Love is a many-splendored thing, and it pairs best with a healthy dose of laughter in Amazon Prime Video’s terrific lineup of rom-coms that you can stream now!
The best movie nights are ones when you don’t really have to think about anything. That’s one reason why romantic comedies are so popular. They’re light, they’re fun, and they don’t require a ton of focus. You can just enjoy them! If you’re an Amazon Prime Video subscriber, you have on-demand access to an embarrassment of rom-com riches. However, there’s not a whole lot when it comes to quality rom-coms. We value your time, so we’ve gone through the available choices and picked the best from past and present. These are the best rom-coms that you can stream on Amazon Prime Video right now. Amazon Prime Video isn’t short on titles, but it may not have what you’re looking for. Fortunately, we’ve also rounded up the best romantic comedies on Netflix and the best romantic comedies on Hulu. One of the many cheesy teenage rom-coms of the ’90s, Can’t Hardly Wait is essential viewing for rom-com aficionados. On the last day of school, the entire graduating class is going to a party at a wealthy classmate’s home, and everybody’s determined to have some kind of meaningful final high school experience. Artistic Preston (Ethan Embry) wants to finally act on his long-time crush on the beautiful Amanda (Jennifer Love Hewitt). Dorky William schemes to get revenge on bully Mike (Peter Facinelli). And weirdo aspiring rapper Kenny (Seth Green) finds himself locked in a room with snarky socialite Denise (Lauren Ambrose). Rotten Tomatoes: 41% Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Peter Facinelli Director: Deborah Caplan, Harry Elfont Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 100 minutes Watch on Amazon Prime For a brief period in 2009, you couldn’t go 48 hours without somebody telling you to watch (500) Days of Summer. One of the better rom-coms of the last decade-plus stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom, a greeting card writer and hopeless romantic. When his girlfriend, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), dumps him out of the blue, Tom is heartbroken and completely lost. So, he does what anyone does after they get dumped. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where it all went wrong. And in that reflection, he finds a new Tom. Rotten Tomatoes: 85% Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffery Arend Director: Marc Webb Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 95 minutes Watch on Amazon Prime Sometimes you don’t quite understand your childhood feelings for people until you’re all grown up. Such is the case of childhood friends Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) and Michael O’Neal (Dermot Mulroney), who made an innocent deal to marry one another if they were still single at age 28. Four days before Julianne’s birthday, Michael announces he’s marrying the gorgeous Kimberly (Cameron Diaz). Suddenly, Julianne realizes she’s head over heels in love with Michael and vows to stop the wedding at all costs. But when Michael asks her to be Kimberly’s maid of honor, things get weird fast. Rotten Tomatoes: 73% Stars: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz Director: P.J. Hogan Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 105 minutes Watch on Amazon Prime Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) is a womanizer, but he’s finally close to settling down with his young girlfriend, Marin (Amanda Peet). But when they arrive at Marin’s family’s Hamptons beach house for a relaxing weekend, they find that her mother Erica (Diane Keaton) also plans to be there. Erica is not a fan of Harry, to say the least. But when he has a heart attack and a doctor prescribes bed rest at the Hamptons home — under Erica’s watch when Marin must return to the city — Harry soon finds himself falling for Erica. Rotten Tomatoes: 72% Stars: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Amanda Peet Director: Nancy Meyers Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 128 minutes Watch on Amazon Prime Sometimes, the classics are still the best. In this 85-year-old film, William Powell stars as the title character in My Man Godfrey. He’s a “forgotten man,” which is just a “polite” way of saying homeless and destitute. When a socialite, Cornelia Bullock (Gail Patrick), tries to bring Godfrey home to win a scavenger contest, he rebuffs her. Instead, Godfrey discovers that he has an affinity with Cornelia’s sister, Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard). Irene hires Godfrey to be the new family butler, and he quickly takes to the role. However, the growing attraction between Godfrey and Irene is threatened by a vengeful and jealous Cornelia. Rotten Tomatoes: 100% Stars: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Jean Dixon Director: Gregory Lacava Rating: N/A Runtime: 93 minutes Watch on Amazon Prime Frances McDormand headlines Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day as Guinevere Pettigrew, a woman down on her luck in London during the late ‘30s.
