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Women aren't the only ones that love a good romantic comedy! Test your trivia knowledge and find out if Cupid needs to hit you with another arrow.
"You had me at 'hello'" was said by which actor in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire?
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Tom Cruise
Two lines from Jerry Maguire, "Show me the money" and "You had me at hello", are in the AFI's top 100 movie quotes (at numbers 25 and 52, respectively).
Steve Carell
Jesse Eisenberg
According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, the highest grossing romantic comedy of all time is My Big Fat Greek Wedding which has grossed a total of:
$241 million
My Big Fat Greek Wedding has grossed a big, fat $241,438,208 since its release in 2002.
$96 million
$121 million
$7.9 trillion
In the rom com Trainwreck, who is the actress that plays the lead character "Amy"?
Jennifer Lawrence
Anne Hathaway
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer wrote and starred in this 2015 hit.
Julia Roberts
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"What movie is this quote from? ""Jamie: [in English] It's my favorite time of day, driving you. Aurelia: [in Portuguese] It's the saddest part of my day, leaving you."
Pretty Woman
What Women Want
Sleepless in Seattle
Love Actually
Jamie, played by Colin Firth, and Aurelia, Lucia Moniz, are characters from Love Actually which follows the lives of eight different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
The "original" rom com is widely believed to be:
King Lear
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1597.
The Pirates of Penzance
Imporance of Being Earnest
Who is the director of the classic romantic comedy Say Anything?
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe directed Say Anything, as well as other notable films like Singles, Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire, and Vanilla Sky.
John Cusack
Richard Curtis
David O. Russell
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Bridget Jones's Diary was released in what year?
2001
Renée Zellweger was nominated for a Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar for this role.
2007
2015
2004
The Teen Choice Awards in 2009 awarded this actor their "Choice Movie Actor: Comedy" honor.
Zac Efron
Zac Efron hit it big playing Troy Bolton in Disney's High School Musical trilogy.
Brad Pitt
Channing Tatum
Robert Pattinson
Among its 8 Academy Award nominations, this film became the first to earn nods in all four acting categories since Reds (1981) and the first "Big Five" (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Writing) nominee since Million Dollar Baby (2004).
When a Man Loves a Woman
Shakespeare in Love
Silver Linings Playbook
Silver Linings Playbook director David O. Russell repeated this rare feat the following year in 2013 with American Hustle.
Crazy, Stupid Love
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This movie is the second of three films that Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan have made together.
French Kiss
Joe Versus the Volcano
You've Got Mail
Sleepless in Seattle
You've Got Mail released in 1998, Joe Versus the Volcano in 1990, and Sleepless in Seattle in 1993.
This rom com is NOT listed on the American Film Institute's top 10 romantic comedies list.
The Philadelphia Story
It Happened One Night
Moonstruck
Arthur
The AFI ranks The Philadelphia Story #5, It Happened One Night #3, and Moonstruck #8, but 1981's Arthur starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli didn't make the top ten list.
Annie Hall is the second shortest film to win the Best Picture Oscar - what's the running length?
27 minutes
93 minutes
The shortest film to win the Best Picture Oscar is Marty (1955) at 91 minutes.
163 minutes
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This 2007 rom com features Seth Rogen's first leading role.
Anchorman
Knocked Up
Knocked Up was originally going to be a follow up to The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), having Seth Rogen and team to reprise their roles as the Smart Tech team.
You, Me and Dupree
Neighbors
1987 was a banner year for rom coms. Which of the following was NOT released in 1987?
Dirty Dancing
Moonstruck
Splash
The Princess Bride, Dirty Dancing, and Moonstruck all released in 1987 and made the top ten most popular feature films of that year. Splash released in 1984.
The Princess Bride
Which movie contains the famous line "I'll have what she's having" which was voted as the #33 movie quote by the American Film Institute?
When Harry Met Sally
This famous line is also the only quote on the AFI list to be spoken by a non-professional actor (it was director Rob Reiner's mom who delivered the line).
As Good As It Gets
Sleepless in Seattle
Groundhog Day
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This film's working title was "Anhedonia" - the inability to feel pleasure.
Annie Hall
Other titles suggested were "It Had to Be Jew", "A Rollercoaster Named Desire", and "Me and My Goy".
Shakespeare in Love
One Fine Day
This actress was nominated in both 1999 and 2000 for American Comedy Awards for both Never Been Kissed and The Wedding Singer.
Drew Barrymore
Never Been Kissed was also Drew Barrymore's first film for her own production company, Flower Films.
Cameron Diaz
Meg Ryan
Reese Witherspoon
Which character said the line, "You want a character debate, Bob? You better stick with me, 'cause Sydney Ellen Wade is way out of your league." in 1995's The American President?
Andrew Shephard
President Andrew Shephard is played by Michael Douglas.
Lewis Rothschild
A.J. MacInerney
Bob Rumson
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This rom com won Movie of the Year from the American Film Institute for 2006.
When Harry Met Sally
Love Don't Cost A Thing
The 40-Year Old Virgin
The film was also nominated for Best Movie by the MTV Movie Awards that year.
St Elmo's Fire
In two movies, Sandra Bullock plays a character that interrupts her own wedding. The first was in the movie, While You Were Sleeping. What was the second?
Hope Floats
The Proposal
Sandra Bullock was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in The Proposal
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Miss Congeniality
Who stars as the male lead in Forgetting Sarah Marshall?
Seth Rogen
Judd Apatow
Zac Efron
Jason Segel
Jason Segel plays the devastated Peter who takes a Hawaiian vacation in order to deal with the recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend.
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Lost in Translation, not your typical rom com, won an Oscar in 2004 for:
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Sofia Coppola brought home the Academy Award for her work on this film.
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Director
The 2012 rom com What to Expect When You're Expecting follows the lives of five interconnected couples as they experience the thrills and complications of having a baby. Which of the following stars from that movie actually have children in real life?
Kate Upton and Reese Witherspoon
Julia Roberts and Katherine Heigl
Elizabeth Banks and Jennifer Lopez
Elizabeth Banks and Jennifer Lopez are the only actresses cast as pregnant women who have children in real life; Lopez gave birth to twins, Banks has two sons via a surrogate. Kate Upton, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, and Katherine Heigl do not appear in What to Expect When You're Expecting.
In this successful rom com, a middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce and then he tries to rediscover his manhood with the help of new friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.
Crazy, Stupid Love
Who wouldn't want Ryan Gosling (Jacob) to be your wingman?
Friends with Benefits
Midnight in Paris
Just Go With It
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In the 2015 film Cinderella, a total of 10,000 Swarovski crystals were placed one-by-one on this actress's blue dress as well as in her hair.
Emma Watson
Lily James
This Cinderella combined plot ideas from many other recent adaptations including Ever After, Ella Enchanted, The Glass Slipper and Cinderella on Broadway.
Elle Fanning
Idina Menzel
This blockbuster rom com won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year in 2014.
The Croods
Despicable Me
Beauty and the Beast
Frozen
Frozen (2013) is the first Walt Disney Animation Studios motion picture to win an Academy Award since Tarzan (1999) in 2000 (also directed by Chris Buck).
The title of this 2016 YA romance is a variation on a quote from Act I, Scene II of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
The First Time
Endless Love
The Fault in our Stars
Cassius says "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves..."
Silver Linings Playbook
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If Only, a 2004 rom com, profiled a young businessman, Ian, learning to put love ahead of work and open up to his musician girlfriend after a tragedy. Who played the female lead, Samantha?
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Paul Nicholls played Ian.
Julia Roberts
Meg Ryan
This film was the last to be reviewed in print by Gene Siskel.
She's All That
He gave it a favorable review in 1999.
Fool's Gold
Bewitched
Bridget Jones's Diary
During the filming of a strip sequence in P.S. I Love You, this male lead's suspenders hit Hilary Swank on the forehead. She received a cut and had to be brought to a hospital where she received several stitches.
Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler played Gerry in this 2007 rom com.
Harry Connick Jr.
James Garner
Ryan Gosling
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This rom com was the first movie to be allowed to shot in New York after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Pretty Woman
Sleepless in Seattle
Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Home Alabama, starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, and Patrick Dempsey, was released in 2002.
The Notebook was released in what year?
2001
2007
2015
2004
This film was the 3rd adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel.
Who plays the female lead in the 2008 rom com 27 Dresses?
Kate Hudson
Jennifer Garner
Katherine Heigl
The wardrobe department reported that their initial designs for the dresses all looked too good on Katherine Heigl because of her figure, and they were hard-pressed to design bridesmaids dresses that would look bad on her.
Anne Hathaway
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Who plays opposite Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The film's blue-centric color scheme was done to bring out Zooey Deschanel's eyes.
Michael Cera
Heath Ledger
Ashton Kutcher
2007's rom com Juno won an Oscar for:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
J.K. Simmons, who played Mac MacGuff in the movie, said that he was so impressed with the script that he would have been happy just to play the teacher who has no spoken dialogue - anything to appear in the film.
Best Director
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