Some of us are married or otherwise boo'd up, and are thus contractually obligated to watch the occasional rom-com. With very few exceptions, these are unbearable shitfests. This thread is those exceptions.

Love Actually, has to hold that number 1 spot. It actually works as a piece of cinema. It's well written and acted, and the characters behave (mostly) like real people. Also, "About a Boy" and Notting Hill. Basically, I'm saying that your rom-com has a chance at not sucking if it takes place in England and stars Hugh Grant...Bridget Jones not withstanding.

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If you can swing it, try to watch some of the '40s and '50s rom-coms, some of the best films Hollywood ever made.


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I don't think there's a better rom-com in recent years that's better than WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. Well made, well acted, funny, doesn't belittle your intelligence. After that, it's a steep fall.
THE NOTEBOOK - God is it "girly," but if you gotta make up for doing some dumb shit, then you gotta put this one on.
LOVE, ACTUALLY - I really like this one. Your previous point about Hugh Grant stands.
4 WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL - See above.
LOVE AFFAIR - It's the Warren Beatty/Annette Benning remake of AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER. I'm a sucker for those "autumn in New York" movies.
THE WEDDING DATE - I like it for no discernable reason.
LOVE & BASKETBALL - One of the better "late '90s urban romances."
LOVE JONES - see above.

And yeah, I'm hard pressed to think of any others.


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I'll also add Crazy, Stupid Love to the didn't suck list.

Question: Are the Apatow films rom-coms?

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Love Jones is good as well, but not really a rom-com

One of the reasons I like it so much.


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Seriously, it's probably the best one ever.

But Crazy Stupid Love was also a recent great one.

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did this fool up here really open the post up with Love Actually? like for real? for really reals?

it's When Harry Met Sally. it's not just genre defining, it's a great movie. if you can't enjoy it, loosen up. it's universal in the best way a la the Pixar movies even the eliterati like to hype up.

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Also, add Celeste and Jesse Forever to the list

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is Celeste and Jesse Forever a rom com though? that screams more romantic drama with some random and uncomfortably weird ass comedy bits thrown in, etc.

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Instead of spending 90 minutes watching Rashida Jones act like a lovable screwup in an attempt to win back Andy Samberg, the movie actually deals with real-esque emotions and somewhat grown-up characters

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>Instead of spending 90 minutes watching Rashida Jones act
>like a lovable screwup in an attempt to win back Andy Samberg,
>the movie actually deals with real-esque emotions and somewhat
>grown-up characters
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hmm...i'll have to try and catch this at the indie theatre in town if its still there this weekend...

cause, though im not on board the Shida love train (how can she be the dullest beige girl evar? with her family pedigree? she should exude edge for reals...), i've been hearing good things about this movie and I do want to check it out.

and, I digs Ari Gaynor and Chris Messina...bam

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formulaic but well done. Carell and Binoche are perfect for their parts, the family and single dad bits are funny, and the premise that

a.) Dane Cook is dating your dream girl
b.) Dane Cook is your brother

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if that's not a rom-com i don't know what is

Richard Curtis did his thing with that one, not ashamed to admit I watch that when I want to feel a little better.


Romancing the Stone - another one I recommend
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Cameron Diaz and old girl from Titanic (I think) are in it too? Something about a brit and an American switching places for vacation and falling in love with people they meet? I didn't hate that one

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I probably only liked that one because of Jack Black. That and I like seeing chubby dudes get chicks in movies

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Because it's as much a music discussion as it is a rom-com. That and Cusak excels at that kind of thing, with the notable exception of Serendipity, which was horrible.

And as hack and cliche as it was, America's Sweethearts wasn't half bad either.

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I read the book first. the movie wasn't bad, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. the book, on the otherhand...

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My Best Friend's Wedding
Two Weeks Notice
Serendipity -- I had to come around on this one

I have more, but

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even though I watched it prolly 10+ years after the fact, heard all the stories. the big speech scene at the end had me cut up and I couldn't help myself. it was good. and if it's not a chick-pandering flick, I don't know what is.

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So many classics.

"Show me the money"
"Human head weighs eight pounds"
"You had me at hello"
"You complete me"
"I want the coin"
"These fish have manners"
"I love black people"
"I air dry"

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but it's the g/f's go-to rom com, so I've seen it a few times. I've seen worse, I've seen better.

I'd actually be more curious what movie the women love you just have to forgive. for me, she loves loves loves Bridget Jones, so okay, I've seen worse, I can tolerate it. curious to know what other dudes have to put up with...

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The character has zero redeeming qualities. You would HATE Bridget Jones in real life.

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giant panties scene in the first one (never saw the second) = it's a keeper.

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(it's not a rom com, it's a shitty, pretentious, wannabe art flick)

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except that I think it's good, and fun, and a comedy about romance.

but no, I wouldn't watch it until I was married, or got dragged to an art show dedicated to genitalia hosted in the basement of a factory

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it's pretty dark and strange for a date, but than again i've pretty much dated artsy-intellectual woman, so it wouldn't have been a problem

Because the romance isn't with a handsome fellow (though the movie has one of those) but rather with her career. And it's got Harrison Ford acting like a total grump, which is a swell bonus.

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Ford is hilarious, it's got Keaton for the older lady crowd, and McAdams is incredibly charming (and, as Rj said, bootylicious).

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It's undoubtedly a romantic comedy, so I remember wondering if Harrison Ford was the love interest. Because the successive reactions of "ewww" and "nicely done for his character" aren't the kind of things that I imagine get folks to the theater, that's not going to work.

And even if Patrick Wilson (who I rather like after "Young Adult", but whose very willing to default to "wallpaper") was in the advertising for it, I don't remember it - and that's kind of his thing.

Anyhow, there wasn't a lot of romance to give us in the actual film. And the actual point of the movie, while not actually complex, is actually slightly eccentric.

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It got lost in the winter shuffle.


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My all-time guilty please movie. Love that shit.

I can't stand anything she's in.



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Maybe she reminds me of the obnoxious pretty girl in high school, the dearth of acting talent (which is forgivable given the genre), how much I don't like the movies she's in. I don't think it's any one thing, and I don't think it's all justified. But every time I see her, I get annoyed.


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Normally i don't dig Ryan Reynolds, but this movie is cute.

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lemme toss a few out there that seem to be missing


say anything

sixteen candles

some kind of wonderful

Boomerang

Hav Plenty

Waitress

40 Year Old virgin

Lars and the real girl

VIcky Christina Bercelona

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amelie

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>sixteen candles

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>Boomerang
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>40 Year Old virgin

^^^
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>Lars and the real girl

a romantic comedy? that movie is arty and dark as shit

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>500 days of summer
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kind of a rom-com, but the inversion of it. that movie becomes pretty depressing

>midnight in paris
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my girl loved this shit

>amelie
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>chocolat

^^^
the two GOATS IMO. i don't even count them as rom-coms, they're just damn good/great

the others i hadn't seen

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Very good cast:

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is there a man alive that doesn't hate that movie? if so, I'm giving that fool the sideways glare...

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Love Actually actually sucked worse than I thought it would. So bad it was tough for me to pretend I liked it well enough to get laid that night.

I searched for the word "intermission" before posting and came up blank and now THIS?

LOL I watched a small part of Love, Actually and just HATED it. I really wanted to like it based on its cast but I found it excruciating.

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>I searched for the word "intermission" before posting and
>came up blank and now THIS?
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>LOL I watched a small part of Love, Actually and just HATED
>it. I really wanted to like it based on its cast but I found
>it excruciating.

I figured I HAD to at least enjoy it somewhat because of the cast & my overall usual enjoyment for brit flicks but yeesh!...excruciating was pretty much my exact sentiment as well.

It's a rom-com but it's also an action film. In the FIRST SCENE, Colin Farrell flirts with and then punches an unsuspecting woman in the face in order to effect a small robbery.

I keep saying this: It has something for everyone.

I also think you should check out City Island, although by "check out" I IN NO WAY mean "watch the trailer". They put the funniest moment in the trailer and it only works if you're not suspecting it, so DON'T watch the trailer.

City Island was (I think) the only movie that Mr W and I have ever seen together that we both liked for essentially the same reasons.

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>It's a rom-com but it's also an action film. In the FIRST
>SCENE, Colin Farrell flirts with and then punches an
>unsuspecting woman in the face in order to effect a small
>robbery.

I'd suggest removing this as a spoiler if it hadn't been out for so long, but yeah, that really set the tone for the film. Goes through a wide range of emotions but never loses it's focus.

>I keep saying this: It has something for everyone.
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>I also think you should check out City Island, although by
>"check out" I IN NO WAY mean "watch the trailer". They put
>the funniest moment in the trailer and it only works if you're
>not suspecting it, so DON'T watch the trailer.
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>City Island was (I think) the only movie that Mr W and I have
>ever seen together that we both liked for essentially the same
>reasons.

Emily Mortimer?

and colin farrell
i'll check it out

two hotties
it might automatically qualify
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One strategically position funny man and some booty afterwards makes for a great rom-com imo

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Really loved it. Hadn't seen it. Recently caught Annie Hall too which I prefered a lot more.

It's just incredible how much he puts himself into the movies.

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You Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle.

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I don't know if any of you have seen this, but this is a great rom-com. It's got Hope Davis as the woman looking for love and finding a bunch of not-so-great guys. PSH is in this (in one of his early roles) as Davis' slacker boyfriend who never found a cause he didn't like.

The story is genuine and is kind of meloncholy, but the romance between the guy and Davis seems sincere and touching.

I would highly reccomend thiz even if you don't like Rom-coms.

I don't remember if someone has mentiones Bridesmaids, but that movie was awesome too.

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Cool flick, not great, but made better because I was in Boston when we were watching it.

The girl that took me to go see it just got engaged

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I have a real fondness for that one but I admit I have never even suggested it to a man LOL

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I just like it. Good supporting cast too, with Paul Dano, Tim Olyphant, and the guy from "Warriors" all grown up. Dexter's father.

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should be automatically disqualified
on a technicallity:
none handsome leading men

the romance is automatically zero'd out
comedy factor upped significantly
just call them comedies
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maybe they can compromise at
heartwarming comedies
a bit like lassie movies
not romantic
just heartwarming

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I'm also trying to figure out just how much, if at all, having a "handsome" lead matters to straight guys who watch these movies

Woody Allen's thoughts on love and relationships aren't any less relatable, insightful, or entertaining because of his looks

I don't believe his looks matter to the straight guys watching the movies

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because they're so cynical.

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I didn't feel like wasting two posts back-to-back

And as far as the "cynical" charge, some of his romantic comedies (but not all) have characters that have a jaundiced view, but that view is hard-earned and the result of relationships that went sour. That's more "real" than it is "cynical," and as such they absolutely should be included in the list of romantic comedies for men.

And to categorize ALL of his romantic comedies as "anti-" is kinda... ehh, I dunno...

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doesn't make them romantic


which leaves comedy
and guys always love comedies
oh sorry
heart warming comedies
like i said like lassie just with comedy
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"They're not romantic comedies, more like Lassie comedies get it"

or

"They're not romantic comedies cause the lead guys are ugly so they shouldn't count especially to straight guys who are totally into the attractive guys on the screen"


Neither one makes much sense, but I figure you should pick one and stick to it

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