The romantic comedy can be such a delightful genre when it’s done well. Yes, we know the rules and how they play out, but there’s something comforting in their familiarity and their good-heartedness. With that in mind, we’ve compiled the best romantic comedies currently streaming on Netflix. So grab a bowl of ice cream and your favorite blanket and snuggle up with a good romcom.

Someone Great

Director/Writer: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow, DeWanda Wise, LaKeith Stanfield

Someone Great could be described as being stoner-comedy-lite. In the film, music journalist Jenny (Gina Rodriguez) lands her dream job at the same time her boyfriend, Nate (LaKeith Stanfield), breaks up with her. Teetering from such major changes in her life, Jenny gathers her two closest friends Blair (Brittany Snow) and Erin (DeWanda Wise) for one last night of adventure. This film is a riot, and you will spend a lot of time suffering from second-hand cringe as the three friends try and fail to have the best night out. But the best part of this film is its touching and emotional look at how complicated love can be. No one’s the bad guy here, they’re just people. And that’s what makes Someone Great such a memorable, albeit off-beat, entry in the rom-com canon. The camaraderie among the three friends is such a joy to watch. And despite his curtailed role, LaKeith Stanfield is mesmeric and very dreamy. This is a comedy about love found, lost, and how to prevail despite it all. – Monita Mohan

Love Hard

Director: Hernan Jimenez

Writer: Daniel Mackey, Rebecca Ewing

Cast: Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet, Harry Shum Jr.

Let’s start with the bad—the plot of Love Hard revolves around catfishing. But it gets better. Natalie Bauer (Nina Dobrev) is a dating column writer, who has the worst luck with dates. Over the holidays, however, she hits it off with an online match, Josh Lin. Convinced there’s a connection, Natalie flies to Josh’s hometown only to discover Josh (Jimmy O. Yang) has been using another man’s pictures, Tag Abbott (Darren Barnet). They try and keep up the pretense of being a couple for Josh’s family, while Josh helps Natalie date the real Tag. As Christmas romantic comedies go, Love Hard has a pretty standard premise, and despite the problematic beginning, it’s actually quite sweet and tender. Yang plays Josh as believably nerdy, but also earnest and sweet, and he and Dobrev have comfortable chemistry that makes their banter and friendship fun to watch. Harry Shum Jr., who plays Josh’s older brother Owen, is a scene-stealer, as the resident villain. The film has a ridiculously cute ending which will warm your heart just in time for winter. – Monita Mohan

The Royal Treatment

Director: Rick Jacobson

Writer: Holly Hester

Cast: Laura Marano, Mena Massoud, Chelsie Preston Crayford

Romantic comedies are a beloved genre, but they haven’t always been inclusive. We’ve seen a surge of diverse films recently, and The Royal Treatment is one of them. Isabella (Laura Marano) is a hairdresser in New York who is accidentally called to give the Prince of Lavania (a fictional country), Thomas (Mena Massoud), a haircut. The prince is immediately enchanted by Izzy’s vivacious personality, but she isn’t as impressed. As a favor, Thomas invites Izzy and her colleagues to Lavania for hair and makeup duties for his upcoming nuptials, but it’s not long before Izzy turns the prince’s life upside down. This film is like a gender-swapped Aladdin, which is part of the appeal since Massoud played the live-action version of the character. Aside from being an absolutely gorgeous film to look at, it’s so refreshing to see an actor like Massoud play a romantic lead in a film that has very little to do with real-world turmoil. He and Marano have an easy chemistry that makes the film extremely watchable. Marano as Izzy has a larger-than-life personality, but Massoud’s Thomas is a revelation who will bring a smile to your face. The Royal Treatment is a soothing, engaging and comforting film you shouldn’t skip. – Monita Mohan

My Best Friend's Wedding

Director: P.J. Hogan

Writer: Ronald Bass

Cast: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, and Philip Bosco

You can’t talk about great romcoms without talking about Julia Roberts, and one of the Oscar-winning actress’ most successful 90s films was certainly My Best Friend’s Wedding. The film finds Roberts playing a single 28-year-old who gets a call from a close friend (Dermot Mulroney) that he’s getting married, only to realize she’s in love with him. She then decides to sabotage the wedding with one of her best friends (Rupert Everett) posing as her fiancé to invoke jealousy. Your mileage may vary depending on how you feel about “homewreckers,” and My Best Friend’s Wedding may not be as satisfying as other romcoms like Notting Hill or Pretty Woman, but the 1997 feature certainly has its moments – including an iconic sing-a-long to “I Say A Little Prayer.” – Adam Chitwood

The Half of It

Writer/Director: Alice Wu

Cast: Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Collin Chou

Netflix has been knocking it out of the park with their young adult romantic comedies lately and Alice Wu’s The Half Of It is no different. It’s been nearly 15 years since Wu debuted her first feature film, and it’s a good thing she made her way back to the industry because The Half Of It is an especially well-layered, charming and deeply touching tale of relationships - and not just the romantic kind. The movie stars Leah Lewis as Ellie Chu. She’s an extremely bright student who opts out of having a social life at school. Instead, she puts her time and energy into making some extra cash by writing her classmates’ papers for them. However, when jock Paul Munsky (Daniel Diemer) asks Ellie to write a love letter for him to give to his crush Aster (Alexxis Lemire) instead, it sparks a love/friendship triangle that teaches all three more about each other and themselves than they ever could have expected. It’s an especially nuanced and sensitive exploration of what it means to find “the one,” that ventures well outside the bounds of the cliché understanding of the concept and into territory that’s far more complex, realistic and inspiring. — Perri Nemiroff

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Director: Susan Johnson

Writer: Sofia Alvarez

Cast: Lana Condor, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart, Noah Centineo, Israel Broussard, and John Corbett

If you’re looking for a fun, sweet, YA romance to brighten your day, you won’t do much better on Netflix than To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Based off the novel by Jenny Han, the story follows Lara Jean (Lana Condor), a teenager whose worst nightmares are realized when five letters she wrote to her secret crushes are sent out without her knowledge. When she’s confronted by her old crush Peter (Noah Centineo), she’s afraid it could get in the way of her current crush Josh (Israel Broussard), so Lara Jean and Peter resolve to fake a relationship so they can get with who they really want to be with. Naturally, pretending to be together starts to create real feelings between the two. The film is a joy from start to finish, letting you relive a time when who “liked” you was the most important thing in the world, but without any of the trauma high school entails. – Matt Goldberg

Let It Snow

Director: Luke Snellin

Writers: Laura Solon, Victoria Strouse, and Kay Cannon

Cast: Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Liv Hewson, Odeya Rush, Jacob Batalon, Kiernan Shipka, Joan Cusack

If you’re in the mood for some seasonal romance, Netflix delivered a bit of a Love Actually for the teen set with Let It Snow, a breezy holiday rom-com that finds a series of overlapping love stories on one fateful Christmas-season snow day. It’s a sweet film from top-to-tail, as interested in the dramas of teen friendship and domestic struggles as it the blossoming romances, and it’s filled with delightful performances from a knockout cast of young up-and-comers. A lot of the Netflix Christmas romances follow in the Hallmark channel vein, and absolutely no judgment if that’s your preferred thing, but for those who want an old-fashioned feel-good holiday romance, Let It Snow is just the ticket.– Haleigh Foutch

About Time

Director/Writer: Richard Curtis

Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lindsay Duncan, Tom Hollander, and Margot Robbie

The 2013 film About Time is not just an absolute gem of a romantic comedy, it’s also one of the best time travel movies ever made. Oh yeah, and it’s a total tearjerker. Written and directed by Love, Actually filmmaker Richard Curtis, the film stars Domhnall Gleeson as a young man who learns at the age of 21, from his father (Bill Nighy), that the men in their family have the ability to time travel. This comes in handy when he misses his chance with a charismatic American girl (Rachel McAdams) and goes back to the night they first met to start their relationship off right. But what begins as a delightful, grounded, and romantic romp soon turns emotional, as About Time slowly reveals itself to be a father-son story at heart. – Adam Chitwood

Alex Strangelove

Director: Craig Johnson

Writer: Craig Johnson

Cast: Daniel Doheny, Madeline Weinstein, Antonio Marziale, Daniel Zolghadri

There’s something really endearing about the fact Alex Strangelove is an R-rated movie that definitely didn’t need to be rated R. This John Hughes-ian story says “fuck” just a few too many times and is incredibly awkward about sex, as is to be expected from any virginity-crazed kids in their last days of high school. And that’s basically this movie’s story, but with a charming twist: Class president Alex Truelove (affable Daniel Doheny, who is somehow not related to Jay Baruchel) has set a date to lose his virginity to his girlfriend Claire (Madeline Weinstein, who adds wonderful, almost tragic layers to a thin role). But things go awry when Alex meets—and then cannot stop thinking about—an out-and-proud gay high school graduate named Elliot. Things come together a little too perfectly in the climax, but in these times we live in, a movie this concerned with accepting the things that make you different deserves nothing less than a happy ending. - Vinnie Mancuso


Set It Up

Director: Claire Scanlon

Writer: Katie Silberman

Cast: Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Lucy Liu, and Taye Diggs

If you’re looking for a charming romantic comedy, but don’t want to rewatch something from a previous decade for the umpteenth time, you should definitely give Claire Scanlon’s charming Set It Up a look. The plot follows two beleaguered assistants (Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell) who decided to set up their bosses (Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs, respectively) in order to just get some precious free time away from their demanding jobs. However, with all their scheming, they start to fall for each other. You can see the bronco beats coming from a mile away, but they've done so well and so effectively that you won’t mind. Plus, the film sizzles thanks to the outstanding performances from the dazzling Deutch and Powell, who should be the streaming generation’s Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. – Matt Goldberg

The Incredible Jessica James

Writer/Director: Jim Strouse

Cast: Jessica Williams, Chris O’Down, Lakeith Stanfield, Noel Wells

Jessica Williams still hasn’t got the breakout she deserves since her tenure on The Daily Show, but the indie romcom The Incredible Jessica James is the first time since then we’ve got to see her step into a lead role and she just lights up the screen. Now, the character of Jessica James may not be quite as incredible as the title leads you to believe — she’s actually pretty selfish and naive — but she’s passionate, raw and ambitious, and Williams makes you love her in spite of her faults. A supporting performance from the constantly charming Chris O’Dowd certainly doesn’t hurt, and the two have electric chemistry as they try to navigate the waters of heartbreak together toward something healthy and new. Sexy, funny and decidedly modern, The Incredible Jessica James is a refreshing spin on the romcom that doesn’t pander to the lowest common denominator. — Haleigh Foutch

Always Be My Maybe

Director: Nahnatchka Khan

Writers: Ali Wong, Randall Park, and Michael Golamco

Cast: Ali Wong, Randall Park, Michelle Buteau, James Saito, Daniel Dae Kim, Karan Soni, and Keanu Reeves

Netflix brought the rom-com back in a big way with 2018’s Set It Up, and the streaming service’s 2019 effort Always Be My Maybe is similarly charming and delightful. Co-written by and starring Randall Park and Ali Wong, the film follows a pair of teenaged best friends who have since drifted apart and are pushed together once more in adulthood, even though their lives have followed very different paths. Park and Wong are dynamite together, and the film takes time to breathe with some well-paced dramatic sequences. It’s also not lacking in scene-stealers, as Michelle Buteau is a hoot and Keanu Reeves once again proves his talent knows no bounds. – Adam Chitwood

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