Romantic comedy
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Romantic comedy is a sub-genre of comedy and romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how love is able to surmount all obstacles. Romantic com
The hitchhiking scene from It Happened One Night
Kathryn Grayson in Seven Sweethearts (1942), a musical romantic comedy film
The Philadelphia Story, considered a pinnacle of romantic comedy
The Apartment has come to be regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, appearing in lists by the American Film Institute and Sight and Sound magazine. In 1994, it was one of 25 films selected for inclusion to the Library of Congress National Film Registry.
Meet cute
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A meet cute is a scene in romantic fiction in which two people meet for the first time, typically under unusual, humorous, or adorable circumstances, and go on to form a future romantic couple.
Romantic comedy
…into sub-genres like screwball comedies, career woman comedies, and 1950s sex comedies in Hollywood. A common convention in romantic comedies is the "meet-cute", a humorous or unexpected encounter that creates initial tension and sets up the romantic storyline. Comedies, rooted in the fertility rites and satyr…
Romeo meets Juliet for the first time, in an 1861 watercolor by Victoria, Princess Royal.