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->--'''Becky''', ''SleeplessInSeattle''

->--'''Jason''', ''HomeMovies''

* ''MorningGlory'' - It's mostly a comedy about Rachel McAdams working as the producer of a morning show, but it still gets categorized as a chick flick. Like [[{{IQ}} I.Q.]], it's story is bigger than just the romance.

*** Kenneth Branagh's version of ''[=~Love's Labour's Lost~=]'', which cross-breeds the original text with the songs and style of 1930s movie musicals.

* ''Literature/ArashiNoYoruNi''

** 1981's ''{{Arthur}}'' was an intentional throwback to these, and a very successful one.

* Every bleeding KevinJames vehicle save GrownUps.
* WeddingWars

Still, mocking the genre as completely worthless is probably unfair. Given a likable cast (note to directors: if you can get Hugh Grant for your comedy, do so) and a script with a little effort put into it, a RomanticComedy can be light and fun. People like watching other people falling in love, and really, there's nothing wrong with that. This genre also seems to account for a large percentage of Meg Ryan's career.

* ''ForgettingSarahMarshall''

* ''Dirty Love''

* ''AlongCamePolly''

* ''AlongCamePolly''

** 1951's ''SingingInTheRain'' is an even earlier throwback, also very successful.

* {{Hitch}}

** Let's just cut to the point and say that Shakespeare's comedies end in weddings. His tragedies sometimes include weddings towards the beginning, such as ''Othello'' or ''Romeo and Juliet'' and these weddings are a big indicator of how they're supposed to be treated as tragic, ''not'' [[MisaimedFandom comedic]].
** Indeed, {{Shakespeare}}'s own life got fictionalized (read: made up, since we don't know that much about his live) for ''{{Shakespeare in Love}}''. Also, there's been a bunch of {{Recycled IN SPACE}} variations on his romantic comedies in recent years:

** Indeed, {{Shakespeare}}'s own life got fictionalized for ''{{Shakespeare in Love}}''. Also, there's been a bunch of {{Recycled IN SPACE}} variations on his romantic comedies in recent years:

LoveAtFirstSight is rare. The two characters will often spend a good part of the movie [[SlapSlapKiss fighting]] their [[{{UST}} obvious attraction]] to each other. Eventually, they'll realize they're perfect for each other. Naturally, something will pop up; maybe a ''ThreesCompany'' kind of misunderstanding, or [[ThirdActMisunderstanding a revelation in the third act]] about one of them lying. One of the two characters will storm off in a huff, the other chases after them and does something really romantic to win them back. The movie ends with the two characters ([[HookedUpAfterwards or more!]]) reunited in a romantic embrace. Maybe there'll even be a wedding montage in the credits.

* Some of Woody Allen's films, most famously ''AnnieHall''. He's more prone to the BittersweetEnding than most.

** 1981's ''Arthur'' was an intentional throwback to these, and a very successful one.
** 1972's ''What's Up, Doc?'' was an earlier one.

* ''ThirteenGoingOnThirty''

* ''MorningGlory''