The best rom-coms on Netflix showcase classics and provide new, originally produced content. The streaming service proves its love of the genre with a healthy dose of first-rate romantic comedies in its massive digital library. Netflix doesn't just bring in the best rom-coms from theatrical releases, but it also loves to dip its toes into the genre with its original movies, and the results have been successful. In the same way the horror genre was on its last legs in the early '90s, romantic comedies have been a mostly untapped resource over the past few years.

With Netflix stepping up to the plate with original content like the adaptation of Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before and the workplace rom-com Set It Up, romantic comedies are edging their way back into the spotlight. However, there are a lot of movies and TV shows on Netflix, and it is often hard to find the best rom-coms on Netflix when surfing the homepage. Whether someone loves digestible, easy-to-swallow love stories or deeply relatable comedies of errors, there is plenty to pick from when looking at the best rom-coms on Netflix.

25 He's All That (2021)

A Gender Swapped Remake Of She's All That

He's All That was a surprising addition to the rom-coms on Netflix in 2021 and is a gender-swapped remake of the 1999 movie, She's All That, which starred Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook. In this version, Cook even returns as the mother of the new female star, Addison Rae. The movies have a similar story, with Rae starring as Padgett, a social media influencer who bets that she can transform an antisocial nerd into the Prom king.

She chooses Cameron (Tanner Buchanan). The movie was the number one release on Netflix the week of its release, paying tribute to the film it remade. The soundtrack has some notable artists, including Katy Perry, Surf Mesa, and Cyn. Critics mostly dismissed the movie, though, as it sits at a low 28% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes. The main complaint was that the chemistry between the stars was nowhere near as good as the original movie that it is based on.

24 The Perfect Date (2019)

A High School Student Creates A Fake Date App

A high school student (Noah Centineo) finds a unique way to earn money for college in this Netflix original movie. He decides to create a dating app, although the app only features him as a potential date. He becomes a “fake date” that teenage girls can hire for events to please their parents or so they don’t have to attend alone. The scheme works for the most part but starts to become complicated when he develops real feelings for one of his clients.

While the movie isn’t the most original concept, it features a cast of up-and-coming talents like Centineo, Laura Morano, and Camila Mendes, who all demonstrate their talent and charm. Based on the novel The Stand-In by Steve Bloom, the movie was a quick success for Netflix, with over 48 million households watching it in its first month on the streaming service. It also received mixed to positive reviews, with a 67% critical review rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

23 Along For The Ride (2022)

Two Insomniac Teens Who Fall In Love

Inspired by the Sarah Dessen novel of the same name, Along for the Ride is as much a tale of friendship and coming of age as it is romance. A young woman (Emma Pasarow) spends the summer with her father, his new wife, and their new baby while struggling to fit in with other teens. Auden has always felt more comfortable around the adult academic world of her parents, so working at a boutique with other teenage girls and connecting with a local boy with a tragic past came as a surprise.

The cast features some big names in the adult roles, including Kate Bosworth, Andie MacDowell, and Dermot Mulroney. Netflix released the movie as a romantic comedy original on the streaming service in 2022. Critics were split on the film, and it sits at an average of 57%, making it just barely on the positive side of the bubble. The biggest complaints came from fans of the novel, but the audience score was hugely positive, with an 83% fresh Popcornmeter.

In 2019, Netflix also acquired the screen rights for Dessen novels This Lullaby and Once and For All, which the streamer also plans to adapt into movies.

22 The Wedding Planner (2001)

A Wedding Planner Falls In Love With The Groom

In the early 2000s, Matthew McConaughey was the go-to guy for many romantic comedies. In 2001, he teamed up with Jennifer Lopez for a romantic comedy called The Wedding Planner. In this movie, Lopez stars as Mary Flore, a San Francisco wedding planner who is hired to plan a wedding for a catering heiress named Fran Donolly (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras). Before she gets started, a handsome pediatrician named Steve saves her when she almost gets hit by a taxi cab.

As expected from a rom-com like this, Steve (Matthew McConaughey) is the groom of the wedding that Mary was hired to plan. Mary fell for Steve after he saved her, and now she has tough decisions to make. The movie was a relative success, making $94.7 million on a $35 million budget. However, critics savaged the movie, and it has a 17% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. However, the audience was kinder, ranking it at 57%, meaning there might be something there for fans of rom-coms.

21 The Lovebirds (2020)

A Couple Ends Up On The Run After Witnessing A Murder

The Lovebirds is a Netflix original rom-com released in 2020 starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae as a couple who have been together for four years and now constantly argue about everything. However, the couple finds themselves running from the police when a stranger steals their car, kills a man on a bike, and flees before the police show up. This leads to a convoluted storyline involving blackmail and more murders that end up making their relationship stronger than ever by the end.

The movie received mixed to positive reviews thanks to the chemistry of the two lead stars. Directed by Michael Showalter (MTV's The State), the film was supposed to be a theatrical release but was pulled thanks to the pandemic shutting down theaters. When it hit Netflix, it ended up as the 10th most-watched straight-to-streaming title on Netflix in 2020. Critics praised it, awarding it a 66% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising the leads and the humor they brought to the script.

20 The House Bunny (2008)

A Playboy Bunny Helps A Socially Awkward Sorority

When The House Bunny premiered in 2008, Anna Faris and her impeccable comedic timing were the movie’s big draw. However, it also boasts a very stacked cast of comedic talent, including Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Katherine Mhee, and Colin Hanks. The House Bunny sees a former Playboy bunny, kicked out of the life she knew, seeking a new purpose in life. She decides to become the “house mother” for a sorority in which the are considered “losers” on their university campus.

She finds that there’s more to life than appearance and parties, and the sorority begin to see that they are more than what other people think of them. A love story provides the through line for everyone’s transformations. The movie was a minor box office success, making $70.4 million on a $25 million budget. While it only received a 43% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, it had an audience score of 50%, and it is a movie that has improved in reputation as the years wore on.

19 Plus One (2019)

Two Friends Agree To Be Each Other's Wedding Date Plus One's

Wedding season is a common trope used in stories about characters in their 20s and 30s. That’s when everyone the main characters know decides to get married. Sitcoms like New Girl and comedies like Wedding Crashers have embraced that trope in different ways, and so does Plus One. Alice (Maya Erskine) and Ben (Jack Quaid) have been friends for years.

They find themselves alone and attending the weddings of other people after she suffers a breakup, and he becomes obsessed with the “perfect woman.” They agree to be one another’s plus ones for the wedding season to help one another in their relationship troubles, but they end up becoming even closer in the process. Maya Erskine really steals the show, and it's her and Jack Quaid’s chemistry that keeps the movie from feeling like a cliché.

18 Holidate (2020)

Two People Agree To Be Each Other's Holiday Dates

Though Holidate is often seen as a Christmas movie, it actually takes place over a full calendar year, spotlighting numerous holidays as it does. The movie stars Emma Roberts as Sloane and Luke Bracey as Jackson, two people who dread the holidays. Sloane is tired of her family bugging her about being single and Jackson just came off a bad relationship and wants a casual relationship where nothing is expected - like spending holidays with someone's family.

The two strike up the deal to be one another's dates to every holiday gathering to ease both their problems, but soon, as with the best rom-coms, they end up falling in love. Critics gave it average reviews, with praise going toward the self-aware romantic comedy story that helped it stand out from the more generic holiday offerings.

17 No Hard Feelings (2023)

A Woman Is Paid To Help A Teen Break Out Of His Shell

No Hard Feelings is a 2023 romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lawrence as a woman in her early 30s who needs a new car to keep her job as an Uber driver after hers is repossessed. She finds an ad posted by two parents who offer up a car if a female can help their awkward and socially inept son come out of his shell before college. She agrees and soon finds that this will be harder work than she ever expected.

This was a rare role for Lawrence in what amounts to a raunchy comedy, which was a nice change of pace, and Lawrence delivered a great performance. It was a minor box office success after the pandemic shut down theaters and people were slow to return. However, its $87.3 million box office was a profit, and it got even bigger on streaming. Subscribers streamed it for 1.1 billion minutes in the week of its release, and Lawrence earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.

16 You People (2023)

A Black Woman & Jewish Man Struggle With Their Families

Kenya Barris, the creator of Black-ish, directed the rom-com on Netflix You People. Jonah Hill plays Ezra, a finance broker who also runs a pop culture podcast. He ends up falling in love with Amira, a stylist. They then realize they have little culturally in common, with Ezra as a White Jewish man and Amira as a Black woman whose family practices the religion of the Nation of Islam. In its first three months on Netflix, subscribers watched over 181.9 million hours of the movie.

The real comedy here comes from the ing cast, which includes Eddie Murphy and Nia Long as Amira's parents and David Duchovney and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss as Ezra's parents. You People received average reviews, called both "smart" and "heavy-handed," although its Rotten Tomatoes score is on the lower side, at 40% rotten. There was praise, though, to the cast, with Eddie Murphy continuing his late-career resurgence after years out of the spotlight.