Best Romantic Comedies by Director
NR
-
2009
Betty Thomas
Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler
Animation / Comedy / Family / Romance
USA
English
2692
444
1964
J. Lee Thompson
Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly
Comedy / Romance / Musical
USA
English
2743
456
1954
J. Lee Thompson
Dirk Bogarde, Susan Stephen, Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie, Athene Seyler
Comedy / Romance
UK
English
2516
394
1950
Richard Thorpe
Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Keenan Wynn, Gale Robbins
Biography / Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2692
444
1944
Richard Thorpe
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Helen Vinson
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Drama / Family / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2585
412
1914
Maurice Tourneur
Vivian Martin, Alec B. Francis, Chester Barnett, Gyp Williams
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2608
417
1981
Jean-Claude Tramont
Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Dobson
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
1462
173
2021
Joachim Trier
Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Mia McGovern Zaini, Maria Grazia Di Meo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Norway / France / Sweden / Denmark
Norwegian
2114
284
1992
Fernando Trueba
Penélope Cruz, Fernando Fernán Gómez,
Comedy / Romance
Spain / Portugal / France
Spanish
524
53
1960
François Truffaut
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime / Comedy / Post-Noir
France
French
557
60
1968
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade
Drama / Romance / Comedy
France
French
912
103
1970
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko Berghauer
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France / Italy
French
1780
217
1979
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
1938
252
1977
François Truffaut
Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Leslie Caron
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France
French
2743
456
1983
François Truffaut
Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Romance / Gangster
France
French
2744
457
1998
Ming-liang Tsai
Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Hsiang-Chu Tong
Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi
Taiwan / France
Mandarin
2679
440
2005
Anand Tucker
Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms
Drama / Romance / Comedy
UK / Switzerland / USA
English
2629
422
2005
John Turturro
James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale
Comedy / Musical / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2809
479
1932
Frank Tuttle
Bing Crosby, Stuart Erwin, Leila Hyams, Sharon Lynn, George Burns
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2790
470
2010
Tom Tykwer
Devid Striesow, Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Senta Dorothea Kirschner
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Germany
German
2799
475
1961
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Akim Tamiroff, Alix Talton
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2712
451
2001
Paula van der Oest
Monic Hendrickx, Anneke Blok, Sylvia Poorta, Jacob Derwig
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Netherlands
Dutch
282
32
1934
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy
Crime / Romance / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2608
417
1936
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia
Comedy / Romance / Crime / Mystery / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2608
417
1940
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Donald Douglas
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Romance
USA
English
2649
428
1936
W.S. Van Dyke
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Reginald Owen, Allan Jones, James Stewart
Musical / Romance / Adventure / Drama / Western / Comedy
USA
English
2809
479
1939
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey
Comedy / Mystery / Drama / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
1941
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Alan Baxter
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Mystery / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
1854
235
1944
Charles Vidor
Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Jinx Falkenburg
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2514
392
1928
King Vidor
Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler, Lawrence Gray, Dell Henderson
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
66
5
1934
Jean Vigo
Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
France
French
1828
228
1925
Erich von Stroheim
Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, Josephine Crowell
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2692
444
1951
Hal Walker
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore, Robert Strauss, Leif Erickson
Comedy / Musical / Romance / Adventure
USA
English
2809
479
1933
Stuart Walker
Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Byron, Paul Cavanagh
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
1937
251
1932
Raoul Walsh
Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Crime
USA
English
2173
295
1933
Raoul Walsh
Wallace Beery, George Raft, Jackie Cooper, Fay Wray, Pert Kelton, Herman Bing
Comedy / Drama / Action / Adventure / Romance / Gangster
USA
English
2748
458
1941
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2809
479
1933
Raoul Walsh
James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Victor Jory, Sammy Cohen, Frank Moran, Esther Muir
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
1897
245
1956
Charles Walters
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, John Lund, Louis Calhern
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2230
311
1948
Charles Walters
Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin
Musical / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
2581
411
1955
Charles Walters
Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2675
439
1957
Charles Walters
Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman, Anne Francis, Keenan Wynn
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / War
USA
English
2791
471
1962
Charles Walters
Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye
Comedy / Musical / Action / Romance
USA
English
2794
472
1953
Charles Walters
Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson, Charlotte Greenwood
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2809
479
2006
Wayne Wang
Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito, Alicia Witt
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2809
479
2002
Wayne Wang
Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci, Tyler Posey
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2692
444
1982
David S. Ward
Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, William Bronder, Rosanna de Soto, Kathleen Doyle
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2292
327
2005
Sarah Watt
Justine Clarke, William McInnes, Anthony Hayes, Lisa Flanagan, Andrew S. Gilbert
Drama / Comedy / Romance
Australia
English
1765
215
2009
Marc Webb
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Moretz
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2775
464
1990
Peter Weir
Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Australia / France / USA
English
2794
472
1953
Don Weis
Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2473
376
2002
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Weisz
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK / USA / France / Germany
English
2666
435
2004
Paul Weitz
Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger, David Paymer
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2691
443
1999
Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Alyson Hannigan, Shannon Elizabeth
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
1027
116
1937
William A. Wellman
Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Sig Ruman
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2809
479
2003
Audrey Wells
Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova, Vincent Riotta
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA / Italy
English
1072
120
1974
Lina Wertmüller
Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Isa Danieli
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy
Italian
2699
446
2011
Jennifer Westfeldt
Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2809
479
2011
Tanya Wexler
Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK / France / Germany / Luxembourg
English
2748
458
1937
James Whale
Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2809
479
2012
Joss Whedon
Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
1096
123
1927
Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe, Harold Lloyd, Lewis Milestone
Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James, Leo Willis, Olin Francis
Comedy / Family / Romance / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
25
2
1959
Billy Wilder
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien
Comedy / Romance / Music / Family
USA
English
83
8
1960
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
1179
136
1970
Billy Wilder
Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page, Christopher Lee
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Adventure / Thriller
UK
English
1233
144
1954
Billy Wilder
Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
1308
154
1942
Billy Wilder
Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
1496
178
1957
Billy Wilder
Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Van Doude
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
1791
221
1972
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA / Italy
English
1808
222
1948
Billy Wilder
Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
1874
239
1966
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2242
315
1955
Billy Wilder
Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes, Sonny Tufts
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2291
326
1963
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2556
404
1964
Billy Wilder
Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, Felicia Farr, Cliff Osmond, Barbara Pepper
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2692
444
1984
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder, Kelly LeBrock, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna, Judith Ivey
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2819
483
2009
Gary Winick
Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Steve Howey
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2819
483
2004
Gary Winick
Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis, Kathy Baker, Phil Reeves
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
USA
English
2712
451
1958
Franz Peter Wirth
O.W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver, Ellen Schwiers, Jan Hendriks
Comedy / Romance / War
West Germany
German
375
42
1935
Sam Wood
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
Comedy / Family / Romance / Musical
USA
English
2608
417
1941
Sam Wood
Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Edmund Gwenn, Spring Byington
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2809
479
1920
Sam Wood
Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels, Raymond Hatton, Willis Marks, George B. Williams
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2206
306
2010
Edgar Wright
Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Comic
USA
English
2329
338
2004
Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran
Comedy / Horror / Romance
UK / France
English
2156
290
2005
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Talulah Riley, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
France / UK
English
2796
473
2020
Alice Wu
Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Wolfgang Novogratz, Collin Chou
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2809
479
2004
Alice Wu
Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang, Guang Lan Koh
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
366
39
1953
William Wyler
Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
1005
114
1968
William Wyler
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
Drama / Romance / Musical / Comedy / Biography
USA
English
2531
398
1966
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Caper
USA
English
2608
417
1935
William Wyler
Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Eric Blore
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2794
472
1989
Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Maggie Cheung, Biao Yuen, Wah Yuen, Sarah Lee, Alvina Kong
Action / Romance / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2692
444
1963
Bud Yorkin
Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Molly Picon, Barbara Rush, Jill St. John, Tony Bill
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2809
479
2005
Ben Younger
Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman, Bryan Greenberg, Jon Abrahams, Adriana Biasi
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
1787
219
1967
Franco Zeffirelli
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / USA
English
2448
368
1984
Robert Zemeckis
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman
Action / Adventure / Family / Comedy / Romance
Mexico / USA
English
2608
417
1990
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Western / Romance
USA
English
2790
470
1997
Yimou Zhang
Wen Jiang, Baotian Li, Qu Ying, You Ge, Yimou Zhang
Comedy / Romance
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2608
417
1978
Howard Zieff
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2803
478
1991
Howard Zieff
Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Family
USA
English
2124
286
1961
Valerio Zurlini
Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
2472
375
1986
Edward Zwick
Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2768
463
2010
Edward Zwick
Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad, Gabriel Macht
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2485
382
2002
Joel Zwick
Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine
Comedy / Romance
USA / Canada
English
