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Rom-Com Movies to Cozy Up To This Valentine's Day

  • Writer: The Monthly
    The Monthly
  • Feb 28, 2021
  • 2 min read

1. 13 Going On 30 (12+)


13 Going on 30 (released in some countries as Suddenly 30) is a 2004 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Gary Winick, written by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, and starring Jennifer Garner. It follows a girl of 13 years who dreams of becoming famous. She is embarrassed by her peers during her birthday party and wishes that she was 30 years old. She unexpectedly finds herself 30 years old when she wakes up unsure how she got there.


2. The Perfect Date (13+)


Brooks Rattigan creates an app to save up for college, where everyone can pay him to play the perfect stand-in boyfriend for every occasion. To get into his dream Ivy League program, Brooks Rattigan (Noah Centineo) has the academic chops, but he's lacking an important excellent extracurricular - the cash.


3. 10 Things I Hate About You (14+)


10 Things I Hate About You is a 1999 Gil Junger-directed American rom-com starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. Written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, the screenplay is a modernization of the late-16th-century comedy The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, retold in an American high school setting. In the plot, new student Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) is struck by Bianca (Oleynik) and attempts to get bad boy Patrick (Ledger) to date the ill-tempered sister of Bianca, Kat, to get around her father's strict dating rules. The film is named after a poem about her bittersweet romance with Patrick written by Kat.


4. What If? (15+)


‘What If?’ is a romantic comedy film directed by Michael Dowse in 2013 and written by Elan Mastai, based on the play ‘Toothpaste and Cigars’ by TJ Dawe and Michael Rinaldi. The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park, Adam Driver, Mackenzie Davis, and Rafe Spall and follows a couple of best friends who are starting to have feelings for each other.


5. About Time (16+)


Tim learns that he can travel in time at the age of 21 and change his past, subsequently improving his future. His decision to go back and win the woman of his dreams does not turn out to be as straightforward as you would expect.


1 Comment


Life With Layan
Life With Layan
Mar 15, 2021

I love this a lot! Going to check out these movies ASAP

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