Are you sad, bored and lonely? Why not strike up a one-sided conversation with your television. Here is a list of ten romcom moves to make you feel even more of a loser.
1. Bridget Jones’s (2001)
Bridget Jones is thirty-two single woman living in London working for a publishing company. Bridget takes on a new year’s resolution to turn her life around by losing weight, quite smoking and drinking all to find Mr Right while keeping records in her diary.
Cast:
- Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones
- Colin Firth as Mark Darcy
Wealthy business Edward Lewis hires Vivian Ward as a companion during a business trip in Los Angeles, during the weeklong stay their relationship develops into something else.
Cast:
- Julie Roberts as Vivian Ward
- Richard Gere as Edward Lewis
3. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Cameron James is a new student at Padua high school who falls for Bianca Stratfrod. Bianca’s father forbids them from dating until her older rebellious sister Kat starts dating. To get help with this Cameron enlists help of the mysterious bad boy Patrick Verona to woo kat.
Cast:
- Julie Stiles
- Heath Ledger
- Joseph
- Larisa Oleynik
4. Never Been Kissed (1999)
We follow Josie Geller, a shy newspaper copy editor who goes undercover at a high school for her fist reporting assignment. There she revisits her teen years of classic cliques, and first love.
Cast:
- Drew Berrymore as Josie Geller
- David Arquette as Rob Geller
- Michael Vartan as Sam Coulson
5. Confessions Of A Shopaholic (2009)
We follow Rebecca Bloomwood a fun-loving New Yorker with a love for shopping who lands a job at a financial magazine company. As her career and romantic life grows her spending habits threatens it all.
Cast:
- Isla Fiser as Rebecca Bloomwood
- Hugh Dancy as Luke Branddon
6. How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (2003)
We follow magazine writers Andie Anderson and Benjamin Barrie each with their own motive with each other. Andie looking to complete an article in her ‘How’ columns when she is inspired by her friend’s breakup and comes up with the idea ‘How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days’. Benjamin looking to prove to his boss that he can pitch to woman comes up with the idea to make a woman fall for him in 10 days. The writer’s relationship starts, soon developing into something else.
Cast:
- Kate Hudson as Andie Anderson
- Matthew McCaughey as Benjamin Barrie
Jane is a hopeless romantic who has been a bridesmaid twenty-seven times, as she juggles to plan her sister’s wedding to the man she secretly loves and the interests of a journalist curios of her story.
Cast:
- Katherine Heigl as Jane
- James Marsden as Kevin Doyle
Cher Horowitz is a young stylish teen who delights in makeovers and match making, only to realize she may have a few things to learn when it comes to her own love life.
Cast:
- Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz
- Paul Rudd as Josh
We follow Ashley Albright, a PR star who is bless with a lifetime of good until she crosses paths with Jake Hardin a chronically unlucky music manager, they share a kiss swapping their fortunes.
Cast:
- Lyndsay Lohan as Ashley Albright
- Chris Pine as Jake Hardin
10. Sixteen Candles (1984)
We follow Samantha Baker who’s sixteenth birthday gets forgotten amongst her sister’s wedding planning, while dealing with her crush on senior Jake Ryan and getting unwanted attention from a glass geek Farmer Ted.
Cast:
- Molly Ringwald as Samantha Baker
- Michael Schoeffing as Jake Ryan
- Anthony Michael Hall as Farmer Ted
Summary List:
{1} Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
{2} Pretty Woman (1990)
{3} 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
{4} Never Been Kissed (1999)
{5} Confessions Of A Shopaholic (2009)
{6} How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (2003)
{7} 27 Dresses (2008)
{8} Clueless (1995)
{9} Just My Luck (2006)
{10} Sixteen Candles (1984)
Ealasaid | Posted 24th June 2026
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