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.
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After a wild night of drinking and gambling in Sin City, strangers Ashton Kutcher and Cameon Diaz wake up to find they've emabarked on a whirlwind mar... Read more
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Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) is a medical school dropout who's been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. While everyone around him seems to be findin... Read more
6.4/10
After an accident, a chauvinistic executive gains the ability to hear what women are really thinking. Based on the Hollywood blockbuster. Read more
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After an electric shock in his bathroom, chauvinistic advertising executive Mel Gibson finds he can read women's minds. While his new abilities at fir... Read more
7.2/10
Meet New Yorker Boris Yellnikoff ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"'s Larry David): a sarcastic, bitter and brilliant misanthrope who almost won the Nobel Prize.... Read more
6.7/10
A stuck-up Dublin schoolteacher suddenly falls for a free spirited thief in Roddy Doyle's (writer of "The Commitments", "The Snapper") madcap romantic... Read more
7.6/10
Brimming over with style, intelligence and flashing wit, this splendid, irresistible film from director Rob Reiner is one of the best-loved romantic c... Read more
6.7/10
A young Chicago transit worker saves her dream man from muggers, and when he falls into a coma she passes herself off as his fiancee. Things get stick... Read more
6.1/10
A simmering and often humourous tale of lost friendship with Adam Scott as Daniel, a successful writer who hasn't seen his best friend Will (Lukas Haa... Read more
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Malibu brat Poppy (Emma Roberts) has caused so much havoc in her parents' life that they are packing her off to a strict English boarding school. Find... Read more