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| 11 | ->''"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.'"'' |
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| 19 | Romantic comedy, aka "rom-com", is a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Since all it says on the tin is "love" and "laughs", the genre provides large meadows for the screenwriters to frolic in. Many writers have pushed and blurred the lines of romantic comedy. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | 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]] [[UptightLovesWild 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]]. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Every story needs a conflict, and since rom-coms are driven by the quest for love, the conflict derives from the obstacles to the quest. This could be the apparent incompatibility of the leads: mutual LoveAtFirstSight is rare. The two characters will spend a good part of the movie [[SlapSlapKiss fighting]] their [[{{UST}} obvious attraction]]. Eventually, they'll realize they're perfect for each other. Or, something will pop up; maybe a ''Series/ThreesCompany'' kind of misunderstanding, or [[ThirdActMisunderstanding a revelation in the third act]] about one of them lying. [[SecondActBreakup One of the two characters will storm off in a huff]]. Or the couple is [[MarriageBeforeRomance already married]] for some reason, and the conflict comes partially from different expectations and misunderstandings. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | The climax of a rom-com requires the satisfactory recognition of love: the other chases after the love interest and does [[GrandRomanticGesture something really romantic]] to win them back. The reconciliation scene ends with the two characters reunited in a romantic embrace. Often ends in a wedding. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Tropes typically employed in a romantic comedy are covered in: |
| 30 | * AttractionTropes |
| 31 | * [[FlirtingAndCourtship Flirting And Courtship Tropes]] |
| 32 | * DatingTropes |
| 33 | * LoveTropes |
| 34 | * SexTropes |
| 35 | * WeddingAndEngagementTropes |
| 36 | * MarriageTropes |
| 37 | |
| 38 | The usual rom-com main characters are covered in LoveInterests. Characters that often occupy the stratosphere around the rom-com protagonists include: BetaCouple, DeadpanSnarker, GayBestFriend, PluckyComicRelief. The main characters are typically employed in a RomComJob. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | See also RomanceArc, RuleOfRomantic, and compare with the BromanticComedy and ScrewballComedy. Often overlaps with HaremGenre, although those are not always comedic. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | ---- |
| 43 | !!Examples |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 46 | [[index]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | * RomanticComedy/AnimeAndManga has its own sub-index. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 51 | * ''Fanfic/BestOfMyLove'' is listed as this, with the twist that one half of the main couple (Meng Yao) is on the ace spectrum. |
| 52 | ** Lampshaded in-universe by Mianmian, who comments that “that was a romcom” when she sees the two interact. |
| 53 | * ''Fanfic/TheDemonicSetoKaichouIsMyValentine'': the main source of humor is the shenanigans that happened between Miku and Len by the student council members that set them up to a "date". |
| 54 | * ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': The budding relationship between Spark and Arlo is the main source of humor throughout the fanfic and many common tropes to the genre are lampshaded. |
| 55 | * The Fanfic ''Fanfic/KnowledgeIsPower'' is [[InformedAttribute theoretically this]]. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 59 | * Examples of the genre go all the way back to the silent era, including: |
| 60 | ** ''Film/GetYourMan'' |
| 61 | ** ''Film/It1927'' |
| 62 | ** ''Film/ThePatsy'' |
| 63 | ** ''Film/ThePlasticAge'' |
| 64 | ** ''Film/WhyBeGood'' |
| 65 | * Films of the ScrewballComedy subgenre of the 1930s-'40s were often these. |
| 66 | ** ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' |
| 67 | ** ''Film/{{Carefree}}'' |
| 68 | ** ''Film/TheDoctorTakesAWife'' |
| 69 | ** ''Film/TheGayDivorcee'' |
| 70 | ** ''Film/EasyLiving'' |
| 71 | ** ''Film/HandsAcrossTheTable'' |
| 72 | ** ''Film/ImYourMan2021'' |
| 73 | ** ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'' |
| 74 | ** ''Film/ItsAWonderfulWorld'' |
| 75 | ** ''Film/ItsLoveImAfter'' |
| 76 | ** ''Film/LibeledLady'' |
| 77 | ** ''Film/LoveBeforeBreakfast'' |
| 78 | ** ''Film/LoveIsNews'' |
| 79 | ** ''Film/{{Midnight|1939}}'' |
| 80 | ** ''Film/{{Mr and Mrs Smith|1941}}'' |
| 81 | ** ''Film/MyManGodfrey'' |
| 82 | ** ''Film/{{Ninotchka}}'' |
| 83 | ** ''Film/ShallWeDance'' |
| 84 | ** ''Film/StandIn'' |
| 85 | ** ''Film/TheodoraGoesWild'' |
| 86 | ** ''Film/TopHat'' |
| 87 | ** ''Film/HisGirlFriday'' adds a curve in that the romantic protagonists are divorced as well as former boss and prize employee (editor and ace reporter). It's an otherwise faithful adaptation of the ''non''-romantic comedy ''The Front Page'', gender-flipping the original play's reporter from male to female to add a romance. |
| 88 | ** 1951's ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' was one of the first throwbacks to this genre, set in the late 1920s. |
| 89 | ** 1972's ''Film/WhatsUpDoc'' was the first significant throwback to be set in the then-present day. |
| 90 | ** ''Film/Arthur1981'' |
| 91 | ** ''Film/{{Leatherheads}}'' |
| 92 | ** ''The Film/RunawayBride'' strays deep into screwball territory, although it is more serious in some respects than most - the protagonists' psychological hang-ups are explored and e.g. the father's drinking problem is not done for laughs. |
| 93 | ** ''Film/MissPettigrewLivesForADay'' is a modern incarnation, but the threat of war on the horizon casts a shadow over all the gaiety. |
| 94 | * There are quite a few young adult books that follow this formula, Creator/SarahDessen's work being a good example. They usually are exactly like the countless movies in this genre, except that they take place in high school. Most of the common stereotypes of rom coms are translated into a high school setting, for example instead of them being not compatible the couple usually will be childhood friends, and usually the girl wants the most popular guy, but realizes she's in love with her best friend. |
| 95 | * Many of the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musicals. In addition to the ones mentioned under ScrewballComedy above: |
| 96 | ** ''Film/FlyingDownToRio'' |
| 97 | ** ''Film/{{Roberta}}'' |
| 98 | ** ''Film/FollowTheFleet'' |
| 99 | ** ''Film/SwingTime'' |
| 100 | * Every bleeding Creator/KevinJames vehicle save ''Film/GrownUps''. |
| 101 | * Some of Creator/WoodyAllen's films, most famously ''Film/AnnieHall''. He's more prone to the BittersweetEnding than most. |
| 102 | * ''[[Film/Ten1979 10]]'' |
| 103 | * ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' (modernization of ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'') |
| 104 | * ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'' |
| 105 | * ''Film/TwentySevenDresses'' |
| 106 | * ''Film/FortyDaysAndFortyNights'' |
| 107 | * ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'' |
| 108 | * ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'' |
| 109 | * ''[[Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer (500) Days of Summer]]'' is a {{deconstruction}} of the genre. |
| 110 | * ''Film/AboutLastNight'' |
| 111 | * ''Film/AdamsRib'' |
| 112 | * ''Film/AddictedToLove'' |
| 113 | * ''ComicBook/AfterEden'' |
| 114 | * ''Film/AlexAndEmma'' |
| 115 | * ''Film/AlongCamePolly'' |
| 116 | * ''Film/{{Alto}}'' |
| 117 | * ''Film/AlwaysBeMyMaybe'' |
| 118 | * ''Film/{{Amelie}}'' has many elements of the romantic comedy; probably it's not considered so by most people because it's so original in terms of not only its story but also its art direction and acting that it's hard to associate it with the romcom's reputation of formula. |
| 119 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' might not be a Romantic Comedy exactly but it does have Meg Ryan voicing the lead who has a typically sparky Rom Com like relationship with the love interest Dimitri (John Cusack). Possibly the closest analogue in animation to this genre, though romantic subplots in contemporary Western animation often invoke its tropes (consider the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' films). |
| 120 | * ''Film/AnnieHall'' is a subversion in that it's a backward look at a romance that's ended. |
| 121 | * ''Film/AnyoneButYou'' |
| 122 | * ''Film/TheApartment'' is at once a subversion and a straight example of this. |
| 123 | * ''Film/AsGoodAsItGets'' |
| 124 | * ''Film/AskAnyGirl'' |
| 125 | * ''Film/AsteroidCity'' |
| 126 | * ''Film/AtMidnight2023'' |
| 127 | * ''Film/{{Avanti}}'' |
| 128 | * ''Film/TheBachelor'' |
| 129 | * ''Film/BachelorMother'' |
| 130 | * ''Film/TheBackupPlan'' |
| 131 | * ''Film/{{Barefoot}}'' |
| 132 | * ''Film/TheBaxter'' |
| 133 | * ''Film/BellBookAndCandle'' |
| 134 | * ''Film/BestFriends1982'' |
| 135 | * ''Film/TheBestMan'' |
| 136 | * ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'' |
| 137 | * ''Film/BicentennialMan'' |
| 138 | * ''Film/TheBigSick'' |
| 139 | * ''Film/TheBigWedding'' |
| 140 | * ''Film/BlackCatWhiteCat'' |
| 141 | * ''Film/BlameItOnRio'' |
| 142 | * ''Film/BlastFromThePast'' |
| 143 | * ''Film/BlindDate'' |
| 144 | * ''Film/{{Boomerang|1992}}'' |
| 145 | * ''Film/BoxingDay'' |
| 146 | * ''Film/TheBoyfriendSchool'' |
| 147 | * ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' |
| 148 | * ''Film/TheBreakUp'' is a rom-com with a difference: its BittersweetEnding. |
| 149 | * ''Film/BrideWars'' |
| 150 | * ''Film/BullDurham'' |
| 151 | * ''Film/TheBrokenHeartsGallery'' |
| 152 | * ''Film/TheCallbackQueen'' |
| 153 | * ''Film/CarryOnLoving'' |
| 154 | * ''Film/{{Casanova}}'' (the 2005 film with Creator/HeathLedger) |
| 155 | * ''Film/ChaletGirl'' |
| 156 | * ''Film/ChasingLiberty'' |
| 157 | * ''Film/ChooseLove'' |
| 158 | * ''Film/ChillyScenesOfWinter'' |
| 159 | * ''Film/ChristmasInConnecticut'' |
| 160 | * ''Film/ClunyBrown'' |
| 161 | * ''Film/ComeLiveWithMe'' |
| 162 | * ''Film/{{Confetti}}'' |
| 163 | * ''Film/ACountessFromHongKong'' |
| 164 | * ''Film/CountYourBlessings'' |
| 165 | * ''Film/CrazyBeautifulYou'' |
| 166 | * ''Film/CrazyStupidLove'' |
| 167 | * ''Film/CrossingDelancey'' |
| 168 | * ''Film/CurlyTop'' (a Creator/ShirleyTemple vehicle where the two main adult characters fall in love) |
| 169 | * ''Film/DatingTheEnemy'' |
| 170 | * ''Film/TheDeadInside'' |
| 171 | * ''Film/DeliverUsFromEva'' |
| 172 | * ''Film/DeepInTheValley'' |
| 173 | * ''Film/DesigningWoman'' |
| 174 | * ''Film/DeskSet'' |
| 175 | * ''Film/Desperados2020'' |
| 176 | * ''Film/DestinationWedding'' |
| 177 | * ''Film/TheDevilAndMissJones'' |
| 178 | * ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans'' |
| 179 | * ''Film/DinnerInAmerica'' |
| 180 | * ''Film/DirtyLove'' |
| 181 | * ''Film/TheDivorceOfLadyX'' |
| 182 | * ''Film/DocHollywood'' |
| 183 | * ''Film/DonovansReef'' |
| 184 | * ''Film/DownWithLove'' is a parody. |
| 185 | * ''Film/DrinkingBuddies'' is a rare example that examines the difficulties when you're already in a relationship, rather than simply capturing the beginning of one. |
| 186 | * ''Film/DriveMeCrazy'' |
| 187 | * ''Film/DrTAndTheWomen'' |
| 188 | * ''WesternAnimation/Elemental2023'' |
| 189 | * ''Film/EnoughSaid'' is a deconstruction of modern rom-coms. |
| 190 | * ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'' is a {{deconstruction}} of the genre. |
| 191 | * ''Film/TheExMrsBradford'' |
| 192 | * ''Film/FailureToLaunch'' |
| 193 | * ''Film/FatherGoose'' |
| 194 | * ''Film/AFineMess'' |
| 195 | * ''Film/FireIsland'' |
| 196 | * ''Film/TheFiveYearEngagement'' |
| 197 | * ''Film/TheFlintstonesInVivaRockVegas'' |
| 198 | * ''Film/FlyingDownToRio'' |
| 199 | * ''Film/FlyMeToTheMoon2024'' |
| 200 | * ''Film/{{Focus}}'' |
| 201 | * ''Film/FoolsRushIn'' |
| 202 | * ''Film/AForeignAffair'' |
| 203 | * ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' At least one review for this movie referred to it as a "romantic comedy for guys". |
| 204 | * ''Film/ForLoveOrMoney1963'' |
| 205 | * ''Film/ForsakingAllOthers'' |
| 206 | * ''Film/TheFourSeasons'' |
| 207 | * ''Film/FrankieAndJohnny'' |
| 208 | * ''Film/FrenchKiss'' |
| 209 | * ''Film/FriendsWithBenefits'' |
| 210 | * ''Film/FriendsWithKids'' |
| 211 | * ''Film/TheFWord'' |
| 212 | * ''Film/{{Gigli}}'' |
| 213 | * ''Film/GetMarriedIfYouCan'' |
| 214 | * ''Film/GetOverIt'' |
| 215 | * ''Film/GetYourMan'' |
| 216 | * ''Film/Ghosted2023'' |
| 217 | * ''Film/GhostsCantDoIt'' |
| 218 | * ''Film/TheGhostGoesWest'' |
| 219 | * ''Film/GhostsOfGirlfriendsPast'' |
| 220 | * ''Film/{{The Girl Next Door|2004}}'' |
| 221 | * ''Film/GoingTheDistance'' |
| 222 | * ''Film/GoodAdvice'' |
| 223 | * ''Film/TheGoodbyeGirl'' |
| 224 | * ''Film/AGoodYear'' |
| 225 | * ''Film/{{Gorgeous}}'' |
| 226 | * ''Film/GovernmentGirl'' |
| 227 | * ''Film/GrayMatters'' |
| 228 | * ''Film/GreenCard'' |
| 229 | * ''Film/GregorysGirl'' |
| 230 | * ''Film/GriffTheInvisible'' |
| 231 | * ''Film/GrumpyOldMen'' |
| 232 | ** ''Film/GrumpierOldMen'' |
| 233 | * ''Film/HappiestSeason'' |
| 234 | * ''Film/HappyAccidents'' |
| 235 | * ''Film/HavingWonderfulTime'' |
| 236 | * ''Film/{{Heartbreakers}}'' |
| 237 | * ''Film/TheHeartbreakKid1972'' |
| 238 | * ''Film/TheHeartbreakKid2007'' |
| 239 | * ''Film/HenrysCrime'' |
| 240 | * ''Film/HerAlibi'' |
| 241 | * ''Film/HeSaidSheSaid'' |
| 242 | * ''Film/HesAllThat'' |
| 243 | * ''Film/HesJustNotThatIntoYou'' |
| 244 | * ''Film/{{Hitch}}'' |
| 245 | * ''Film/{{Holiday}}'' |
| 246 | * ''Film/TheHoliday'' |
| 247 | * ''Film/HolidayAffair'' |
| 248 | * ''Film/HoneymoonInVegas'' |
| 249 | * ''Film/{{Housesitter}}'' |
| 250 | * ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyIn10Days'': With Kate Hudson and Matthew [=McConaughey=], how could it go wrong? |
| 251 | * ''Film/HowToMarryAMillionaire'' |
| 252 | * ''Film/HowToTalkToGirlsAtParties'' |
| 253 | * ''Film/ICouldNeverBeYourWoman'' |
| 254 | * ''Film/IDontWantToBeAMan'' |
| 255 | * ''Film/IfAManAnswers'' |
| 256 | * ''Film/IFeelPretty'' |
| 257 | * ''Film/IGiveItAYear'' is a twist on the concept in that the story is about the main couple realizing they are ''not'' meant for each other, and end up paired with characters that in any other story would be the RomanticFalseLead. |
| 258 | * ''Film/IKnowWhereImGoing'' |
| 259 | * ''Film/ILoveTrouble'' |
| 260 | * ''Film/ILoveYouAgain'' |
| 261 | * ''Film/ILoveYouPhillipMorris'' is a gay-romantic {{dramedy}}. |
| 262 | * ''Film/IMarriedAWitch'' |
| 263 | * ''Film/ImagineMeAndYou'' |
| 264 | * ''Film/InTheGoodOldSummertime'' - ''The Shop Around the Corner'' re-imagined as a musical. |
| 265 | * ''Film/IntolerableCruelty'' |
| 266 | * ''Film/{{IQ|1994}}'' - Meg Ryan again, as Albert Einstein's (probably historically inaccurate) niece, with Tim Robbins as an auto mechanic who winds up with Uncle Albert (hilariously played by Walter Matthau) and his buddies trying to help him get her away from her stuffy psychologist fiance (played by Stephen Fry). |
| 267 | * ''Film/IrmaLaDouce'' |
| 268 | * ''Film/TheIronyOfFate'' |
| 269 | * ''Film/IsntItRomantic'' |
| 270 | * ''Film/ItCouldHappenToYou'' |
| 271 | * ''Film/IThinkIDo1997'' |
| 272 | * ''Film/IThinkILoveMyWife'' |
| 273 | * ''Film/ItsComplicated'' |
| 274 | * ''Film/ItShouldHappenToYou'' - Creator/JackLemmon's first feature-film, and Judy Holliday in a great DumbBlonde role. |
| 275 | * ''Film/IWantSomeoneToEatCheeseWith'': A bit of a twist on it as the point is that the guy does not get the girl. |
| 276 | * ''Film/IWantYouBack'' |
| 277 | * ''Film/JaneWantsABoyfriend'' |
| 278 | * ''Film/{{Jeffrey|1995}}'' |
| 279 | * ''Film/{{Jexi}}'' |
| 280 | * ''Film/JohnLovesMary'' |
| 281 | * ''Film/JuliaMisbehaves'' |
| 282 | * ''Film/JustFriends'' |
| 283 | * ''Film/JustGoWithIt'' |
| 284 | * ''Film/JustLikeHeaven'' |
| 285 | * ''Film/JustMarried'' |
| 286 | * ''Film/JustMyLuck'' |
| 287 | * ''Film/JustTheWayYouAre'' |
| 288 | * ''Film/KateAndLeopold'' |
| 289 | * ''Film/KeepingTheFaith'' |
| 290 | * ''Film/KeepTheChange2017'' |
| 291 | * ''Film/TheKissingBooth'' |
| 292 | * ''Film/TheKissingBooth2'' |
| 293 | * ''Film/TheKissingBooth3'' |
| 294 | * ''Film/KissingAFool'' |
| 295 | * ''Film/KissingJessicaStein'' |
| 296 | * ''Film/TheKnightBeforeChristmas'' |
| 297 | * ''Film/KnockedUp'' |
| 298 | * ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' was basically a Disneyfied take on the traditional rom-com story, and judging how famous and homaged the movie is more than 60 years later, it worked out pretty well. |
| 299 | * ''Film/{{Laggies}}'' |
| 300 | * ''Film/TheLastOfMrsCheney'' |
| 301 | * ''Film/LawsOfAttraction'' |
| 302 | * ''Film/LeapYear1921'' |
| 303 | * ''Film/LeapYear2010'' |
| 304 | * ''Film/LifeAfterBeth'' |
| 305 | * ''Film/LifeAsWeKnowIt'' |
| 306 | * ''Film/ALifeLessOrdinary'' |
| 307 | * ''Film/LittleBlackBook'' |
| 308 | * ''Film/TheLittleHut'' |
| 309 | * ''Film/LittleManhattan'' |
| 310 | * ''Film/LittleNicky'' |
| 311 | * ''Film/LongShot'' |
| 312 | * ''Film/LookBothWays2022'' |
| 313 | * ''Film/LostAndFound1999'' |
| 314 | * ''Film/TheLostCity'' is an AffectionateParody of ''Mills and Boon''-style romance novels [[GenreMashup as well]] as pulpy adventure stories; a novelist specializing in adventure-themed romance books gets kidnapped by a billionaire who wants her expertise to help find a lost treasure, the cover model for her books comes to save her and they start falling in love. |
| 315 | * ''Film/LoveActually'': Multiple love stories going on around Christmastime in London. Stars Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy, and some other people. |
| 316 | ** Slightly unique in that a few of the couples ''didn't'' get together. |
| 317 | * ''Film/LoveAgain'' |
| 318 | * ''Film/LoveAndOtherDrugs'' |
| 319 | * ''Film/LoveAtTheChristmasTable'' |
| 320 | * ''Film/LoveBirds'' |
| 321 | * ''Film/LoveBites'' combines this with VampireFiction. |
| 322 | * ''Film/LoveHard'' |
| 323 | * ''Film/LoveInTheAfternoon'' |
| 324 | * ''Film/LoveInTheVilla'' |
| 325 | * ''Film/LoveMeTonight'' |
| 326 | * ''Film/TheLovebirds'' |
| 327 | * ''Film/TheLoveParade'' |
| 328 | * ''Film/LovePotionNumberNine'' |
| 329 | * ''Film/LoveRosie'' |
| 330 | * ''Film/LovesLaboursLost'': Kenneth Branagh's version of ''Theatre/LovesLaboursLost'', which cross-breeds the original text with the songs and style of 1930s movie musicals. |
| 331 | * ''Film/MadeOfHonor'' |
| 332 | * ''Film/MagicInTheMoonlight'' |
| 333 | * ''Film/TheMagicalChristmasTree'' |
| 334 | * ''Film/MaidInManhattan'' with Music/JenniferLopez-- is "Literature/{{Cinderella}}"-derived; she's poor, he's rich, obviously. |
| 335 | * ''Film/TheMajorAndTheMinor'' Starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. Creator/BillyWilder's directorial debut. |
| 336 | * ''Film/MakeOutWithViolence'' is [[SarcasmMode absolutely heartwarming]]. |
| 337 | * ''Film/{{Mannequin}}'' |
| 338 | * ''Film/ManUp'' |
| 339 | * ''Film/TheMarriageChronicles'' |
| 340 | * ''Film/MarriageOnTheRocks'' |
| 341 | * ''Film/TheMarryingKind'' |
| 342 | * ''Film/MarryMe2010'' |
| 343 | * ''Film/MarryMe2022'' |
| 344 | * ''Film/TheMermaid'' |
| 345 | * ''Film/AMermaidInParis'' |
| 346 | * ''Film/MickeyBlueEyes'' |
| 347 | * ''Film/MickiAndMaude'' |
| 348 | * ''Film/MilkMoney'' |
| 349 | * ''Film/MinAndMax'' |
| 350 | * ''Film/MonsterInLaw'' |
| 351 | * ''Film/MonteCarlo1930'' |
| 352 | * ''Film/MonteCarlo2011'' |
| 353 | * ''Film/MoonOverParador'' |
| 354 | * ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}'' |
| 355 | * ''Film/TheMoreTheMerrier'' |
| 356 | * ''Film/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 ''Film/{{IQ|1994}}'', it's story is bigger than just the romance. |
| 357 | * ''Film/MoscowOnTheHudson'' |
| 358 | * ''Film/MrRight'' |
| 359 | * ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing1993'': 1993 film adaptation of the play. |
| 360 | * ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing2012'': 2012 film adaptation of the play. |
| 361 | * ''Film/MustLoveDogs'' |
| 362 | * ''Film/MyAmnesiaGirl'' |
| 363 | * ''Film/MyBestFriendsWedding'' |
| 364 | * ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'' |
| 365 | * ''Film/MyBlueHeaven'': The subplot of this movie has Barney Coopersmith and Hannah Stubbs, an FBI agent and a police officer respectively meet with BelligerentSexualTension, and as the movie progresses, they fall in love. He even spends the night at her house and throws out her ex-husband the next morning. |
| 366 | * ''Film/MyBossDaughter'' |
| 367 | * ''Film/MyLastFiveGirlfriends'', a tragicomic {{Deconstruction}} of various romcom tropes. |
| 368 | * ''Film/MyLoveCameBack'' |
| 369 | * ''Film/MySassyGirl'' |
| 370 | * ''Film/MySuperExGirlfriend'' |
| 371 | * ''Film/MyWorstNightmare'' |
| 372 | * ''Film/NeverBeenKissed'' |
| 373 | * ''Film/NewInTown'' |
| 374 | * ''Film/NewYearsEve'' |
| 375 | * ''Film/NoStringsAttached2011'' |
| 376 | * ''Film/NottingHill'' |
| 377 | * ''Film/TheObjectOfMyAffection'' |
| 378 | * ''Film/ObviousChild'' |
| 379 | * ''Film/OneFineDay'' |
| 380 | * ''Film/OneTouchOfVenus'' |
| 381 | * ''Film/OnlyYou'' |
| 382 | * ''Film/OutAtTheWedding'' – about a woman who pays a lesbian to act as her fiancee when she gets caught up in a white lie involving her family. |
| 383 | * ''Film/OutToSea'' |
| 384 | * ''Film/OvernightDelivery'' |
| 385 | * ''Film/PaperbackHero'' |
| 386 | * ''Film/ParisWhenItSizzles'' |
| 387 | * ''Film/PartingGlances'' – a gay film set in New York during the height of the AIDS crisis. Notable for ''not'' killing off any of its characters and for being Creator/SteveBuscemi’s feature film debut. |
| 388 | * ''Film/Penelope1966'' |
| 389 | * ''Film/PersonalProperty'' |
| 390 | * ''Film/{{Phffft}}!'' |
| 391 | * ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' |
| 392 | * ''Film/PillowTalk'' |
| 393 | * ''Film/PizzaMyHeart'' |
| 394 | * ''Film/PlayingItCool'' |
| 395 | * ''Film/PlusOne'' |
| 396 | * ''Film/{{Populaire}}'' |
| 397 | * ''Film/PrettyWoman'' |
| 398 | * ''Film/Prime2005'' |
| 399 | * ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'' |
| 400 | * ''Film/ThePrinceAndTheShowgirl'' |
| 401 | * ''Film/PrinceCharming'' |
| 402 | * ''Film/PrincessORourke'' |
| 403 | * ''Film/PromiseHerAnything'' |
| 404 | * ''Film/TheProposal'' |
| 405 | * ''Film/TheQuietMan'' |
| 406 | * ''Film/TheRebound'' |
| 407 | * ''Film/RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue'' |
| 408 | * ''Film/TheRewrite'' |
| 409 | * ''Film/RememberTheNight'' |
| 410 | * ''Film/ReturnToMe'': Creator/DavidDuchovny 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. |
| 411 | * ''Film/RomanHoliday'' |
| 412 | * ''Film/{{Rosaline}}'': A humorous take on ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', where the otherwise shrewish Rosaline falls in love with a rugged suitor. |
| 413 | * ''Film/{{Roxanne}}'' |
| 414 | * ''Film/RoyalRendezvous'' |
| 415 | * ''Film/RumorHasIt'' |
| 416 | * ''Film/RunawayBride'' |
| 417 | * ''Film/RyeLane'' |
| 418 | * ''Film/Sabrina1954'' |
| 419 | * ''Film/Sabrina1995'' |
| 420 | * ''Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed'': A trio of magazine reporters investigate a newspaper ad about TimeTravel and end up exploring their experiences with love, loss, regret, and potential. |
| 421 | * ''Film/{{Sam}}'': A GenderBender romantic comedy in which a HandsomeLech is transformed into a woman, only to develop romantic feelings for his best friend. |
| 422 | * ''Film/SamTheMan'' |
| 423 | * ''Film/SaveTheDate2012'' |
| 424 | * ''Film/SavingFace'' |
| 425 | * ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'': a romcom-action Film in which a young man must defeat a woman’s evil ex-lovers to win her heart. |
| 426 | * ''Film/SecondAct'' |
| 427 | * ''Film/{{Serendipity}}''. It was in fact marketed with this tag line: "Destiny with a sense of humor." |
| 428 | * ''Film/ServingSara'' |
| 429 | * ''Film/SetItUp'' |
| 430 | * ''Film/TheSevenYearItch'' |
| 431 | * ''Film/SexAndTheSingleGirl'' |
| 432 | * ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'': Shakespeare's own life got fictionalized for ''Shakespeare In Love''. |
| 433 | * ''Film/ShallowHal'' |
| 434 | * ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' is a "romantic comedy with zombies". (A "Rom-Zom-Com", if you will.) |
| 435 | * ''Film/ShesAllThat'' |
| 436 | * ''Film/ShesDatingTheGangster'' |
| 437 | * ''Film/ShesOutOfMyLeague'' |
| 438 | * ''Film/ShesTheMan'' (inspired by ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'') |
| 439 | * ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner'' |
| 440 | * ''Film/{{Shopgirl}}'' |
| 441 | * ''Film/ShotgunWedding2023'' |
| 442 | * ''Film/SierraBurgessIsALoser'' |
| 443 | * ''Film/SingleAllTheWay'' |
| 444 | * ''Film/{{Singles}}'' |
| 445 | * ''Film/SinTakesAHoliday'' |
| 446 | * ''Film/SkinDeep'' |
| 447 | * ''Film/SleepingWithOtherPeople'' |
| 448 | * ''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. |
| 449 | * ''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. |
| 450 | * ''Film/SomebodyIUsedToKnow'' |
| 451 | * ''Film/SomethingBorrowed'' |
| 452 | * ''Film/SomethingsGottaGive'' |
| 453 | * ''Film/SpinMeRound'' |
| 454 | * ''Film/{{Splash}}'' |
| 455 | * ''Film/SplashToo'' |
| 456 | * ''Film/StraightUp2019'' |
| 457 | * ''Film/StrangeBedfellows1965'' |
| 458 | * ''Film/TheStrawberryBlonde'' |
| 459 | * ''Film/SummerLovers'' |
| 460 | * ''Film/TheSureThing'' |
| 461 | * ''Film/TheSwan'' |
| 462 | * ''Film/TheSweetestThing'' |
| 463 | * ''Film/SweetHomeAlabama'' |
| 464 | * ''Film/SweptAway'' |
| 465 | * ''Film/{{Swiped}}'' |
| 466 | * ''Film/TalkOfTheTown'' |
| 467 | * ''Film/TeachersPet1958'' |
| 468 | * ''Film/TheTest2012'' |
| 469 | * ''Film/ThatTouchOfMink'' |
| 470 | * ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'' |
| 471 | * ''Film/TheyCameTogether'': A film parodying several tropes typical of this genre. |
| 472 | * ''Film/ThinkLikeAMan'': In which Steve Harvey releases a book telling women how men think, women read, and men react. |
| 473 | * ''Film/ThirdFingerLeftHand'' |
| 474 | * ''Film/ThisIsTheNight'' |
| 475 | * ''Film/ThreeCoinsInTheFountain'' |
| 476 | * ''Film/ThreeToTango'' |
| 477 | * ''Film/TicketToParadise'' |
| 478 | * ''Film/ATicklishAffair'' |
| 479 | * ''Film/TiMER'' |
| 480 | * ''Film/TinCup'' |
| 481 | * ''Film/ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore'' |
| 482 | ** ''Film/ToAllTheBoysPSIStillLoveYou'' |
| 483 | ** ''Film/ToAllTheBoysAlwaysAndForever'' |
| 484 | * ''Film/TooManyHusbands'' |
| 485 | * ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'' |
| 486 | * ''Film/TooYoungToKiss'' |
| 487 | * ''Film/{{Trainwreck}}'' |
| 488 | * ''Film/TroubleInParadise'' |
| 489 | * ''Film/TheTruthAboutCatsAndDogs'' |
| 490 | * ''Film/TwoFacedWoman'' |
| 491 | * ''Film/TwoWeeksNotice'' (the quintessential Hugh Grant romantic comedy, stars Sandra Bullock, another Rom Com staple) |
| 492 | * ''Film/TheUglyTruth'': Stars Creator/GerardButler as a foul-mouthed, sexist TV personality and Creator/KatherineHeigl as his producer. |
| 493 | * ''Film/VacationFromMarriage'' |
| 494 | * ''Film/ValentinesDay'' |
| 495 | * ''Film/ViewFromTheTop'' |
| 496 | * ''Film/VirtualSexuality'' |
| 497 | * ''Film/TheVoiceOfTheTurtle'' |
| 498 | * ''Film/WalkDontRun'' |
| 499 | * ''Film/WalkingOnSunshine'' |
| 500 | * ''Film/WeddingSeason'' |
| 501 | * ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'': One of Creator/AdamSandler's most critically acclaimed movies. |
| 502 | * ''Film/WeddingWars'' |
| 503 | * ''Film/TheWeddingYear'' |
| 504 | * ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt2022'' |
| 505 | * ''Film/WhatsYourNumber'' |
| 506 | * ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' |
| 507 | * ''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. |
| 508 | * ''Film/WhenInRome'' |
| 509 | * ''Film/WhileYouWereSleeping'' |
| 510 | * ''Film/WhosBeenSleepingInMyBed'' |
| 511 | * ''Film/WhyBeGood'' is a silent film from 1929 that has many elements that would later be associated with Romantic Comedies. Misunderstandings galore! |
| 512 | * ''Film/WhyHim'' |
| 513 | * ''Film/{{Wimbledon}}'' |
| 514 | * ''Film/WinADateWithTadHamilton'' |
| 515 | * ''Film/WithSixYouGetEggroll'' |
| 516 | * ''Film/TheWomanInRed'' |
| 517 | * ''Film/WomanOfTheYear'' |
| 518 | * ''Film/WorkingGirl'' |
| 519 | * ''Film/YourMonster'' |
| 520 | * ''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). |
| 521 | * ''Film/{{Zerophilia}}'' |
| 522 | [[/folder]] |
| 523 | |
| 524 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 525 | * ''Literature/AboutABoy'' |
| 526 | * ''Literature/TheKissQuotient'' |
| 527 | * ''Literature/TheLoveHypothesis'' |
| 528 | * 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? |
| 529 | [[/folder]] |
| 530 | |
| 531 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 532 | * ''Series/TheBoldType'' |
| 533 | * ''Series/{{Butterflies}}'' |
| 534 | * ''Series/CinderellaChef'' |
| 535 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove'' combines this genre with TimeTravel and SharingABody. |
| 536 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove2'' |
| 537 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove3'' |
| 538 | * ''Series/GoPrincessGo'' combines this genre with TimeTravel and [[GenderBender gender-bending]]. |
| 539 | * ''Series/HoldTheSunset'' |
| 540 | * ''Series/TheKing2Hearts'' |
| 541 | * ''Series/TheLastEmpress'' |
| 542 | * ''Series/LoveOTwoO'' |
| 543 | * ''Series/ManhattanLoveStory'' is a RomanticComedy TV series. |
| 544 | * ''Series/NoTomorrow'' |
| 545 | * ''Series/{{Sirene}}'' |
| 546 | * ''Series/WTwoWorlds'' |
| 547 | [[/folder]] |
| 548 | |
| 549 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 550 | * ''Theatre/CactusFlower'' |
| 551 | * ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'' |
| 552 | * In the '50s musical comedy ''Theatre/KissMeKate,'' the [[DivorceIsTemporary divorced protagonists falling back in love]] are, respectively, the director and leading lady in a modern adaptation of an earlier example of the RomanticComedy genre, Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew.'' |
| 553 | * ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' and several other Creator/WilliamShakespeare plays. |
| 554 | * ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'' |
| 555 | * ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'': Old school RomanticComedy. |
| 556 | [[/folder]] |
| 557 | |
| 558 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 559 | * ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'', [[spoiler:though the story goes through an abrupt genre shift to psychological horror partway through.]] |
| 560 | [[/folder]] |
| 561 | |
| 562 | [[folder:WebAnimation]] |
| 563 | * ''WebAnimation/AoharuMangaLibrary'' |
| 564 | * ''WebAnimation/AttackOnMika'' has a few stories that are of the RomanticComedy genre. |
| 565 | * ''WebAnimation/AyasakiSan'' |
| 566 | * ''WebAnimation/KanonsRomComMangas'' |
| 567 | * ''WebAnimation/LovekoiManga'' |
| 568 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaAngelNekoOka'' |
| 569 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaCharacterSprinklers'' |
| 570 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaHeaven'' |
| 571 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaRabbitHomeNoba'' |
| 572 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaRoom'' |
| 573 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaSoprano'' |
| 574 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaSweetChocolate'' |
| 575 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaTurtleMangame'' |
| 576 | * ''WebAnimation/ReinasRoom'' |
| 577 | * ''WebAnimation/RomComMangaChan'' |
| 578 | * ''WebAnimation/SarubedoRomComMangas'' |
| 579 | * ''WebAnimation/SekaiNoFushigi'' |
| 580 | * ''WebAnimation/UtasRomComMangaDubs'' |
| 581 | [[/folder]] |
| 582 | |
| 583 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 584 | * ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'' Is a webcomic that follows Larry Pye, his girlfriend Edison Lighthouse, and Anya Langerak as they try to make a three-way relationship work. |
| 585 | * ''Webcomic/LetsGetDivorced'' |
| 586 | * ''[[Webcomic/LetsPlayMongie Let's Play]]'' |
| 587 | * ''Webcomic/MarryMeBobbyCrosby'' |
| 588 | * ''Webcomic/OjisanAndMarshmallow'' |
| 589 | * ''Webcomic/SeeYouInMy19thLife'' |
| 590 | * ''Webcomic/TilDebtDoUsPart'' |
| 591 | * ''Webcomic/ToLoveYourEnemy'' |
| 592 | [[/folder]] |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 595 | * ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'' mostly focuses on Hailey completing every item on her to-do list so she can save the world, but her crush on her best friend, Scott Denoga, also receives major focus, since one of the items on her list is to kiss him. He's already dating someone else, which creates comedy and mild drama. |
| 596 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'' has plenty of sci-fi superhero action, but it also focuses much more than previous incarnations of [[{{Franchise/Superman}} the character]] on the relationship between him and Lois Lane, to the point of centering much of the plot on the quirky love story between them. |
| 597 | [[/folder]] |
| 598 | [[/index]] |
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