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While romantic comedies thrived in the 1980s and 1990s, theyreallyproliferated in the new millennium.
So what rom-coms of the 2000s actually stand the test of time?
Don’t believe me?
Look at the weekend box office ofJuly 18, 2008.
By the end of its theatrical run, the movie grossed an epic $694 million.
Along Came Polly (2004)
There isn’t a more quintessential 2000s rom-com than Along Came Polly.
As sparks fly between Reuben and Polly, things get complicated when Lisa comes back for a do-over.
He soon meets and enchants ambitious advertising executive Kate (Ryan).
Reynolds plays Andrew, the beleaguered assistant to a ruthless publishing executive Margaret (Sandra Bullock).
As they put on a show for everyone, Margaret and Andrew’s icy walls begin to thaw.
It’s actually very fun!
Keri Russell stars as a struggling waitress with a knack for baking delicious, original pies.
Its buzz at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival earned the movie critical acclaim.
In 2015, it became a hit Broadway musical.
For a romantic comedy, Just Friends is pretty callous, crude, and cruel.
Instead, they fall out of it.
As they transition from lovers to roommates, their apartment becomes ground zero in a petty war of attrition.
But hedefinitelywas in Definitely, Maybe.
Reynolds stars in the movie as a political consultant in Manhattan in the midst of divorce.
And who can resist a good needledrop with The Cure?
Knocked Up (2007)
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High Fidelity (2000)
You almost feel sorry for today’s generation.
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
I SAID I LOVE THE SMITHS!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in the movie as Tom, a greeting card writer whose architect dreams are on hold.
The Holiday (2006)
Has Christmas given you the blues?
50 First Dates (2004)
Adam Sandler won over a generation with his frat boy obnoxiousness.
But more than once, the SNL alum has shown actual depth, tenderness, and vulnerability.
Foreign language remakes have been made in India, Japan, Mexico, and Iran.
Hitch, of course.
(2008)
In summer 2008, the ABBA-ified musical Mamma Mia!
became a now-beloved movie musical one that dared to open opposite the billion-dollar smash The Dark Knight.
Thanks to its soundtrack of ABBA bangers, Mamma Mia!
is a feel-good toe-tapper.
How can you resist it?
Vardalos stars as Toula, a young woman from a very traditional Greek immigrant family who live in Chicago.
Toula falls in love with a handsome English teacher, Ian (John Corbett), who is extremelynotGreek.
This wouldn’t be a problem, if not for her domineering family who insist otherwise.
Segel plays a TV composer who is dumped by his celebrity girlfriend, Sarah Marshall.
Easier said than done.
A quotable and rewatchable classic of the 2000s, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is truly hard to forget.
you might guess where things go from there.
Eventually, Amelie reconnects with a boy from her past (Mathiew Kassovitz).
Notting Hill (2004)
Wouldn’t it be fun to date a celebrity?
Sure, Notting Hill can be so implausible it might as well be science fiction.
But what are movies if not invitations to daydream impossible things?
Wedding Crashers was a monster hit in ‘05, and for good reason.
It was a feel-good rom-com with outrageous hilarityanda resonant love story.
