your favorite romantic comedies

[orleans]

or light-hearted fare

i just returned as good as it gets

any suggestions on what i should watch next?

[NYC_SKP]

1. Father Goose, Bringing up Baby, anything Cary Grant!

Penny Serenade is sad....

Houseboat is fun, with Sophia Loren!

[LoveMyCali]

6. Bringing Up Baby was the first thing I thought of too

or His Girl Friday. Penny Serenade is just too sad definitely a bad choice if you're looking for something light-hearted. That's a box of kleenex and a bottle of wine movie.

[rurallib]

11. Arsenic and Old Lace or His Girl Friday

Always thought those were Cary Grant's best and just plain gut splitting.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

2. 50 First Dates

It's a scream

[pinboy3niner]

3. You pre-empted me with 'As Good As It Gets'

Drat! Foiled again.

[malthaussen]

4. "Woman of the Year," maybe?

Anything Tracy-Hepburn will do.

-- Mal

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Being a cynical old bat I'm not fond of romantic comedies.

In real life, girl meets boy; their relationship is fraught and dysfunctional; boy dumps girl; boy becomes a lonely alcoholic; girl becomes a lonely cat lady, and they both die alone and forgotten. That said, I did rather enjoy "Bridesmaids."

[betsuni]

7. The Shop Around The Corner

Remade as "You've Got Mail."

[shenmue]

8. Four Weddings and a Funeral

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. Good one! Love Actually and Something Gotta Give.

[3catwoman3]

9. I have watched both...

...The Philadelphia Story and The American President again and again.

[Va Lefty]

22. Excellent choices

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I love "As Good As It Gets!" Especially now that I have a Brussels Griffon, LOL

Another movie I love, with another memorable dog, is "Everything Is Illuminated," though there are both humorous and tragic parts.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404030/

My dog, Jack:

[orleans]

12. i love the pic of jack

& i made a stupid mistake when i posted this thread. the movie i returned was "somethig's gotta give" (with jack nicholson--who doesn't have a dog) but i do own "as good as it gets" (with the dog!)

duh. i haven't watched "as good as it gets" for a long time--simply because it is not light-hearted enough (i find a couple parts too intense)

[Rhiannon12866]

14. You're right. There are some pretty intense scenes

Between what happened to Simon and Helen Hunt's sick son. Guess "Everything Is Illuminated" would be a little intense for your mood. Another favorite of mine is "A Thousand Clowns" with Jason Robards and I like the Cary Grant suggestions. My two favorites would have to be "Bringing Up Baby" (Katharine Hepburn) and "My Favorite Wife" (Irene Dunne).

Jack's my second Brussels Griffon, a very unusual breed, though both of my little BGs have been rescue. I'm constantly being asked "What kind of dog is that?" and the only reference I have is the movie with Jack Nicholson and Verdell.

BTW, the pup that played Verdell was actually a female named Jill and they dyed her face for the movie.

[JonLP24]

13. Breakin' All the Rules w/ Jamie Foxx

Movie cracks me up, also stars Gabrielle Union

[Lars39]

15. One of my favorites...The Apartment.

Also, While You Were Sleeping, Crossing Delancey, Baby Boom.

[betsuni]

19. The Apartment is so good

"That's the way it crumbles, cookie-wise." Baby Boom is Diane Keaton at her most Keatonist, I love her in this.

[Lars39]

25. Time to watch them again!

[grasswire]

16. When Harry Met Sally

That always made me chuckle.

[Fridays Child]

39. Second that!

[applegrove]

17. Sweet Home Alabama, Bridget Jones'

Diary

[LawDeeDah]

18. I avoid them. Nothing funny about them at all.

guy gets girl, first they are mad at each other for whatever reason, usually the guy is an old fart and the gal is not, then they fuck, the end.

[Glorfindel]

20. Not my favorite genre, but I really liked "Only You" with Marisa Tomei & Robert Downey Jr.

The plot is ridiculous, of course, but it's a comedy, so that's OK. The supporting cast is also great.

[Ino]

35. "Only You" changed my life.

It's because of that movie that I started my own business!

[Fridays Child]

40. Sounds like a good story.

I mean the story of why the movie spurred you to start a business.

[Ino]

44. I watched it twice in a row, it affected me so.

Marisa Tomei's character did whatever it took to follow her dream. But I had no dream. I hated my job with a passion, and was totally depressed that this slavery was all there was to life, all there ever would be. In the midst of my sobbing and despair, I heard a very clear calm voice in my head that said, "Start your own business." It came out of nowhere! I'd never considered such a thing, but it made total sense. The very next day I started planning. Three months later I quit the horrible job and have been my own boss ever since

[Glorfindel]

46. What a wonderful story!

Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

[lovemydog]

21. Out of Sight with George Clooney & Jennifer Lopez

plus every things Hepburn-Tracey, Grant-Hepburn.

[Va Lefty]

23. Only The Lonely

One of John Candy's best performances

[orleans]

27. i forgot about that movie. i had it on vhs but haven't seen it for years. i really liked it. n/t

[Fridays Child]

41. Loved that one!

[Boomerproud]

26. Moonstruck and Notting Hill.

Could watch both multiple times.

[bettyellen]

28. Ball of Fire and The Lady Eve- best romantic screwball comedies after It Happened One Night

[frogmarch]

29. Danny Deckchair!

By all means.

[Raffi Ella]

30. Crazy Stupid Love was hilarious.

Friends with Benefits was pretty good too.

[azurnoir]

31. Clerks 2

it is really a romantic comedy

some language at the beginning of clip

[kwassa]

32. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

a great movie, and very romantic.

[mak3cats]

33. The Philadelphia Story (in black and white, of course)...

Hepburn, Grant and Stewart - what a combo!!

[sarge43]

34. The Lady Eve and It Happened One Night. nt

[cemaphonic]

37. The Lady Eve is my pick too.

Such a great movie, and Stanwyck is smokin' in it (well, even more so than usual).

[sarge43]

43. Smokin' is where she started. That scene where she has Fonda on the floor, talkin' trash

In your face Will Hayes

[U4ikLefty]

36. Harold and Maude

I love that movie

[Fridays Child]

42. In a class by itself.

Love it!

[betsuni]

38. Meeting Venus

Not many people seem to know this movie, but I love it. Wonderful

[avebury]

45. Here is my list:

What A Way to Go
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich. Shirley MacClaine, Paul Newman, Gene Kelley, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke


If A Man Answers - Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin

That Funny Feeling - Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin

Desk Set - Hepburn and Tracy


Cary Grant:
Every Girl Should Be Married
The Philadelphia Story
Houseboat
Operation Petticoat
Father Goose
My Favorite Wife
Topper


Doris Day
The Ballad of Josie
Glass Bottom Boat

Doris Day/Cary Grant
That Touch of Mink

Doris Day/Cary Grant
Send Me No Flowers
Lover Come Back
Pillow Talk


With Six You Get Eggroll


Bundle of Joy - Debbie Reynolds

Maureen O'Hara/John Wayne
McClintock
The Quiet Man

Maureen O'Hara/Brian Keith
The Parent Trap

[GOLGO 13]

47. Animal House, Blues Brothers, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back!

Yeah this.