Romantic Comedies on Netflix
Last updated May 07, 2025
The Back-Up Plan
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, her perfect match. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.
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Sliding Doors
1998 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTwo wholly different universes unfold in writer-director Peter Howitt's romantic fantasy about alternate realities, the reliability of subway schedules and the role fate plays in shaping random lives.
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She's All That
1999 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this charming teenage spin on "Pygmalion," jock and class president Zack Siler accepts his friends' bet to make over the geeky, bespectacled Laney Boggs into a prom queen beauty. But along the way, Zack falls in love with his sparkling creation.
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Teacher's Pet
1958 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsHard-nosed newspaperman Jim Gannon cleverly pretends to be a night school student to woo beautiful journalism teacher Erica Stone in this classic romantic comedy. But now, after falling for her, he has to get her fiancé out of the picture.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this Golden Globe-winning yarn, two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain, become enamored with the same flamboyant painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
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Break Ke Baad
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsChildhood friends Abhay Gulathi and Aaliya Khan turn into teenage paramours in this romantic comedy that throws plenty of obstacles in the young lovers' paths as they find their way in the world and back to each other.
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Monkey Business
1952 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsCary Grant and Ginger Rogers make a delicious screwball comedy team in this caper directed by Howard Hawks. Grant's a middle-aged fuddy-duddy who may have invented a fountain of youth serum in his laboratory. But when a rampaging chimp mixes it into the water cooler, Grant and wife Rogers regress to their childhood. Marilyn Monroe is also a scream as the dim-bulb secretary to Charles Coburn.
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Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFleeing London to evade a gangland debt collector, Omi Khurana returns to his native village in India, passing himself off as a successful lawyer. But when he discovers a childhood flame is about to be married, Omi resolves to head off the union.
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Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFeisty tomboy Mini isn't eager to marry the wealthy suitor who's been chosen for her, so she stages her own kidnapping and runs off with Viren, a humble man who works for her father. Soon, the unlikely pair find themselves falling for each other.
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13 Going on 30
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIt's 1987, and geeky Jenna wants to be popular. When her 13th birthday party goes awry, and she makes a wish that she could just be 30 already, she wakes up to discover she's flash-forwarded 17 years. Now a successful magazine editor, Jenna finds out that being an adult isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsOn the eve of her 18th anniversary, Helen's husband kicks her out of their home and replaces her with his mistress, calling Helen's whole life into question. Seeking shelter with her grandmother Madea, Helen tries to put the pieces back together.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter learning that his ex-girlfriend had an experimental medical procedure to purge all memories of him, a man decides to do the same with her. But during the operation, he realizes he doesn't want to lose what's left of their relationship.
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Bodyguard
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIrritated by her bodyguard, wealthy Divya invents a phony secret admirer to distract him with phone calls. But when her father becomes angry, believing Divya and the bodyguard are lovers, he sets off a chain of unexpected events.
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The Perfect Holiday
2007 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWith an eye on her harried single mother, Nancy (Gabrielle Union), young Emily (Khail Bryant) seeks help from a department-store Santa (Morris Chestnut) who turns out to be just the thing Nancy wanted for Christmas. But problems arise when her rap star ex-hubby (Charles Q. Murphy) returns to stir up trouble. Faizon Love plays Santa's elf and best friend, Jamal, in this family-friendly holiday romance narrated by Queen Latifah.
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The Wedding Planner
2001 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSan Francisco's premier wedding planner, Mary Fiore, is saved from an accident by the man of her dreams -- only to discover that he happens to be her latest client's fiancé in this old-fashioned romantic comedy.
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Beginners
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsOliver, a graphic artist, is coming to grips with the imminent death of his father, who, at 75, has one last secret: He's gay. Inspired and confused by his father's determination to find true love at last, Oliver tentatively pursues his own romance.
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Broadcast News
1987 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThree ambitious workaholics -- a handsome but weak-minded anchorman, his driven producer and a neurotic reporter -- are set loose in a network TV newsroom, where their professional and personal lives become hopelessly cross-wired.
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Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai
2002 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSanjay lives a happy life until he gets word that his childhood friend Anjalay is getting married. With the help of his model roomate Ria, he sets off on a course of action to stop the wedding and express his long-denied love to her.
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Hall Pass
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTwo married guys get a "hall pass" from their wives that entitles them to sleep with as many women as they want for just one week. But the friends soon discover that picking up girls isn't as easy as they'd remembered.
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The Bounty Hunter
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsBounty hunter Milo Boyd finds his latest assignment downright satisfying as he learns that the bail-jumper he must chase down is his ex-wife, Nicole -- who has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight in this fast-paced romantic comedy.
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Pyaar Impossible
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIt's a classic case of beauty and the geek when Abhay, the nerdiest guy on campus, crosses paths with Alisha, the girl of every man's dreams, and whether by destiny or happenstance, they're forced into each other's company -- and each other's arms.
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDistraught over her impending divorce, conservative lawyer Diane seeks refuge with her mother, Grace, even though the two haven't spoken in years. Diane's children are thrilled with their free-spirited grandma, while Diane finds peace and romance.
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Guess Who
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAshton Kutcher stars in this remake of the 1967 classic Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? But the tables are turned this time around, as he plays the fiancé of an African-American woman (Zoe Saldana) who's met with skepticism and suspicion from her father (Bernie Mac). Tension flares -- along with comedy -- when she takes him home for the all-important introduction, and as the wedding approaches, Dad must come to terms with his future son-in-law.
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Runaway Bride
1999 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsCommitment-phobic bride-to-be Maggie Carpenter has already left three men at the altar when sexist newspaper columnist Ike Graham writes an offensive, inaccurate story about her -- and will get fired unless he talks to her in person.
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The Tiger and the Snow
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsItalian actor-director Roberto Benigni stars as a romantic poet who vows to follow his love (Benigni's real-life wife, Nicoletta Braschi) to the ends of the earth -- even if that means going to Iraq at the dawn of the American invasion. Borrowing a bit from the plot of Benigni's Oscar-winning film Life Is Beautiful, this whimsical comedy presents a world in which all camps are absurd. French actor Jean Reno co-stars.
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