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.
Sleeping with Other People (2015)
6.5/10
Director: Leslye Headland
Starring: Amanda Peet, Adam Brody, Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Jason Carlos
Finding each other in college, virgins Lainey (Alison Brie) and Jake (Jason Sudeikis) are clueless when it comes to the pleasures of the opposite sex,... Read more
Last Cab to Darwin (2015)
7.2/10
Director: Jeremy Sims
Starring: Jacki Weaver, John Howard, Emma Hamilton, Michael Caton, David Field
Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through the Australian outback from Broken Hill to Darwin... Read more
Trainwreck (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.2/10
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Amy Schumer, Tilda Swinton
Since she was a little girl, it's been drilled into Amy's (Schumer) head by her rascal of a dad (Colin Quinn) that monogamy isn't realistic. Now a mag... Read more
Trainwreck (2015)
6.2/10
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Amy Schumer, Tilda Swinton
Since she was a little girl, it's been drilled into Amy's (Schumer) head by her rascal of a dad (Colin Quinn) that monogamy isn't realistic. Now a mag... Read more
Results (2015)
5.4/10
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Michael Hal...
Writer/director Andrew Bujalski (Computer Chess, 2013) returns with a fun, intimate fable that's utterly grounded in real life. Recently divorced, new... Read more
Man Up (2015)
6.8/10
Director: Ben Palmer
Starring: Ken Stott, Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear
Meet Nancy (Lake Bell): 34, single (still), hung-over (again) and exhausted by the endless futile set ups foisted upon her by her well-meaning but clu... Read more
Man Up (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.8/10
Director: Ben Palmer
Starring: Ken Stott, Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear
Meet Nancy (Lake Bell): 34, single (still), hung-over (again) and exhausted by the endless futile set ups foisted upon her by her well-meaning but clu... Read more
Aloha (2015)
5.4/10
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny M...
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling f... Read more
Big Stone Gap (2014)
5.7/10
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Judith Ivey, John Benjamin Hickey,...
In a small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, self-proclaimed spinster Ave Maria Mulligan finds her life shaken up and forever cha... Read more
The Other Women (2014)
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Don Johnson
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been betraying. And when yet another love affair is discovered, all three w... Read more