Movies in the Romance/Comedy genre

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Matchmaker, The

The production notes trumpet The Matchmaker as "a romantic comedy for people who hate romantic comedies." This statement implies that the film has something exceptionally original or daring to offer those who are tired of screen love affairs that ...

Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 1997-10-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Mark Joffe
Cast: Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, ...
Mifune

It's refreshing to see a movie in which there are no special effects, no camera tricks, and no incidental music to strum on a viewer's emotional strings. These are some (but certainly not all) of the tenets of Dogma 95, the much-ballyhooed "cinema...

Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 2000-02-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Violence)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Cast: Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Asholt, ...
Moscow, Belgium

Moscow, Belgium is a romantic comedy with a different flavor. Although it follows many of the familiar patterns that characterize movies of this genre, it does enough things differently to allow it to step outside of the norm. While some elements...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2008-12-19
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Christophe Van Rompaey
Cast: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh, ...
Must Love Dogs

Must Love Dogs is a product - a pre-packaged, easily-digestible motion picture designed with one particular audience in mind. You know the kind of film. You have seen it before, usually with names like Nancy Myers or Nora & Delia Ephron involved....

Run Time: 1:39
U.S. Release Date: 2005-07-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Gary David Goldberg
Cast: Diane Lane, John Cusack, Elizabeth Perkins, ...
My Best Friend's Girl

Romantic comedies are fantasies. They invite us to fall in love with the main characters as they fall in love with each other. That's difficult to accomplish when viewers find themselves actively disliking those characters. How is it possible to...

Run Time: 1:40
U.S. Release Date: 2008-09-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, ...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding

It is the unenviable lot of the film critic to endure a long string of so-called "romantic comedies", most of which are only marginally romantic, and not at all funny. So, when there's an exception to the rule, it's worth taking notice. Such is ...

Run Time: 1:34
U.S. Release Date: 2002-04-19
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Joel Zwick
Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, ...
My Life in Ruins

Words cannot express how weary I am of watching lifeless, hollow movies like My Life in Ruins - generic romantic comedies that have no clue when it comes to either "romance" or "comedy." The films aren't quite poorly enough made to label them "bad...

Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 2009-06-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, ...
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

It's strange how the concept of two people wandering around a city at night falling in love has come of age in 2008. First, there was In Search of a Midnight Kiss. Now there's Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist. Of course, Richard Linklater can c...

Run Time: 1:30
U.S. Release Date: 2008-10-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Peter Sollett
Cast: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Ari Graynor, ...
No Strings Attached

Romantic comedies are a little like junk food: they're not healthy or sophisticated but, when made right, there's something addictive about their tasty familiarity. Going in, you know what you're going to get. There are no surprises, nasty or other...

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 2011-01-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jake Johnson, Ludacris, ...
Notting Hill

In Western culture, we are obsessed by the concept of celebrity. How else can one explain the plague of paparazzi that descends on public figures when they make appearances, or the popularity of gossip magazines and TV shows? Celebrities are l...

Run Time: 2:05
U.S. Release Date: 1999-05-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, ...