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* Jane Austen's ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', where Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy start out acting contemptuously toward one another. Given the conventions of Romantic comedy, isn't the

* Jane Austen's ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', where Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy start out acting contemptuously toward one another. Given the conventions of Romantic comedy, isn't the ultimate outcome of their relationship inevitable?
* ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe''
* ''Film/ThePrinceAndTheShowgirl''
* ''Film/PrinceCharming''
* ''Film/PrincessORourke''
* ''Film/PromiseHerAnything''
* ''Film/TheProposal''
* ''Film/TheQuietMan''
* ''Film/TheRebound''
* ''Film/RememberTheNight''
* ''Film/ReturnToMe'': David Duchovny plays Bob, an architect whose wife dies in a car crash. Minnie Driver plays Grace, who has a heart transplant early on. About a year later, Grace is waiting tables at her grandfather's restaurant when Bob shows up on an abysmal blind date. Bob and Grace click and all seems to be going well, until Grace finds out just who her heart donor was... Carroll O'Connor (yes, a.k.a. [[Series/AllInTheFamily Archie Bunker]]) gives a solid supporting performance in his final role, playing Grace's kindly grandfather, who proves quite helpful to both parties.
* ''Film/RomanHoliday''
* ''Film/{{Roxanne}}''
* ''Film/RunawayBride''
* ''Film/{{Sabrina 1954}}''
* ''Film/{{Sabrina 1995}}''
* ''Film/{{Sam}}'': A GenderBender romantic comedy in which a HandsomeLech is transformed into a woman, only to develop romantic feelings for his best friend.
* ''Film/SavingFace''
* ''Film/SecondAct''
* ''Film/{{Serendipity}}''. It was in fact marketed with this tag line: "Destiny with a sense of humor."
* ''Film/SetItUp''
* ''Film/SexAndTheSingleGirl''
* ''Film/ShallowHal''
* ''Film/ShesDatingTheGangster''
* ''Film/ShesOutOfMyLeague''
* ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner''
* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' is a "romantic comedy with zombies". (A "Rom-Zom-Com", if you will.)
* ''Film/SierraBurgessIsALoser''
* ''Film/{{Singles}}''
* ''Film/SinTakesAHoliday''
* ''Series/{{Sirene}}''
* ''Film/SkinDeep''
* ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle'' - Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. A kid calls a radio talk show looking for someone to date his widowed dad and a woman on the other side of the country tunes in. She gradually becomes GenreSavvy and finally meets him at the end of the film.
* ''Film/SmilesOfASummerNight'' says right after the title: "en romantisk komedi av INGMAR BERGMAN."[[note]]"a romantic comedy by INGMAR BERGMAN."[[/note]] Yes, ''[[PlayingAgainstType/FilmDirecting that]]'' Creator/IngmarBergman.
* ''Film/SomethingBorrowed''
* ''Film/SomethingsGottaGive''
* ''Film/{{Splash}}''
* ''Film/SplashToo''
* ''[[Film/StraightUp2019 Straight Up]]''
* ''Film/{{Strange Bedfellows|1965}}''
* ''Film/TheStrawberryBlonde''
* ''Film/SummerLovers''
* ''Film/TheSureThing''
* ''Film/TheSweetestThing''
* ''Film/SweetHomeAlabama''
* ''Film/SweptAway''
* ''Film/TeachersPet1958''
* ''Film/TheTest2012''
* ''Film/ThatTouchOfMink''
* ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''
* ''Film/ThinkLikeAMan'': The surprisingly well acted story in which Steve Harvey releases a book telling women how men think, women read, and men react.
* ''Film/ThirdFingerLeftHand''
* ''Film/ThisIsTheNight''
* ''Film/ThreeToTango''
* ''Film/ATicklishAffair''
* ''Film/TiMER''
* ''Film/TinCup''
* ''Film/ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore''
** ''Film/ToAllTheBoysPSIStillLoveYou''
** ''Film/ToAllTheBoysAlwaysAndForever''
* ''Film/TooManyHusbands''
* ''Film/{{Tootsie}}''
* ''Film/TooYoungToKiss''
* ''Film/{{Trainwreck}}''
* ''Film/TroubleInParadise''
* ''Film/TheTruthAboutCatsAndDogs''
* ''Film/TwoFacedWoman''
* ''Film/TwoWeeksNotice'' (the quintessential Hugh Grant romantic comedy, stars Sandra Bullock, another Rom Com staple)
* ''Film/TheUglyTruth'': Stars Creator/GerardButler as a foul-mouthed, sexist TV personality and Creator/KatherineHeigl as his producer.
* ''Film/VacationFromMarriage''
* ''Film/ValentinesDay''
* ''Film/VirtualSexuality''
* ''Film/TheVoiceOfTheTurtle''
* ''Film/WalkDontRun''
* ''Film/WalkingOnSunshine''
* ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'': One of Creator/AdamSandler's most critically acclaimed movies.
* ''Film/WeddingWars''
* ''Film/TheWeddingYear''
* ''Film/WhatsYourNumber''
* ''Film/WhatWomenWant''
* ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'' was far from the first RomanticComedy; it was filmed in 1989. But it has wit and humor and a nice soul, and as such is generally regarded as the model for the genre.
* ''Film/WhenInRome''
* ''Film/WhileYouWereSleeping''
* ''Film/WhyHim''
* ''Film/{{Wimbledon}}''
* ''Film/WinADateWithTadHamilton''
* ''Film/WithSixYouGetEggroll''
* ''Film/TheWomanInRed''
* ''Film/WomanOfTheYear''
* ''Film/WorkingGirl''
* ''Film/YouveGotMail'' - Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan again. This time she runs a small bookshop, he's one of the owner/execs of a big bookstore chain threatening Meg's store, and while they're hostile in real life, they're close friends online. A remake of a the Jimmy Stewart movie, ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner'' (1940).
* ''Film/WhyBeGood'' is a silent film from 1929 that has many elements that would later be associated with Romantic Comedies. Misunderstandings galore!
* ''Film/{{Zerophilia}}''

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+ RomanticComedy/AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro''

* ''Manga/EngagedToTheUnidentified''

* ''LightNovel/{{GoldenTime}}''

* ''Manga/HatsukoiZombie''

* ''Manga/HitomiChanIsShyWithStrangers''

* ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}''

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''

* ''Manga/KamisamaKiss''

* ''Manga/KotouraSan'': A surprisingly dark one. The romance and comedy is mixed with substantial amounts of drama. The DownerBeginning is the first bump in the road.

* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions''
* ''Manga/LoveHina''

* ''Manga/{{Momokuri}}''

* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun''

* ''Manga/MyFirstGirlfriendIsAGal''
* ''Manga/MyLoveStory''

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' is "love(craft) comedy that '[[BoyMeetsGhoul boy meets a devil]]'". Yeah, a parody of Franchise/CthulhuMythos.

* ''Manga/Oddman11''

* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub''

* ''Manga/RentAGirlfriend''

* ''Manga/SchoolRumble''

* ''Manga/SisconAniToBroconImoutoGaShoujikiNiNattara''

* ''Manga/TonariNoKashiwagiSan''

* ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl''

* ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''

* ''Manga/TsurezureChildren''

* ''Manga/UzakiChanWantsToHangOut''

* ''Manga/WhyTheHellAreYouHereTeacher''

* ''LightNovel/YouLikeMeNotMyDaughter''

->''"Every romantic comedy should just be called ''Trying to Fuck''. "This week, Creator/JenniferAniston and this guy are Trying to Fuck. Next week, Jennifer Aniston and ''this'' guy are Trying to Fuck. Will they fuck? Probably.''

See also RomanceArc, RuleOfRomantic, and compare with the BromanticComedy.

* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'

Many rom-coms use a set of certain tropes. Many feature two more or less equal protagonists with one slightly more equal than the other. The story may start with one character being dumped/divorced/widowed. His/her friends and family urge him/her to find someone. The protagonist may agree to go on several blind dates. At some point, they [[MeetCute meet]] our second protagonist. Usually, the second character isn't an obvious match for the first; [[ManicPixieDreamGirl maybe she's wild and crazy and he's a CPA]]. Or [[UptownGirl he's rich and she's poor.]] A romantic comedy usually provides a victory of love against all odds. A certain amount of overlap with {{Dramedy}} is not unusual. Romantic comedies in more recent years have made a concerted effort to subvert some parts of the genre where possible, present the story in a more down to earth or certainly less [[LighterAndSofter light and fluffy]] manner, add [[HotterAndSexier raunchier humor]], more flawed characters and occasionally elements of [[TakeThatAudience self-deprecation]], but in most of them there remains a large degree of audience-understood [[StatusQuoIsGod foregone conclusion]].