List of romantic comedy films

This is a list of romantic comedy films, ordered by year of release.

1912–1949

Year Title Director Country Genre/notes1912All for a GirlFrederick A. ThomsonUnited StatesShort1914Mabel's Strange PredicamentMabel NormandUnited StatesShort - A noisy, drunk, flirtatious tramp comes between Mabel and her lover Harry. The first film of Charles Chaplin appearing as The Tramp, - Keystone Film Company1914Tillie's Punctured RomanceMack SennettUnited StatesFirst comedy feature film—subgenre: slapstick, with Marie Dressler in the title role - Keystone Film Company1918MickeyF. Richard JonesUnited StatesFirst romantic comedy feature film, shot between May, 1916 and April, 1917 - Mabel Normand Feature Film Company; released August 11, 1918 - W.H. Productions - with Mabel Normand in the title role as she grows from a mischievous, orphaned teenage girl into a mature young woman, battling family deceptions, misunderstandings, and attempted rape, finally to marry her dedicated true lover, a handsome young mining engineer, played by Wheeler Oakman. The film became an instant hit all over the world, with lines stretching for blocks. It was the highest grossing motion picture in the world in 1918, grossing $18 million over a 4-year period, when admission prices were between about 25¢ and $1. Adjusting for inflation, in 2024 dollars, it grossed $372,316,291 over four years. Adjusting for the four-fold increase in world population today, in 2024 it would have brought in a potential box office gross over a 4-year period of $1,489,265,164. Adjusting for the fact that 1918-1922 were the years of the world pandemic of Spanish flu and were the years following World War I, it impossible to calculate the incredible success Mickey would have achieved in a healthier more peaceful world.1919The DollErnst LubitschGermany1920ErotikonMauritz StillerSweden1921The WildcatErnst LubitschGermany1924Girl ShyFred C. Newmeyer Sam TaylorUnited States1927Ten Modern CommandmentsDorothy ArznerUnited States1930HolidayEdward H. GriffithUnited States1931City LightsCharlie ChaplinUnited States1932Trouble in ParadiseErnst LubitschUnited States1933One Sunday AfternoonStephen RobertsUnited States1934It Happened One NightFrank CapraUnited StatesScrewball comedy1936Libeled LadyJack ConwayUnited StatesScrewball comedyMy Man GodfreyGregory La CavaUnited StatesScrewball comedy1937The Awful TruthLeo McCareyUnited StatesScrewball comedyEasy LivingMitchell LeisenUnited States1938Bringing Up BabyHoward HawksUnited StatesScrewball comedyHolidayGeorge CukorUnited StatesThe Mad Miss MantonLeigh JasonUnited StatesScrewball comedy1939NinotchkaErnst LubitschUnited StatesBachelor MotherGarson KaninUnited StatesScrewball comedy1940The Philadelphia StoryGeorge CukorUnited StatesScrewball comedyI Love You AgainW.S. Van DykeUnited StatesScrewball comedyThe Shop Around the CornerErnst LubitschUnited States1941Ball of FireHoward HawksUnited StatesScrewball comedyHere Comes Mr. JordanAlexander HallUnited StatesFantasyThe Lady EvePreston SturgesUnited StatesScrewball comedyThe Strawberry BlondeRaoul WalshUnited States1942Woman of the YearGeorge StevensUnited StatesSport1944Cover GirlCharles VidorUnited StatesMusical1945Christmas in ConnecticutPeter GodfreyUnited States1946Cluny BrownErnst LubitschUnited States1947The Bishop's WifeHenry KosterUnited StatesFantasyDown to EarthAlexander HallUnited StatesFantasy1948A Song Is BornHoward HawksUnited StatesMusical1949Adam's RibGeorge CukorUnited States

1950–1969

Year Title Director Country Genre/notes1950Born YesterdayGeorge CukorUnited States1952Pat and MikeGeorge CukorUnited StatesThe Quiet ManJohn FordUnited StatesSingin' in the RainGene Kelly and Stanley DonenUnited StatesMusical1953Gentlemen Prefer BlondesHoward HawksUnited StatesMusical comedyHow to Marry a MillionaireJean NegulescoUnited StatesRoman HolidayWilliam WylerUnited States1954SabrinaBilly WilderUnited States1955The Seven Year ItchBilly WilderUnited States1956High SocietyCharles WaltersUnited States1957Desk SetWalter LangUnited StatesLove in the AfternoonBilly WilderUnited StatesMy Man GodfreyHenry KosterUnited States1958Bell, Book and CandleRichard QuineUnited StatesFantasyHouseboatMelville ShavelsonUnited StatesIndiscreetStanley DonenUnited Kingdom1959Pillow TalkMichael GordonUnited StatesSome Like It HotBilly WilderUnited States1960The ApartmentBilly WilderUnited StatesDoctor in LoveRalph ThomasUnited Kingdom1961Breakfast at Tiffany'sBlake EdwardsUnited States1962That Touch of MinkDelbert MannUnited States1963Irma la DouceBilly WilderUnited StatesThe V.I.P.sAnthony AsquithUnited Kingdom1964Father GooseRalph NelsonUnited States1967Barefoot in the ParkGene SaksUnited StatesScrewballThe GraduateMike NicholsUnited StatesGuess Who's Coming to DinnerStanley KramerUnited StatesTwo for the RoadStanley DonenUnited KingdomUnited States1968Sweet NovemberRobert Ellis MillerUnited States1969Paint Your WagonJoshua LoganUnited States

1970–1989

Year Title Director Country Genre/notes1970The Owl and the PussycatHerbert RossUnited StatesThere's a Girl in My SoupRoy BoultingUnited Kingdom1971Harold and MaudeHal AshbyUnited StatesMinnie and MoskowitzJohn CassavetesUnited States1972Butterflies Are FreeMilton KatselasUnited StatesThe Heartbreak KidElaine MayUnited StatesPlay It Again, SamHerbert RossUnited StatesWhat's Up, Doc?Peter BogdanovichUnited States1973Blume in LovePaul MazurskyUnited StatesA Touch of ClassMelvin FrankUnited Kingdom1974ClaudineJohn BerryUnited StatesAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreMartin ScorseseUnited States1977Annie HallWoody AllenUnited StatesThe Goodbye GirlHerbert RossUnited States1978GreaseRandal KleiserUnited StatesSame Time, Next YearRobert MulliganUnited StatesAn Unmarried WomanPaul MazurskyUnited States197910Blake EdwardsUnited StatesChapter TwoRobert MooreUnited StatesA Little RomanceGeorge Roy HillUnited StatesLost and FoundMelvin FrankUnited KingdomThe Main EventHoward ZieffUnited StatesManhattanWoody AllenUnited StatesStarting OverAlan J. PakulaUnited States1980It's My TurnClaudia WeillUnited StatesSeems Like Old TimesJay SandrichUnited States1981All Night LongJean-Claude TramontUnited StatesArthurSteve GordonUnited StatesBack RoadsMartin RittUnited StatesContinental DivideMichael AptedUnited StatesGregory's GirlBill ForsythScotlandModern RomanceAlbert BrooksUnited StatesThey All LaughedPeter BogdanovichUnited States1982Best FriendsNorman JewisonUnited StatesGrease 2Patricia BirchUnited StatesKiss Me GoodbyeRobert MulliganUnited StatesA Little SexBruce PaltrowUnited StatesSummer LoversRandal KleiserUnited StatesTootsieSydney PollackUnited StatesYes, GiorgioFranklin J. SchaffnerUnited States1983Baby It's YouJohn SaylesUnited StatesLovesickMarshall BrickmanUnited StatesRisky BusinessPaul BrickmanUnited StatesRomantic ComedyArthur HillerUnited StatesTwo of a KindJohn HerzfeldUnited StatesValley GirlMartha CoolidgeUnited States1984Blame It on RioStanley DonenUnited StatesElectric DreamsSteve BarronUnited StatesThe Lonely GuyArthur HillerUnited StatesMicki & MaudeBlake EdwardsUnited StatesRomancing the StoneRobert ZemeckisUnited StatesSplashRon HowardUnited StatesUnfaithfully YoursHoward ZieffUnited StatesThe Woman in RedGene WilderUnited States 1985Better Off DeadSavage Steve HollandUnited StatesThe Jewel of the NileLewis TeagueUnited StatesMischiefMel DamskiUnited StatesMurphy's RomanceMartin RittUnited StatesPrizzi's HonorJohn HustonUnited StatesThe Purple Rose of CairoWoody AllenUnited StatesSecret AdmirerDavid GreenwaltUnited StatesThe Slugger's WifeHal AshbyUnited States The Sure ThingRob ReinerUnited States 1986About Last NightEdward ZwickUnited StatesLegal EaglesIvan ReitmanUnited StatesThe Money PitRichard BenjaminUnited StatesOne Crazy SummerSavage Steve HollandUnited StatesPeggy Sue Got MarriedFrancis Ford CoppolaUnited StatesPretty in PinkHoward DeutchUnited StatesUnder the Cherry MoonPrinceUnited States1987Baby BoomCharles ShyerUnited StatesBlind DateBlake EdwardsUnited StatesBroadcast NewsJames L. BrooksUnited StatesCan't Buy Me LoveSteve RashUnited StatesCross My HeartArmyan BernsteinUnited StatesDate with an AngelTom McLoughlinUnited StatesMade in HeavenAlan RudolphUnited StatesMannequinMichael GottliebUnited StatesMoonstruckNorman JewisonUnited StatesOverboardGarry MarshallUnited StatesThe Pick-up ArtistJames TobackUnited StatesThe Princess BrideRob ReinerUnited StatesRoxanneFred SchepisiUnited StatesSome Kind of WonderfulHoward DeutchUnited StatesWho's That GirlJames FoleyUnited States1988The Accidental TouristLawrence KasdanUnited StatesBull DurhamRon SheltonUnited StatesCocktailRoger DonaldsonUnited StatesComing to AmericaJohn LandisUnited StatesCrossing DelanceyJoan Micklin SilverUnited StatesEarth Girls Are EasyJulien TempleUnited StatesMarried to the MobJonathan DemmeUnited StatesShe's Having a BabyJohn HughesUnited StatesWorking GirlMike NicholsUnited States1989Chances AreEmile ArdolinoUnited StatesCousinsJoel SchumacherUnited StatesHer AlibiBruce BeresfordUnited StatesSay Anything...Cameron CroweUnited StatesSkin DeepBlake EdwardsUnited StatesWhen Harry Met Sally...Rob ReinerUnited StatesWorth WinningWill MackenzieUnited States

1990s

Year Title Director Country Genre/notes1990Betsy's WeddingAlan AldaUnited StatesDon't Tell Her It's MeMalcolm MowbrayUnited StatesFunny About LoveLeonard NimoyUnited StatesGreen CardPeter WeirUnited StatesMetropolitan Whit Stillman United StatesPretty WomanGarry MarshallUnited States1991Career OpportunitiesBryan GordonUnited StatesDefending Your LifeAlbert BrooksUnited StatesDoc HollywoodMichael Caton-JonesUnited StatesFrankie and JohnnyGarry MarshallUnited StatesHe Said, She SaidKen Kwapis & Marisa SilverUnited StatesL.A. StoryMick JacksonUnited StatesThe Marrying ManJerry ReesUnited StatesMystery DateJonathan WacksUnited States 1992BoomerangReginald HudlinUnited StatesThe Cutting EdgePaul Michael GlaserUnited StatesHoneymoon in VegasAndrew BergmanUnited StatesHousesitterFrank OzUnited StatesLove Potion No. 9Dale LaunerUnited States Strictly BallroomBaz LuhrmannAustralia1993Born YesterdayLuis MandokiUnited StatesFor Love or MoneyBarry SonnenfeldUnited StatesGroundhog DayHarold RamisUnited StatesFantasyMr. WonderfulAnthony MinghellaUnited States Much Ado About NothingKenneth BranaghUnited States United KingdomSleepless in SeattleNora EphronUnited StatesThe Wedding BanquetAng LeeTaiwan United States1994Chungking ExpressWong Kar-waiHong KongThe FavorDonald PetrieUnited StatesFour Weddings and a FuneralMike NewellUnited KingdomI.Q. Fred SchepisiUnited StatesIt Could Happen to YouAndrew BergmanUnited States Only YouNorman JewisonUnited StatesReality BitesBen StillerUnited StatesSpeechlessRon UnderwoodUnited States1995The American PresidentRob ReinerUnited StatesCluelessAmy HeckerlingUnited StatesForget ParisBilly CrystalUnited StatesFallen AngelsWong Kar-waiHong KongFrench KissLawrence KasdanUnited StatesThe Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in LoveMaria MaggentiUnited StatesMighty AphroditeWoody AllenUnited StatesNine MonthsChris ColumbusUnited StatesSabrinaSydney PollackUnited StatesWhile You Were SleepingJon TurteltaubUnited States1996Beautiful GirlsTed DemmeUnited StatesEveryone Says I Love YouWoody AllenUnited StatesMusicalJerry MaguireCameron CroweUnited StatesSportsThe Mirror Has Two FacesBarbra StreisandUnited StatesMrs. WinterbourneRichard BenjaminUnited StatesOne Fine DayMichael HoffmanUnited StatesThe PallbearerMatt ReevesUnited StatesTin CupRon SheltonUnited StatesEmmaDouglas McGrathUnited StatesPeriodThe Truth About Cats & DogsMichael LehmannUnited States1997Addicted to LoveGriffin DunneUnited StatesAs Good as It GetsJames L. BrooksUnited StatesChasing AmyKevin SmithUnited StatesFever PitchDavid EvansUnited KingdomFools Rush InAndy TennantUnited StatesIn & OutFrank OzUnited StatesLGBT+The MatchmakerMark JoffeUnited States United Kingdom