Film list 004 : romance

Playlists of romantic films I’ve enjoyed


Romantic comedies
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
13 Going on 30 (2004)
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
Long Shot (2019)
Long Story Short (2021)
Notting Hill (1999)
When Harry Met Sally…(1989)

Romantic dramas

Badlands (1973)
La La Land (2016)
The Notebook (2004)
The Piano (1993)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Yesterday (2019)

Romantic thrillers and/or adventure

The African Queen
Casablanca
Shining Through

Sizzling : chemistry to the moon

Casablanca (1942)

Split the Difference : you’ll laugh and ____

50/50 (2011)
About Time (2013)
Annie Hall (1977)
The Big Sick (2017)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)

The Super Sweet

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

The Hilarious

Bridesmaids (2011)

1980s teen romance classics, aka The John Hughes-ish collection

16 Candles
Say Anything
Some Kind of Wonderful

The Extra Odd, the Crazy, the Weird

The Lobster (2015)
Long Story Short (2021)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Comedies Where the Romance is Secondary, but Still Important

Pitch Perfect (2012)

High School Rom-Coms

Clueless
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

(haven’t seen yet, but come recommended)

Always Be My Maybe (2019)
The Artist (2011)
Before We Go (2014)
Begin Again (2013)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
Easy A (2010)
Enough Said (2013)
The First Time (2012)
Flipped (2010)
Frances Ha (2012)
Happy. Thank you. More. Please. (2010)
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Man Up (2015)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Obvious Child (2014)
Paterson (2016)
Ruby Sparks (2012)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
The Sessions (2012)
Sid & Nancy (1986)
Sing Street (2016)
The Spectacular Now (2013)
Stuck in Love (2012)
Submarine (2010)
Warm Bodies (2013)
What If (2013)

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