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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.

The Wackness (2008)

7/10
Director: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jane Ad...

Set on the streets of '90s New York, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is in the sweet limbo between high school and college - chasing girls and trading pot fo... Read more

The Waiting Room (2007)

6.5/10
Director: Roger Goldby
Starring: Anne-Marie Duff, Ralf Little, Rupert Graves, Zoe Telford, Frank Finlay, Phyllida...

A deft drama about love and loneliness in London with Anne-Marie Duff as Anna, a single mum who has a chance encounter with Stephen (Ralf Little) in a... Read more

The Wedding Date (2004)

6.1/10
Director: Clare Kilner
Starring: Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Adams, Jeremy Sheffield

Kat Ellis (Debra Messing) is a thirty-something New Yorker with her fair share of romantic problems. When she hears her younger sister is getting mar... Read more

The Wedding Planner (2001)

5.3/10
Director: Adam Shankman
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson, Kevin Pollak, Kathy Najim...

A romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez as a Californian wedding specialist who has no luck with her own love life. She thinks this may change when... Read more

The Wedding Singer (1998)

6.8/10
Director: Frank Coraci
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Angela Featherstone

Adam Sandler plays a genuine nice guy who is stood up at the altar - but finds consolation in the friendship of a waitress who he discovers is about t... Read more

The Wedding Singer (Blu-Ray) (1998)

6.8/10
Director: Frank Coraci
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Angela Featherstone

Adam Sandler plays a genuine nice guy who is stood up at the altar - but finds consolation in the friendship of a waitress who he discovers is about t... Read more

The Woo Woo Kid (1987)

Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Talia Balsam, Beverly D'Angelo

Aka 'In The Mood'. Said to be based on fact - about a 14 year old who elopes with an older man's wife. He is caught, the marriage annulled, and he is... Read more

Then She Found Me (2007)

6/10
Director: Helen Hunt
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Colin Firth, Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Ben Shenkman

Helen Hunt directed, co-wrote and stars in this engaging seriocomedy about a middle-aged schoolteacher whose life is thrown into turmoil when her husb... Read more

There's Something About Mary (1998)

7.1/10
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Chris Elliott, Lee Evans, Matt Dillon

Still suffering from a high school crush on Mary (Cameron Diaz), the nerdy, angst-driven Ted (Ben Stiller) tracks her down thirteen years later with t... Read more

There's Something About Mary ( Blu-ray ) (1998)

7.1/10
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Chris Elliott, Lee Evans, Matt Dillon

Still suffering from a high school crush on Mary (Cameron Diaz), the nerdy, angst-driven Ted (Ben Stiller) tracks her down thirteen years later with t... Read more