a year in romcoms
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Under the Tuscan Sun
Audrey Wells · 2003
After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the villa and finds that life sometimes has unexpected ways of giving her everything she wanted.
The Wedding Date
Clare Kilner · 2005
Kat Ellis, new-yorkaise de trente ans et responsable auprès d'une compagnie aérienne, doit se rendre à Londres pour le mariage d'Amy, sa jeune sœur. Mais elle n'a nullement envie d'y arriver comme célibataire et d'y voir son ancien fiancé qui sera témoin au mariage. Elle décide d'engager un escort-boy pour l'accompagner en tant que fiancé.
Miss Congeniality
Donald Petrie · 2000
Cuando el objetivo de un asesino en serie es la ganadora del concurso de Miss Estados Unidos, el FBI decide enviar una agente infiltrada a participar en el concurso. La mejor candidata que encuentran para la misión es Gracie Hart, una agente de modales un tanto hoscos y poco femeninos. Aparece como Miss New Jersey, y, ante su total falta de glamur, los organizadores deciden buscarle un representante que le enseñe todos los trucos del mundo de la pasarela.
Kate & Leopold
James Mangold · 2001
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
Sweet Home Alabama
Andy Tennant · 2002
New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
Notting Hill
Roger Michell · 1999
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.
Letters to Juliet
Gary Winick · 2010
Sophie Hall (Amanda Seyfried) es una aspirante a escritora de una revista, quien, junto con su novio Víctor (Gael García Bernal), vuela desde Nueva York a Italia para vivir algo del romance que mucha falta le hace a la relación. Mientras Víctor está fuera, ocupándose de unos asuntos de trabajo, Sofía se encuentra en el famoso patio de Verona, donde mujeres de todas partes del mundo le dejan a Julieta cartas de amores perdidos y no correspondidos. Ella descubre una carta escrita 50 años antes a Julieta por Claire Smith (Vanessa Redgrave) buscando a un joven italiano que la cautivó siendo adolescente. Para sorpresa de Sophie, su carta inspira a Claire, ahora abuela, para viajar a Verona en busca de su amor perdido (Franco Nero).
Enchanted
Kevin Lima · 2007
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Ella Enchanted
Tommy O'Haver · 2004
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
Amélie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet · 2001
Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) es una joven camarera que vive en París y que tiene una imaginación desbordante. Un día, encuentra una caja con objetos antiguos que pertenecían al antiguo inquilino de su apartamento. Amélie decide devolver la caja a su dueño y ver su reacción. Al ver la felicidad que le provoca, Amélie se propone hacer felices a los demás con pequeños gestos. Así, ayuda a sus vecinos, a sus compañeros de trabajo y a su padre, mientras se divierte con sus ocurrencias. Pero en su búsqueda de la felicidad ajena, Amélie se olvida de la suya propia, hasta que conoce a Nino Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz), un joven coleccionista de fotos que le roba el corazón.
The Ugly Truth
Robert Luketic · 2009
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.
Definitely, Maybe
Adam Brooks · 2008
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
John Tucker Must Die
Betty Thomas · 2006
After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart, while destroying his reputation.
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Sara Sugarman · 2004
When the always dramatic Lola and her family move form the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not worth living! But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won't give up on her life's ambition: to be a star! In a crowd-pleasing movie treat bursting with music, dance and excitement, Lola's fun-filled adventure won't be glamorous or easy, but it might just show her that real life could exceed even her wildest dreams!
She's the Man
Andy Fickman · 2006
Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.
Valentine's Day
Garry Marshall · 2010
More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter. A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love. Two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon. A TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA. A star quarterback contemplates his future. Two strangers meet on a plane. Grandparents, together for years, face a crisis. An 'I Hate Valentine's Day' dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to.
Life As We Know It
Greg Berlanti · 2010
Holly Berenson est un traiteur de plus en plus en vue et Eric Messer, un directeur de chaîne sportive plein d’avenir. Après un premier rencart désastreux, ils n’ont plus en commun que leur antipathie réciproque et l’amour qu’ils portent à leur filleule Sophie. Mais lorsque soudain, ils deviennent pour Sophie tout ce qui lui reste au monde, Holly et Messer sont bien obligés de mettre leurs différences de côté. Jonglant avec leurs ambitions de carrière et des agendas sociaux qui se court-circuitent, ils vont devoir trouver un terrain d’entente pour vivre sous le même toit.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Joel Zwick · 2002
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
There's Something About Mary
Peter Farrelly · 1998
For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
27 Dresses
Anne Fletcher · 2008
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Laws of Attraction
Peter Howitt · 2004
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
While You Were Sleeping
Jon Turteltaub · 1995
Lucy es una joven taquillera del metro con poca suerte en el amor. Su sueño es salir con Peter, un guapo ejecutivo que todos los días coge el metro sin fijarse en ella. Un día Peter tiene un accidente en el metro y, aunque Lucy le salva la vida, queda en estado de coma. Cuando va a visitarlo al hospital, y los familiares de Peter creen que ella es su prometida, Lucy no se atreve a decirles la verdad. La situación se complica porque Jack, el hermano de Peter, empieza a sospechar que Lucy no es la novia de su hermano.
It Happened One Night
Frank Capra · 1934
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
Two Weeks Notice
Marc Lawrence · 2002
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
You've Got Mail
Nora Ephron · 1998
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Just My Luck
Donald Petrie · 2006
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
Always Be My Maybe
Nahnatchka Khan · 2019
Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.
Love Actually
Richard Curtis · 2003
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Leap Year
Anand Tucker · 2010
Una joven enamorada va a Dublín para pedirle a su novio que se case con ella. Lo hará siguiendo una tradición irlandesa, según la cual solo un día cada cuatro años -el 29 de febrero- una mujer puede proponer matrimonio a su novio con la certeza de que no será rechazada. Sin embargo, durante el viaje, una circunstancia imprevista la obligará a pedir ayuda a un rudo mesonero irlandés con el que tendrá que caminar campo a través si quiere llegar a tiempo para hacer su propuesta de matrimonio.
He's Just Not That Into You
Ken Kwapis · 2009
Have you ever sat by the phone wondering why he said he would call, but didn't, or you can't figure out why she doesn't want to sleep with you anymore, or why your relationship just isn't going to the next level... they're just not that into you. Gigi just wants a man who says he'll call—and does—while Alex advises her to stop waiting by the phone. Beth wants a proposal after years of a committed relationship with her boyfriend, Neil, who sees nothing wrong with the status quo. Janine's not sure if she can trust her husband, Ben, who can't quite trust himself around Anna. Anna can't decide between the sexy married guy, or her straightforward, no-sparks standby, Conor, who can't get over the fact that he can't have her. And Mary, who's found an entire network of loving, supportive men, just needs to find one who's straight.
No Reservations
Scott Hicks · 2007
Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.
Destination Wedding
Victor Levin · 2018
Frank and Lindsay—two emotionally-broken strangers—meet on the way to a destination wedding. Over the course of the weekend and against all odds, they find themselves drawn together even though they are initially repulsed by one another.
Failure to Launch
Tom Dey · 2006
At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, an active dating life, and a great house - trouble is, he still lives with his parents, Al and Sue, who are not happy about it. Al and Sue are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to help. In desperation to push Tripp out of the nest once and for all, Al and Sue hatch a plan to hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula in these cases.
Friends with Benefits
Will Gluck · 2011
Jamie es una joven cazatalentos que convence a Dylan para que se vaya a trabajar a Nueva York como director artístico de la revista GQ. Una vez allí los dos, solteros y atractivos, entablan una relación estrictamente sexual sin dejar por ello de ser amigos. Naturalmente, esta anómala relación no les traerá más que complicaciones.
No Strings Attached
Ivan Reitman · 2011
Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?
Confessions of a Shopaholic
P.J. Hogan · 2009
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can''t quite get her foot in the door – until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.
My Best Friend's Wedding
P.J. Hogan · 1997
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
When Harry Met Sally...
Rob Reiner · 1989
During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Your Place or Mine
Aline Brosh McKenna · 2023
When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other's lives that could open the door to love.
Set It Up
Claire Scanlon · 2018
Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
The Hating Game
Peter Hutchings · 2021
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Donald Petrie · 2003
Ben é um publicitário que aposta com o chefe que faz qualquer mulher se apaixonar por ele em dez dias. Se conseguir, será o responsável por uma cobiçada campanha de diamantes. Andie é uma jornalista que, por causa de uma matéria, está decidida a infernizar a vida de qualquer homem que se aproximar. Os dois se conhecem em um bar e escolhem um ao outro como alvo de seus planos totalmente opostos.
Serendipity
Peter Chelsom · 2001
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
Bride Wars
Gary Winick · 2009
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Beeban Kidron · 2004
Bridget Jones is working as a TV host and still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. But Bridget is jealous of the time Mark spends with a gorgeous co-worker Rebecca and, despite a vacation meant to smooth things over, ends their relationship. On assignment in Thailand with her disreputable ex, Daniel Cleaver - claiming to be a reformed man - they have a short dalliance, and she is arrested at the airport and temporarily jailed on the false accusation of drug smuggling before Mark, seemingly indifferent, comes to the rescue.
Bridget Jones's Baby
Sharon Maguire · 2016
After breaking up with Mark Darcy five years earlier, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. Then her love life takes a turn - while a weekend away at a music festival, she meets a dashing American named Jack, who is everything Mark is not, and spends a night with him. A week later, she runs into newly-separated Mark, and has a one-night dalliance. In an unlikely twist, she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch - she's not sure of the identity of her baby's father - Mark or Jack.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Sharon Maguire · 2001
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance into whom Bridget cannot seem to stop running or help finding quietly attractive.
Made of Honor
Paul Weiland · 2008
Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her 'maid' of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her.
Wimbledon
Richard Loncraine · 2004
British tennis player Peter clutches to an embarrassingly low position on the tennis-ranking ladder. Handed a wild card for Wimbledon, he expects it to be his final bow.
13 Going on 30
Gary Winick · 2004
A girl who's sick of the social strictures of junior high is transformed into a grownup overnight. In this feel-good fairy tale, teenager Jenna wants a boyfriend, and when she's unable to find one, she fantasizes about being a well-adjusted adult. Suddenly, her secret desire becomes a reality, and she is transformed into a 30-year-old, but adulthood, with its own set of male-female challenges, isn't as easy as it looks.
The Proposal
Anne Fletcher · 2009
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
10 Things I Hate About You
Gil Junger · 1999
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
She's All That
Robert Iscove · 1999
High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees to a seemingly impossible challenge. He has six weeks to gain the trust of nerdy outcast Laney Boggs -- and help her to become the school's next prom queen.
