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Comedy Romance

The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two people meet, banter with each other, but despite an attraction obvious to the audience do not become romantically involved because of some internal factor (on the surface, they do not like each other) or an external barrier (one is romantically involved with another person, for instance). At some point, after various comic scenes, they are parted for some reason. One partner or the other then realises that they are perfect for each other, and (often after some spectacular effort, sometimes termed the Grand Gesture, and/or incredible coincidence) they meet again, they declare undying love for each other, and disappear off into the sunset together. Of course, there are innumerable variations on this basic plotline. It is not even essential for the two lead characters to end up in each other's arms: "My Best Friend's Wedding" (pictured) is a good example. Only "Romantic Comedies" can be scrolled below. "Romance", "Romantic Dramas" or "Romantic Classics" sections may also prove fruitful.

Can't Hardly Wait (Blu-ray) (1998)

6.5/10
Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Starring: Ethan Embry, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Seth Green

A "Dazed and Confused" for the 90's centering around a wild house party where everyone's invited to unload four years worth of emotional baggage, leav... Read more

Caramel (2007)

7.1/10
Director: Nadine Labaki
Starring: Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisele Aouad, Adel Karam, Siha...

A Beirut beauty salon serves as a microcosm of modern society in director Nadine Labaki's look at liberated conversation in a conflicted society, as f... Read more

Carolina (2004)

5/10
Director: Marleen Gorris
Starring: Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola, Randy Quaid

Dutch filmmaker Marleen Gorris ('Antonia's Line', 'Mrs Dalloway') directs this romantic comedy about a young woman (Julia Stiles) raised in an eccentr... Read more

Casanova (2005)

6.5/10
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring: Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin

Heath Ledger plays the notorious Venetian playboy who goes too far when he's caught leaving the boudoir of a novice nun. The Inquisition puts him on... Read more

Cashback (2006)

7.2/10
Director: Sean Ellis
Starring: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Shaun Evans, Michelle Ryan, Stuart Goodwin

Originally made as an Oscar-nominated short film, writer/director Sean Ellis fills out his sweet and perceptive story to a successful feature. Ben tak... Read more

Catch and Release (2006)

6/10
Director: Susannah Grant
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger, Kevin Smith, Juliette Lewis

Grey (Jennifer Garner) is on the verge of marrying the man of her dreams when tragedy turns their wedding into an impromptu funeral. Devastated, Grey... Read more

Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)

Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Elijah Wood, Eric Christian Olsen, Emma Roberts, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Ar...

Can a divorced couple remain best friends? Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) are high school sweethearts who married young and are now... Read more

Chances Are (1989)

6.4/10
Director: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Ryan O'Neal, Cybill Shepherd, Mary Stuart Masterson

A romantic comedy with a twist about the reincarnation of Cybill Shepherd's murdered husband in the form of a younger man (Robert Downey Jr). With Rya... Read more

Chaos Theory (2007)

5.6/10
Director: Marcos Siega
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend, Sarah Chalke, Constance Zimmer

Motivational speaker and self-help guru Frank (Ryan Reynolds) thinks he has life down to a tee; in fact he has it scheduled down to the minute and his... Read more

Chaotic Ana (2007)

6.4/10
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Manuela Velles, Charlotte Rampling, Bebe , Asier Newman, Nicolas Cazale

Ana (Manuela Velles) is an innocent, living a sheltered existence as an artist in an Ibizan cave with her father; but when Justine (Charlotte Rampling... Read more