As a genre, the romantic comedy has had pretty sharply defined highs (the 1940s and 1980s) and lows (1990s-2000s) based on viewer appetite and studio competence, but thanks to this thing we call “the human condition,” hope-laden fables showing how two people can, indeed, find and cherish one another despite all obstacles will never stay out of fashion long—no matter how soulless and cynical the industry. Whether because we are young and naïve, not-so-young and searching, or old and grumpy with a soft spot (or wistful memory), there’s always an appetite for fascinating meet-cutes, resolved comedies of errors and melted gruff exteriors. So no matter your particular poison when it comes to scripted takes on love and relationships, let Paste’s list of the 100 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time provide you just what the doctor ordered.
List published April 2013. Updated and expanded in October 2018
Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/romantic-comedies/the-100-best-romantic-comedies-of-all-time/
Movies directed by Howard Hawks.
Movies released during the 1930s to watch
List of Nominees and Winners.
CHARLES LAUGHTON "The Private Life of Henry VIII" - WINNER
LESLIE HOWARD "Berkeley Square"
PAUL MUNI "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang"
KATHARINE HEPBURN "Morning Glory" - WINNER
MAY ROBSON "Lady for a Day"
DIANA WYNYARD "Cavalcade"
"CAVALCADE" William S. Darling - WINNER
"A FAREWELL TO ARMS" Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
"WHEN LADIES MEET" Cedric Gibbons
William Tummel (Fox) - WINNER
Charles Dorian (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) - WINNER
Charles Barton (Paramount) - WINNER
Dewey Starkey (RKO Radio) - WINNER
Fred Fox (United Artists) - WINNER
Scott Beal (Universal) - WINNER
Gordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros.) - WINNER
Percy Ikerd (Fox)
Bunny Dull (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
John S. Waters (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Sidney S. Brod (Paramount)
Arthur Jacobson (Paramount)
Eddie Killey (RKO Radio)
Benjamin Silvey (United Artists)
Joe McDonough (Universal)
W. J. Reiter (Universal)
Al Alborn (Warner Bros.)
Frank X. Shaw (Warner Bros.)
"A FAREWELL TO ARMS" Charles Bryant Lang, Jr. - WINNER
"REUNION IN VIENNA" George J. Folsey
"THE SIGN OF THE CROSS" Karl Struss
"CAVALCADE" Frank Lloyd - WINNER
"LADY FOR A DAY" Frank Capra
"LITTLE WOMEN" George Cukor
"CAVALCADE" Fox - WINNER
"A FAREWELL TO ARMS" Paramount
"42ND STREET" Warner Bros.
"I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG" Warner Bros.
"LADY FOR A DAY" Columbia
"LITTLE WOMEN" RKO Radio
"THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII" London Films
"SHE DONE HIM WRONG" Paramount
"SMILIN' THROUGH" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"STATE FAIR" Fox
"THE THREE LITTLE PIGS" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNER
"BUILDING A BUILDING" Walt Disney, Producer
"THE MERRY OLD SOUL" Walter Lantz, Producer
"SO THIS IS HARRIS" Louis Brock, Producer - WINNER
"MISTER MUGG" Warren Doane, Producer
"A PREFERRED LIST" Louis Brock, Producer
"KRAKATOA" Joe Rock, Producer - WINNER
"MENU" Pete Smith, Producer
"THE SEA" Educational
"A FAREWELL TO ARMS" Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director - WINNER
"42ND STREET" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
"GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
"I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
"LITTLE WOMEN" Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason - WINNER
"LADY FOR A DAY" Robert Riskin
"STATE FAIR" Paul Green, Sonya Levien
"ONE WAY PASSAGE" Robert Lord - WINNER
"THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY" Frances Marion
"RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS" Charles MacArthur
PART 2 (1947-1964)
PART 3 (1965-1984)
PART 4 (1985-2002)
PART 5 (2003-2019)
PART 6 (2020-2024)
1-10 — 1929 Winners
11-25 — 1929 Nominees
26-23 — 1930 Winners
24-52 — 1930 Nominees
53-58 — 1930 Winners
59-78 — 1930 Nominees
79-84 — 1931 Winners
85-100 — 1931 Nominees
101-110 — 1932 Winners
111-126 — 1932 Nominees
127-135 — 1934 Winners
136-154 — 1934 Nominees
155-165 — 1935 Winners
166-186 — 1935 Nominees
187-199 — 1936 Winners
200-231 — 1936 Nominees
232-244 — 1937 Winners
245-283 — 1937 Nominees
284-298 — 1938 Winners
299-339 — 1938 Nominees
340-352 — 1939 Winners
353-396 — 1939 Nominees
397-407 — 1940 Winners
408-446 — 1940 Nominees
447-462 — 1941 Winners
463-515 — 1941 Nominees
516-532 — 1942 Winners
533-612 — 1942 Nominees
613-631 — 1943 Winners
632-708 — 1943 Nominees
709-726 — 1944 Winners
727-792 — 1944 Nominees
793-805 — 1945 Winners
806-877 — 1945 Nominees
878-897 — 1946 Winners
898-961 — 1946 Nominees
Movies I need to see
Oscar nomination (1929-2021)
by Alice Ramunno