AFI described romantic comedies as "a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations. Romantic comedy spares no one in chronicling the horror and humiliation, the hope and despair, the agony and ecstasy of Cupid's arrow. Wrapped in fantasy and charm, laced with funny little truths about the human condition, romantic comedies remind us that we're all susceptible to that crazy thing called love."

(Winners marked with this icon and ranking number)

1. ADAM'S RIB, MGM, 1949 (# 7)
2. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, Columbia, 1995
3. ANNIE HALL, United Artists, 1977 (# 2)
4. THE APARTMENT, United Artists, 1960
5. AS GOOD AS IT GETS, TriStar, 1997
6. THE AWFUL TRUTH, Columbia, 1937
7. BALL OF FIRE, RKO, 1941
8. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, Paramount, 1967
9. BORN YESTERDAY, Columbia, 1950
10. BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Universal/Miramax, 2001
11. BRINGING UP BABY, RKO, 1938
12. BULL DURHAM, Orion, 1988
13. CITY LIGHTS, United Artists, 1931 (# 1)
14. CLUELESS, Paramount, 1995
15. DESIGN FOR LIVING, Paramount, 1933
16. THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, Universal, 2005
17. THE GOODBYE GIRL, Warner Bros., 1977
18. HAROLD AND MAUDE, Paramount, 1971 (# 9)
19. HIS GIRL FRIDAY, Columbia, 1940
20. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, Columbia, 1934 (# 3)
21. JERRY MAGUIRE, TriStar, 1996
22. THE LADY EVE, Paramount, 1941
23. MOONSTRUCK, MGM, 1987 (# 8)
24. MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, TriStar, 1997
25. MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, IFC, 2002
26. MY MAN GODFREY, Universal, 1936
27. NINOTCHKA, MGM, 1939
28. NOTHING SACRED, United Artists, 1937
29. THE PALM BEACH STORY, Paramount, 1942
30. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, MGM, 1940 (# 5)
31. PILLOW TALK, Universal, 1959
32. PRETTY WOMAN, Touchstone, 1990
33. ROMAN HOLIDAY, Paramount, 1953 (# 4)
34. ROXANNE, Columbia, 1987
35. SABRINA, Paramount, 1954
36. SAY ANYTHING…, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
37. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, Miramax, 1998
38. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, MGM, 1940
39. SIXTEEN CANDLES, Universal, 1984
40. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, TriStar, 1993 (# 10)
41. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE, Columbia, 2003
42. SPLASH, Touchstone, 1984
43. 10, Warner Bros., 1979
44. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
45. TROUBLE IN PARADISE, Paramount, 1932
46. THE WEDDING SINGER, New Line, 1998
47. WHAT'S UP, DOC?, Warner Bros., 1972
48. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…, Columbia, 1989 (# 6)
49. WOMAN OF THE YEAR, MGM, 1942
50. WORKING GIRL, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988

Nominees: Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn were featured together three times. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn were featured together twice.

Winners:

1. City Lights (1931)
2. Annie Hall (1977)
3. It Happened One Night (1934)
4. Roman Holiday (1953)
5. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
6. When Harry Met Sally … (1989)
7. Adam's Rib (1949)
8. Moonstruck (1987)
9. Harold and Maude (1971)
10. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
    

Comments: Why were His Girl Friday (1940), The Apartment (1960), The Lady Eve (1941) and Some Like It Hot (1959) not in the top 10? High Fidelity (2000) should have been one of the 50 nominees, replacing Sleepless in Seattle (1993). The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and The Awful Truth (1937) are 'classic' romantic comedies deserving of higher placement.