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If you like this romcom, watch this older (and probably better) romcom

There are 133 films in this list available on Amazon Video US.

It Happened One Night
★★★★½

Inspired countless remakes and the blueprint for romantic comedies such as, Roman Holiday, It’s a Wonderful World, The Philadelphia Story, and Leap Year

I Love You Again
★★★

Both romantic comedies feature chaotic couples falling in love again after cases of amnesia. 

Shrek
★★★★½

Lord Farquaad is inspired by Prince Humperdinck.

Love Affair
★★★★

Love Affair was remade the same director, Leo McCarey as An Affair to , which is directly referenced throughout Sleepless in Seattle. 

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
★★★½

A witty battle of the sexes with elements of comedies of remarriage, reminiscent of old Hollywood screwballs and sex comedies. 

The Pirate
★★★½

Gene Kelly’s character, like Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood, is the blueprint followed by the leading men in The Princess Bride, The Pirates of the Caribbean, and Tangled. Gene Kelly’s character in DuBarry Was a Lady a similar character reminiscent of Robin Hood. 

Cactus Flower
★★★★

Cactus Flower was remade as the inferior Just Go With It.

The Princess Bride
★★★★½

Both films are fairytale deconstructions inspired by Tristan & Isolde, which also inspired Vertigo and Mulan/Aurora’s romance in Once Upon a Time

Kiss Me Kate
★★★½

Based off of The Taming of the Shrew. Other notable adaptations of The Taming of the Shrew include Woman of the Year and Moonlighting’s Atomic Shakespeare.

I Married a Witch
★★★★

I Married a Witch inspired the Bewitched TV show. Bell, Book and Candle is also very similar. 

The Shop Around the Corner
★★★★★

Both are based off of the play The Parfumerie, which also inspired the MGM musical In the Good Old Summertime and the Broadway musical She Loves Me

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Intolerable Cruelty
★★★

Intolerable Cruelty is inspired by the comedy of remarriage subgenre that The Awful Truth is the pinnacle of. 

The Hudsucker Proxy
★★★½

The Hudsucker Proxy is a pastiche of screwball comedies and the works of Frank Capra, referencing His Girl Friday, Meet John Doe, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It’s a Wonderful Life. There are also similarities to Metropolis, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and The Sweet Smell of Success

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