Best Romantic Comedies?

[Movies205]

As some of you may or may not know, I want to become a screen-writer so I just finished the first draft of my latest script, which now starts phase two which is preparation for the rewrite. Now I like to do this step after I have a draft completed so that the story is more original but it time to do some research on the genre I'm writing in. Which means reading scripts of the best romantic comedies and seeing the various elements that make up the genre, so that my script is delivering. So please recommend me some scripts, I've already read When Harry Met Sally which was a great read.

 

[KenK]

Most rom-coms with John Cusack are sure-fire hits, in my opinion:

Say Anything, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Gross Pointe Blank, and a few others I haven't seen yet, but I heard they were pretty good.

 

[Timstuff]

Just Friends
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
George of the Jungle

 

[Untilteld]

Fever Pitch for sure. The Last Kiss too.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

I don't know how I'd classify The Last Kiss but romantic comedy doesn't seem to fit.

Love Actually, Notting Hill, Music and Lyrics.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Most rom-coms with John Cusack are sure-fire hits, in my opinion:

Say Anything, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Gross Pointe Blank, and a few others I haven't seen yet, but I heard they were pretty good.

Good call Kenk....Anything Cusack...especially High Fidelty.

As Good as it Gets

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

[Sava]

Vanilla Sky
Jerry Mcguire

 

[Ender Durden]

Garden State

 

[Dangerous]

Cannibal Ferox was a good one.

 

[xwolverine2]

mr and mrs smith for me...... no question...ever

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Here's what you need to remember about a romantic comedy, the leads must "meet cute", but the girl plays hard to get at first, finally guy gets the date, cue dating montage, then something drives them apart, usually this is complete misunderstanding (many times this involves a bet of some sort) and almost always is the guys fault, cue depression montage, guy eventually tries to get back with girl, first attempt must fail, then he shows up at a big event, this could a wedding, engagement party, usually something pretty damn feminine, if it's set in high school, it has to be the prom because as we all know the prom is what high school is all about, this second attempt will work as the misunderstanding is finally shown as such and guy and girl live happily ever after.

 

[demento]

Groundhog Day.

 

[DieSmiling]

mr and mrs smith for me...... no question...ever

That would be a great pick if it was a romantic comedy instead of an action comedy...

 

[xwolverine2]

That would be a great pick if it was a romantic comedy instead of an action comedy...

check imdb... it says romance comedy and action

 

[Mr. Socko]

I liked Hitch

 

[Movies205]

Here's what you need to remember about a romantic comedy, the leads must "meet cute", but the girl plays hard to get at first, finally guy gets the date, cue dating montage, then something drives them apart, usually this is complete misunderstanding (many times this involves a bet of some sort) and almost always is the guys fault, cue depression montage, guy eventually tries to get back with girl, first attempt must fail, then he shows up at a big event, this could a wedding, engagement party, usually something pretty damn feminine, if it's set in high school, it has to be the prom because as we all know the prom is what high school is all about, this second attempt will work as the misunderstanding is finally shown as such and guy and girl live happily ever after.

All I can say is thank god your not a writer Anyway that whole schtick just reaffirm to me that I'm a decent writer, since in my first draft I turn quite a few conventions on the head while not getting pretencious or going out of my way to be different and still adhering to being a romantic comedy, I simply told a story which doesn't lend itself to those cliches... Outside of the major one that has to be in there that, no matter what, that's in every single romantic comedy, whatever it may be, no matter how well written... Which is the whole separation at the climax and then the speech at the end where they get together.

 

[Movies205]

check imdb... it says romance comedy and action

 

[xwolverine2]

wtf^

 

[Movies205]

wtf^

Obviously not a fan of the hitchcock

 

[Mr.Webs]

Roman Holiday, starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Old school, but oh so good.

 

[Episode29]

Philadelphia Story (Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, James Stewart)
Bringing Up Baby (Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn)

I'd also say it's worth examining the romantic scenes in Rear Window with James Stewart and Grace Kelly. They had more spark and excitement than any modern romantic comedy.

 

[xwolverine2]

Obviously not a fan of the hitchcock

bradjolina!

 

[Movies205]

Philadelphia Story (Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, James Stewart)
Bringing Up Baby (Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn)

I'd also say it's worth examining the romantic scenes in Rear Window with James Stewart and Grace Kelly. They had more spark and excitement than any modern romantic comedy.

I'm not a huge fan of PS due to the over-whelming mysoginistic undertones but I loved Bringing Up Baby t:

 

[Movies205]

I don't get it. Is the recent Mr. and Mrs. Smith a remake of that? I've seen a couple Hitchcock films but not that one.

No there two seperate films, I actually own it cuz I own the WB and Uni Hitchcock boxsets, I haven't watched it yet though.

 

[Timstuff]

Obviously not a fan of the hitchcock

I don't get it. Is the recent Mr. and Mrs. Smith a remake of that? I've seen a couple Hitchcock films but not that one.