12 best romantic comedies on Prime Video perfect for cuddle season

"Runaway Bride," "Marry Me," and much rom-coms to make you swoon and laugh.

Nothing hits nan spot rather for illustration nan cleanable romanticist comedy.

Whether you're azygous aliases happily cuffed for nan season, these movies person a knack for making everything consciousness saccharine and simple. Every problem has a solution, and nan astir pressing matter for everyone progressive is that 2 likable and charismatic group get together successful 100 minutes aliases less. We can’t ever research nuances and grey areas. We’re busy!

So, successful grant of those evenings erstwhile you’re hoping to move your encephalon wholly off, present are nan champion romanticist comedies streaming for free connected Prime Video, successful nary peculiar order. They’re simple, they’re soothing, and they spell awesome pinch a solid of wine.

1. The Big Sick

Marvel prima Kumail Nanjiani plays himself successful head Michael Showalter's telling of Nanjiani and woman Emily V. Gordon's emotion communicative pinch a harrowing twist. Written by Nanjiani and Gordon, The Big Sick follows a mates connected nan brink of a breakup who abruptly look losing each different forever. Genuinely funny and extraordinarily sweet, this meaty rom-com is cleanable for erstwhile you want a meaningful watch pinch precocious intermezo value. —Alison Foreman, Entertainment Reporter

How to watch: The Big Sick is streaming connected Prime Video.

2. Charade

This 1963 classical brings together 2 of nan biggest stars of nan era. Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant operation it up successful a rom-com rife pinch intrigue! She's a precocious widowed glamour woman being chased by a menacing and mysterious set of thieves. He's a dashing alien who insists connected being of assistance…but why?! Directed by Singin' successful nan Rain helmer Stanley Donen, Charade is afloat of twists and turns, some suspenseful and comical. Its charismatic leads grip some tones pinch aplomb, but are astatine their absolute champion erstwhile it comes to flirty banter. Walter Matthau and James Coburn co-star. — Kristy Puchko, Deputy Entertainment Editor

Where to watch: Charade is now streaming connected Prime Video pinch nan Fandor add-on.

3. Priceless

Attention anti-capitalists — this movie is not for you! Priceless is simply a French rom-com-slash-sex-farce astir an honest, hardworking golden digger conscionable trying to scrape together an opulent manner successful speech for her companionship. Jet-setting done Europe pinch her able lovers, Audrey Tautou (in an impossibly chic wardrobe) seems to person it each figured retired — until she mistakenly spends nan nighttime pinch a luxury edifice waiter (Gad Elmaleh) she mistakes for different rich | mark. In a different film, this communicative could beryllium harsh aliases its characters unforgivable, but Priceless remains ray and jubilant by keeping america laughing astatine nan unchecked vanity and excess earlier us. So, then, possibly this is a movie for anti-capitalists. — Kristina Grosspietsch, Freelance Contributor

How to watch: Priceless is streaming connected Prime Video.

4. Fever Pitch

This British rom-com has a disappointingly debased American profile, apt because we went and remade it pinch Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore arsenic Red Sox fans. The original Fever Pitch, itself based connected a Nick Hornby book, stars Colin Firth (!!!) arsenic a schoolteacher whose emotion for his shot team, Arsenal, gets successful nan measurement of his budding romance pinch Ruth Gemmell. Guys and their sports, huh? If nan tagline doesn’t thrill you (“Life gets analyzable erstwhile you emotion 1 female and 11 men”), past nan footwear of watching Mr. Darcy arsenic a likable slob decidedly will! — K.G.

How to watch: Fever Pitch is streaming connected Prime Video pinch nan Freevee add-on.

5. Runaway Bride

Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are a ’90s rom-com dyad for a reason. Nine years aft they paired up for Garry Marshall’s instant classic Pretty Woman, they returned arsenic nan cardinal mates successful nan drama helmer's Runaway Bride. Roberts is off-the-charts charming arsenic Maggie, a female known successful tabloids for leaving 3 different men astatine nan altar. Gere is swoon-worthy arsenic Ike, a newsman assigned to screen nan communicative of Maggie’s 4th and hopefully last wedding. Their attraction and communal knowing are romance movie gold. Yet you can’t thief but consciousness bad for mediocre Bob (Christopher Meloni), Maggie’s 4th fiancé, whose sports metaphors don’t guidelines a chance against that magical Gere/Roberts chemistry. —Alexis Nedd, Senior Entertainment Reporter

Where to watch: Runaway Bride is now streaming connected Prime Video pinch nan Paramount+ add-on.

6. What If

Daniel Radcliffe forms an instant relationship pinch a female astatine a party, only to find retired she’s happily successful a longterm relationship. The brace determine to conscionable beryllium friends, contempt nan doubtful scoffing of everyone astir them. Though nan premise sounds PTSD-inducing to those of america who wasted years pining complete unavailable crushes, What If (or The F Word, if you unrecorded extracurricular nan states) is simply a profoundly comforting watch. Playful and grounded, nan movie soars acknowledgment to its cast, featuring a magnetic Zoe Kazan, Radcliffe oozing relatability, and an unexpected (and chaotic) Adam Driver predictably stealing his scenes. Because, duh. — K.G.

How to watch: What If is streaming connected Prime Video pinch nan Paramount+ add-on.

7. Overboard

A small zany, a small underrated, and very '80s, this Goldie Hawn/Kurt Russell movie gained fame complete nan years and deserves a spot connected your binge list. Hawn plays nan heiress Joanna Stayton, who ends up getting amnesia aft falling disconnected her yacht. Her hubby uses this to wantonness her, while section carpenter Dean (Russell) pretends Joanna is his woman and uses her for unpaid labor. The 2 autumn successful emotion successful nan measurement that only rom-com amnesia tin bring group together, but Dean lives successful fearfulness that she mightiness callback her ain life and leave, hating him forever. —P.K.

Where to watch: Overboard is availble to rent/purchase connected Prime Video.

8. Tortilla Soup

Tortilla Soup is simply a cozy and heartwarming watch that remains pleasant from commencement to finish. The American remake of Ang Lee’s Taiwanese deed Eat Drink Man Woman, this romantic-comedy-drama features Héctor Elizondo arsenic a retired cook worried astir his 3 big daughters still surviving successful his suburban LA home. While nan crippled focuses heavy connected nan 4 main characters' romanticist tests and errors, it besides gives clip and abstraction to exploring their evolving familial relationships arsenic well. This makes Tortilla Soup a broader introduction than galore others connected this list, and a cleanable prime for erstwhile you’re successful nan temper for thing comforting — much for illustration nan galore mouthwatering Mexican dishes this movie serves up. — K.G.

How to watch: Tortilla Soup is disposable to rent/purchase connected Prime Video.

9. Sleepless successful Seattle

It mightiness get often confused pinch You've Got Mail, but Sleepless successful Seattle is coagulated institution successful nan niche but fantabulous Tom-Hanks-and-Meg-Ryan-fall-in-love-without-meeting genre. Hanks plays widower Sam, whose boy (Ross Malinger) convinces him to talk astir his precocious woman connected nan radio. His communicative captivates listeners astir nan country, including Annie (Ryan), who writes to Sam and asks him to meet her astatine nan Empire State Building connected Valentine's Day. As nan time ticks closer, life mostly goes on, but chance encounters and missed connections heap up until nan fateful meeting.

We cognize what you're thinking: Do they spell to nan Empire State Building? Do they unrecorded happily ever after?? Who knows!! — P.K.

Where to watch: Sleepless successful Seattle is disposable to rent/purchase connected Prime Video.

10. (500) Days of Summer

Sometime successful nan 2000s, romanticist comedies stopped trying to beryllium funny and started trying to opportunity thing meaningful, nary much overtly than 500 Days of Summer. This indie darling breaks from rom-com look to show a non-linear communicative of a narration coming together and falling apart. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s sincerity is palpable and Zooey Deschanel, arsenic nan entity of his affection, is simply a quirky woman truthful quirky she single-handedly ushered successful a caller era of messy bangs for millions of women everywhere. With unexpected touches of surrealism and a stellar supporting cast, 500 Days of Summer is simply a satisfying watch for a emotion communicative that hits you correct successful nan gut. —K.G.

How to watch: (500) Days of Summer is disposable for rent/purchase connected Prime Video aliases pinch nan Cinemax aliases Max add-ons.

11. Love & Friendship

Based connected Jane Austen’s posthumously published caller Lady Susan, Love & Friendship is an 18th-century rom-com that’s amazingly raunchy for what we’ve travel to expect from Austen. The titular characteristic of Lady Susan is simply a widow and a notorious flirt whose estimation precedes her erstwhile she comes to unrecorded pinch her relative and sister-in rule astatine their state manor and proceeds to seduce a assortment of characters. Love & Friendship was adapted and partially rewritten by head Whit Stillman, who besides released a type of nan caller pinch nan movie’s title to supplement a retelling that "vindicates" Lady Susan from nan salacious rumors that, arsenic seen successful nan movie, is beautiful overmuch wholly true. — Alexis Nedd, Senior Entertainment Reporter

Where to watch: Love & Friendship is now streaming connected Prime Video.

12. Marry Me

Jennifer Lopez is simply a queen of rom-coms, having headlined The Wedding Planner, Maid successful Manhattan, Jersey Girl (opposite her existent hubby Ben Affleck), and nan precocious released Shotgun Wedding (also connected Prime). But nan astir charming of nan bunch whitethorn beryllium this 2022 treasure, which has JLo playing a popular diva who falls for a mild-mannered mathematics coach (Owen Wilson). The improbable mates wed onstage nan nighttime they meet because fame is strange. But emotion tin beryllium moreover alien — and sweeter. By breaking nan rules of romanticist comedies past, Lopez and Wilson bring caller thrills and plentifulness of chances to swoon. Bonus: The manner successful this 1 is simply a emotion matter each its own. — KP

Where to watch: Marry Me is now streaming connected Prime Video pinch nan Starz add-on.

UPDATE: Jan. 31, 2024, 4:38 p.m. EST Originally published successful February 2022, this station has been updated to bespeak Prime Video's existent offerings.

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