10 Romantic Comedy Films to be on Your Bucket List

We've no shame in admitting it - we love a good rom-com. The genre may get a lot of stick and, to be honest, there's been some awful ones. But overall, romantic comedies are pretty to look at and always a good laugh. Here's ten you absolutely have to watch.

10. PRETTY IN PINK (1986)
John Hughes. Molly Ringwald. That soundtrack. You don't need any other reason to watch this. Need more? This film - and most of John Hughes' films - are the blueprint for all teenage rom-coms. 10 Things I Hate About You, American Pie, Never Been Kissed, Clueless - they're all more or less working off what John Hughes did in Pretty In Pink, not to mention all his other films. Molly Ringwald plays Andie, a working-class girl who has a tumultous relationship with Blane, a rich kid with some dickish friends. One of whom is James Spader. In between Andie and Blane is Duckie, played by Two And A Half Men's Jon Cryer. Looking back, it's a little obvious in places but that's only because it was setting the trend for things to come.


9. CRAZY STUPID LOVE (2011)
Let's make it clear - we are not selecting this film because Ryan Gosling gets topless in it. If anything, we're selecting IN SPITE of the fact that Ryan Gosling gets topless in it. Playing a slick, suave womaniser who takes a separated-but-married Steve Carrell under his wing, Gosling's performance in Crazy Stupid Love confirms his under-utilised talent as a comedic actor. Put that with Steve Carrell - who's funny in anything, frankly - Emma Stone, Julieanne Moore and a great script and you've got one of the best romantic comedies of the last five years. I'm sorry, is this bothering you?

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