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Lucy Moderatz (Sandra Bullock), a lonely Chicago “L” token collector, has a secret and hopeless crush on Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher), a handsome commuter who passes her booth every day. While working a shift on Christmas Day, Lucy witnesses Peter getting mugged and falling off the train platform. Without thinking, Lucy jumps onto the tracks and rescues an unconscious Peter from being hit by an oncoming train, saving his life.
At the hospital, Lucy is mistaken for Peter’s fiancée and unwittingly becomes entangled with his raucous family. While Lucy is enjoying the holidays with the Callaghan Clan, she gets closer with Jack (Bill Pullman), Peter’s suspicious but intrigued brother. Will Lonely Lucy finally find love? And, if so, which brother will she choose?
1995 —Written by Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric Lebow. Directed by Jon Turteltaub.
Sources Include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/While_You_Were_Sleeping_(film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114924/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63086/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-while-you-were-sleeping
https://www.buzzfeed.com/declancashin/i-was-gonna-marry-that-guy
When Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore), a bright but socially-awkward magazine editor, gets an undercover assignment to pose as a high school student, she leaps at the chance to prove herself as a reporter. However, Josie quickly learns that life in high school isn’t any easier the second time around and she becomes a target for the cool-but-cruel popular kids. As the pressure to write the story grows, so does Josie’s attraction to her handsome and kind-hearted English teacher, Sam Coulson (Michael Vartan). Things start looking up when Josie’s brother, Rob (David Arquette), helps her win the cool kids over. But will her quest for the story jeopardize her chance at true love?
1999 — written by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. Directed by Raja Gosnell.
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Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicolson) loves the ladies and definitely has a type: beautiful, sexy, and half his age. When he suffers a heart attack while on a weekend beach getaway with his latest squeeze, he unexpectedly finds himself under the care of Erica Barry (Diane Keaton) — a quirky and accomplished playwright who just happens to be his girlfriend’s mother. Harry and Erica find love by the sea but Harry’s return to real life threatens their newfound happiness. Will they find their way back to each other or will Harry become just another character Erica’s latest Broadway hit?
2003 — Written and directed by Nancy Meyers.
Sources include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something%27s_Gotta_Give_(film)
Alex “Hitch” Hitchens (Will Smith) has found success discreetly helping bashful bachelors find true love in New York City. Albert Brennaman (Kevin James), a sweet but hapless accountant with his heart set on “out-of-his-league” celebrity heiress Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta), may be his biggest challenge yet. But, while Albert surprisingly impresses Allegra, Hitch stumbles repeatedly in his pursuit of Sara Melas (Eva Mendes) — a smart, cynical gossip columnist. Things get even more complicated when Sara becomes fixated on getting the scoop on Allegra’s unlikely new romance. Can this Date Doctor heal his own romantic wounds or will both relationships be D.O.A.?
2005 — written by Kevin Bisch and directed by Andy Tennant.
Sources include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitch_(film)
Loretta Castorini (Cher) learned the hard way not to marry for love. Now a 37 year-old widow, she vows that her bad luck will finally change and agrees to marry Johnny, a mild-mannered businessman (Danny Aiello). Before leaving on a trip to Sicily to visit his dying mother, Johnny asks Loretta one simple favor — to invite his estranged brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage) to their wedding. Things get more complicated when Loretta and Ronny meet and are wildly attracted to each other. Is it love? Or is it just the moon playing tricks on them?
1987 — written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Norman Jewison.
Sources include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonstruck
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093565/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/84010/13-enchanting-facts-about-moonstruck
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093565/trivia
https://www.thewrap.com/moonstruck-nailed-italian-americans-cher-photos/
When dashing brain surgeon Kevin Fields (Michael Vartan) and charming artist/dog walker Charlie Cantilini meet-cute three times in one day, they have no choice but to fall truly, madly, deeply in love. Kevin takes Charlie to meet his mother, Viola (Jane Fonda) — a celebrity talk show host who is barely holding it together after a career-destroying on-air meltdown — and surprises both women by proposing to Charlie on the spot.
These two seem destined for happily-ever-after, but Viola is convinced that Charlie isn’t good enough for her son and hatches a plan to drive them apart. Will Kevin and Charlie’s love survive the wrath of the Monster-in-Law?
2005 — written by Anya Kochoff and directed by Robert Luketic.
Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) is determined to advance his career in publishing, even if it means paying his dues as the overworked and under-appreciated assistant to Margaret Tate, a.k.a “Satan’s Mistress” (Sandra Bullock). When Margaret realizes she’s about to be deported back to Canada, she and Andrew embark on a risky scheme: he’ll pose as her fiancé and she’ll give him the promotion he’s been working for.
Trouble ensues when a dubious immigration officer gives them an ultimatum: prove that they are a real couple or face serious legal consequences. With the deadline looming, Margaret joins Andrew on a family visit to Alaska and the lines between their real and pretend relationships begin to blur.
2009 -- written by Peter Chiarelli and directed by Anne Fletcher
Sources include:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1041829/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheProposal(2009_film)
Sassy singleton Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) makes a New Year’s resolution: get a diary, get her life together, and finally (!!!) get a proper boyfriend. The trouble is, her two main candidates are a study in bad judgement.
Bridget’s Boss/Sexy Bad Boy Daniel (Hugh Grant) makes her feel like a “wanton sex goddess.” But why does brooding, strait-laced Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) keep showing up? Will Bridget finally find the love she’s been waiting for?
2001 — written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding. Based on the novel by Helen Fielding. Directed by Sharon Maguire.
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When hopeless cynic Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) first meets hopeful romantic Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) it’s not love at first sight. As they drive across the country together from the University of Chicago to New York City, the two can’t seem to agree on anything, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. They part as strangers because, as Harry tells Sally, men and women can never be friends, because the sex part always gets in the way.
But fate ensures that these polar opposites keep meeting — and arguing— over the years, until a chance encounter allows them to commiserate over their recent heartbreaks and they decide to give friendship a try. When an unplanned night of passion puts their friendship to the test, Harry and Sally must finally find their way back together.
1989 — written by Nora Ephron. Directed by Rob Reiner.
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Sources include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Harry_Met_Sally...
https://collider.com/galleries/when-harry-met-sally-behind-the-scenes/
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/18/opinion/all-the-president-s-girls.html
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098635/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
https://www.moviequotedb.com/movies/when-harry-met-sally/quote_26041.html
When 11 year-old Quincy (Omar Epps) meets girl-next-door Monica (Sanaa Lathan) on the basketball court he’s shocked to discover that a girl can play ball as well as he does.
Monica is competitive and emotional; Quincy is talented and arrogant. The only thing they seem to agree on is their total commitment to basketball. Over the years their love/hate relationship changes from rivalry to friendship, eventually blossoming into first love. But as their paths to sports stardom diverge and threaten to tear them apart, can they find a way to love each other and basketball?
2000 — Written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Produced by Spike Lee.
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Sources include:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199725/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_%26_Basketball
Gorgeous control freak Mary Fiore is up to her highly glossed kisser in weddings. She’s the top Wedding Planner in San Francisco and is set to become a partner in her firm, if she can land their biggest account yet: The Donnelly Wedding. Tragically unlucky in love, things seem to be looking up for Mary when she meets Steve Edison, a charming Pediatrician who quite literally knocks her off her feet. But sparks really start to fly when Mary discovers that Steve is the groom in the Donnelly Wedding.
2001 -- Written by Michael Ellis and Pamela Falk. Directed by Adam Shankman.
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SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedding_Planner
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209475/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Awards
https://www.amc.com/talk/2013/01/story-notes-trivia-the-wedding-planner
https://www.selftanning.com/8-ways-to-remove-self-tanner-without-breaking-the-bank/
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-wedding-planner-2001
Rachel Chu, a beautiful and smart Chinese-American Professor of Economics, is in L-O-V-E with Nick Young, an expat from Singapore who uses her Netflix password and works out at the YMCA. When Nick invites her to travel with him to meet his family for the first time, she’s surprised to discover that they are among the richest in Singapore. Rachel is determined to win Nick’s family over, but will she ever really fit into his world?
A 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Jon M. Chu, from a screenplay by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, based on the 2013 novel of the same title by Kevin Kwan. It follows a Chinese-American professor who travels to meet her boyfriend's family and is surprised to discover they are among the richest in Singapore.
Sources include:
All things CRA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Rich_Asians_(film)
The Tan Hua Flower:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyllum_oxypetalum
That Mahjong Match:
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/8/17/17723242/crazy-rich-asians-movie-mahjong
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Struggling boutique bookseller Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) hates Joe Fox (Tom Hanks), the owner of a corporate Foxbooks chain store that just moved in across the street. When they meet online, however, they begin an intense and anonymous Internet romance, oblivious of each other's true identity. Eventually Joe learns that the enchanting woman he's involved with is actually his business rival. He must now reconcile his real-life dislike for her with the cyber love he's come to feel.
1998 - written by Delia and Nora Ephron, directed by Nora Ephron
Sources include:
NYC: The Star of You’ve Got Mail
https://nypost.com/2018/12/14/how-youve-got-mail-made-nyc-a-rom-com-star/
The Voice of AOL
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/11/aol-youve-got-mail-voice-man-is-an-uber-driver.html
You’ve Got Mail Trivia
https://thestir.cafemom.com/movies/216730/youve-got-mail-movie-facts
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Annie (Kristen Wiig) is a single woman whose own life is a mess, but when she learns that her lifelong best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), is engaged, she has no choice but to serve as the maid of honor. Though lovelorn and almost penniless, Annie winds her way through the strange and expensive rituals associated with her job as the bride's go-to gal. Determined to make things perfect, she gamely leads Lillian and the other bridesmaids down the wild road to the wedding.
2011, written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumalo, directed by Paul Feig
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An 80’s update on the classic fairy tale “Cinder-fucking-rella”, Pretty Woman is the story of Vivian (Julia Roberts) — a charming but down-on-her-luck sex worker, and Edward (Richard Gere) — a handsome but emotionally-stunted corporate raider, who meet and form an unlikely business partnership that takes Vivian from the Red-light district in Hollywood to the high-class playground of the super-rich: Beverly Hills. Over the course of one week, the pair negotiate and navigate their relationship and, in the end, they are both changed forever.
1990, written by JF Lawton, directed by Garry Marshall
Sources include:
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko
The shopgirl who looks like former Ukraine President Yulia Tymoshenko
VanityFair:
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/pretty-woman-original-ending
Gradesaver:
https://www.gradesaver.com/pretty-woman/study-guide/does-pretty-woman-misrepresent-sex-work
NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/23/movies/review-film-high-rolling-boy-meets-streetwalking-girl.html
And the hooker is played by Julia Roberts, who is so enchantingly beautiful, so funny, so natural and such an absolute delight that it is hard to hold anything against the movie. (Janet Maslin, NYT 1990)
Savings Org:
https://www.saving.org/inflation/inflation.php?amount=3,000&year=1980
$3000 is roughly $10k today
AV Club:
https://film.avclub.com/in-1990-pretty-woman-changed-romantic-comedies-forever-1832809447
This modern rom com follows Peter Bretter (Jason Segal), who is a musician writing a Dracula Muppet musical (yes, you read that right) and is going through an unexpected breakup with his TV star girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). To heal his broken heart, he books a flight to Hawaii to escape, only to find that his recent ex and her new rockstar boyfriend Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) are staying at the same hotel. Hilarity and humiliation ensue.
2008, written by Jason Segal and produced by Judd Apatow
Sources include:
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_Sarah_Marshall
Entertainment Weekly https://ew.com/movies/2019/02/06/forgetting-sarah-marshall-nude-scene/
Peoplehttps://people.com/movies/forgetting-sarah-marshall-cast-where-are-they-now/
"Crash” Davis (Kevin Costner), is a veteran minor league catcher brought in to teach rookie pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) about the game in preparation for reaching the major leagues. Baseball aficionado Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon) chooses Nuke as her season-long romantic project but finds herself increasingly attracted to Crash.
1988, written and directed by Ron Shelton
Sources include:
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Durham
Why Crash Davis is the Best Name Ever, and Other Tales from the Making of 'Bull Durham'
The Raleigh News Observer, by Alex Lowentin https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/article213375704.html
Worshipping at the Church of Baseball
Sports Illustrated, by Chris Nashawaty
https://vault.si.com/vault/2012/07/09/worshipping-at-the-church-of-baseball
Sports Illustrated, The 50 Greatest Sports Movies of All Time
https://vault.si.com/vault/2003/08/04/the-50-greatest-sports-movies-of-all-time
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Canoodle is a rom com re-watch podcast from Colleen Hindsley, Lucy Osborne, Barbara Sennrich, and Liv Behre—and here’s your first taste!
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