The Best Rom-Coms for Valentine’s Day (Or Any Day You Need a Laugh & Some Love)
Valentine’s Day is here, which means two types of people are emerging:
- Those who are planning a romantic, carefully curated evening with their loved one.
- Those who are watching rom-coms in sweatpants with a glass (bottle) of wine.
Whichever camp you fall into, we’ve got you covered. This week on Thhttps://timtalks.net/tkaib/e Kids Are In Bed, we break down the best romantic comedies of all time—argue about them, overanalyze them, and ultimately give you the only rom-com list you’ll ever need.
Oh, and we also talk about the Super Bowl.
But before we get to our ultimate rom-com categories, let’s set the stage:
Super Bowl Recap: Where Was Taylor Swift?
Before we dive into rom-coms, we had unfinished business—the Taylor Swift Super Bowl prop bet from our last episode. Vegas set the over/under at 6.5 times on camera, and let’s just say…
Other notable moments:
- 🏈 The Chiefs won. Again. And most of America was rooting against them.
- 🎤 Kendrick Lamar crushed the halftime show. Filled with Easter eggs, hidden messages, and a not-so-subtle Drake rivalry reference.
- 🎭 Super Bowl commercials have officially lost the plot. (If your big idea is just “put a celebrity in it,” that’s not marketing, it’s a group project with no leader.)
Alright, now that that’s out of the way—ROM-COMS.
The Best Rom-Coms of All Time—Categorized for Your Convenience
Look, picking the single best romantic comedy is impossible. So instead of one definitive ranking, we broke them into very serious, highly scientific categories.
Find the mood you’re in, pick a movie, and let the rom-com magic do the rest.
1. Adam Sandler Classics
Because sometimes you just want to laugh and listen to an absolute banger of a soundtrack.
🎬 The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates, Click, Just Go With It, Mr. Deeds
2. The Bullock Effect™
Sandra Bullock has been carrying this genre on her back for decades. Respect.
🎬 While You Were Sleeping, The Proposal, Two Weeks Notice, Miss Congeniality, The Lost City
3. If You Lost the Ponytail and Glasses…
Where we pretend that simply removing glasses turns someone into a different human being.
🎬 Crazy Stupid Love, Hitch, Clueless, 10 Things I Hate About You, She’s All That
4. Your Mom’s Favorite Rom-Coms
These are the rom-coms that built the genre and are still endlessly rewatchable.
🎬 When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, Notting Hill, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle
5. If I Could Turn Back Time
Sometimes love takes a second (or thousandth) chance.
🎬 About Time, The Big Sick, 500 Days of Summer, Palm Springs, The Lake House, Midnight in Paris
6. That Would Never Happen… But I Love It Anyway
Romances that make absolutely no sense… yet somehow, we buy in every time.
🎬 Runaway Bride, The Holiday, What Happens in Vegas, Moonstruck, Serendipity
7. The “Technically Not a Rom-Com… But It Totally Is” Movies
Romantic comedies in disguise. You know it, we know it.
🎬 Jerry Maguire, The Princess Bride, Groundhog Day, The Devil Wears Prada, Silver Linings Playbook
8. We Shouldn’t Work… But We Do
When everything says this relationship should be a disaster, but somehow, it’s perfect.
🎬 Fools Rush In, Knocked Up, Trainwreck, Crazy Stupid Love, My Best Friend’s Wedding
So, What’s the Best Rom-Com?
That’s up to you. But if you’re looking for a great Valentine’s movie, this list is full of absolute gems.
💬 Drop your favorite rom-com in the comments—we want to hear your picks!
🎧 Listen to the full episode of The Kids Are In Bed for all the debates, hot takes, and unnecessary deep dives into rom-com history.
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