My most highly rated films for watching as a couple, or with the girls. Not too silly that the men in their lives cannot enjoy them too. These films will reaffirm the existence of love and fill you with hope.
50 First Dates
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider Director:Peter Segal Certificate:
Romantic comedy starring Drew Barrymore as Lucy Whitmore, a beautiful woman suffering from acute short-term memory loss. After a car accident several months before, she has been left with a rare brain condition that causes her memory to be totally erased every night when she goes to sleep. Adam ..read more »
13 Going On 30
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Andy Serkis, Judy Greer, Mark Ruffalo Director:Gary Winick Certificate:
Comic fantasy starring Jennifer Garner as Jenna Rink, who at the start of the film is a typical awkward adolescent, constantly dreaming of being popular and accepted as part of the in-crowd at school. During her thirteenth birthday party, she finds herself sitting alone and humiliated in a dark ..read more »
Not a full-on RomCom - Women dressed as men, pretending to be women. Quirky. Love Davd Duchovney
Connie And Carla(2004) Starring:David Duchovny, Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette Director:Michael Lembeck Certificate:
Exuberant gender-bending comedy punctuated with musical numbers, starring Nia Vardalos and Toni Collette as best friends Connie and Carla. The two women have always dreamed of fame and fortune, but are instead stuck with a career on the bottom rung of the showbiz ladder, playing Chicago's wine bar ..read more »
Love Actually
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Joanna Page, Lucia Moniz, a Director:Richard Curtis Certificate:
Richard Curtis (writer of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Notting Hill') turns his hand to directing with this British rom-com. Eight stories involving the love lives of more than a dozen characters are brought together over one Christmas and climax on Christmas Eve; from the recent widower ..read more »
Bridget Jones's Diary
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Sally Phillips, Honor Blackman, Jim Broadbent Director:Sharon Maguire Certificate:
Pity poor Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger). She's the 1990s British everywoman: single, weight-obsessed, and very probably drunk on mid-price white wine. Her life goes from middling to worse when she embarks on a doomed affair with silver-tongued boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). In the background ..read more »
Four Weddings And A Funeral
on DVD
(1993) Starring:Rowan A, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell Director:Mike Newell Certificate:
This hugely popular comedy established Hugh Grant as Hollywood's favourite bumbling Brit and garnered Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Richard Curtis' screenplay. Shy Londoner Charles (Grant) meets American Carrie (Andie MacDowell) at a friend's wedding and enjoys a one-night stand with her. ..read more »
Runaway Bride
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Paul Dooley Director:Garry Marshall Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
This romantic comedy reunites the director and lead actors of the hugely successful 'Pretty Woman'. Ike Graham (Richard Gere) is a successful, flippant and misogynstic New York journalist, who writes an accusing piece on the antics of Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts), a Maryland woman who has left ..read more »
Shall We Dance?
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Lisa Ann Walter, Anita Gillette, Stanley Tucci Director:Peter Chelsom Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
For longer than he can remember, John Clark has led a dull existence--and even with a successful career, charming wife and loving family, he still feels something is missing as he makes his mind-numbing commute through the city each day. But one night, on his evening ride home, he looks up to see a ..read more »
Three Men And A Little Lady
on DVD
(1990) Starring:Ted Danson, Fiona Shaw, Tom Selleck Director:Emile Ardolino Certificate:
In this sequel to 'Three Men and a Baby', Mary is now five years old and her mother, Sylvia, wants to find a 'real' father for her child - who is still living with the three bachelors: Peter (Tom Selleck), Jack (Ted Danson) and Michael (Steve Guttenberg). When Edward (Christopher Cazenove) proposes,..read more »
A chauvenist discovers real love and respect for women
What Women Want
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Helen Hunt, Sarah Paulson, Eric Balfour Director:Nancy Meyers Certificate:
Hot shot advertising executive Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) thinks he's God's gift to women and can get anyone he wants. After an accident he discovers that he can hear what women are really thinking about and is upset that his showing off techniques are not popular with his female colleagues. To ..read more »