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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.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

71. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Drama Romance Comedy Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.8

20121h 47min

United Kingdom, France

Director: Lasse Hallström

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

Themes

Dream vs reality, Feasibility under pressure, Marital strain under stress, Bureaucratic interference, Public image manipulation, Desert environment challenge

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Populaire

72. Populaire

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Workplace Comedy
6.8

20121h 51min

Belgium, France

Director: Régis Roinsard

An insurance agent and his new secretary become locked in the grip of romance and competition as they train together for a speed-typing contest.

Themes

Ambition vs affection, Deception and trust, Workplace romance, Competitive mentorship, Gender dynamics in mid-century work, Typewriter culture

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Juno

73. Juno

Comedy Drama Romance Coming-of-Age Drama Romantic Comedy
7.4

20071h 36min

United States

Director: Jason Reitman

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Themes

Unplanned pregnancy decisions, Adoption as bounded choice, Coming of age tensions, Teenage pregnancy pressure, Partnership under scrutiny, Sexuality and precocity

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Stranger Than Fiction

74. Stranger Than Fiction

Drama Comedy Romance Fantasy Satire
7.5

20061h 53min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Marc Forster

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

Themes

Writer's block and creation, Fate versus agency, Narrator influence on choices, Romance as distraction from duty, What if as driver, Author reader dynamic and conflict

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Heartbeats

75. Heartbeats

Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
7.0

20101h 37min

Canada

Director: Xavier Dolan

Francis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two friends, instantly and equally infatuated, compete for Nicolas' indeterminate affections, a conflict that climaxes when the trio visit the vacation home of Nicolas' mother. The frothy comedy unfolds through narrative, fantasy sequences and confessional monologues.

Themes

Jealousy and insecurity, Love triangle dynamics, Ambiguous commitment, Friendship tested by romance, Nontraditional romance, Performance of attraction

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Blended

76. Blended

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Buddy Comedy
6.5

20141h 57min

United States

Director: Frank Coraci

Recently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever again. However, fate intervenes when both Jim and Lauren, unbeknownst to each other, purchase one-half of the same vacation package at a South African resort for families, during spring break. They and their children are forced to share the same romantic suite and participate in a slew of family activities together.

Themes

Blended family dynamics, Children's adaptation to remarriage, Dating after divorce, Grief and new beginnings, Vacation-induced bonding, Parenting role renegotiation

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Magic in the Moonlight

77. Magic in the Moonlight

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.5

20141h 38min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Woody Allen

Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

Themes

Trust under scrutiny, Romance amid doubt, Deception and collaboration, Rationalism versus belief, Wealth and spectacle, Occult versus science

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Barefoot

78. Barefoot

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Family Drama
6.5

20141h 30min

United States

Director: Andrew Fleming

The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.

Themes

Isolation and belonging, Class tension, Unconventional romance, Debt and coercion, Family reputation, Deception and honesty

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Spanish Affair

79. Spanish Affair

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Parody
6.5

20141h 38min

Spain

Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro

Rafael, a Seville citizen who has never left the Spanish region of Andalucia, decides to leave his homeland to follow Amaia, a Basque girl unlike other women he has known.

Themes

Deception and disguise, Culture clash, Ethnocentric tensions, Romantic miscommunication, Identity performance

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Whatever Works

80. Whatever Works

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Satire
7.1

20091h 32min

United States, France

Director: Woody Allen

Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."

Themes

Age gap dynamics, Conservatism vs liberalism, Misanthropy vs openness, Open-relationship dynamics, Parental interference, Sexuality and self-discovery

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