Only A Woman Can Name All These Rom Coms

It's nearly Valentine's Day, and that means... romantic comedy time! Whether you are single or loved up, there's something about February 14th that makes us want to watch some on-screen romance. The meet cute, the perfect dates (that no one ever goes on in real life), the whirlwind moments, the odd couples, the dramatic run to the airport (that, again, no one ever does in real life)... romantic comedies are classics for a reason, and even if they can be a little bit corny, that doesn't mean we can't love 'em.

Are you a true rom-com fanatic, though? Do you know every cheesy movie off by heart, and daydream about that perfect, movie-worthy romantic moment happening in your own life? Are you deeply invested in the big screen romances and mistaken identities that give us a solid dose of the warm and fuzzies? Or are you more of a casual viewer... a fan of the occasional rom-com, someone who definitely has a favorite or two - but won't rush to the cinema to watch every new chick flick that makes it on to the big screen. Maybe you are a discerning rom-com viewer, rather than someone who will devour everything in sight, as long as it promises a happy ending?

Whichever you think you are, this quiz will sort the true rom com lovers from the casual daters... see how many you know!

Question 1

Which movie saw a movie star fall in love with a bookseller?

She's just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her... at least, that's one of the most famous lines from this classic romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. Roberts plays one of the biggest movie stars in the world (so, herself, basically), who falls for a humble bookstore owner, and struggles to make a relationship work, given their very different lives. In the end, though, her passionate speech brings them to their happy ending.

Question 2

This Christmas Rom-Com tells multiple stories.

This British rom com combines multiple romantic storylines over the lead-up to Christmas... some sad, some sweet, some happy, some silly. It became an instant classic, as the interconnected lives of the characters revealed that love, actually, is all around us. From the love triangle that ended in a declaration on white cards, to the cheating husband, to the shy body doubles who fall in love on set, this film is filled with stories to warm the cockles of your heart.

Question 3

Which movie saw Richard Gere fall for a streetwalker?

This absolute classic brings together the ultimate odd couple; a wealthy but solitary businessman, and a street prostitute in LA. The two meet when Edward is looking for directions, and ends up being given a ride home by Vivian, who charms him. When he decides to hire her for the week to be his escort to social functions, he doesn't realize that they will end up falling in love with each other, but of course, they do. Complete with makeover montage, this is a must-see for rom com fans.

Question 4

Which movie saw competing booksellers fall in love?

Back in the days where getting e-mail came with a cute little announcement, this movie connected another odd couple; the owner of a charming, independent bookstore, and the man in charge of a giant bookstore chain. The two meet online, in a chat room (yes, this rom com is incredibly outdated now, but that doesn't mean it's not adorable), and don't realize who the other is in real life... until its too late, and they are already falling in love!

Question 5

Which rom com centers on a playboy bunny?

This sweet rom com begins with the big-hearted but ditzy Shelley being kicked out of the Playboy Mansion, and having to go find her own way in the world. She winds up acting as house mom for a failing sorority full of outcasts, and attempting to date a sincere, intelligent guy named Oliver... but of course, she knows nothing about attracting men who aren't concerned about her stunning good looks! Sweet but silly, this rom com is all about being who you really are.

Question 6

Which rom com is based on Pride and Prejudice?

A love triangle, a yo-yo dieter, and an actual Mr Darcy, this rom com is an updated version of the Jane Austen classic, and it works just as well in the modern day! Renee Zellweger is the hot mess of a single lady in London, trying to find her way through dating, working, and family minefields, with the help of some great friends and an awful lot of wine and junk food. At least this heroine is a truly relatable one!!

Question 7

Which rom com travels back in time to the roaring '20s?

This rom com starring Owen Wilson takes place in two different time periods, as the nostalgic writer is on a romantic holiday with his fiancee in Paris. Sadly, however, things aren't going quite to plan, and the couple aren't quite getting along. When Gil decides to take a stroll alone that evening, he accidentally travels through time to the roaring 20s, to meet his literary heroes, and learn all about true love... and start a seemingly impossible new romance along the way.

Question 8

Which rom-com is set to Abba songs?

This romantic musical comedy was a smash hit, not least because it's set to the incredibly catchy music of Abba. The film takes place on a gorgeous Greek island, where Sophie is planning to get married... and to meet her father for the first time! Using her mother's old diaries, she has found a few likely candidates and invited them all to the wedding... without telling anyone else about it! Hijinks and romantic memories ensue, as her mother remembers each of her love affairs.

Question 9

Which rom com starts with a divorce?

You wouldn't think of divorce when starting a romance, but the premise of this rom-com begins with just that. A young woman from Alabama left years ago to reinvent herself as a glamorous New Yorker, and it worked... but now that she has a glamorous New York man to marry, she has to come home and get her ex-husband to sign their divorce papers. Of course, she ends up remembering all the best things about their relationship and hometown instead...

Question 10

Which Christmas romance involves a house-swap?

Amanda and Iris are both unlucky in love, as Iris's long-time lover is engaged to someone else, and Amanda's boyfriend just cheated on her. The two women need to get away from home... and end up deciding to swap houses with each other; one in the UK, one in California. While there, each of the women meets someone new, and totally unexpected, and as they get over their broken hearts, they find new romance halfway across the world, in this cute Christmas movie.

Question 11

Which rom com wraps up on New Year's Eve?

This classic rom com attempts to deal with the question 'can (straight) men and women ever really just be friends'? Starting from college and playing out over the years, these two friends seem to be just that - or possibly even less than that - for many many years, but we all know that in the end, they're going to end up together! And they do, in an absolutely iconic New Year's Even scene with one of the greatest rom com speeches of all time...

Question 12

Which rom com has the star re-visiting her exes?

Every person has a 'number'... of people that they've slept with, that is! When Ally realizes that hers is a little higher than most, she decides that rather than find someone new to fall in love with, she'll just revisit her exes and see if any of them have improved with age... with a little help from her promiscuous but charming neighbor to act as personal detective! It might be about sex, but this rom com is deceptively sweet and funny.

Question 13

Which movie is based on the Taming Of The Shrew

This teen romance between a bad boy and a girl who hates everyone (or pretends to) is based on Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew'... but it's a modern classic in its own right. When pretty, popular Bianca is told by her Dad that she can't date until her older sister does, she decides to take matters into her own hands - paying another boy to ask her sister out. However, it soon turns in to much more than just an obligation...

Question 14

Which movie is based on Emma?

This rom com is inspired by one of the greatest romance writers of literature: Jane Austen. Another teen/high school rom com, this film sees the lovable but ditzy Cher and her rich friends make a project out of making over and setting up the new girl at school... not realizing that she's developing her own feelings for someone at the same time! The ultimate teen matchmaker comedy, this flick is popular for so much more than just those iconic knee socks.

Question 15

Which movie gives the main main psychic powers?

Not many rom coms involve literal magic - they are all about that magic of falling in love! However, when this chauvinistic ad exec is struggling to figure out a more feminine approach to some new products, he ends up falling in the tub... and waking up with the ability to read womens' minds! At first, he just uses this power to outfox the new female ad exec who is his competition at work, but surprise surprise, he ends up falling in love with her too!

Question 16

Which rom com turns back time?

This isn't the only time-traveling rom com, but it's probably the only one that returns to exactly the same day, over and over again! When arrogant weatherman Phil finds himself stuck in a loop of the living the same day over and over, he ends up taking a look at his priorities and the way he lives his life (after having a little fun, of course)... and realizing that what he really wants is to be with the girl of his dreams.

Question 17

Which rom com's leading lady has no short term memory?

Another rom com about memory loss, this sweet Hawaiian tale starts with Adam Sandler's commitmentphobic Henry meeting the girl of his dreams, Lucy. They have a perfect day, and he is determined to woo her... until he realizes that an accident has left her with no short-term memory, and she has been believing herself to be living the same day over and over. Can he convince her (and her family) that she would be happier starting to move on with her life?

Question 18

Which rom com features a wedding day love triangle?

Another rom com about the simmering romance between two long-time friends, this hapless romantic only realizes that she is in love with her best friend after he gets engaged to someone else! She ends up trying to be both Maid of Honor to his new bride... and sabotaging her at every turn, in the hopes that Michael will dump his fiancee and honor their long-held agreement to marry each other if they were still single at 28. Romantic chaos ensues...

Question 19

This rom com centers on a green card marriage

When a ball-busting executive learns that she is about to be deported to Canada, she does the only thing she can think of to stay - creates a sham marriage, and forces her (gorgeous) assistant to go along with it. In order to make their marriage seem real to immigration, they have to go home to meet each others' families... and outside of their normal work environment, both discover that there is a whole lot more to the other than they first thought...

Question 20

Which rom com find exes vacationing together?

What's the worst thing that you can imagine happening after you discover that your girlfriend is leaving you for a literal rock star? If the answer to that was 'getting stuck on a romantic island vacation with the new happy couple', then you've probably seen this rom com! He's trying to get over her, with the help of the charming hotel clerk Rachel - and it's all going well, until his ex starts to wonder whether she has made the right decision...

Question 21

Which stoner rom com starts with an accidental pregnancy?

Another worst-case scenario that turns out all right in the end, this rom com sees an ambitious reporter have a one night stand with a stoner... and then getting pregnant as a result. She decides to keep the baby, and he decides to try and do the right thing, but these two very different people don't always find it easy... and start to wonder if they are just too different to make it work. This silly rollercoaster ride is all about doing things in the 'wrong' order.

Question 22

Which rom com gets a little gross?

Rom coms aren't usually known for featuring gross out comedy, but this one breaks the mold! All about the gorgeous gal who ends up capturing the heart of everyone she meets, this rom com sees not just one or two suitors vying for her hand, but several! All of them are willing to resort to underhand methods, too, lying about who they are to try and impress the leading lady... including a guy who has loved her since they went to high school together.

Question 23

Which rom com made a boombox iconic?

This sweet romance from the 80s includes at least one scene that will go down in cinema history; where Lloyd Dobler stands in front of his ex-girlfriend's window holding up a boombox, playing their song. That's only one of the touching moments in this John Cusack classic, though, as two teens from very different worlds meet and surprise everyone by falling in love (even as things are falling apart for one of them at home). With a bittersweet ending, this is one of the original rom coms of the modern age.

Question 24

Which rom com sends a teen forward in time?

More time travelling in this zany love story about the girl next door, as thirteen year old Jenna Rink dreams of being all grown up, and a glamorous magazine editor in the city. After a terrible birthday party, she wakes up to find that her dream has come true... but along the way, she's lost the friendship of her very best friend, the boy next door. As she adjusts to her glam new life, Jenna realizes that she might not actually have it all...

Question 25

Which rom com features a girl trying to dumped?

Most rom coms are about people trying to find love, not people trying to get dumped! However, this movie is about a journalist who wants to do just that... for the sake of an article she is writing on how to drive men away. Unfortunately, the man she chooses as her target is an ad exec who is trying to do the opposite, and prove that he can make a woman fall in love with him... so things get crazy as both keep upping the stakes.

Question 26

Which rom com star is always a bridesmaid?

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride... although that doesn't bother Jane, as she's a bit of a cynic on marriage... especially as she's already been a bridesmaid nearly thirty times! Now, she's planning her sister's wedding to the man she's secretly in love with, even though she knows that her sister is lying to him about everything she likes. To top it all off, a chance encounter with a stranger leads to an article being published about her, ruining what could have been a new romance...

Question 27

Which classic rom com starts with an empty dream home?

This classic rom com starts with a chance encounter in a bar, when a lovelorn architect has a fling with a vivacious woman he meets in a bar. When she learns that he built his dream house for his love, but got dumped and now it's empty, she decides to move on in and pose as his wife! When he finds out, they come to an agreement - she'll help him win back his ex, and get to live there... but of course, she ends up charming him herself.

Question 28

Which rom com heroine uses a fake fiance to get a promotion?

Kate is a talented advertiser, but she's struggling to get the credit she deserves... because her boss feels like she isn't settled enough. He thinks that she could just pick up and leave the company (with their clients) at any time, because she's single and still renting an apartment. Furious as how unfair this is, she and her friend cook up a plan to convince her boss to give her a promotion - using a fake fiance and a photo of a stranger she met at a wedding.

Question 29

Which rom com involves two people who can't sleep together?

A lot of rom coms involve two people who probably shouldn't be sleeping together, or even people who agree to sleep together but not let feelings get involved. This rom com does something different, though - introducing two people who meet at a sex addicts group, and decide that they won't sleep together at all. Commitment-phobe Jake and cheater Lainey soon become best friends, although everyone else mistakes them for a couple... and it takes a long time to figure out their real feelings.

Question 30

Which rom com sees someone trying to find his first partner?

Most rom coms are about characters in their teens, or twenties - or occasionally early thirties. But this rom-com aimed at men stars Steve Carrell as Andy, a forty-year old who has never found love (emotional or physical!). When Andy's colleagues find out just how much of a romantic loner he is, they do their best to try and change that... but their contradictory (and often terrible) advice lead to all kinds of problems for the hapless romantic and the woman he's interested in.

Question 31

Which rom com sends a journalist back to school?

Journalists falling in love while on assignment is a bit of a common theme in a lot of romantic comedies... even if that seems far-fetched! This flick gets especially fantastic, as it involves a newspaper writer heading back to school and posing as a teenager... along with her much cooler older brother! While he helps her become cool for the first time, she finds herself hot for teacher - which is obviously a problem, because he thinks shes a teenager...

Question 32

Which rom com duo love attending weddings?

Most rom coms are all about the ladies, but not this one! Instead, this is about two best friends who love attending weddings... especially when they haven't officially been invited! It's the perfect place to pick up chicks for a one night stand, and that makes wedding season their favorite time of year. However, when a fling turns into a an invite to an extended family weekend away, things start to get a little bit messy... but a whole lot of fun.

Question 33

Which rom com sends a preppy pink-lover to Harvard Law School?

When fashionista Elle is dumped by her boyfriend for not being 'serious' enough, she decides to show him by heading to law school. His law school, which is Harvard Law! She struggles to fit in at school, though, especially when everyone around her just sees her as a dumb blonde... however, she's actually incredibly intelligent, and when she starts working a case it's time to prove that she knows what she's doing... and that she can be herself while doing it!

Question 34

Which rom com made the Empire State Building the most romantic spot?

This classic rom com starts when a young boy calls into a late night talk show (yes, its a little outdated!) because all he wants is for his widower father to find love and be happy again. The call gets him plenty of dates, but it's not until reporter Annie's letter arrives that his son thinks that he's found the right woman for his Dad. When she asks to meet him at the top of the Empire State Building, it's up to him to orchestrate the meeting for his father.

Question 35

Which rom com turns this geeky art student into a stunner?

This teen rom com is far from original, but that doesn't mean it's not fun to watch! When popular dude Zack is dumped by his girlfriend, he boasts that he could replace her with any girl - and that that girl would become just as popular as his ex. His friends take him up on the challenge, leading to him determinedly wooing (and making over) nerdy art student Laney - who, of course, he ends up falling in love with for real.

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