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10 Great Romantic Comedies to Fall in Love With

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Karl Delossantos
Oct 24, 2020
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Romantic comedies are like the cinematic equivalent of comfort food—easy to watch, heartwarming, and a slice of happiness. Here are some great ones.

Romantic comedies are like snuggling up in a warm cardigan on a crisp autumn day. Or like that first bite of your mom’s cooking when you come home from the holidays. They also have corny analogies involving cardigans and mom’s cooking, but that’s what I love about them. Movies, at their purest form, are not meant to emulate human emotions but amplify them. We all, at some point, yearn for and feel love. Romantic comedies simply take that feeling and create the idealized version of it, which is why they’re so comforting to watch.

Here are just a few of our favorites.

Moonstruck (1987)

Great Romantic Comedies: Moonstruck
Nicolas Cage and Cher in Moonstruck. Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Moonstruck is one of those movies you watch and say, “they don’t make them like that anymore.” From the opening credits set to “That’s Amore” to the perfectly executed conclusion there’s a feeli…

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