#81 Shop around the Corner

Year: 1940

Director: Ernst Lubitsch 

Starring: Margaret Sullivan and Jimmy Stewart

My Take: This film would later work as the influence behind You’ve Got Mail, but it’s great on its own merit. It’s the story of two co-workers who can’t stand each other, but fall in love as pen pals.

#82 The Decoy Bride

Year: 2011

Director: Sheree Folkson

Starring: David Tennant and Kelly Macdonald

My Take: In a small Scottish town, an aspiring author without any money becomes the decoy bride for a famous actress to throw the paparazzi off the wedding’s trail. In the process, she and the famous groom fall in love. Basically, who doesn’t love David Tennant? If you don’t know who he is, watch this and Doctor Who and you’ll know what I mean!

#83 The Artist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK7pfLlsUQM

Year: 2011

Director: Michel Hazanavicius 

Starring: Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo

My Take: The Artist won Best Picture at the Oscars and deservedly so. While being a silent film, it’s also part romantic comedy (though the film does get darker later in the movie) and tells the story of a famous silent movie star who falls in love with a dancer (who is also an aspiring actress). But as the talkies become the new thing and Peppy (his love) becomes an overnight success, problems follow.

#84 Warm Bodies

Year: 2013

Director: Jonathan Levine

Starring: Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer

My Take: Bending genres, this zombie flick is more romantic comedy than anything else as R (a zombie) rescues a girl and begins to feel human again.

#85 The African Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wjIAM0ixzY

Year: 1951

Director: John Huston

Starring: Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn

My Take: Adventure, romance and comedy, this film has it all. Opposites attract in this fantastic movie with an Oscar winning performance from Humphrey Bogart.

#86 Enchanted

Year: 2007

Director: Kevin Lima

Starring: Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey

My Take: A princess from a musical, animated land is sent by an evil witch to the modern, real world. This romantic comedy has our princess then fall in love with a lawyer who helps her. It’s funny and romantic with some great twists and turns.

#87 Mamma Mia

Year: 2008

Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper

My Take: A musical that can be watched over and over, this romantic comedy tells the story of Sophie who invites the three men who could be her father to her wedding, unbeknownst to her mother Donna. What follows is a rekindling of an old romance between Donna and Sam (Pierce Brosnan) with many comedic situations on the side.

#88 Hairspray

Year: 2007

Director: Adam Shankman

Starring: Zac Efron and Nikki Blonsky

My Take: This musical romantic comedy is about Tracy, an overweight teenager who dreams of dancing on The Corny Collins Show (while also fighting for integration on the show). Meanwhile, she falls for the lead dancer of the show, Link Larkin.

#89 Legally Blonde

Year: 2001

Director: Robert Luketic

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Matt Davis and Luke Wilson

My Take: A memorable romantic comedy with girl power has Reese Witherspoon at her best. A “ditzy” blonde goes to Harvard Law School to win her boyfriend back, only to find out he’s a heartless cad. She then falls for another lawyer who sees her for who she really is.

#90 Last Holiday

Year: 2006

Director: Wayne Wang

Starring: Queen Latifah and LL Cool J

My Take: This underrated romantic comedy is pure, light-hearted fun. Georgia, a shy department store clerk who dreams of being a chef and marrying her co-worker Sean, discovers she’s dying. She then takes all of her money and goes on an expensive holiday deciding to finally “live” with the little time she has left.