The 20 Best Romantic Comedies You Can Watch on Netflix Right Now

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson are irresistible to each other (and in general) in this modern screwball comedy about trying not to fall in love.

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This 2013 movie beats the rule that recent romantic comedies aren't good by completely bending the rules. I won't give it away, but I Give It a Year is totally unpredictable but still very cute, and Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne are a gut-busting pair of newlyweds.

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Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell will wow you with their chemistry and their comedic timing as they play two overworked assistants who hatch a plan to get their domineering bosses to fall in love.

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This romantic comedy classic is suitable for viewing anytime — not just the holidays.

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Jessica Williams is effervescent in this indie romantic comedy about a young woman who's struggling in the aftermath of a breakup and in her aspirations as a playwright when she meets a guy who seems all wrong for her (Chris O'Dowd).

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Real-life couple Britt Robertson and Dylan O'Brien play a couple of inexperienced high schoolers who let their guard down with each other and fall hard . . . for the first time.

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Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer, and Phoebe Robinson star as three BFFs who take a spontaneous trip to Spain (and later, as the title suggests, Ibiza) where they encounter love, drugs, ridiculously sexy DJs, and some serious sunburns.

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Check out A Case of You, in which Justin Long tries to romance Evan Rachel Wood by becoming her perfect man.

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Ryan Reynolds has three worthy love interests in this rom-com that is also a bit of a mystery, since he's telling his daughter (Abigail Breslin) about her mother in a roundabout way.

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Alex Truelove (Daniel Doheny) is your average high school senior with a great girlfriend, Claire (Madeline Weinstein), who seems like he has it made when it comes to his future. What he doesn't expect said future to include, however, is a blossoming romance with Elliot (Antonio Marziale), a handsome guy who opens Alex's eyes up to other sides of himself and his sexuality.

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How could a romantic comedy with Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie be anything less than hilarious and delightful? Sleeping With Other People is the modern When Harry Met Sally, if you can imagine Harry and Sally having a lot more sex.

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Bridget Jones, once a wandering waif, now has a very important job as a television producer. One problem: Bridget is pregnant and doesn't know who the father is. Hilarity ensues in Bridget Jones's Baby as possible baby daddies Mark Darcy and Jack Qwant fight for the leading lady's affection.

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Owen Wilson explores present-day and 1920s Paris in this fanciful and disarming comedy.

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When Abbie (the wondrous Gugu Mbatha-Raw) discovers she has an aggressive form of cancer, her future with childhood sweetheart Sam (Michiel Huisman) is thrown off the rails right before their wedding. Trust us when we say Irreplaceable You is worth the tears.

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Southside With You is an adorable slice-of-life film about Michelle and Barack Obama's eventful first date that took place long before making political history as FLOTUS and POTUS.

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If you're looking for humour and romance wrapped up inside a family drama, check out Ali's Wedding. The film follows a musically gifted young man as he struggles to respect his Muslim family's wishes and go through with an arranged marriage, despite being in love with another woman.

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This raunchy and unexpectedly heartfelt rom-com stars Jason Segel as a man attempting to escape his ex, only to accidentally end up staying at the same Hawaiian resort as her and her boyfriend.

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