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), fall in love, and then live happily ever after. Unfortunately, this just isn’t reality; instead, we are doomed to search for love without a team of writers and directors plus a killer soundtrack. But we can live vicariously through our favorite romantic comedy heroes and heroines, and fortunately, these fluffy 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 on Netflix, for your streaming pleasure. Enjoy!
She's All That (1999)
There's nothing better than a good ol' makeover movie, and She's All That is a total classic. When high school hot shot Zach gets dumped by his popular cheerleader girlfriend, he makes a bet with his friend to take social outcast Laney Boggs and turn her into the next prom queen.
13 Going on 30 (2004)
Let's hear it now: we're thirty, flirty and thriving! Well, at least Jenna Rink (kinda?) is when she's magically transported from her 13-year-old body into her 30-year-old self. She might be a big time magazine editor, but adulthood isn't exactly how she pictured it.
She's the Man (2006)
This is one of Amanda Bynes' best movies and it's never not worth a re-watch. When Viola's soccer team gets cut from her school and the boys' team won't let them try out, she decides to pose as her twin brother at his new boarding school so that she can make their team and beat her old school. Channing Tatum plays her gorgeous roommate Duke, who has a crush on his classmate Olivia, who has a crush on Sebastian AKA Viola. It's as funny as it is messy.
Falling For Christmas (2022)
Lindsay Lohan plays a newly engaged hotel heiress, Sierra, who takes a pretty bad tumble while skiing and wakes up with amnesia. With no memory to go off of, she's taken in by local lodge owner, Jake, and his daughter. As she recovers at the lodge and tries to remember who she is, Sierra and Jake start to bond. Oh, and did I mention it takes place at Christmas time? Even more cute!
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
This is one of those movies that really puts the "com" in rom-com. After Peter, played by Jason Segel, gets dumped by his Hollywood actress girlfriend, played by Kristen Bell, he decides to take a vacation to Hawaii, only to end up at the same resort as said girlfriend and her new rockstar boyfriend.
A Perfect Pairing (2022)
How far would you go to land a client? Well, Lola, an L.A.-based wine exec, agrees to work at an Australian sheep farm to do just that. But while she's there, sparks start to fly between her and a ruggedly handsome local.
The Half of It (2020)
In an attempt to earn some quick cash, Ellie agrees to write a love letter for a jock at her school, not anticipating that she might actually become friends with him... and develop feelings for his crush. Awkward!
Love Hard (2021)
After traveling across the country to finally meet face-to-face with the guy she's been talking to on a dating app, an L.A. writer realizes she's been catfished. But instead of just going home, she gets her catfisher to help her snag the guy in the photos who she thought she was talking to all along.
Holidate (2020)
What's the best way to stave off nosy family members always asking if you're dating someone at every holiday gathering? Agreeing to be platonic holiday dates with someone, of course! And it'll definitely, totally, absolutely stay platonic. Right?
Good on Paper (2021)
This inspired-by-her-real-life movie from comedian Iliza Shlesinger basically puts to screen the romantic situation you hope never actually happens to you. While on her way home from an audition, she meets a guy and they hit it off, become friends, and eventually start dating. Aaaaand then she finds out he's lied about everything from his job to his college to his family situation. Major yikes!
When We First Met (2018)
If you stumbled into a magical photo booth that took you back to the night you met the person you think is the love of your life, what would you do with it? Use it to repeatedly try to get them to fall in love with you immediately, of course!
Eurovision (2020)
This might not be the typical rom-com, but Eurovision is high-key great. You get all the amazing (and sometimes amazingly weird) music and a cute lil' love story. What more could you want?!
Falling For Christmas (2022)
Just try and tell me you don't want to watch Lindsay Lohan make her grand return in an adorable holiday rom-com about an heiress getting amnesia and have to live *gasp* like a normal person until her memory comes back.
Love, Guaranteed (2020)
When an attorney takes on a case to sue a dating website that guarantees love, she ends up with way more than she bargained for in her own personal life.
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.
Look Both Ways (2022)
Just as she's graduating from college, Natalie takes a pregnancy test after hooking up with her friend. In one timeline, it's positive. And in the other, it's not. This movie has a very cool Sliding Doors-esque approach and shows what each outcome would mean for Natalie's life.
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 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 (fictional) land of Belgravia, and you find out you look exactly like the local duchess. Like, you could be identical twins. So you 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 to them in the mail, she has to deal with the slightly embarrassing 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.
To All The Boys: Always and Forever (2021)
And if two All The Boys movies weren't enough for you, there's a third one where Lara Jean and all of her romantic entanglements get ready to go off to college.
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 everything.
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)
Magazine journalist Amber Moore is sent to the land of Aldovia to go undercover and get 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 his 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!
