Romantic Comedies for the Holidays
Filmmakers Explore Romance of Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s
Nov 4, 2008
This fun collection of films helps movie lovers welcome winter with a romantic spirit of adventure and excitement.
Not everyone enjoys drinking eggnog and watching heartwarming family sagas during the holiday season; for those people, we offer eleven other choices.
Romantic Comedies About Thanksgiving
Home for the Holidays (1995)
- After losing her job and being down on her luck, a woman must spend Thanksgiving with her crazy family.
- Starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning
- Director: Jodie Foster
- Rated: PG (for thematic material, language, and brief drug use)
Romantic Comedies About Christmas
The Holiday (2006)
- Two successful women trade houses through a home-swapping website to get away from their lonely everyday lives during the Christmas holiday.
- Starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black
- Director: Nancy Meyers
- Rated: PG-13 (for sexual content and some strong language)
The Family Stone (2005)
- A man brings his fiancée home to meet his judgmental family for Christmas.
- Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, Rachel McAdams
- Director: Thomas Bezucha
- Rated: PG-13 (for some sexual content and drug references)
Serendipity (2001)
- A man and woman meet five days before Christmas when they both want to buy the same pair of gloves from a department store.
- Starring John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan
- Director: Peter Chelsom
- Rated: PG-13 (for a scene of sexuality, and for brief language)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
- A thirty-something British woman obsesses over her weight and love life after a disastrous encounter at a Christmas party.
- Starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones
- Director: Sharon Maguire
- Rated: R (for language and strong sexuality)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
- Two rival booksellers try to avoid each other during the holiday season in New York.
- Starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
- Director: Nora Ephron
- Rated PG (for some language)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- A lonely ticket collector pretends to be the fiancée of a man in a coma during Christmas time.
- Starring Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle
- Director: Jon Turteltaub
- Rated: PG (for some language)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- A woman becomes smitten with a lonely widower she hears on a radio talk show on Christmas Eve.
- Starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Rita Wilson
- Director: Nora Ephron
- Rated: PG (for some language)
Annie Hall (1977)
- In this wonderful romantic comedy that follows the relationship of a mismatched couple, they have some memorable scenes involving a trip to California from New York during Christmas.
- Starring Diane Keaton, Woody Allen,
- Director: Woody Allen
- Rated: PG (for some sexual references)
Romantic Comedies About New Year’s Eve
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- A long-standing relationship between a magazine reporter and a political consultant changes during one holiday season, culminating in a New Year’s Eve to remember.
- Starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Bruno Kirby, Carrie Fisher
- Director: Rob Reiner
- Rated: R (for some strong sexual content)
About Last Night (1986)
- A commitment-phobic young man and a woman seeking a meaningful relationship fall in love and struggle through the difficulties of their relationship, including an eventful New Year’s Eve.
- Starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins
- Director: Edward Zwick
- Rated: R (for sexual content, language, and nudity)
For more information about holiday movies, read Comedy Movies About Thanksgiving.
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