Do you agree that these are the best romantic comedies of all time?
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Whether you love them or hate them, romantic comedies have been a staple of American cinema throughout the years. Do you agree with these rankings?
- Alex Greer, PrettyFamous.com
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Whether you love them or hate them, romantic comedies have been a staple of American cinema throughout the years. Although the genre often gets overshadowed by dramas during awards season and by blockbuster action flicks in the summer, rom-coms have proven to be successful both critically and commercially.
Take 1998's "Shakespeare in Love": The film beat out heavyweights like "Saving Private Ryan" to win best picture at the Oscars and raked in nearly $300 million worldwide. Of course, not all romantic comedies enjoy such success, and for every winner there are bound to be duds (see: "Gigli").
To separate the best of the bunch, PrettyFamous, an entertainment research site by Graphiq, found the top rom-coms of all time. The team ranked romantic comedies on their Smart Rating -- a score out of 100 that takes into account a movie's Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer and Audience Score, IMDb rating, Metacritic Metascore, Gracenote rating and the inflation-adjusted cumulative U.S. box office gross. Movies were required to have over 15,000 IMDb votes to qualify and ties are broken by a film's IMDb rating.
The movies in this ranking span nearly 85 years, from 1931's "City Lights" to 2016's musical "Sing Street." Although some modern films like "The Artist" crack the top 10, it's the classics that come out on top.
Note: Movie descriptions are sourced from Gracenote with minor edits.
Compiled by Alex Greer, PrettyFamous.com
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#100. What If
No Trace Camping / Entertainment One
Smart Rating: 84.72
U.S. Release Year: 2014
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park
Description: A medical-school dropout (Daniel Radcliffe) tries to hide his attraction to his new friend (Zoe Kazan), a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend.
#99. Dan in Real Life
Touchstone Pictures / Walt Disney Studios
Smart Rating: 84.77
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook
Description: A widower advice-columnist (Steve Carell) faces a personal and professional challenge when he falls in love with his brother's (Dane Cook) girlfriend (Juliette Binoche).
#98. 2 Days in Paris
Polaris Film Production & Finance / R?zo Film
Smart Rating: 84.92
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel BrÃŧhl
Description: The differences between a French woman (Julie Delpy) and her American lover (Adam Goldberg) become painfully apparent during a brief stop in France to visit her parents.
#97. Love Actually
StudioCanal / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 84.99
U.S. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Colin Firth
Description: A prime minister (Hugh Grant), an office worker (Laura Linney), a rock star (Bill Nighy), a jilted writer (Colin Firth), married couples and various others deal with relationships in London.
#96. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Mandate Pictures / Screen Gems
Smart Rating: 85.14
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis Dziena
Description: A chance encounter leads to two music lovers (Michael Cera, Kat Dennings) setting out together on a quest to find a legendary band's secret show.
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#95. Definitely, Maybe
Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.44
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin
Description: At his young daughter's (Abigail Breslin) urging, a man (Ryan Reynolds) on the cusp of divorce reminisces about his past romances and has her guess which one became her mother.
#94. Coming to America
Eddie Murphy Productions / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.46
U.S. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos
Description: Pampered Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) of Zamunda comes to New York with his royal sidekick (Arsenio Hall) to find a true-love bride.
#93. Something's Gotta Give
Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.56
U.S. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves
Description: A music executive (Jack Nicholson) falls for the mother (Diane Keaton) of his young girlfriend after having a heart attack in her home.
#92. The Wedding Singer
Brillstein-Grey / New Line Cinema
Smart Rating: 85.62
U.S. Release Year: 1998
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor
Description: A spirited entertainer (Adam Sandler) and a waitress (Drew Barrymore) with a boorish fiance work at the same weddings.
#91. Splash
Touchstone Films / Buena Vista Distribution
Smart Rating: 85.92
U.S. Release Year: 1984
Starring: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy
Description: A produce supplier (Tom Hanks) finds love in New York with the mermaid (Daryl Hannah) he met as a boy on Cape Cod.
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#90. Frankie and Johnny
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.08
U.S. Release Year: 1991
Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo
Description: An ex-convict short-order cook (Al Pacino) chases a Manhattan waitress (Michelle Pfeiffer) who plays hard to get.
#89. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Gold Circle Films / IFC Films
Smart Rating: 86.1
U.S. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine
Description: Family tensions arise after a woman (Nia Vardalos) falls in love with a man (John Corbett) who is not Greek.
#88. Wristcutters: A Love Story
No Matter Pictures / Autonomous Films
Smart Rating: 86.16
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham
Description: In the afterlife, a suicide victim (Patrick Fugit) and his friend (Shea Whigham) set out on a road trip to find his ex-girlfriend, who also killed herself.
#87. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Focus Features
Smart Rating: 86.3
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace
Description: A middle-aged British governess (Frances McDormand) gets a taste of the glamorous life when she takes a job as the caretaker of an American celebrity (Amy Adams).
#86. Warm Bodies
Mandeville Films / Summit Entertainment
Smart Rating: 86.35
U.S. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich
Description: The unusual romance between a zombie (Nicholas Hoult) and a living woman (Teresa Palmer) sets in motion a series of events that may transform the entire lifeless world.
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#85. Better Off Dead
A&M Films / Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 86.43
U.S. Release Year: 1985
Starring: John Cusack, Diane Franklin, David Ogden Stiers
Description: After his girlfriend dumps him for a skier, a teen (John Cusack) meets an exchange student (Diane Franklin) from France.
#84. Roxanne
Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.49
U.S. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich
Description: The long-nosed fire chief (Steve Martin) of a Washington ski town helps a dolt (Rick Rossovich) woo the astronomer (Daryl Hannah) he loves.
#83. Pretty in Pink
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.49
U.S. Release Year: 1986
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy
Description: A rich teen (Andrew McCarthy) asks an unpopular student (Molly Ringwald) to the senior prom, creating problems among their separate circles of friends.
#82. About Time
Working Title Films / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.5
U.S. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
Description: After discovering that he can travel through time, a young man (Domhnall Gleeson) uses his ability to win the woman (Rachel McAdams) of his dreams and save his friend from professional disaster.
#81. Heartbeats
Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm / Remstar Distribution
Smart Rating: 86.58
U.S. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan, Monia Chokri
Description: In Montreal, a gay man (Xavier Dolan) and his female friend (Monia Chokri) scramble for crumbs of attention from a handsome newcomer (Niels Schneider).
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#80. Ghost Town
Spyglass Entertainment / DreamWorks Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.6
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, TÊa Leoni
Description: A man (Ricky Gervais) who sees spirits finally agrees to a persistent request by one of them to sabotage the impending marriage of his widow (TÊa Leoni).
#79. There's Something About Mary
20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 86.63
U.S. Release Year: 1998
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller
Description: A geek (Ben Stiller) hires a sleazy private eye (Matt Dillon) to report on a woman (Cameron Diaz) he has adored since high school.
#78. Man Up
Anton Capital / StudioCanal
Smart Rating: 86.78
U.S. Release Year: 2015
Starring: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Olivia Williams
Description: When a man (Simon Pegg) mistakes her for his blind date, a woman (Lake Bell) decides to play along to see what happens.
#77. Russian Dolls
Lunar Films / StudioCanal
Smart Rating: 86.78
U.S. Release Year: 2006
Starring: Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou
Description: A struggling writer (Romain Duris) becomes involved with two women while juggling assignments in Paris.
#76. Your Sister's Sister
Ada Films / IFC Films
Smart Rating: 86.88
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass
Description: A man (Mark Duplass) falls into bed with his best friend's (Emily Blunt) sister (Rosemarie DeWitt), leading to an unexpected love triangle when his friend arrives the next day.
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#75. Singles
Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 86.92
U.S. Release Year: 1992
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott
Description: A group of young adults in a Seattle apartment building faces a series of romantic crises and catastrophes.
#74. Trainwreck
Apatow Productions / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.18
U.S. Release Year: 2015
Starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson
Description: A promiscuous magazine writer (Amy Schumer) considers monogamy for the first time when she starts to fall in love with the charming sports doctor (Bill Hader) she's profiling.
#73. Starter for 10
Playtone / Picturehouse
Smart Rating: 87.27
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall
Description: A working-class student (James McAvoy) navigates his way through a fancy university, finding romance and academic challenge along the way.
#72. Working Girl
20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 87.29
U.S. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver
Description: A spunky Wall Street secretary (Melanie Griffith) takes her boss's (Sigourney Weaver) place with a merger specialist (Harrison Ford).
#71. The One I Love
Duplass Brothers / RADiUS-TWC
Smart Rating: 87.37
U.S. Release Year: 2014
Starring: Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, Ted Danson
Description: A couple (Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss) whose marriage is crumbling have a surreal experience during a weekend getaway at a house recommended by their therapist (Ted Danson).
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#70. Clueless
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.45
U.S. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy
Description: A Beverly Hills teen (Alicia Silverstone) plays matchmaker for teachers, transforms a bad dresser (Brittany Murphy) and examines her own existence.
#69. While You Were Sleeping
Hollywood Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.49
U.S. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher
Description: A lonely Chicago subway clerk (Sandra Bullock) falls for the brother (Bill Pullman) of a comatose man (Peter Gallagher) she adored from afar.
#68. About a Boy
StudioCanal / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.52
U.S. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz
Description: An irresponsible playboy (Hugh Grant) becomes emotionally attached to a woman's (Toni Collette) 12-year-old son.
#67. Bridget Jones's Diary
Little Bird / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 87.66
U.S. Release Year: 2001
Starring: RenÊe Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Description: An outrageous British woman (RenÊe Zellweger) decides to take control of her life, but instead falls for two very different men (Colin Firth, Hugh Grant).
#66. Muriel's Wedding
CiBy 2000 / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 87.78
U.S. Release Year: 1994
Starring: Toni Collette, Bill Hunter, Rachel Griffiths
Description: An Australian social outcast (Toni Collette) moves to Sydney, cares for an ailing friend (Rachel Griffiths) and weds an Olympian needing citizen status.
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#65. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Mediapro / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 87.79
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem
Description: Sexual sparks ignite when a hot-tempered woman arrives in the midst of her former lover's (Javier Bardem) fling with two American tourists.
#64. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Carousel Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.85
U.S. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore
Description: A self-styled Lothario (Ryan Gosling) teaches a suddenly single 40-something (Steve Carell) how to be a hit with the ladies.
#63. Notting Hill
PolyGram Filmed / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.02
U.S. Release Year: 1999
Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville
Description: A man's (Hugh Grant) life changes when an international star (Julia Roberts) walks into his bookshop.
#62. Priceless
TFM Distribution
Smart Rating: 88.06
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam
Description: A luxury-loving golddigger (Audrey Tautou) tutors a lovestruck bartender (Gad Elmaleh) in the art of fleecing a wealthy lover.
#61. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Apatow Productions / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.12
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis
Description: Struggling to get over a bad breakup, a musician (Jason Segel) encounters his former lover and her new boyfriend in Hawaii.
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#60. Sixteen Candles
Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.12
U.S. Release Year: 1984
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling
Description: A girl turning 16 likes another girl's guy (Michael Schoeffling) and feels nobody cares about her birthday.
#59. L.A. Story
Carolco Pictures / TriStar Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.2
U.S. Release Year: 1991
Starring: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant
Description: Quirks of Los Angeles define the awkward courtship of a local TV weatherman (Steve Martin) and a journalist (Victoria Tennant) from England.
#58. Pitch Perfect
Gold Circle Films / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.32
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson
Description: When a new student (Anna Kendrick) joins her college's female a cappella group, she takes the women out of their comfort zone of traditional pieces and introduces them to innovative arrangements.
#57. The American President
Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.34
U.S. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen
Description: A political rival turns the widowed president's (Michael Douglas) romance with an environmental lobbyist (Annette Bening) into an election-year issue.
#56. The Fabulous Baker Boys
Gladden Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 88.38
U.S. Release Year: 1989
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges
Description: Two piano-playing brothers (Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges) hire a gorgeous singer (Michelle Pfeiffer) to revive their small-time lounge act.
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#55. Punch-Drunk Love
Revolution Studios / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.77
U.S. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Description: A shy oddball (Adam Sandler) prone to violent outbursts follows the woman (Emily Watson) of his dreams to Hawaii.
#54. Lars and the Real Girl
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 88.95
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Paul Schneider, Emily Mortimer
Description: Family and friends are unsure how to react when a lonely young man (Ryan Gosling) forms an emotional attachment to a life-sized plastic woman and treats it like a real person.
#53. Waitress
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.96
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines
Description: A pregnant waitress (Keri Russell) is caught between her controlling husband (Jeremy Sisto) and the new town doctor (Nathan Fillion), with whom she is having a steamy affair.
#52. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Big Talk Films / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.97
U.S. Release Year: 2010
Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin
Description: After meeting the gal (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) of his dreams, a charming slacker (Michael Cera) must contend with an army of her ex-boyfriends, wanting to get rid of him.
#51. Paris, je t'aime
Canal+ / First Look International
Smart Rating: 89.05
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Nick Nolte, Juliette Binoche
Description: A man (Sergio Castellitto) contemplates leaving his wife (Miranda Richardson) for his mistress (Leonor Watling) in "Bastille," one of 18 vignettes set in Paris.
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#50. Sleepless in Seattle
TriStar Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.44
U.S. Release Year: 1993
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman
Description: A recently engaged newswoman (Meg Ryan) becomes obsessed with meeting a grieving widower (Tom Hanks) she heard on a late-night radio call-in show.
#49. Me and You and Everyone We Know
Film4 / IFC Films
Smart Rating: 89.54
U.S. Release Year: 2005
Starring: John Hawkes, Miranda July, Miles Thompson
Description: A video artist (Miranda July) begins a reluctant courtship with a shoe salesman (John Hawkes) whose wife is leaving him.
#48. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Apatow Productions / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.56
U.S. Release Year: 2005
Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
Description: Three dysfunctional co-workers embark on a mission to help their newfound friend (Steve Carell) lose his sexual innocence.
#47. Chasing Amy
View Askew Productions / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 89.65
U.S. Release Year: 1997
Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee
Description: A young cartoonist (Ben Affleck) falls for a fellow artist (Joey Lauren Adams), a lesbian with a long list of former lovers.
#46. Grosse Pointe Blank
Hollywood Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.67
U.S. Release Year: 1997
Starring: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd
Description: A hit man (John Cusack) returns to his hometown for a high-school reunion and meets the prom date (Minnie Driver) he stood up years before.
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#45. Jab We Met
Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
Smart Rating: 89.73
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora, Dara Singh
Description: A depressed wealthy businessman finds his life changing after he meets a spunky and carefree young woman.
#44. AmÊlie
Canal+ / UGC-Fox Distribution
Smart Rating: 89.73
U.S. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus
Description: AmÊlie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.
#43. Prizzi's Honor
ABC Motion Pictures / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 89.74
U.S. Release Year: 1985
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston
Description: A Brooklyn hit man (Jack Nicholson) marries a West Coast woman (Kathleen Turner) with secrets that challenge his loyalties.
#42. As Good as It Gets
Gracie Films / TriStar Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.94
U.S. Release Year: 1997
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
Description: A New York City waitress (Helen Hunt), a gay painter (Greg Kinnear) and a dog help a misanthropic author (Jack Nicholson) reach a self-awakening.
#41. Enough Said
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.04
U.S. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener
Description: A divorcee (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) starts to question her blossoming relationship with a like-minded man (James Gandolfini) after discovering that he is the ex-husband of her new friend (Catherine Keener).
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Mr. Mudd / Summit Entertainment
Smart Rating: 90.14
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller
Description: Friends (Emma Watson, Ezra Miller) try to help an introverted teenager (Logan Lerman) become more sociable.
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Dune Entertainment / Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.45
U.S. Release Year: 2009
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend
Description: After his girlfriend (Zooey Deschanel) dumps him, a greeting-card writer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went wrong.
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Orion Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.51
U.S. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
Description: A literary baseball groupie (Susan Sarandon) romances a pitcher (Tim Robbins) and a catcher (Kevin Costner) on a minor-league North Carolina team.
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BBC Films / The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Smart Rating: 90.68
U.S. Release Year: 1993
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington
Description: Shakespeare's Don Pedro (Denzel Washington) pairs Benedick (Kenneth Branagh) and Beatrice (Emma Thompson) and woos Hero for Claudio around a lively Italian villa.
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Ishana Movies / UTV Motion Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D'Cruz
Description: A charming prankster's (Ranbir Kapoor) bittersweet relationship with two women (Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D'Cruz) turns his life upside-down.
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Orion Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.23
U.S. Release Year: 1985
Starring: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
Description: A 1930s movie star (Jeff Daniels) steps off the screen to join a waitress (Mia Farrow) in the audience.
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StudioCanal / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 91.44
U.S. Release Year: 2005
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Judi Dench
Description: A convoluted courtship begins between a young woman (Keira Knightley) and the handsome friend (Matthew MacFadyen) of a wealthy bachelor.
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Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.63
U.S. Release Year: 2000
Starring: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso
Description: A store owner (John Cusack), who sells only vinyl records, has a midlife crisis, assesses his life and tries to win back an ex-girlfriend (Iben Hjejle).
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Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 92.11
U.S. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger
Description: A Los Angeles sports agent (Tom Cruise) finds love with a pretty accountant (Renee Zellweger) after an attack of conscience costs him his job and fiancee.
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Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 92.32
U.S. Release Year: 1989
Starring: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney
Description: A high-school senior (John Cusack) falls in love with an honor student (Ione Skye) bound for studies in England.
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Polygram Filmed / Rank Film Distributors
Smart Rating: 92.65
U.S. Release Year: 1994
Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas
Description: An English charmer (Hugh Grant) and a lusty American (Andie MacDowell) make love over a course of surprising events.
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Likely Story / The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 92.88
U.S. Release Year: 2016
Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Description: In 1985, a Dublin teenager (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) forms a rock 'n' roll band to win the heart of an aspiring model (Lucy Boynton).
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Act III Communications / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.03
U.S. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin
Description: A storybook stableboy turns pirate (Cary Elwes) and rescues his beloved (Robin Wright), who is about to marry a dreadful prince.
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Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.08
U.S. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Erni Mangold
Description: An American (Ethan Hawke) and a Frenchwoman (Julie Delpy) meet on a train and spend a romantic day and night in Vienna.
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Star Partners II Ltd. / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 93.33
U.S. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia
Description: An Italian-American widow (Cher), engaged to a reticent suitor, falls in love with his brother (Nicolas Cage).
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Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.63
U.S. Release Year: 1989
Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher
Description: Two Manhattan careerists (Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan) first hate, then like and eventually love each other over the course of 12 years.
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Universal Pictures / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 93.7
U.S. Release Year: 1998
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush
Description: Young William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) falls for Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow), reawakening his creativity, but she is betrothed to Wessex.
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Gracie Films / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.76
U.S. Release Year: 1987
Starring: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
Description: A reporter (Albert Brooks), a producer (Holly Hunter) and an anchorman (William Hurt) form a triangle in a TV network news bureau.
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Gracie Films / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.87
U.S. Release Year: 1961
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal
Description: New York playgirl Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) puzzles a writer (George Peppard) who lives in her building.
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Gravier Productions / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 93.91
U.S. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard
Description: Vacationing in contemporary Paris with his fiancee (Rachel McAdams), an insecure writer (Owen Wilson) is whisked back in time and meets Jazz Age giants of art and literature.
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Anonymous Content / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 94
U.S. Release Year: 2004
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst
Description: A doctor's invention allows a couple (Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet) to erase the memories of their tumultuous relationship.
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Mike Nichols/Lawrence Turman Productions / AVCO Embassy Pictures
Smart Rating: 94.05
U.S. Release Year: 1967
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Description: An aimless college man (Dustin Hoffman) lets an older woman (Anne Bancroft) seduce him, then finds himself falling for her daughter (Katharine Ross).
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Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 94.12
U.S. Release Year: 1955
Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis
Description: A retired cat burglar (Cary Grant) sees fireworks with an American heiress (Grace Kelly) on the Riviera.
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Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 94.16
U.S. Release Year: 1993
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Description: February 2nd keeps repeating for a cynical TV weatherman (Bill Murray) sent to watch the groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
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The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 94.28
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
Description: An unexpected bond begins to form between a man (Bradley Cooper) trying to rebuild his life and a young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) promising to help him reunite with his estranged wife.
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American Empirical Pictures / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 94.59
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray
Description: In 1965 New England, a peaceful island community descends into turmoil when two love-struck 12 year olds (Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward) run away together just before the approach of a violent storm.
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Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 94.63
U.S. Release Year: 1971
Starring: Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack
Description: A 20-year-old heir (Bud Cort) with a death wish meets a 79-year-old free spirit (Ruth Gordon) who knows how to live.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 94.99
U.S. Release Year: 1949
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Description: Married lawyers (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn) clash in and out of court over a woman's (Judy Holliday) right to shoot her husband and his lover.
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Horizon Pictures / United Artists
Smart Rating: 95.35
U.S. Release Year: 1952
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
Description: An imperious woman (Katharine Hepburn) makes a gin-soaked boat captain (Humphrey Bogart) fight Germans in the World War I Congo.
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RKO Radio Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.35
U.S. Release Year: 1938
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charlie Ruggles
Description: A paleontologist (Cary Grant) loses a dinosaur bone to a dog whose heiress owner (Katharine Hepburn) also has a pet leopard, called Baby.
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Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.44
U.S. Release Year: 1953
Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
Description: A young princess (Audrey Hepburn), tired of her constraints, runs off with a U.S. newsman (Gregory Peck) in Rome.
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Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.59
U.S. Release Year: 1940
Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Description: An ace reporter's (Rosalind Russell) editor (Cary Grant) tries to stop her from remarrying in this remake of director Lewis Milestone's "The Front Page."
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United Artists
Smart Rating: 95.76
U.S. Release Year: 1979
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway
Description: A divorced TV writer (Woody Allen) with a teenage girlfriend (Mariel Hemingway) falls in love with the mistress (Diane Keaton) of a married friend.
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La Petite Reine / Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 95.77
U.S. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Jean Dujardin, BÊrÊnice Bejo, John Goodman
Description: The arrival of sound in motion pictures signals the end of one superstar's (Jean Dujardin) career, while a young ingenue (BÊrÊnice Bejo) stands poised to hit the big time.
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A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production / Orion Pictures Corporation
Smart Rating: 95.9
U.S. Release Year: 1986
Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Michael Caine
Description: Hannah's (Mia Farrow) husband (Michael Caine) has an affair with one sister, and her ex-husband (Woody Allen) marries the other.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 96.32
U.S. Release Year: 1940
Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
Description: The more Budapest co-workers (Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart) fight, the more they fall in love as secret pen pals.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 96.32
U.S. Release Year: 1934
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Walter Connolly
Description: A newsman (Clark Gable) rides a bus and shares a cabin with a tycoon's (Walter Connolly) runaway daughter (Claudette Colbert).
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United Artists
Smart Rating: 96.37
U.S. Release Year: 1977
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Description: A New York comedian (Woody Allen) recalls his lost love, a kooky singer (Diane Keaton) with a style all her own.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 96.44
U.S. Release Year: 1940
Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Description: A snooty socialite (Katharine Hepburn) fights with her ex-husband (Cary Grant) and flirts with a reporter (James Stewart).
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United Artists
Smart Rating: 97.17
U.S. Release Year: 1931
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers
Description: A little tramp (Charlie Chaplin) gets money from a drunken millionaire (Harry Myers) for an operation to restore a flower girl's (Virginia Cherrill) sight.
- Alex Greer, PrettyFamous.com
Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images
Whether you love them or hate them, romantic comedies have been a staple of American cinema throughout the years. Although the genre often gets overshadowed by dramas during awards season and by blockbuster action flicks in the summer, rom-coms have proven to be successful both critically and commercially.
Take 1998's "Shakespeare in Love": The film beat out heavyweights like "Saving Private Ryan" to win best picture at the Oscars and raked in nearly $300 million worldwide. Of course, not all romantic comedies enjoy such success, and for every winner there are bound to be duds (see: "Gigli").
To separate the best of the bunch, PrettyFamous, an entertainment research site by Graphiq, found the top rom-coms of all time. The team ranked romantic comedies on their Smart Rating -- a score out of 100 that takes into account a movie's Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer and Audience Score, IMDb rating, Metacritic Metascore, Gracenote rating and the inflation-adjusted cumulative U.S. box office gross. Movies were required to have over 15,000 IMDb votes to qualify and ties are broken by a film's IMDb rating.
The movies in this ranking span nearly 85 years, from 1931's "City Lights" to 2016's musical "Sing Street." Although some modern films like "The Artist" crack the top 10, it's the classics that come out on top.
Note: Movie descriptions are sourced from Gracenote with minor edits.
Compiled by Alex Greer, PrettyFamous.com
#100. What If
No Trace Camping / Entertainment One
Smart Rating: 84.72
U.S. Release Year: 2014
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park
Description: A medical-school dropout (Daniel Radcliffe) tries to hide his attraction to his new friend (Zoe Kazan), a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend.
#99. Dan in Real Life
Touchstone Pictures / Walt Disney Studios
Smart Rating: 84.77
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook
Description: A widower advice-columnist (Steve Carell) faces a personal and professional challenge when he falls in love with his brother's (Dane Cook) girlfriend (Juliette Binoche).
#98. 2 Days in Paris
Polaris Film Production & Finance / R?zo Film
Smart Rating: 84.92
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel BrÃŧhl
Description: The differences between a French woman (Julie Delpy) and her American lover (Adam Goldberg) become painfully apparent during a brief stop in France to visit her parents.
#97. Love Actually
StudioCanal / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 84.99
U.S. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Colin Firth
Description: A prime minister (Hugh Grant), an office worker (Laura Linney), a rock star (Bill Nighy), a jilted writer (Colin Firth), married couples and various others deal with relationships in London.
#96. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Mandate Pictures / Screen Gems
Smart Rating: 85.14
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis Dziena
Description: A chance encounter leads to two music lovers (Michael Cera, Kat Dennings) setting out together on a quest to find a legendary band's secret show.
#95. Definitely, Maybe
Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.44
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin
Description: At his young daughter's (Abigail Breslin) urging, a man (Ryan Reynolds) on the cusp of divorce reminisces about his past romances and has her guess which one became her mother.
#94. Coming to America
Eddie Murphy Productions / Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.46
U.S. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos
Description: Pampered Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) of Zamunda comes to New York with his royal sidekick (Arsenio Hall) to find a true-love bride.
#93. Something's Gotta Give
Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 85.56
U.S. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves
Description: A music executive (Jack Nicholson) falls for the mother (Diane Keaton) of his young girlfriend after having a heart attack in her home.
#92. The Wedding Singer
Brillstein-Grey / New Line Cinema
Smart Rating: 85.62
U.S. Release Year: 1998
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor
Description: A spirited entertainer (Adam Sandler) and a waitress (Drew Barrymore) with a boorish fiance work at the same weddings.
#91. Splash
Touchstone Films / Buena Vista Distribution
Smart Rating: 85.92
U.S. Release Year: 1984
Starring: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy
Description: A produce supplier (Tom Hanks) finds love in New York with the mermaid (Daryl Hannah) he met as a boy on Cape Cod.
#90. Frankie and Johnny
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.08
U.S. Release Year: 1991
Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo
Description: An ex-convict short-order cook (Al Pacino) chases a Manhattan waitress (Michelle Pfeiffer) who plays hard to get.
#89. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Gold Circle Films / IFC Films
Smart Rating: 86.1
U.S. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine
Description: Family tensions arise after a woman (Nia Vardalos) falls in love with a man (John Corbett) who is not Greek.
#88. Wristcutters: A Love Story
No Matter Pictures / Autonomous Films
Smart Rating: 86.16
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham
Description: In the afterlife, a suicide victim (Patrick Fugit) and his friend (Shea Whigham) set out on a road trip to find his ex-girlfriend, who also killed herself.
#87. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Focus Features
Smart Rating: 86.3
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace
Description: A middle-aged British governess (Frances McDormand) gets a taste of the glamorous life when she takes a job as the caretaker of an American celebrity (Amy Adams).
#86. Warm Bodies
Mandeville Films / Summit Entertainment
Smart Rating: 86.35
U.S. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich
Description: The unusual romance between a zombie (Nicholas Hoult) and a living woman (Teresa Palmer) sets in motion a series of events that may transform the entire lifeless world.
#85. Better Off Dead
A&M Films / Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 86.43
U.S. Release Year: 1985
Starring: John Cusack, Diane Franklin, David Ogden Stiers
Description: After his girlfriend dumps him for a skier, a teen (John Cusack) meets an exchange student (Diane Franklin) from France.
#84. Roxanne
Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.49
U.S. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich
Description: The long-nosed fire chief (Steve Martin) of a Washington ski town helps a dolt (Rick Rossovich) woo the astronomer (Daryl Hannah) he loves.
#83. Pretty in Pink
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.49
U.S. Release Year: 1986
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy
Description: A rich teen (Andrew McCarthy) asks an unpopular student (Molly Ringwald) to the senior prom, creating problems among their separate circles of friends.
#82. About Time
Working Title Films / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.5
U.S. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
Description: After discovering that he can travel through time, a young man (Domhnall Gleeson) uses his ability to win the woman (Rachel McAdams) of his dreams and save his friend from professional disaster.
#81. Heartbeats
Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm / Remstar Distribution
Smart Rating: 86.58
U.S. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan, Monia Chokri
Description: In Montreal, a gay man (Xavier Dolan) and his female friend (Monia Chokri) scramble for crumbs of attention from a handsome newcomer (Niels Schneider).
#80. Ghost Town
Spyglass Entertainment / DreamWorks Pictures
Smart Rating: 86.6
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, TÊa Leoni
Description: A man (Ricky Gervais) who sees spirits finally agrees to a persistent request by one of them to sabotage the impending marriage of his widow (TÊa Leoni).
#79. There's Something About Mary
20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 86.63
U.S. Release Year: 1998
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller
Description: A geek (Ben Stiller) hires a sleazy private eye (Matt Dillon) to report on a woman (Cameron Diaz) he has adored since high school.
#78. Man Up
Anton Capital / StudioCanal
Smart Rating: 86.78
U.S. Release Year: 2015
Starring: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Olivia Williams
Description: When a man (Simon Pegg) mistakes her for his blind date, a woman (Lake Bell) decides to play along to see what happens.
#77. Russian Dolls
Lunar Films / StudioCanal
Smart Rating: 86.78
U.S. Release Year: 2006
Starring: Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou
Description: A struggling writer (Romain Duris) becomes involved with two women while juggling assignments in Paris.
#76. Your Sister's Sister
Ada Films / IFC Films
Smart Rating: 86.88
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass
Description: A man (Mark Duplass) falls into bed with his best friend's (Emily Blunt) sister (Rosemarie DeWitt), leading to an unexpected love triangle when his friend arrives the next day.
#75. Singles
Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 86.92
U.S. Release Year: 1992
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott
Description: A group of young adults in a Seattle apartment building faces a series of romantic crises and catastrophes.
#74. Trainwreck
Apatow Productions / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.18
U.S. Release Year: 2015
Starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson
Description: A promiscuous magazine writer (Amy Schumer) considers monogamy for the first time when she starts to fall in love with the charming sports doctor (Bill Hader) she's profiling.
#73. Starter for 10
Playtone / Picturehouse
Smart Rating: 87.27
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall
Description: A working-class student (James McAvoy) navigates his way through a fancy university, finding romance and academic challenge along the way.
#72. Working Girl
20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 87.29
U.S. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver
Description: A spunky Wall Street secretary (Melanie Griffith) takes her boss's (Sigourney Weaver) place with a merger specialist (Harrison Ford).
#71. The One I Love
Duplass Brothers / RADiUS-TWC
Smart Rating: 87.37
U.S. Release Year: 2014
Starring: Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, Ted Danson
Description: A couple (Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss) whose marriage is crumbling have a surreal experience during a weekend getaway at a house recommended by their therapist (Ted Danson).
#70. Clueless
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.45
U.S. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy
Description: A Beverly Hills teen (Alicia Silverstone) plays matchmaker for teachers, transforms a bad dresser (Brittany Murphy) and examines her own existence.
#69. While You Were Sleeping
Hollywood Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.49
U.S. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher
Description: A lonely Chicago subway clerk (Sandra Bullock) falls for the brother (Bill Pullman) of a comatose man (Peter Gallagher) she adored from afar.
#68. About a Boy
StudioCanal / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.52
U.S. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz
Description: An irresponsible playboy (Hugh Grant) becomes emotionally attached to a woman's (Toni Collette) 12-year-old son.
#67. Bridget Jones's Diary
Little Bird / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 87.66
U.S. Release Year: 2001
Starring: RenÊe Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Description: An outrageous British woman (RenÊe Zellweger) decides to take control of her life, but instead falls for two very different men (Colin Firth, Hugh Grant).
#66. Muriel's Wedding
CiBy 2000 / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 87.78
U.S. Release Year: 1994
Starring: Toni Collette, Bill Hunter, Rachel Griffiths
Description: An Australian social outcast (Toni Collette) moves to Sydney, cares for an ailing friend (Rachel Griffiths) and weds an Olympian needing citizen status.
#65. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Mediapro / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 87.79
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem
Description: Sexual sparks ignite when a hot-tempered woman arrives in the midst of her former lover's (Javier Bardem) fling with two American tourists.
#64. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Carousel Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures
Smart Rating: 87.85
U.S. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore
Description: A self-styled Lothario (Ryan Gosling) teaches a suddenly single 40-something (Steve Carell) how to be a hit with the ladies.
#63. Notting Hill
PolyGram Filmed / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.02
U.S. Release Year: 1999
Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville
Description: A man's (Hugh Grant) life changes when an international star (Julia Roberts) walks into his bookshop.
#62. Priceless
TFM Distribution
Smart Rating: 88.06
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam
Description: A luxury-loving golddigger (Audrey Tautou) tutors a lovestruck bartender (Gad Elmaleh) in the art of fleecing a wealthy lover.
#61. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Apatow Productions / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.12
U.S. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis
Description: Struggling to get over a bad breakup, a musician (Jason Segel) encounters his former lover and her new boyfriend in Hawaii.
#60. Sixteen Candles
Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.12
U.S. Release Year: 1984
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling
Description: A girl turning 16 likes another girl's guy (Michael Schoeffling) and feels nobody cares about her birthday.
#59. L.A. Story
Carolco Pictures / TriStar Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.2
U.S. Release Year: 1991
Starring: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant
Description: Quirks of Los Angeles define the awkward courtship of a local TV weatherman (Steve Martin) and a journalist (Victoria Tennant) from England.
#58. Pitch Perfect
Gold Circle Films / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.32
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson
Description: When a new student (Anna Kendrick) joins her college's female a cappella group, she takes the women out of their comfort zone of traditional pieces and introduces them to innovative arrangements.
#57. The American President
Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.34
U.S. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen
Description: A political rival turns the widowed president's (Michael Douglas) romance with an environmental lobbyist (Annette Bening) into an election-year issue.
#56. The Fabulous Baker Boys
Gladden Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 88.38
U.S. Release Year: 1989
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges
Description: Two piano-playing brothers (Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges) hire a gorgeous singer (Michelle Pfeiffer) to revive their small-time lounge act.
#55. Punch-Drunk Love
Revolution Studios / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.77
U.S. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Description: A shy oddball (Adam Sandler) prone to violent outbursts follows the woman (Emily Watson) of his dreams to Hawaii.
#54. Lars and the Real Girl
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 88.95
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Paul Schneider, Emily Mortimer
Description: Family and friends are unsure how to react when a lonely young man (Ryan Gosling) forms an emotional attachment to a life-sized plastic woman and treats it like a real person.
#53. Waitress
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.96
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines
Description: A pregnant waitress (Keri Russell) is caught between her controlling husband (Jeremy Sisto) and the new town doctor (Nathan Fillion), with whom she is having a steamy affair.
#52. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Big Talk Films / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 88.97
U.S. Release Year: 2010
Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin
Description: After meeting the gal (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) of his dreams, a charming slacker (Michael Cera) must contend with an army of her ex-boyfriends, wanting to get rid of him.
#51. Paris, je t'aime
Canal+ / First Look International
Smart Rating: 89.05
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Nick Nolte, Juliette Binoche
Description: A man (Sergio Castellitto) contemplates leaving his wife (Miranda Richardson) for his mistress (Leonor Watling) in "Bastille," one of 18 vignettes set in Paris.
#50. Sleepless in Seattle
TriStar Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.44
U.S. Release Year: 1993
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman
Description: A recently engaged newswoman (Meg Ryan) becomes obsessed with meeting a grieving widower (Tom Hanks) she heard on a late-night radio call-in show.
#49. Me and You and Everyone We Know
Film4 / IFC Films
Smart Rating: 89.54
U.S. Release Year: 2005
Starring: John Hawkes, Miranda July, Miles Thompson
Description: A video artist (Miranda July) begins a reluctant courtship with a shoe salesman (John Hawkes) whose wife is leaving him.
#48. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Apatow Productions / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.56
U.S. Release Year: 2005
Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
Description: Three dysfunctional co-workers embark on a mission to help their newfound friend (Steve Carell) lose his sexual innocence.
#47. Chasing Amy
View Askew Productions / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 89.65
U.S. Release Year: 1997
Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee
Description: A young cartoonist (Ben Affleck) falls for a fellow artist (Joey Lauren Adams), a lesbian with a long list of former lovers.
#46. Grosse Pointe Blank
Hollywood Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.67
U.S. Release Year: 1997
Starring: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd
Description: A hit man (John Cusack) returns to his hometown for a high-school reunion and meets the prom date (Minnie Driver) he stood up years before.
#45. Jab We Met
Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
Smart Rating: 89.73
U.S. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora, Dara Singh
Description: A depressed wealthy businessman finds his life changing after he meets a spunky and carefree young woman.
#44. AmÊlie
Canal+ / UGC-Fox Distribution
Smart Rating: 89.73
U.S. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus
Description: AmÊlie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.
#43. Prizzi's Honor
ABC Motion Pictures / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 89.74
U.S. Release Year: 1985
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston
Description: A Brooklyn hit man (Jack Nicholson) marries a West Coast woman (Kathleen Turner) with secrets that challenge his loyalties.
#42. As Good as It Gets
Gracie Films / TriStar Pictures
Smart Rating: 89.94
U.S. Release Year: 1997
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
Description: A New York City waitress (Helen Hunt), a gay painter (Greg Kinnear) and a dog help a misanthropic author (Jack Nicholson) reach a self-awakening.
#41. Enough Said
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.04
U.S. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener
Description: A divorcee (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) starts to question her blossoming relationship with a like-minded man (James Gandolfini) after discovering that he is the ex-husband of her new friend (Catherine Keener).
Mr. Mudd / Summit Entertainment
Smart Rating: 90.14
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller
Description: Friends (Emma Watson, Ezra Miller) try to help an introverted teenager (Logan Lerman) become more sociable.
Dune Entertainment / Fox Searchlight Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.45
U.S. Release Year: 2009
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend
Description: After his girlfriend (Zooey Deschanel) dumps him, a greeting-card writer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went wrong.
Orion Pictures
Smart Rating: 90.51
U.S. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
Description: A literary baseball groupie (Susan Sarandon) romances a pitcher (Tim Robbins) and a catcher (Kevin Costner) on a minor-league North Carolina team.
BBC Films / The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Smart Rating: 90.68
U.S. Release Year: 1993
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington
Description: Shakespeare's Don Pedro (Denzel Washington) pairs Benedick (Kenneth Branagh) and Beatrice (Emma Thompson) and woos Hero for Claudio around a lively Italian villa.
Ishana Movies / UTV Motion Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D'Cruz
Description: A charming prankster's (Ranbir Kapoor) bittersweet relationship with two women (Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D'Cruz) turns his life upside-down.
Orion Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.23
U.S. Release Year: 1985
Starring: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
Description: A 1930s movie star (Jeff Daniels) steps off the screen to join a waitress (Mia Farrow) in the audience.
StudioCanal / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 91.44
U.S. Release Year: 2005
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Judi Dench
Description: A convoluted courtship begins between a young woman (Keira Knightley) and the handsome friend (Matthew MacFadyen) of a wealthy bachelor.
Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 91.63
U.S. Release Year: 2000
Starring: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso
Description: A store owner (John Cusack), who sells only vinyl records, has a midlife crisis, assesses his life and tries to win back an ex-girlfriend (Iben Hjejle).
Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 92.11
U.S. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger
Description: A Los Angeles sports agent (Tom Cruise) finds love with a pretty accountant (Renee Zellweger) after an attack of conscience costs him his job and fiancee.
Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
Smart Rating: 92.32
U.S. Release Year: 1989
Starring: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney
Description: A high-school senior (John Cusack) falls in love with an honor student (Ione Skye) bound for studies in England.
Polygram Filmed / Rank Film Distributors
Smart Rating: 92.65
U.S. Release Year: 1994
Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas
Description: An English charmer (Hugh Grant) and a lusty American (Andie MacDowell) make love over a course of surprising events.
Likely Story / The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 92.88
U.S. Release Year: 2016
Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Description: In 1985, a Dublin teenager (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) forms a rock 'n' roll band to win the heart of an aspiring model (Lucy Boynton).
Act III Communications / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.03
U.S. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin
Description: A storybook stableboy turns pirate (Cary Elwes) and rescues his beloved (Robin Wright), who is about to marry a dreadful prince.
Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.08
U.S. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Erni Mangold
Description: An American (Ethan Hawke) and a Frenchwoman (Julie Delpy) meet on a train and spend a romantic day and night in Vienna.
Star Partners II Ltd. / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 93.33
U.S. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia
Description: An Italian-American widow (Cher), engaged to a reticent suitor, falls in love with his brother (Nicolas Cage).
Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 93.63
U.S. Release Year: 1989
Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher
Description: Two Manhattan careerists (Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan) first hate, then like and eventually love each other over the course of 12 years.
Universal Pictures / Miramax Films
Smart Rating: 93.7
U.S. Release Year: 1998
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush
Description: Young William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) falls for Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow), reawakening his creativity, but she is betrothed to Wessex.
Gracie Films / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.76
U.S. Release Year: 1987
Starring: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
Description: A reporter (Albert Brooks), a producer (Holly Hunter) and an anchorman (William Hurt) form a triangle in a TV network news bureau.
Gracie Films / 20th Century Fox
Smart Rating: 93.87
U.S. Release Year: 1961
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal
Description: New York playgirl Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) puzzles a writer (George Peppard) who lives in her building.
Gravier Productions / Sony Pictures Classics
Smart Rating: 93.91
U.S. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard
Description: Vacationing in contemporary Paris with his fiancee (Rachel McAdams), an insecure writer (Owen Wilson) is whisked back in time and meets Jazz Age giants of art and literature.
Anonymous Content / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 94
U.S. Release Year: 2004
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst
Description: A doctor's invention allows a couple (Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet) to erase the memories of their tumultuous relationship.
Mike Nichols/Lawrence Turman Productions / AVCO Embassy Pictures
Smart Rating: 94.05
U.S. Release Year: 1967
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Description: An aimless college man (Dustin Hoffman) lets an older woman (Anne Bancroft) seduce him, then finds himself falling for her daughter (Katharine Ross).
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 94.12
U.S. Release Year: 1955
Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis
Description: A retired cat burglar (Cary Grant) sees fireworks with an American heiress (Grace Kelly) on the Riviera.
Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 94.16
U.S. Release Year: 1993
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Description: February 2nd keeps repeating for a cynical TV weatherman (Bill Murray) sent to watch the groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
The Weinstein Company
Smart Rating: 94.28
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
Description: An unexpected bond begins to form between a man (Bradley Cooper) trying to rebuild his life and a young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) promising to help him reunite with his estranged wife.
American Empirical Pictures / Focus Features
Smart Rating: 94.59
U.S. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray
Description: In 1965 New England, a peaceful island community descends into turmoil when two love-struck 12 year olds (Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward) run away together just before the approach of a violent storm.
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 94.63
U.S. Release Year: 1971
Starring: Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack
Description: A 20-year-old heir (Bud Cort) with a death wish meets a 79-year-old free spirit (Ruth Gordon) who knows how to live.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 94.99
U.S. Release Year: 1949
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Description: Married lawyers (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn) clash in and out of court over a woman's (Judy Holliday) right to shoot her husband and his lover.
Horizon Pictures / United Artists
Smart Rating: 95.35
U.S. Release Year: 1952
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
Description: An imperious woman (Katharine Hepburn) makes a gin-soaked boat captain (Humphrey Bogart) fight Germans in the World War I Congo.
RKO Radio Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.35
U.S. Release Year: 1938
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charlie Ruggles
Description: A paleontologist (Cary Grant) loses a dinosaur bone to a dog whose heiress owner (Katharine Hepburn) also has a pet leopard, called Baby.
Paramount Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.44
U.S. Release Year: 1953
Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
Description: A young princess (Audrey Hepburn), tired of her constraints, runs off with a U.S. newsman (Gregory Peck) in Rome.
Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.59
U.S. Release Year: 1940
Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Description: An ace reporter's (Rosalind Russell) editor (Cary Grant) tries to stop her from remarrying in this remake of director Lewis Milestone's "The Front Page."
United Artists
Smart Rating: 95.76
U.S. Release Year: 1979
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway
Description: A divorced TV writer (Woody Allen) with a teenage girlfriend (Mariel Hemingway) falls in love with the mistress (Diane Keaton) of a married friend.
La Petite Reine / Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 95.77
U.S. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Jean Dujardin, BÊrÊnice Bejo, John Goodman
Description: The arrival of sound in motion pictures signals the end of one superstar's (Jean Dujardin) career, while a young ingenue (BÊrÊnice Bejo) stands poised to hit the big time.
A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production / Orion Pictures Corporation
Smart Rating: 95.9
U.S. Release Year: 1986
Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Michael Caine
Description: Hannah's (Mia Farrow) husband (Michael Caine) has an affair with one sister, and her ex-husband (Woody Allen) marries the other.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 96.32
U.S. Release Year: 1940
Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
Description: The more Budapest co-workers (Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart) fight, the more they fall in love as secret pen pals.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 96.32
U.S. Release Year: 1934
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Walter Connolly
Description: A newsman (Clark Gable) rides a bus and shares a cabin with a tycoon's (Walter Connolly) runaway daughter (Claudette Colbert).
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 96.44
U.S. Release Year: 1940
Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Description: A snooty socialite (Katharine Hepburn) fights with her ex-husband (Cary Grant) and flirts with a reporter (James Stewart).
United Artists
Smart Rating: 97.17
U.S. Release Year: 1931
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers
Description: A little tramp (Charlie Chaplin) gets money from a drunken millionaire (Harry Myers) for an operation to restore a flower girl's (Virginia Cherrill) sight.
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