Best Rom Coms From ‘Notting Hill’ To ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

Directed by Roger Michell and written by Richard Curtis, Notting Hill stars Julia Roberts in the role of Anna Scott, actress who happens to visit William Thacker’s (Hugh Grant) book shop one day in the titular location of Notting Hill. What ensues is Thacker pretending to be a journalist in order to have a conversation with Ms. Scott during press for her latest move and the pair navigating how to have a relationship. Alec Baldwin pops in as Scott’s boyfriend Jeff King. Notting Hill is currently streaming on Max.

Based partly on William Shakespear’s The Taming of the Shrew and directed by Gil Junger, 10 Things I Hate About You stars the late Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona, Julia Stiles as Kat Stratford, Joseph Cordon-Levitt as Cameron James, Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford and more. The 1999 high school-set classic also stars Gabrielle Union as Chastity and Allison Janny as Ms. Perky. Currently available to stream on Disney+, this film will spark all kinds of emotions around one relationship.

The adventures of Bridget Jones began with the book series by Helen Fielding, and there are now four films based on the books. Bridget Jones’s Diary came out in 2001, introducing the world to quirky journalist and writer Bridget (played by Renée Zellweger) and a love triangle she falls into between Colin Firth’s Mark Darcy and Hugh Grant’s Daniel Cleaver. The antics continue through Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016) and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025). The first three films are streaming on Max while the fourth arrived on Peacock in February of this year.

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Written by Peter Chiarelli and directed by Anne Fletcher, The Proposal is a must-see romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock as Margaret Tate and Ryan Reynolds as Andrew Paxton. Mary Steenbergen and Craig T. Nelson also star as Andrew’s parents Grace and Joe, while the late Betty White brings her own brand of comedy as Grandma Annie. The Proposal is not currently streaming anywhere, but it is available to rent on Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango At Home.

Especially for those counting down the days of The Summer I Turned Pretty, Netflix has each To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before installment starring Lana Condor as Lara Jean Song-Covey and Noah Centineo as Peter Kavinsky. Based on Jenny Han’s best-selling books, the films follow hopeless romantic Lara Jean as her five love letters to past crushes get mailed, and she is forced to deal wit the results.

Those hoping for more Dakota Johnson can see her in action in 2016’s How To Be Single, in which she stars as Alice. The film also stars Rebel Wilson as Robin, Leslie Mann as Meg, Alison Brie as Lucy, Damon Wayans Jr. as David, Anders Holm as Tom, Nicholas Braun as Josh, Jake Lacy as Ken, Jason Mantzoukas as George and many more. The film follows Alice as she decides to break up with her long-term college boyfriend Josh, whom she met freshman year, because she hadn’t been single in a while. The ensemble of characters around her also navigate the ups and downs of love and relationships too. How to Be Single is available to stream on Netflix.

Based on the book by Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians is directed by Jon M. Chu. The deep emotional rom com stars Constance Wu as Rachel Chu, Henry Golding as Nick Young, Michelle Yeoh as Eleanor Young, Gemma Chan as Astrid Young, Lisa Lu as Ah Ma, Awkwafina as Peik Lin Goh, Harry Shum Jr. as Charlie Wu and Ken Jeong as Wye Mun Goh among others. Asian American Rachel Chu is deeply in love with her boyfriend Nick Young’s family, but when she flies to Singapore to meet them, she feels out of place, and there is tension around their relationship as a result. While the film is currently not streaming anywhere, it is available to rent on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango At home and more.

Based on the book by Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year centers around the holiday of New Year’s Eve and Day, the latter of which happens to be the birthday of Lucien Laviscount’s Quinn Hamilton and Sophie Cookson’s Minnie Cooper. The pair strike up a rivalry and enemies to lovers romance do to their fate of being born January 1, but the lore runs deeper than just that. The film also stars Golda Roseuvel in the role of Quinn’s mother Tara, Monica Dolan as Minnie’s mother Connie and John Hannah as Minnie’s father Keith, among others. It is available to stream in the U.S. on the Roku Channel.

Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell drive Prime Video’s You’re Cordially Invited (2025). When Jim’s (Ferrell) daughter Jenni’s (Geraldine Viswanathan) wedding gets double booked with Margot’s (Witherpoon) sister Neve’s (Meredith Hagner) ceremony, the claws, crocodiles and all sorts of other shenanigans come out as the two parents fight over the same wedding venue, an idyllic southern island. The romantic comedy also stars Jimmy Tatro, Stony Blyden, Leanne Morgan, Rory Scovel, Ramona Young, Kely Monterroso Mejia and more.

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Simone Ashley leads Prime Video’s Picture This (2025), in which she plays Pia, an ambitious photographer whose sister Sonal (Anoushka Chadha) is getting married. Pia, who doesn’t know if she, herself wants to be married, has to face her ex boyfriend Charlie (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) as he is the groom’s best friend, but she has her best friend Jay (Luke Fetherston) by her side as she is set up on some blind dates with Sid (Asim Chaudhry) and Milo Bonner (Phil Dunster) before she finds her true love.

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