Movies in the Romance/Comedy genre
Flipped is Rob Reiner's best film in 18 years, and includes echoes of two of his most accomplished efforts, The Sure Thing and Stand By Me. It also may be 2010's best romantic comedy. And it is being buried by Warner Brothers because of a concern...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-08-06
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, ...
Suddenly, it seems that every romantic comedy is using the "best friend" branch of the formula. There are no doubt sociological reasons for this perhaps having something to do with the increasing popularity of the "friend with benefits" (a.k.a. "fu...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-07-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, ...
Garden State is one of those movies that fails to stay with the viewer for an extended period of time. It's a forgettable film featuring a throw-away story with unmemorable characters and unremarkable performances. That's not to say it's bad, bec...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-07-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Zach Braff
Cast: Zach Braff, Ian Holm, Natalie Portman, ...
The Girl Next Door builds up enough good will during its successful first half that we're willing to forgive some of the strange and disappointing convolutions the plot takes us through during the final 45 minutes. There are two primary reasons wh...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-03-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Luke Greenfield
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Nicholas Downs, ...
To date, no motion picture has adequately captured the soaring highs and devastating lows associated with a long distance relationship, but Going the Distance comes as close as any movie has. Nannette Burstein's feature gets many of the highlights...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-09-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Nanette Burstein
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, ...
1999’s She’s All That was a fine, forgettable slice of mediocrity. In my naivete, I assumed the film’s bland anonymity was the reason it was accorded a gender-swapped remake. After all, while there’s danger in remaking a good movie, when ...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-08-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan, Madison Pettis, ...
He's Just Not That Into You seeks to mine the same vein of romantic comedy ore as Love, Actually - the multi-arc story in which characters cross each others' paths and interact in an attempt to show different facets of one emotion. Unfortunately, ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-02-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Ken Kwapis
Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Kevin Connolly, Justin Long, ...
Heart Eyes almost does it. It arrives with enormous ambitions and comes damn close to nailing it. Yet, even though it doesn’t fully deliver what the filmmakers attempt, it nevertheless provides a fun 90-odd minutes whose beats are like that of a...
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror/Romance/Comedy
Director: Josh Ruben
Cast: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, ...
Watching Heartbreaker is like observing a bizarre cinematic experiment: what might occur if the French attempted to make an American-style romantic comedy. Whether it's a success depends on your point-of-view. The only thing to keep director Pasca...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-09-10
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Content)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Pascal Chaumeil
Cast: Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, ...
Even in his early roles, like a supporting part in John Hughes' Sixteen Candles and the male lead in Rob Reiner's delightful The Sure Thing, there was something idiosyncratic about John Cusack's work. Recently, however, this quality has become mor...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-03-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: John Cusack, Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, ...