The Best Rom-Coms, Ranked by You
All 24 films here, ranked by 43 players. 10 Things I Hate About You leads: it wins 74.4% of its matchups (n = 129) and was champion in 8 of 43 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Clueless1995
50 First Dates2004
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Romantic Comedies: the community’s best
Win rate across 941 head-to-head picks from 43 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Rom-com | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Things I Hate About You1999 | 96–33 | 74.4% | 8 | 129 | |
| 2 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days2003 | 80–35 | 69.6% | 6 | 115 | |
| 3 | The Notebook2004 | 66–39 | 62.9% | 2 | 105 | |
| 4 | Clueless1995 | 62–37 | 62.6% | 4 | 99 | |
| 5 | Mean Girls2004 | 59–40 | 59.6% | 1 | 99 | |
| 6 | Pretty Woman1990 | 56–38 | 59.6% | 4 | 94 | |
| 7 | Legally Blonde2001 | 53–41 | 56.4% | 2 | 94 | |
| 8 | The Proposal2009 | 49–41 | 54.4% | 1 | 90 |
Romantic Comedies: the community tier list
From 941 head-to-head picks in 43 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- The Notebook
- Clueless
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Mean Girls
- Pretty Woman
- Legally Blonde
- The Proposal
- Notting Hill
- About Time
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- 50 First Dates
- When Harry Met Sally
- Hitch
- Crazy Rich Asians
- The Princess Bride
- Bridget Jones's Diary
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Groundhog Day
- You've Got Mail
- Set It Up
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- The Big Sick
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
How the Romantic Comedies bracket works
This rom-com ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — When Harry Met Sally or 10 Things I Hate About You? Pretty Woman or The Notebook? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Comparing two films is far easier than sorting 24 of them at once, which is why the finished list tends to survive a second look.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 24 films. Entrants are drawn by a seed that changes daily, and New draw picks a fresh one, so an early upset in one run may never happen in the next. You can also play it at 8 or 24 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 24 entrants
All 24 entrants are listed below, including When Harry Met Sally, 10 Things I Hate About You, Pretty Woman and The Notebook. Updated
- When Harry Met Sally1989
- 10 Things I Hate About You1999
- Pretty Woman1990
- The Notebook2004
- Sleepless in Seattle1993
- Bridget Jones's Diary2001
- Notting Hill1999
- Crazy Rich Asians2018
- The Proposal2009
- Clueless1995
- Hitch2005
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding2002
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days2003
- Four Weddings and a Funeral1994
- 50 First Dates2004
- You've Got Mail1998
- Groundhog Day1993
- The Big Sick2017
- Legally Blonde2001
- Mean Girls2004
- Set It Up2018
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before2018
- The Princess Bride1987
- About Time2013
Tier list instead?
Load all 24 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
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Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Pick the film you would actually rewatch tonight, not the one with the better reputation.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 24 so more of the 24 films make the field.
- Watch for the film you keep beating reluctantly. That is usually the sign you should undo and reconsider the pick before it.
Questions people ask
What is the best rom-com?
According to 43 BracketRanker players, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). It wins 74.4% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 129) and was champion in 8 of 43 brackets (18.6%).
How many films are in the Romantic Comedies bracket?
The pool holds 24 films. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 24 slots.
Which films are included?
When Harry Met Sally, 10 Things I Hate About You, Pretty Woman, The Notebook, Sleepless in Seattle, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill, Crazy Rich Asians, The Proposal, Clueless, Hitch and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, plus 12 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Romantic Comedies bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. It works the same on a phone as on a desktop, no login is involved, and progress saves as you go.
How does this compare to a drag-and-drop tier list maker?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other film grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two films that never met. If you would rather place the films into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 24 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
How did everyone else rank these films?
Every completed bracket feeds the Romantic Comedies community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 24 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I build my own romantic comedies bracket?
Use the bracket maker: add your own films, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 24 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.