Good rom com

Galway K9

Guys wanna watch movie with gf but unsure what to watch.....can you recommend a comedy prob romantic(aka predicatable love) but somewhat tolerable for a guy.

mike65

No such thing exists, the Rom Com was designed for needy women not men.

Tadpole

Fysh

You could always go for the classic - When Harry Met Sally. It's still an enjoyable watch today, because it's a comedy that happens to tell the story of two people and their relationship rather than a film about How To Find A Man/Woman And Start A Meaningful (Yet Completely Improbable And Unrealistic) Relationship With Them.

Or you could try and sneak Scott Pilgrim in as a rom-com (technically it's a love story, and the tag line is "Get the girl, defeat the bad guys, and hit love where it hurts").

Sad Professor

Have you ever seen The Apartment, OP? Classic Billy Wilder film from 1960 with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. If only all romantic comedies were so good. Dark, funny and brilliant. Corporate America and Capitalism are the backdrop. I have no shame in saying it's one of my favourite films.

I really like Jerry Maguire as well. It probably isn't remembered too well due to the Cruise-bashing which has become so widespread in recent years, but it's a classic as well. Most women have probably seen it already though.

Also, I was forced to watch the The Time Traveller's Wife last year and actually quite enjoyed it. It helped me with my Lost time travel theories. And explaining them to the gf.

mike65

I suspect if the OP stuck a DVD of The Apartment on most of the next 10 mins would be about why he had bought a black and white movie for her to watch.

MagicMarker

9 Songs, really romantic AND funny! You'll love it.

One of only a few I like is Love Actually! Really cute film.

Sad Professor

mike65 wrote: »

I suspect if the OP stuck a DVD of The Apartment on most of the next 10 mins would be about why he had bought a black and white movie for her to watch.

Sad but probably true.

Brimmy

500 days of summer and Going The Distance are both funny and different from the generic rom com genre and worth watching.

Fysh

MagicMarker wrote: »

9 Songs, really romantic AND funny! You'll love it.

It's worth noting that 9 Songs also probably features a lot more actual sex than your average rom-com, which may not have the desired effect. I'm reminded of taking someone to see Y Tu Mamá Tambien to the cinema on a second date, which was awkward until I convinced her I didn't know it was going to be full of young men **** and whatnot...

Brimmy wrote: »

500 days of summer and Going The Distance are both funny and different from the generic rom com genre and worth watching.

I'll second 500 Days Of Summer, it was a really light-hearted and fun film.

krudler

Hes Just Not That Into You,its a romcom where you get to see Scarlet Johannson get her bewbs fondled, everyone wins

yogalady

high fidelity- John Cusack Jack Black. few years old. Good romantic comedy for guys n gals

The proposal- More recent. One of the better rom coms of recent years

johnny_ultimate

Ah, the good rom-com, a rare but rewarding beast.

I'd +1 The Apartment, Jerry Maguire (you could probably count Say Anything here as well). The 'subversive' rom-com is a genre full of gems, like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which despite what people say is most definitely a comedy and romantic. Woody Allen was once the king of rom-coms too, and Manhattan / Annie Hall / The Purple Rose of Cairo (Allen free!) / Hannah and her Sisters are amongst the best. However, as has been proven many times before, Woody Allen ain't for everyone.

Outside of that, it depends how much 'comedy' you want, but the likes of Before Sunset / Before Sunrise or Lost in Translation could definitely count IMO. They are most certainly romantic. Garden State is another one I'm quite fond of, as is 500 Days of Summer.

I also believe from numerous sources Definitely Maybe is surprisingly competent, but have been unable to check said theory thus far.

annieire

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
You, Me and Dupree
Meet the Parents

Good luck:)

brainer in disguise

Try My best friends girlfriend awesome movie

Ridley

Shaun of the Dead identifies itself as a romantic comedy.

matrim

10 Things I hate about you. It's probably technically a teen movie but could still count as a rom-com

annieire

matrim wrote: »

10 Things I hate about you. It's probably technically a teen movie but could still count as a rom-com

Yeah thats a good one.

bnt

Another possibility is to go old-fashioned: try films like Adam's Rib, His Girl Friday or Bringing Up Baby. I have a soft spot for Katherine Hepburn in particular - there's been no-one as classy ever since.

One modern rom-com with something of that old Tracy-Hepburn spirit is One Fine Day, which I've mentioned here before. Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney as working single parents who have to co-operate to look after their kids after he screws up the arrangements - but the kids aren't annoying, the chemistry is very good, and the ending is less predictable than usual. From the reviews on IMDB, this one seems to have legs, though Ms. Pfeiffer has even better legs. Clooney reportedly hates it, but ... he's wrong.

e_e

Annie Hall or Scott Pilgrim

The latter being a romantic comedy that happens to have a tonne of badass fight scenes.

BopNiblets

Groundhog Day.
Yes it is!

romcom_fan

bnt wrote: »

Another possibility is to go old-fashioned: try films like Adam's Rib, His Girl Friday or Bringing Up Baby. I have a soft spot for Katherine Hepburn in particular - there's been no-one as classy ever since.

One modern rom-com with something of that old Tracy-Hepburn spirit is One Fine Day, which I've mentioned here before. Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney as working single parents who have to co-operate to look after their kids after he screws up the arrangements - but the kids aren't annoying, the chemistry is very good, and the ending is less predictable than usual. From the reviews on IMDB, this one seems to have legs, though Ms. Pfeiffer has even better legs. Clooney reportedly hates it, but ... he's wrong.

I would definitely recommend One Fine Day too and I like your Tracey-Hepburn comparison bnt. Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick 's Addicted To Love is another good rom-com from the same period.

PauricTheLodger

I'm going to suggest Stranger than Fiction - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420223/

Cartman78

Would recommend Adventureland and 500 Days of Summer.

Avoid anything with Katherine Heigl or Jennifer Aniston for your own sanity

Basq

I have a soft spot for both 'One Fine Day' and 'Serendipidity'..

.. or most recently '500 Days Of Summer'

Shryke

Americas Sweethearts is good.

Cantona's Collars

Forgetting Sarah Marshall-I avoided this as I HATE rom coms, Watched the whole movie a while ago and found it very funny.
500 Days Of Summer is a decent flick,good soundtrack too.

Adventureland is not your typical rom com,it's kind of hard to classify as it has a romantic undercurrent but not the typical schmaltzy stuff and it's not a laugh out loud comedy but has some moments,even so there's something about it that makes it work.

My missus loves all the typical rom com rubbish e.g 27 Dresses,absolute tripe made for a womans market that they seem to lap up.She attempted to watch Bride Wars again while I ridiculed it,how could 2 best friends not know when the other was getting married thus negating the need for a movie at all?

Ant

My girlfriend is more of a horror fan but both of us agree that (500) Days of Summer is a great film - and probably the best in the romantic comedy genre. Until then my personal favourite was the quirky French film, Amélie.

pickarooney

I thought 500 Days of Summer was brutal and just watched Annie Hall for the first time recently and failed to understand where the comedy was supposed to be. Have I no soul?

High Fidelity is a cracker of a rom-com though. Forgetting Sarah Marshall was surprisingly funny too.

mikhail

Most of the suggestions here are for pretty off-beat stuff. I'd start with something like Serendipity, which is a pretty conventional rom-com but distinctly better than the average tréada de bulláin in that genre.

Brimmy

pickarooney wrote: »

I thought 500 Days of Summer was brutal and just watched Annie Hall for the first time recently and failed to understand where the comedy was supposed to be. Have I no soul?

Not missing a soul, just have a terrible sense of humour :P

Naos

I really enjoyed Before Sunset/Sunrise - should I be ashamed?

I thought the chemistry was brilliant, good endings, excellent dialogue and all very believable.

S.M.B.

Why would you be ashamed for liking Before Sunrise & Before Sunset? Just because the Rom Com has become synonymous with poor movie making doesn't mean that any film that features a bit of romance is bound to be rubbish.

Before Sunrise and something like The Bounty Hunter are worlds apart. It'd be like comparing Solaris to Skyline. Pointless.

D-Generate

I would count Before Sunrise/Before Sunset as just excellent films regardless of what genre you attribute to them. That being said, I think they are more romantic films rather than rom-com. I say this because it doesn't have a bumbling idiot of a male committing acts that would likely get him sent to jail for stalking. Oh and it also isn't trying to crack jokes.

Try and get her to watch Die Hard. A love story about a man with marriage difficulties trying to reunite with his wife on Christmas Eve but hilarious hijinks aim to stop this happening.

Paparazzo

As a bloke that suffered many Rom coms, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is about the only one I thought was funny.

OutlawPete

Frankie & Johnny (1991).

One of the best and highly underrated.

Maybe more drama in there than comedy, but close enough to fit the bill.

pickarooney

Stanley and Iris too, to complete the set.