# Recommend some good romantic comedies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270 "2005-01-18T00:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/41 "2005-01-18T15:30:47Z")
**The Sure Thing** ---
**Author:** ![petelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@petelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petelin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/42 "2005-01-18T16:01:18Z")
My votes would be for either _Serendipity_ or _Down With Love_. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/43 "2005-01-18T16:36:03Z")
I love **10 things I hate about you.** It was just on the other day and it is a classic. There needs to be more films done as well as this. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/44 "2005-01-18T21:09:22Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Actually, [10 Things I Hate About You](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/) is a well-done and fun adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. Good romantic comedy and, unlike Romeo and Juliet… While we are talking about Shakespeare [Much Ado About Nothing](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107616/) is a wonderful romantic comedy ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/45 "2005-01-19T03:02:50Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I always liked Roxanne with Steve Martin as a modern day Cyrano DeBergerac. It’s a rather sweet, quirky little comedy with some nice touches. You do have to buy Darryl Hannah as an intelligent astronomer, but aside from that … Beat me to it. One of my all time fav Steve Martin movies. Very sweet and funny at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/46 "2005-01-19T03:06:23Z")
Thanks for this thread, **Waenera**. Lots of new movies for my Netflix queue. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/47 "2005-01-19T03:49:29Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Thanks for this thread, Waenera. Lots of new movies for my Netflix queue. No problem. And I guess I’ll be off to Blockbuster, and we don’t have Netflix in Canada yet AFAIK. Thanks again for all the great suggestions. I gave the “Social Committee” at work an abbreviated list, and they’ll be picking something to rent. Hopefully we’ll end up with something good. ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/48 "2005-01-19T04:15:39Z")
Given the previous post, I hope I’m not too late… The verysmall PC part of myself has a few problems with this movie night. It’s a very nice idea, but… it seems terribly heterosexist to me. Sadly, I only have one suggestion to rectify that. _The Birdcage_: Robin Williams is his usual, Nathan Lane is amazing, Dan Futterman as the son is great, and Hank Azaria is hysterical. _Rent_ isn’t out as a movie yet, more’s the pity… Does anybody have any other suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/49 "2005-01-19T04:33:55Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I always liked Roxanne with Steve Martin as a modern day Cyrano DeBergerac. It’s a rather sweet, quirky little comedy with some nice touches. You do have to buy Darryl Hannah as an intelligent astronomer, but aside from that … What Finagle said. A much-overlooked movie. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/50 "2005-01-19T04:46:45Z")
> [@StephenG](#): > > The verysmall PC part of myself has a few problems with this movie night. It’s a very nice idea, but… it seems terribly heterosexist to me. True, I actually thought of that myself. However, out of about 60 employees (excluding the highest adminstrators, who almost definitely won’t be attending the movie showing), only three are male. So social events in general tend to be somewhat girly. Lot and lots of potlucks, teas, movies (not necessarily romantic - this one will be because of Valentine’s Day - but not action movies). The last movie they showed was at Christmas - the Jim Carrey version of _The Grinch_, and the movie before that was _Cold Mountain_. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/51 "2005-01-19T04:49:25Z")
“The Awful Truth” with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne is quite wonderful; and even though it is rather frantic Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton in “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” always leaves me smiling and feeling warm inside. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/52 "2005-01-19T05:42:55Z")
> [@StephenG](#): > > Does anybody have any other suggestions? Gay romantic comedies? There’s not a lot of them, but I’ve seen two: **Jeffrey** for the boys. **Kissing Jessica Stein** for the girls. I saw the former because I’ll watch anything with Patrick Stewart, but I admit I couldn’t stick with it. Too gay for me, but from what I could tell it seemed like a traditional romantic comedy. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/53 "2005-01-19T05:46:00Z")
Oops, I lopped off the last sentence. I saw the latter hoping against hope for something similar to _Bound_, but it was not to be; it had more of the feel of a Woody Allen movie. ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/54 "2005-01-19T05:52:45Z")
I was pleasantly surprised by **Return To Me** starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver. ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/55 "2005-01-19T21:31:35Z")
Thanks, **Waenara** – I hope I didn’t jump on you too much. I hear what you’re saying, and things are very different for very small companies. And I don’t find movies, potlucks, or _Cold Mountain_ girly in the least! And thank you, **Eliis Dee** , as well! ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/56 "2005-02-01T19:20:28Z")
Bump! Update! Thanks again for all the great suggestions everyone. It turns out that the social committee at work has decided on… _The Wedding Planner_. ☹ Oh well. I have a lot of good movie ideas from this thread. And I’m thinking of arranging a movie afternoon with some people at work to go see _Sideways_. I’ve heard it’s quite good, and a less formulaic comedy with romance. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/57 "2005-02-01T19:55:32Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#): > > _Murphy’s Romance_…has the advantage of not being something everybody has seen a dozen times. I rather liked [Murphy’s Romance](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089643/). Pity your planning committee picked such trash. Oh well. They wouldn’t have liked my suggestion of [Year of the Comet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105871/) as another good underrated film with wine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/58 "2005-02-01T21:27:20Z")
I missed this thread the first time around. Oh well, for future reference… **L.A. Story** (with Steve Martin, even better than _Roxanne_.) **Joe Versus the Volcano** (overlooked, and inspiredly silly in places.) > [@commasense](#): > > _Twentieth Century_ is Carole Lombard at her best. **My Man Godfrey** (with the funniest closing line in movie history.) ---
**Author:** ![Kombucha\_ShroomPerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7c8e57/32.png) [@Kombucha\_ShroomPerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kombucha_ShroomPerson)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/59 "2005-02-01T21:55:12Z")
What about **Shaun of the Dead**? It isn’t your average RomCom, and its a _great_ film. Although it might not be _completely_ work-safe…unless your workmates are fine with a little adult language, and over the age of 15? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270/60 "2005-02-01T22:35:55Z")
Has anyone mentioned **‘Love Actually’** yet? 😉 One of only two movies I own, I love it. Warning though, there is a lot of nudity with that porn stand-in couple, if that matters. Though it’s rather tasteful. And another for **“Murphys Romance”**. Has one of the best lines in it, right at the end when they’re fading out… He’s way older than her. She says, “I’m falling in love for the first time in my life.” He says, “I’m falling in love for the last time.” What about **“Bend it Like Beckham”**? I liked it a lot, kind of cute, sort of matches what you’re looking for–a romance and a misinterpreted one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-romantic-comedies/285270.md?page=4)