Best Romantic Comedies
Compiled 2026-10-24. All 200 films. The page was modified 2026-05-09. The Philadelphia Story is No. 1.

Compiled 2026-10-24. The main table copies the romantic-comedy countdown published on 2025-02-12 and modified on 2026-05-09, 200 films in all. No. 1 is George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story (1940). No. 200 is Garry Marshall’s Pretty Woman (1990). The publish date, the modified date, and the compile date stay separate. The top 10 and the top 25 are the first 10 and first 25 rows of this table.

The 200 films
All 200 rows follow the countdown. Years and directors are copied from the page.
| # | Title | Director | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor | 1940 |
| 2 | His Girl Friday | Howard Hawks | 1940 |
| 3 | The Shop Around the Corner | Ernst Lubitsch | 1940 |
| 4 | The Lady Eve | Preston Sturges | 1941 |
| 5 | It Happened One Night | Frank Capra | 1934 |
| 6 | Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | 1987 |
| 7 | Big | Penny Marshall | 1988 |
| 8 | Say Anything... | Cameron Crowe | 1989 |
| 9 | Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | 1991 |
| 10 | The Big Sick | Michael Showalter | 2017 |
| 11 | Rye Lane | Raine Allen Miller | 2023 |
| 12 | Bringing Up Baby | Howard Hawks | 1938 |
| 13 | Annie Hall | Woody Allen | 1977 |
| 14 | Bull Durham | Ron Shelton | 1988 |
| 15 | Sideways | Alexander Payne | 2004 |
| 16 | Appropriate Behavior | Desiree Akhavan | 2014 |
| 17 | The Half of It | Alice Wu | 2020 |
| 18 | The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner | 1987 |
| 19 | To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Susan Johnson | 2018 |
| 20 | Spontaneous | Brian Duffield | 2020 |
| 21 | The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier | 2021 |
| 22 | Música | Rudy Mancuso | 2024 |
| 23 | Hit Man | Richard Linklater | 2023 |
| 24 | I'm Your Man | Maria Schrader | 2021 |
| 25 | City Lights | Charlie Chaplin | 1931 |
| 26 | Ninotchka | Ernst Lubitsch | 1939 |
| 27 | Roman Holiday | William Wyler | 1953 |
| 28 | Dave | Ivan Reitman | 1993 |
| 29 | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | 2011 |
| 30 | Enough Said | Nicole Holofcener | 2013 |
| 31 | Sabrina | Billy Wilder | 1954 |
| 32 | Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder | 1959 |
| 33 | Groundhog Day | Harold Ramis | 1993 |
| 34 | Palm Springs | Max Barbakow | 2020 |
| 35 | Fire Island | Andrew Ahn | 2022 |
| 36 | The Apartment | Billy Wilder | 1960 |
| 37 | Juno | Jason Reitman | 2007 |
| 38 | Manhattan | Woody Allen | 1979 |
| 39 | Enchanted | Kevin Lima | 2007 |
| 40 | Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen | 2011 |
| 41 | The Kids Are All Right | Lisa Cholodenko | 2010 |
| 42 | Shakespeare in Love | John Madden | 1998 |
| 43 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Mike Newell | 1994 |
| 44 | Hairspray | Adam Shankman | 2007 |
| 45 | Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | 2012 |
| 46 | Love, Simon | Greg Berlanti | 2018 |
| 47 | The Heartbreak Kid | Elaine May | 1972 |
| 48 | Crazy Rich Asians | Jon M. Chu | 2018 |
| 49 | High Fidelity | Stephen Frears | 2000 |
| 50 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Woody Allen | 1986 |
| 51 | The American President | Rob Reiner | 1995 |
| 52 | L.A. Story | Mick Jackson | 1991 |
| 53 | Splash | Ron Howard | 1984 |
| 54 | Show Me Love | Lukas Moodysson | 1998 |
| 55 | Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2021 |
| 56 | Obvious Child | Gillian Robespierre | 2014 |
| 57 | Much Ado About Nothing | Kenneth Branagh | 1993 |
| 58 | Amélie | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 2001 |
| 59 | Knocked Up | Judd Apatow | 2007 |
| 60 | Bridesmaids | Paul Feig | 2011 |
| 61 | Moonstruck | Norman Jewison | 1987 |
| 62 | When Harry Met Sally... | Rob Reiner | 1989 |
| 63 | Waitress | Adrienne Shelly | 2007 |
| 64 | What's Up, Doc? | Peter Bogdanovich | 1972 |
| 65 | Bros | Nicholas Stoller | 2022 |
| 66 | Plus One | Jeff Chan, Andrew Rhymer | 2019 |
| 67 | Submarine | Richard Ayoade | 2010 |
| 68 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Blake Edwards | 1961 |
| 69 | Strictly Ballroom | Baz Luhrmann | 1992 |
| 70 | Saving Face | Alice Wu | 2004 |
| 71 | Roxanne | Fred Schepisi | 1987 |
| 72 | Funny Ha Ha | Andrew Bujalski | 2003 |
| 73 | 2 Days in Paris | Julie Delpy | 2007 |
| 74 | Italian for Beginners | Lone Scherfig | 2000 |
| 75 | Chasing Amy | Kevin Smith | 1997 |
| 76 | The Parent Trap | Nancy Meyers | 1998 |
| 77 | I Want You Back | Jason Orley | 2022 |
| 78 | EMMA. | Autumn de Wilde | 2020 |
| 79 | Garden State | Zach Braff | 2004 |
| 80 | Much Ado About Nothing | Joss Whedon | 2012 |
| 81 | Beginners | Mike Mills | 2010 |
| 82 | Paris, je t'aime | Bruno Podalydès, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel Coen | 2006 |
| 83 | As Good as It Gets | James L. Brooks | 1997 |
| 84 | Harold and Maude | Hal Ashby | 1971 |
| 85 | (500) Days of Summer | Marc Webb | 2009 |
| 86 | Top Five | Chris Rock | 2014 |
| 87 | The 40 Year-Old Virgin | Judd Apatow | 2005 |
| 88 | Shortcomings | Randall Park | 2023 |
| 89 | Your Sister's Sister | Lynn Shelton | 2011 |
| 90 | An Ideal Husband | Oliver Parker | 1999 |
| 91 | Jerry Maguire | Cameron Crowe | 1996 |
| 92 | Emma | Douglas McGrath | 1996 |
| 93 | Trainwreck | Judd Apatow | 2015 |
| 94 | Notting Hill | Roger Michell | 1999 |
| 95 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Nicholas Stoller | 2008 |
| 96 | There's Something About Mary | Robert Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | 1998 |
| 97 | Kissing Jessica Stein | Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | 2001 |
| 98 | Working Girl | Mike Nichols | 1988 |
| 99 | Cold Comfort Farm | John Schlesinger | 1995 |
| 100 | Long Shot | Jonathan Levine | 2019 |
| 101 | Happiest Season | Clea Duvall | 2020 |
| 102 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | Miranda July | 2005 |
| 103 | Priceless | Pierre Salvadori | 2006 |
| 104 | Grosse Pointe Blank | George Armitage | 1997 |
| 105 | Lars and the Real Girl | Craig Gillespie | 2007 |
| 106 | Clueless | Amy Heckerling | 1995 |
| 107 | The Idea of You | Michael Showalter | 2024 |
| 108 | While You Were Sleeping | Jon Turteltaub | 1995 |
| 109 | Muriel's Wedding | P.J. Hogan | 1994 |
| 110 | Sixteen Candles | John Hughes | 1984 |
| 111 | Crossing Delancey | Joan Micklin Silver | 1988 |
| 112 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Woody Allen | 2008 |
| 113 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Sharon Maguire | 2001 |
| 114 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Ol Parker | 2018 |
| 115 | Man Up | Ben Palmer | 2015 |
| 116 | The Lost City | Adam Nee, Aaron Nee | 2022 |
| 117 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | 2011 |
| 118 | Punch-Drunk Love | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2002 |
| 119 | Ruby Sparks | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | 2012 |
| 120 | Chinese Puzzle | Cédric Klapisch | 2013 |
| 121 | Singles | Cameron Crowe | 1992 |
| 122 | Get Real | Simon Shore | 1998 |
| 123 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Sharon Maguire | 2016 |
| 124 | The Map of Tiny Perfect Things | Ian Samuels | 2021 |
| 125 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Joel Zwick | 2002 |
| 126 | The Valet | Richard Wong | 2022 |
| 127 | The Spanish Apartment | Cédric Klapisch | 2002 |
| 128 | Pretty in Pink | Howard Deutch | 1986 |
| 129 | Red, White & Royal Blue | Matthew Lopez | 2023 |
| 130 | Benny & Joon | Jeremiah S. Chechik | 1993 |
| 131 | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Peter Sollett | 2008 |
| 132 | Wedding Crashers | David Dobkin | 2005 |
| 133 | Sleepless in Seattle | Nora Ephron | 1993 |
| 134 | My Best Friend's Wedding | P.J. Hogan | 1997 |
| 135 | Stranger Than Fiction | Marc Forster | 2006 |
| 136 | Populaire | Régis Roinsard | 2012 |
| 137 | Definitely, Maybe | Adam Brooks | 2008 |
| 138 | Celeste and Jesse Forever | Lee Toland Krieger | 2012 |
| 139 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | 1990 |
| 140 | Holiday | George Cukor | 1938 |
| 141 | Desk Set | Walter Lang | 1957 |
| 142 | Indiscreet | Stanley Donen | 1958 |
| 143 | Born Yesterday | George Cukor | 1950 |
| 144 | My Man Godfrey | Gregory La Cava | 1936 |
| 145 | Play It Again, Sam | Herbert Ross | 1972 |
| 146 | Stolen Kisses | François Truffaut | 1968 |
| 147 | The Wedding Banquet | Andrew Ahn | 1993 |
| 148 | Adam's Rib | George Cukor | 1949 |
| 149 | Belle Epoque | Fernando Trueba | 1992 |
| 150 | Pillow Talk | Michael Gordon | 1959 |
| 151 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen | 1985 |
| 152 | The Awful Truth | Leo McCarey | 1937 |
| 153 | Trouble in Paradise | Ernst Lubitsch | 1932 |
| 154 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Anthony Asquith | 1952 |
| 155 | Arthur | Steve Gordon | 1981 |
| 156 | The Sure Thing | Rob Reiner | 1985 |
| 157 | Romantics Anonymous | Jean-Pierre Améris | 2010 |
| 158 | Pat and Mike | George Cukor | 1952 |
| 159 | The Seven Year Itch | Billy Wilder | 1955 |
| 160 | Valley Girl | Martha Coolidge | 1983 |
| 161 | Woman of the Year | George Stevens | 1942 |
| 162 | Love at First Fight | Thomas Cailley | 2014 |
| 163 | An Oversimplification of Her Beauty | Terence Nance | 2012 |
| 164 | How to Marry a Millionaire | Jean Negulesco | 1953 |
| 165 | Love in the Afternoon | Billy Wilder | 1957 |
| 166 | Edge of Seventeen | David Moreton | 1998 |
| 167 | Mighty Aphrodite | Woody Allen | 1995 |
| 168 | Trick | Jim Fall | 1999 |
| 169 | Little Manhattan | Mark Levin | 2005 |
| 170 | Better Off Dead | Savage Steve Holland | 1985 |
| 171 | Twelfth Night | Trevor Nunn | 1996 |
| 172 | What If | Michael Dowse | 2013 |
| 173 | Tin Cup | Ron Shelton | 1996 |
| 174 | Coming to America | John Landis | 1988 |
| 175 | Something's Gotta Give | Nancy Meyers | 2003 |
| 176 | Russian Dolls | Cédric Klapisch | 2005 |
| 177 | The Wedding Singer | Frank Coraci | 1998 |
| 178 | Liberal Arts | Josh Radnor | 2012 |
| 179 | 10 Things I Hate About You | Gil Junger | 1999 |
| 180 | The Best Man Holiday | Malcolm D. Lee | 2013 |
| 181 | About Time | Richard Curtis | 2013 |
| 182 | The Science of Sleep | Michel Gondry | 2006 |
| 183 | You've Got Mail | Nora Ephron | 1998 |
| 184 | Jeffrey | Christopher Ashley | 1995 |
| 185 | Frankie and Johnny | Garry Marshall | 1991 |
| 186 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Stephen Hopkins | 2004 |
| 187 | Hitch | Andy Tennant | 2005 |
| 188 | Heartbreaker | Pascal Chaumeil | 2010 |
| 189 | Baby Boom | Charles Shyer | 1987 |
| 190 | William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream | Michael Hoffman | 1999 |
| 191 | Away We Go | Sam Mendes | 2009 |
| 192 | Brown Sugar | Rick Famuyiwa | 2002 |
| 193 | Fever Pitch | Robert Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | 2005 |
| 194 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | Kevin Smith | 2008 |
| 195 | Chances Are | Emile Ardolino | 1989 |
| 196 | Sliding Doors | Peter Howitt | 1998 |
| 197 | 13 Going on 30 | Gary Winick | 2004 |
| 198 | Broken English | Zoe R. Cassavetes | 2007 |
| 199 | Love Actually | Richard Curtis | 2003 |
| 200 | Pretty Woman | Garry Marshall | 1990 |
How this ranking was built
Compiled 2026-10-24. The list was published 2025-02-12 and modified 2026-05-09. Rotten Tomatoes posted it. Alex Vo is the byline. The page title is The 200 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time. The page runs from No. 1 to No. 200, and this table follows that order. The top 10 and the top 25 are the first 10 and first 25 rows.
The live page on 2026-10-24 printed all 200 titles. Director names are the Directed By lines.
Chinese and Russian titles are Wikidata labels. Chinese labels are simplified.
6 films have no Chinese Wikidata label, so the Chinese cell keeps the English title: No. 16 Appropriate Behavior, No. 22 Música, No. 52 L.A. Story, No. 72 Funny Ha Ha, No. 163 An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, No. 186 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. 16 films keep the English title in the Russian cell.
| Source | Snapshot | Scope | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 200 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time (guide) | Published 2025-02-12, modified 2026-05-09, read 2026-10-24 | 200 romantic comedies, from No. 1 to No. 200. No. 1 is The Philadelphia Story, 1940, George Cukor. No. 200 is Pretty Woman, 1990, Garry Marshall | Primary |
The picture, and the other movie pages
Rows S through D are ranks 1 through 150, 30 a row. Ranks 151 through 200 are in the table below. The drag-and-drop pool is all 200.
Romance: best romance movies. Comedy: best comedy movies.
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