Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is the narrative basis for this queer romantic comedy, written by and starring Joel Kim Booster. By Jeong Park /Searchlight Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection. The takeaway, perhaps, is that “romantic comedy” is an elastic designation, one that lies at least partly in the eye of the beholder-appropriate enough for a genre all about falling in love.įIRE ISLAND, from left: Tomas Matos, Joel Kim Booster, Conrad Ricamora, Matt Rogers, Margaret Cho, Torian Miller, 2022. Which got us thinking: what are the best romantic comedies of all time, the films that most perfectly exemplify this beloved but under-appreciated genre? Vanity Fair’s Hollywood team decided to find out by making individual top 10 lists, then crunching the numbers and consulting unimpeachable rom-com standards (extra points for a running-through-the-airport or musical serenade scene) for the 42 rom-coms that ultimately made the list. Meanwhile, real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco team up for Somebody I Used to Know, a 2023 refresh on the mayhem of 1997’s My Best Friend’s Wedding. Genre stalwart Aline Brosch McKenna ( Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, 27 Dresses) makes her directorial debut with Netflix’s Your Place or Mine starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher. This Valentine’s Day offers two heart-on-their-sleeves rom-coms. That’s been clear for years now, since Netflix hit pay dirt by releasing scores of rom-coms, Crazy Rich Asians made bank at the box office, and Licorice Pizza became a critical darling. Yes, rom-coms have faltered in popularity since their 1990s heyday-but even as time passes, audiences are hungry as ever for banter, meet-cutes, and happy endings.
As this list of the best romantic comedies ever proves, the death of the genre has been greatly-and downright shamefully-exaggerated.
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