If you are looking to celebrate Valentine’s day with poignant, sappy, sweet or cheesy love movies, here’s your guide to some of the most notable Rom-Coms.
“Sleepless in Seattle”
Is it destiny or just coincidence? Let’s hope for the former, as Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan light up together in their mere 10 minutes of screen time, making this rom-com both classic and fresh in its execution.
“You’ve Got Mail”
In an odd turn of events, Hanks and Ryan don’t even know they love each other (in fact, they don’t even like each other) as competing bookstore owners with a soft spot for digital communication. And, unknowingly, for each other.
“Pretty Woman”
Hello world, let me introduce you to Julia Roberts’ insanely contagious smile. Getting one’s hand slammed in a jewelry box never before has seemed so enjoyable.
“My Best Friend’s Wedding”
Roberts lights up the screen again as ironically the scheming best friend of the groom hell-bent on more than just catching that bouquet.
“He’s Just Not That Into You”
The truth is, if he’s not calling/marrying/having sex with you, he’s just not that into you. At least according to this ensemble rom-com featuring a desperate Ginnifer Goodwin and an all-knowing Justin Long who sets her, and us, straight.
“When Harry Met Sally”
Another ingenious Nora Ephron screenplay, we all now know the very sad truth that, yes, a woman can fake it. And no, you can’t have what she’s having.
“The Wedding Singer”
Arguably the first in a string of mature Adam Sandler movies, Sander and Drew Barrymore’s understated performances make everything, even Sandler screaming “Somebody Kill Me,” seem only natural.
“What Women Want”
We miss Mel Gibson before he went crazy ... and gray. With him as a womanizing advertising executive who wakes up hearing every woman’s thoughts, and Helen Hunt as his neurotic boss/love interest, it’s definitely a trip down memory lane.
“10 Things I Hate About You”
Heath Ledger’s early heartthrob status, a Shakespeare fetish and the cream of the crop teen stars all add a surprising originality to the teen comedy adapted from the not-so-young “Taming of the Shrew.” Even the titles rhyme!
“American Pie”
Remember that time at band camp? It’s the pie that started it all ... the film that gave us MILFs and redefined the sex comedy for the coming decade.
“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”
They secretly hate each other but they secretly like each other — that doesn’t even make sense. But with Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughay playing double agent, her as a “How To” writer out to chase a man away and him a slick ad exec out to make a woman fall in love with him, the sparks can only fly — and they certainly do.
“Bridget Jones’s Diary”
Renee Zellweger’s very British Bridget Jones is the quintessential “Singleton,” out to lose weight and find love, all recorded in the pages of her private diary. Bridget’s won over our hearts, but what about her two suitors, the sleazy Daniel Cleaver and the pretentious Mark Darcy?
“The Proposal”
Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock together hit this farcical Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy affair out of the park and into the 24-hour Alaskan sunlight, with a little help from Betty White and a blanket called the “baby-maker.”
“Wedding Crashers”
Bromance is at its finest, or rather its sleaziest, with Frat Packers Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan, who crash wedding by day and get lucky by night until their latest crash gets too wild.
“40-Year-Old Virgin”
The film to introduce the R-rated audience to director Judd Apatow, Steve Carrell’s hopelessly charming Andy spends an entire movie trying to cash in that overdue V-card. While awkward — insanely awkward — it works.
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