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Romantic Comedy movies

Love plus laughs: meet-cutes, misunderstandings, awkward chemistry, and a light tone as the relationship forms or repairs.

181. We Are Your Friends

We Are Your Friends
Drama Music Romance Comedy Entertainment Industry Drama
6.2
20151h 36minUnited Kingdom, France
Director: Max Joseph

Overview

Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.

Themes

Loyalty and betrayal, Ambition under mentorship, Risk of party culture, Work-life balance in art, Friendship fractures under pressure, Fame pursuit vs romance

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182. People, Places, Things

People, Places, Things
Romance Comedy Drama Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.8
20151h 25minUnited States
Director: Jim Strouse

Overview

Will Henry thinks he’s just juggling a breakup, his twin daughters, and a new crush—until one question sinks its hooks in: what if he really was the problem? Now every class, every visit, every date turns into evidence in a case against himself… and he can’t stop digging.

Themes

Writer as artist, New york city pressures, Divorce and reinvention, Pizza motif in relationships, Parent child balance, Letting go dynamics

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183. Trainwreck

Trainwreck
Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.2
20152h 5minUnited States
Director: Judd Apatow

Overview

Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

Themes

Fear of commitment, Career versus romance, Public scrutiny of romance, Self-destructive dating patterns, Family obligation vs romance, Personal growth and change

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184. Some Kind of Beautiful

Some Kind of Beautiful
Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
5.7
20151h 39minUnited Kingdom, United States
Director: Tom Vaughan

Overview

By day, Richard Haig is a successful and well-respected English professor at renowned Trinity College in Cambridge. By night, Richard indulges his own romantic fantasies with a steady stream of beautiful undergraduates. But Richard has grown tired of the game and is looking for something more meaningful and lasting. So when Kate, Richard’s tanned, athletic, 25-year-old American girlfriend tells him that she is pregnant, Richard is thrilled. He looks forward to having a family of his own, being a father his children could be proud of, not some sex-fueled bobcat. There is only one problem. Richard’s not in love with Kate. Richard is in love with Kate’s sister, Olivia. He had been in love with her ever since he first saw her.

Themes

Infidelity and deception, Career vs personal life, Age-gap romance, Teacher-student dynamic, Parental duty and care, Search for lasting connection

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Google Play Movies
YouTube
Plex Channel
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185. Sleeping with Other People

Sleeping with Other People
Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.5
20151h 40minUnited States
Director: Leslye Headland

Overview

Jake and Lainey have known each other since college: on one awkward night, they lost their virginity. Twelve years later, they run into each other at a support group for sex addicts—and this time a friendship starts to form between them.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Commitment issues, Career vs romance, Friends to lovers, Deception and desire, Casual dating expectations

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Amazon Video
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186. Man Up

Man Up
Romance Comedy Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.8
20151h 28minUnited Kingdom
Director: Ben Palmer

Overview

A single 34-year-old woman, Nancy, mistakenly ends up on someone else’s blind date. Not realizing the mix-up, 40-year-old Jack is charmed by her, and she decides to go along with the adventure.

Themes

Deception in dating, Mistaken impressions and chemistry, Urban dating rituals, Postdivorce vulnerability, Resilience amid romance, Social pressure to pair up

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Google Play Movies
YouTube
Starz Apple TV Channel
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187. Aloha

Aloha
Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
5.4
20151h 45minUnited States
Director: Cameron Crowe

Overview

A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.

Themes

Trust and deception, Loyalty across relationships, Private interests vs public good, Development vs tradition, Power dynamics and responsibility, Cultural mediation

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188. A Royal Night Out

A Royal Night Out
Comedy Drama Romance Historical Drama Romantic Comedy
6.5
20151h 37minBelgium, Sweden
Director: Julian Jarrold

Overview

The re-imagining of VE Day in 1945, when Princess Elizabeth and her sister, Margaret were allowed out from Buckingham Palace for the night to join in the celebrations, and encounter romance and danger.

Themes

Romance under scrutiny, Duty vs freedom, Class expectations, Public persona vs private desire, Gendered public spectacle, Youth confronting tradition

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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189. Blind Date

Blind Date
Comedy Romance Drama Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.6
20151h 30minFrance
Director: Clovis Cornillac

Overview

He invents puzzles. He’s committed body and soul to his work and needs silence to be able to concentrate. She is an accomplished pianist and can’t live without music. She must prepare for a competition that could change her life. They are going to be forced to coexist without seeing each other.

Themes

Coexistence through sound, Silence as negotiation, Public performance pressure, Shared walls, Music as emotional outlet, Private life, Mentor critique and resilience

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Amazon Video
blue TV
Apple TV
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190. Just Before I Go

Just Before I Go
Comedy Drama Romance Relationship Drama Romantic Comedy
6.3
20151h 35minUnited States
Director: Courteney Cox

Overview

Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he feels are responsible for creating the shell of a person he has become. But life is tricky. The more determined Ted is to confront his demons, to get closure, and to withdraw from his family, the more Ted is yanked into the chaos of their lives. So, when Ted Morgan decides to kill himself, he finds a reason to live.

Themes

Identity and acceptance, Grief and purpose, Caregiving burdens and resilience, Family obligations under strain, Romance boundaries and longing, Documenting memory and life

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