Field Smith
Starring: Krysten Ritter, Nate Torrence, Alice Eve, Lindsay Sloane, Geoff Stults, TJ Mille...

Raucous romantic comedy starring Jay Baruchel as an average guy stuck in a dead-end job as an airport security guard, who can't believe his luck when... Read more

She's The One (1996)

6/10
Director: Edward Burns
Starring: Edward Burns, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz

Ed Burns became an overnight celebrity with his micro-budget 'The Brothers McMullen'. His follow-up is another sprightly comedy starring himself, this... Read more

Shirley Valentine (1989)

7.2/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Alison Steadman

A gem of a film about a witty housewife, bored with the hum-drum routine of suburban life, who jumps at the chance to rediscover herself when she join... Read more

Shooting Lily (1996)

7.9/10
Director: Arthur Borman
Starring: Matt Wilson, Amy Smallman

What can a husband do when the woman he loves leaves him for no reason at all? In this case he has it all on tape - his obsessive camcorderings of the... Read more

Shopgirl (2005)

6.4/10
Director: Anand Tucker
Starring: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms, Fr...

Steve Martin stars in and adapted the screenplay from his own novella about shopgirl Mirabelle (Claire Danes); she's depressed, underpaid, in debt and... Read more

Shopgirls: Series 1 (1999)

7.8/10
Director: Giorgio Capitani
Starring: Sabrina Ferilli, Nancy Brilli, Veronica Pivetti, Caterina Vertova, Anna Valle, E...

Six very different women work together in an elegant boutique in Rome in this quintessentially Italian soap opera. Through their daily struggles with... Read more

Show of Hands (2008)

6.5/10
Director: Anthony McCarten
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt, Kyle Dyhrberg, Chelsie Preston Cray...

Melanie Lynskey came back to NZ to make this light-hearted romantic drama about a competition (famously held in Lower Hutt back in the '80s) where fol... Read more