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The Best Rom-Com Meet-Cutes

Source: E! OnlineView Original
entertainmentApril 16, 2026

by Michele BirdBuzzFeed Contributor

I'm a sucker for a rom-com, especially when there's a meet-cute moment that makes you swoon. So if you love this genre as much as I do, here's a look at the movies with couples who have off-the-charts chemistry:

1.

50 First Dates (2004)

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Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler are the definition of #goals whenever they're in a movie together. From a chance meeting at the Hukilau Café to making someone fall for you again and again, 50 First Dates is one of those rom-coms that never gets old.

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Serendipity (2001)

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After a chance meeting over a pair of gloves, Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) and Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) decide to leave things to fate. Who knew a $5 bill and a used book with each of their numbers would become such a love story?

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Sweethearts (2024)

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Sweethearts has a little bit of everything: high school love, best friends that could be more, and navigating the complicated journey of breaking up. While Nico Hiraga and Kiernan Shipka portray BFFs, their chemistry will have you smiling (and laughing) until the very end.

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Maid in Manhattan (2002)

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Marisa (Jennifer Lopez) works as a hotel maid by day, and soon finds herself on an impromptu date with Chris (Ralph Fiennes). Whether it was the designer coat she wasn't supposed to be wearing or her son unknowingly playing matchmaker, sometimes the best connections are the ones you never see coming.

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Love Actually (2003)

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If you love intertwined stories, Love Actually is one of the films that does it best. The chemistry between Natalie (Martine McCutcheon) and the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) is candid, charming, and feel-good from the start.

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Bridesmaids (2011)

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They always say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and Bridesmaids has a scene that proves that. When Annie (Kristen Wiig) is pulled over by Officer Nathan Rhodes (Chris O'Dowd), he instantly recognizes her thanks to her former bakery, Cake Baby. What starts as a traffic turn eventually blossoms into a sweet love story, with a surprise sugary treat thrown in to sweeten the deal.

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He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

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He's Just Not That Into You explores the complicated dynamics of dating through a series of interconnected storylines. But the best one is Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Alex (Justin Long), who form an unlikely friendship that soon blossoms into something more.

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What's Your Number? (2011)

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What starts as an attempt to escape an awkward post-hookup situation turns out to be something so much more for two neighbors. Ally (Anna Faris) and Colin (Chris Evans) go on a mission to find her Mr. Right in a sea of exes — even though he might be in front of her eyes all along.

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Trainwreck (2015)

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After Amy (Amy Schumer) is assigned to interview sports doctor Aaron Connors (Bill Hader), what should have been a simple assignment turns into an unexpected meet-cute. Despite her jaded view of monogamy, the two eventually fall head over heels while giving us plenty of laughs along the way.

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10.

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

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One of my favorite parts of (500) Days of Summer is the progression of Tom's (Joseph-Gordon-Levitt) and Summer's (Zooey Deschanel) relationship from start to finish. It's raw and real from their meet-cute at work to the heartbreaking moment they decide to call it quits.

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

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What happens when a wager is made to make a woman fall in love, and a woman promises to write a magazine article to drive a man away in 10 days, you get this movie. Andie (Kate Hudson) and Ben (Matthew McConaughey) have a hilariously sweet dynamic as their relationship ebbs and flows until the very end.

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27 Dresses (2008)

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What starts as "always the bridesmaid, never the bride" becomes the catalyst of Jane's (Katherine Heigl) and Kevin "Malcolm" Doyle's (James Marsden) story. After they meet at a wedding and she accidentally leaves her day planner behind, a seemingly innocent story idea quickly turns into way more than they both anticipated.

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The Notebook (2004)

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The story of Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams) is hard not to love. But it couldn't have started if they had never met at a carnival one summer night in S

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