The Best Rom-Coms on Netflix to Watch With Wine and Takeout
If only we could all live in a Nora Ephron movie. All we'd have to do is find our Tom Hanks in an AOL chatroom (RIP) and fall in love, and then we could live happily ever after. Unfortunately, this simply isn't reality—instead, we are doomed to search for love without a team of writers and directors and a killer soundtrack. But we can live vicariously through our favorite romantic comedy heroes and heroines, and fortunately, those fluffy, sappy movies aren't in short supply.
Need to watch something that will make you believe in love again? Feel like experiencing a happily ever after for once? These are the best romantic comedies that are currently on Netflix, for your streaming pleasure. Enjoy!
The Sex and the City Movie (2008)
With the HBO Max reboot right around the corner, it's a perfect time to catch up with Carrie and the gals—and yes, the sequel is also on Netflix.
50 First Dates (2004)
In this classic Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore movie, a man falls in love with a woman who has short-term memory loss, and he has to remind her of their love every single day, because when she wakes up, she forgets him. That's commitment!
Runaway Bride (1999)
After multiple attempts at getting married, a bride (Julia Roberts) meets a journalist (Richard Gere) who is covering the story of her cold feet, but they end up accidentally falling in love themselves instead.
The American President (1995)
In The American President, Annette Bening plays a D.C. environmental lobbyist who ends up falling in love with the president... and that comes with all kinds of issues of its own as their relationship ends up being the subject of public scrutiny.
What A Girl Wants (2003)
Amanda Bynes finds out her father is actually a pretty legit British politician, and when she decides to fly to Europe and finally get to know him, she's in for a rude awakening. But, because this is an Amanda Bynes movie, yes, she does meet a cute boy and yes, it is amazing.
Easy A (2010)
A lie gets out that high schooler Olive (Emma Stone) is actually a lot more sexually experienced than she is, and it makes her a lot more popular than she's ever bargained for... but it also comes with a few downfalls, too.
The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
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Aspiring playwright Jessica just got dumped, as she explains in the middle of her blind date with Boone, a recent divorcé. The two then proceed to help each other figure out how to live in a “post-relationship” world.
The Princess Switch (2018)
Imagine this: You’re a baker from Chicago, it’s one week before Christmas, you’re in the foreign land of Belgravia, and you find out that you look exactly like the local Duchess. Like, you could be twins. So you guys decide to switch places and see how the other half lives, and then you end up falling for the men in your fake lives. Whoops!
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)
When the secret love letters that high schooler Lara Jean Covey wrote to all her past loves get mysteriously sent out to them in the mail, she has to deal with the slightly embarrassing and kinda awkward aftermath.
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020)
A follow-up to the first movie (duh), we finally get to learn what happened to the boy who Lara Jean wrote the fourth love letter to.
Let It Snow (2019)
It’s a teen Christmas rom-com—in other words, it’s the perfect recipe for making you feel extremely warm and fuzzy inside. When a snow storm hits a small town on Christmas Eve, it brings together a group of teens, changing their friendships and their love lives.
Alex Strangelove (2018)
High schooler Alex Truelove is ready to lose his V card to his current girlfriend, but then an openly gay boy comes into the picture and Alex begins to question his sexuality.
Set It Up (2018)
Two good-looking assistants decide to set up their respective terrible bosses to get them in a better mood (*wink wink*) and make their own lives easier. But who will actually end up falling in love? It’s hard to say!
A Christmas Prince (2017)
This is exactly the kind of thing we all secretly wish would happen to us. Magazine journalist Amber Moore is sent to the land of Aldovia to go undercover and get some juicy gossip on the nation’s hottie-with-a-body prince. But then sparks fly and the two begin to fall in love.
The Perfect Date (2019)
When you’re as cute as Noah Centineo, the obvious way to save money for college is to offer up your services as a fake date in exchange for some cold hard cash. It seems great...until he falls for one of the dates.
Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Warning: This movie is really, really cute. Childhood friends Sasha and Marcus reunite after 15 years but struggle to fit into each other’s worlds now.
Someone Great (2019)
What do you do when you get dumped by your boyfriend and are about to make a cross-country move to San Francisco? Have one last wild night out in New York City with your two besties, of course!
About Time (2013)
When 21-year-old Tim Lake finds out that he can travel through time, he doesn’t use it to, you know, win the lottery or anything like that—he decides to use it to get himself a girlfriend.
Sleepover (2004)
This will always be the ultimate teen sleepover movie, and I will go to the mat on that. It’s the summer before high school and Julie and her friends set out on a late-night scavenger hunt to win the best lunch spot—oh, and also the attention of the ultra hottie, Steve.
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Some might consider this more of a drama, but there’s a lot of humor mixed in, even in the seriously heart-wrenching scenes. Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper work together to nail choreography for a ballroom dancing competition, while also dealing with broken relationships and tough mental health situations.
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