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The 27 best romantic comedy movies of all time, according to critics
From the silent movies of Charlie Chaplin to Judd Apatow films like "Knocked Up" and "The Big Sick," the romantic comedy genre has evolved with each generation.
From the silent movies of Charlie Chaplin to Judd Apatow-produced films like "Knocked Up" and "The Big Sick," the romantic comedy genre has evolved with and adapted to each generation.
To find out which rom-coms have received the most critical acclaim, we turned to the reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes for its historical ranking of the genre.
The site ranked each film by a weighted adjustment of its average critic score to account for variation in the number of reviews each movie received.
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Here are the 27 best romantic comedy movies of all time, according to critics:
27. "Obvious Child" (2014)
Critic score: 90%
Adjusted score: 95.757%
Audience score: 72%
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26. "Moonstruck" (1987)
Critic score: 92%
Adjusted score:%
Audience score: 81%
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25. "High Fidelity" (2000)
Critic score: 91%
Adjusted score:%
Audience score: 90%
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24. "Knocked Up" (2007)
Critic score: 89%
Adjusted score:%
Audience score: 83%
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23. "Appropriate Behavior" (2015)
Critic score: 96%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 64%
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22. "Born Yesterday" (1950)
Critic score: 95%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 86%
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21. "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986)
Critic score: 93%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 90%
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20. "About a Boy" (2002)
Critic score: 93%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 54%
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19. "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994)
Critic score: 95%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 74%
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18. "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012)
Critic score: 92%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 86%
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17. "Manhattan" (1979)
Critic score: 95%
Adjusted score: 100.437%
Audience score: 92%
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16. "The Apartment" (1960)
Critic score: 93%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 94%
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15. "Say Anything..." (1989)
Critic score: 98%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 85%
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14. "Groundhog Day" (1993)
Critic score: 96%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 87%
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13. "Enough Said" (2013)
Critic score: 95%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 75%
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12. "Bringing Up Baby" (1938)
Critic score: 95%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 90%
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11. "Some Like It Hot" (1959)
Critic score: 96%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 94%
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10. "The Princess Bride" (1987)
Critic score: 97%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 94%
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9. "The Shop Around the Corner" (1940)
Critic score: 100%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 91%
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8. "His Girl Friday" (1940)
Critic score: 98%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 90%
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7. "Annie Hall" (1977)
Critic score: 97%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 92%
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6. "City Lights" (1931)
Critic score: 98%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 96%
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5. "The Lady Eve" (1941)
Critic score: 100%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 87%
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4. "Roman Holiday" (1953)
Critic score: 98%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 94%
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3. "The Philadelphia Story" (1940)
Critic score: 100%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 93%
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2. "The Big Sick" (2017)
Critic score: 98%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 88%
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1. "It Happened One Night" (1934)
Critic score: 98%
Adjusted score:
Audience score: 93%
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