The best romantic comedies of all time
The top 3 according to 81 votes from people: When Harry Met Sally... · The Apartment · Roman Holiday. (Updated Oct 4, 2025.)
The romantic comedies that top the lists of Zenda, Sector Cine and the American Film Institute, from classic Hollywood to the 2000s.
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Top 15
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When Harry Met Sally...
Rob Reiner, 1989. Can men and women be friends? The diner scene is film history.
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2
The Apartment
Billy Wilder, 1960. Jack Lemmon lends his flat to his bosses; Oscar for Best Picture.
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3
Roman Holiday
William Wyler, 1953. Audrey Hepburn as a princess on the run on a Vespa.
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4
The Shop Around the Corner
Ernst Lubitsch, 1940. Two clerks who hate each other but exchange anonymous love letters.
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5
Bringing Up Baby
Howard Hawks, 1938. Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and a leopard.
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6
Notting Hill
Roger Michell, 1999. A London bookseller and film star Julia Roberts.
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7
It Happened One Night
Frank Capra, 1934. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert; the first film to win the 'Big Five' Oscars.
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8
Annie Hall
Woody Allen, 1977. Alvy and Annie in New York; Oscar for Best Picture.
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9
Sleepless in Seattle
Nora Ephron, 1993. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan meet at the Empire State Building.
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10
The Philadelphia Story
George Cukor, 1940. Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart (Oscar) at a high-society wedding.
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Sharon Maguire, 2001. Renée Zellweger between Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.
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12
Groundhog Day
Harold Ramis, 1993. Bill Murray relives the same Groundhog Day.
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13
You've Got Mail
Nora Ephron, 1998. A modern remake of The Shop Around the Corner with Hanks and Ryan.
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14
As Good as It Gets
James L. Brooks, 1997. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt both won Oscars.
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15
(500) Days of Summer
Marc Webb, 2009. Tom and Summer, told out of chronological order.
Candidates
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16
Love Actually
Richard Curtis, 2003. Ten love stories in Christmas-time London.
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Comments (2)
Cuando Harry encontró a Sally primera, la escena del restaurante es historia del cine 😂
El apartamento de Billy Wilder, «cállate y reparte».