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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.

Knocked Up

341. Knocked Up

Comedy Romance Drama Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.9

20072h 9min

United States

Director: Judd Apatow

After a chance meeting and a night spent together, TV journalist Alison and unemployed Ben learn they’re going to be parents. Can they stay together when they have almost nothing in common?

Themes

Deception and trust, Unplanned pregnancy, Partnership under stress, Responsibility and maturation, Work-life balance, Family dynamics

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Waitress

342. Waitress

Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
7.0

20071h 45min

United States

Director: Adrienne Shelly

A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.

Themes

Economic dependence and escape, Illicit relationship and consequences, Domestic abuse and autonomy, Female friendship and solidarity, Creative coping through work, Dream pursuit and risk

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200 Pounds Beauty

343. 200 Pounds Beauty

Drama Comedy Romance Entertainment Industry Drama Romantic Comedy
6.7

20061h 56min

South Korea

Director: Kim Yong-hwa

Hanna, an overweight lip-sync artist who ghost sings for Ammy, a known pop diva, secretly likes Han Sang-jun. When Ammy humiliates Hanna in Han's presence, Hanna decides to undergo a cosmetic surgery.

Themes

Body image pressure, Reinvention for fame, Authenticity vs image, Deception in entertainment, Power dynamics in music industry, Performance under scrutiny

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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

344. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

Drama Comedy Romance Psychological Drama Romantic Comedy
6.9

20061h 45min

South Korea

Director: Park Chan-wook

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.

Themes

Grandparent grandchild relationship, Delusions of cyborg identity, Institutional control and care, Trauma echoes across generations, Manipulation within care dynamics, Reliance on machines

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The Holiday

345. The Holiday

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy
7.0

20062h 16min

United States

Director: Nancy Meyers

Two heartbroken women arrange a simple home swap to escape their exes over Christmas, but falling for the charming locals turns a temporary holiday into a ticking clock on the love stories they never planned to start.

Themes

Christmas party pressure, Terminal illness pressure, House swapping dynamics, Holiday romance tensions, Christmas romance dynamics, Country house dynamics

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Stranger Than Fiction

346. 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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Amazon Video
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A Good Year

347. A Good Year

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.9

20061h 57min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Ridley Scott

Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.

Themes

Trust under scrutiny, Work-life conflict, Inheritance pressure, Deception and claims, Power dynamics in wine, Family estate legacy

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It's a Boy Girl Thing

348. It's a Boy Girl Thing

Comedy Fantasy Romance Awkward Comedy Romantic Comedy
6.2

20061h 35min

Canada, United States

Director: Nick Hurran

A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the other's shoes.

Themes

Appearance vs reality, Popularity vs scholarship, Role reversal among rivals, Empathy through shared experience, Competitive pressure and identity shifts, Rumor dynamics and social humiliation

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She's the Man

349. She's the Man

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.4

20061h 45min

United States

Director: Andy Fickman

Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.

Themes

Deception in romance, Sports as social equalizer, Gender disguise, Romantic rivalry, Cross-dressing comedy device, Disguise-driven misperceptions

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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High School Musical

350. High School Musical

Comedy Drama Family Music Romance
5.6

20061h 38min

United States

Director: Kenny Ortega

A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.

Themes

Deception and trust, Belonging and identity, Peer pressure and conformity, Competition and collaboration, Social hierarchy in school, Talent vs image

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