Last Updated on 25 March 2024
I searched the Internet for lists of the best or greatest romantic comedy movies of all time. Criteria included the movies being ranked, not just listed, and generally created by groups, whether teams or committees or based on general public voting (like Ranker.com).
I was able to find 32 lists. I took the 32 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every film. I ended up averaging the rankings each movie got (there were 239 that were on at least 2 lists) and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists that movie was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The movies that were on the most lists (out of 32) were:
- When Harry Met Sally (1989) – 28
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) – 23
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) – 22
- Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) – 21
- Notting Hill (1999) – 21
- Groundhog Day (1993) – 20
- Roman Holiday (1953) – 20
- Moonstruck (1987) – 20
- Pretty Woman (1990) – 20
Here are links to some of the lists I used along with dates the lists were created, followed by the full original spreadsheet:
- Stacker (11 Oct 2022)
- Esquire (3 Oct 2022)
- Timeout (27 Sep 2022)
- Cinema Blend (15 Jun 2022)
- Vanity Fair (11 May 2022)
- The Ringer (18 Apr 2022)
- Ranker.com (28 Feb 2022)
- Reader’s Digest (22 Mar 2022)
- Independent (UK) (14 Feb 2022)
- Indie Wire (14 Feb 2022)
- Rotten Tomatoes (10 Feb 2022)
- Good Housekeeping (7 Feb 2022)
- Paste Magazine (3 Feb 2022)
- Pure Wow (28 Jan 2022)
- Thrillist (3 Feb 2021)
- Elle (14 May 2020)
- Rolling Stone (14 Feb 2019)
- Her (10 Feb 2019)
- Cafe Mom (22 Jan 2019)
- Huffington Post (21 Dec 2018)