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Fools For Love

The course of true love never did run smoothly, and the dating game makes fools of us all, but good humour wins the day in the romantic comedy.

Among these perfect date-night films are some timeless classics of the genre.

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Love & Friendship Love & Friendship

Comedy 2016 93 mins Director: Whit Stillman

Whit Stillman crosses the Atlantic for this irresistible Jane Austen adaptation, following the delicious and devious exploits of Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale).

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Submarine Submarine

Comedy 2011 97 mins Director: Richard Ayoade

Richard Ayoade’s sweet and quirky directorial debut about a Swansea teen’s travails with his distant girlfriend and warring parents.

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Tangerine Tangerine

Drama 2015 88 mins Director: Sean Baker

A big-hearted film shot on a small phone, this LA tale of two transgender working girls out for vengeance fizzes with wild energy.

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Notting Hill Notting Hill

Comedy 1999 124 mins Director: Roger Michell

Richard Curtis and Hugh Grant followed Four Weddings with this featherlight, frequently funny romance between an ordinary bloke and a visiting Hollywood starlet.

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Black Mountain Poets Black Mountain Poets

Comedy 2016 85 mins Director: Jamie Adams

Alice Lowe and Dolly Wells play criminal sisters who steal the identity of two poets, only to be charmed by the world of competition poetry.

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Deliver Us from Eva Deliver Us from Eva

Comedy 2003 105 mins Director: Gary Hardwick

LL Cool J plays the ultimate player, hired to seduce the sister-in-law from hell.

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Man Up Man Up

Romance 2015 88 mins Director: Ben Palmer

Simon Pegg’s date is hijacked by Lake Bell in this effervescent urban comedy, a fresh twist on the British rom-com.

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First a Girl First a Girl

Comedy 1936 92 mins Director: Victor Saville

Sparkling musical comedy about a shop girl who pretends to be a boy in order to perform on stage as a female impersonator.

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Charade Charade

Thriller 1963 113 mins Director: Stanley Donen

Charm is the byword in the screwball thriller that pits Cary Grant on the trail of Audrey Hepburn and her late husband’s missing millions.

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Appropriate Behaviour Appropriate Behaviour

Comedy 2015 86 mins Director: Desiree Akhavan

Desiree Akhavan directs and stars in this clever, razor-sharp and fearless comedy following the sexual misadventures of a Brooklynite.

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Remember the Night Remember the Night

Comedy 1939 94 mins Director: Mitchell Leisen

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray are the shoplifter and attorney who fall for other in this charming, Christmas comedy scripted by Preston Sturges.

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The Lady Eve The Lady Eve

Comedy 1941 94 mins Director: Preston Sturges

A female con artist falls in love with her target in Preston Sturges’s comedy, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.

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Love Is Strange Love Is Strange

Drama 2014 95 mins Director: Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs’s refined Manhattan-set drama sees Alfred Molina’s Ben and John Lithgow’s George in the latter days of a tender, loving 39-year relationship.

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The Lunchbox The Lunchbox

Drama 2013 105 mins Director: Ritesh Batra

Mismatched lunchboxes lead to an unlikely romance in this exquisite Indian drama, brimful of tantalising food and elegantly delivered wisdom.

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The Way He Looks The Way He Looks

Drama 2014 92 mins Director: Daniel Ribeiro

A blind student’s relationship with his best friend is tested when he falls for the new boy in school, in Daniel Ribeiro’s beautifully realised romance.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Drama 2004 103 mins Director: Michel Gondry

Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet play the couple who fall in love so quickly it seems they must have known each other in a past life ... only to discover they did.

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The Best Man The Best Man

Comedy 1999 120 mins Director: Malcolm D. Lee

Malcolm D. Lee set the standard for middle-class black comedy with this smart, chic feature about a best man whose indiscreet novel scuppers the wedding plans.

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Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare in Love

Comedy 1998 124 mins Director: John Madden

A creatively stymied bard finds love and inspiration in the form of one of his players, a cross-dressing actress, in the impeccably crafted, Oscar-winning period romance.

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I Love You Phillip Morris I Love You Phillip Morris

Comedy 2009 94 mins Director: John Requa and Glenn Ficarra

Jim Carrey’s irrepressible performance drives the incredible true story of a con man who repeatedly escapes from prison to be with his lover.

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Letter to Brezhnev Letter to Brezhnev

Comedy 1985 94 mins Director: Chris Bernard

Two Liverpudlians hook up with a pair of Russian sailors only to wonder if they might be better off behind the Iron Curtain.

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Spring Meeting Spring Meeting

Comedy 1941 94 mins Director: Walter C. Mycroft and Norman Lee

A penniless woman’s attempts at matchmaking her way to riches go awry when her son falls for the wrong daughter of a nobleman.

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Gregory's Girl Gregory's Girl

Comedy 1981 92 mins Director: Bill Forsyth

The ultimate depiction of coming-of-age awkwardness, Bill Forsyth’s comedy about a teen who falls for the new female footballer on the school team.

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The Low Down The Low Down

Comedy 2001 96 mins Director: Jamie Thraves

Aidan Gillen plays an aimless twenty-something who refuses to grow up, even after he starts dating a responsible estate agent, in Jamie Thraves’ slacker romance.

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Comedy 2008 111 mins Director: Nicholas Stoller

Dumped and devastated Peter (Jason Segel) holidays to Hawaii only to discover his ex is shacked up there with a debauched rock star (Russell Brand).

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I Can't Think Straight I Can't Think Straight

Drama 2009 79 mins Director: Shamim Sarif

The story of an affair between a Palestinian woman and her British Indian friend, from the same team behind The World Unseen.

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Love Me Tonight Love Me Tonight

Comedy 1932 89 mins Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Rouben Mamoulian’s highly inventive romantic comedy set new standards for the use of music in film. And it’s still an utterly charming romantic delight.

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Bridget Jones's Diary Bridget Jones's Diary

Comedy 2001 97 mins Director: Sharon Maguire

Reindeer jumpers and big knickers: the smash adaptation of Helen Fielding’s hit novel still has all the best gags in the rom-com circuit.

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Comedy 2012 111 mins Director: Lasse Hallström

Two London office workers find love on a Yemeni Sheikh's ambitious fishing scheme. Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt star.

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Pride & Prejudice Pride & Prejudice

Drama 2005 127 mins Director: Joe Wright

Keira Knightley stars in Jane Austen’s timeless romance, reinvigorated for the modern age by the masters of British rom-com, Working Title.

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On Approval On Approval

Comedy 1944 79 mins

Splendid lead performances and a well-crafted, witty script make this adaptation of the Frederick Lonsdale play a delight.