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1. Everybody Has A Secret

Ding Ding Ding we have a winner everyone, She's The Man takes number one on my romantic comedy list. She's The Man is also based on a Shakespearean play called Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. This hilarious cast consists of Amanda Bynes (Viola), Laura Ramsey (Olivia Lennox), Channing Tatum (Duke), Robert Hoffman (Justin), Alexandra Breckenridge (Monique), James Kirk (Sebastian), and many more.

Viola is an awesome soccer player on her school's girl's team. To call it too perfect, her boyfriend Justin, is the captain of the school's boy's team. I guess some could say it was a match made in soccer heaven, that was until the school cut the girl's team. So Viola comes up with the idea that the girls could join the boy's team, well the boy's coach shut that down. Then Viola turns to her boyfriend in her hour of need and asks him and he says no also, well that was good enough for Viola to dump him and move on.

Viola returns home to find her brother Sebastian packing a bag and about to head out his window. At this point she's wondering what the heck is going on, Sebastian explains he and his band got the opportunity to take a little tour in London so he's hitting the road. Luckily, their parents are divorced so he told the other he was staying at the others house because he also is supposed to be starting at a new boarding school. This is where Viola comes up with the in-genesis idea to become her brother and play soccer at his school to show just how good she is.

She arrives at the new school kind of freaking out at the fact that she's actually doing this and feels like everyone knows she's not really Sebastian. Apparently she's freaking out over nothing because everyone just assumes she's/he's small for her/his age. It's time for soccer practice and lucky her, her roommate Duke is the team captain. See Viola doesn't quite make varsity so she enlists Duke to help her and she'll help him try and get with the girl he's crushing on, Olivia.

As Duke and Viola, I mean Sebastian, get closer as teammates and roommates, Viola starts developing feelings for Duke and Olivia starts developing feelings for Sebastian, I mean Viola I guess. So, she starts seeing Duke to make Sebastian jealous. All the while Sebastian's real girlfriend Monique comes to visit him and causes more drama as Viola aka Sebastian breaks up with her. Then, Duke see's Olivia kiss Sebastian, but this is the real Sebastian and it just becomes a big mess. I hope I haven't lost you.

So, Sebastian, Viola, finally makes varsity and the opening game is against her old school who cut her team and her ex Justin. Meanwhile, Duke is now mad at Sebastian for kissing Olivia, so the game's becoming a mess. So, how does the game end? Who ends up with who? Does anyone find out that Viola is impersonating her brother? You're just going to have to watch to find out. There's a lot going on in this movie with comedy and romance.

I know Amanda Bynes kind of fell off the bandwagon for awhile, but I don't hold it against her acting career. She's so funny in this movie trying to balance being her brother and herself. You'll have a lot of laughs and a lot of awe moments with this one. I love watching this one with my friends as we have all seen it. It couldn't be the fact that Channing Tatum is the leading man. I can not get enough of this film and would recommend it to anyone who asks. This is why it's my number one pick for this romantic comedy list. That's going to wrap it up for this list of films, stay tuned for a new list. Have a great day, and as always, enjoy a great movie!

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http://www.reelingreviews.com/shestheman.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She's_the_Man

2. There Are So Many Ways To Hate

Okay we're one spot away from my number one pick. Number 2 is going to 10 Things I Hate About You. This film is a new take on William Shakespeare's play Taming Of The Shrew. You even get a taste of Mr. Shakespeare as one of the characters is in love with him. This film was either the first or close to the first film's many of these well known actors/actresses performed in; Heath Ledger (Patrick Verona), Julia Stiles (Kat Stratford), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Cameron James), Larisa Oleynik (Bianca Stratford), David Krumholtz (Michael), Andrew Keegan (Joey Donner), Larry Miller (Walter Stratford), and many more.

Bianca Stratford is pretty popular for only being a sophomore in high school. She has the most popular senior boy Joey Donner after her and she's very interested. There's just one problem, her sister Kat Stratford. Their dad Walter Stratford made a deal with Bianca that when Kat decides to go on a date, then she can. Mr. Stratford thought this was a full-proof plan as Kat does not like to go out and kind of has a reputation of being an honest, or some would say mean, girl. Actually, his plan would have worked if it wasn't for one boy, Cameron James.

You see now Cameron is in love with Bianca and found out that she can't go out with anyone unless her sister does, so Cameron in-lists his best friend Michael to help him find a guy for Kat. Now, this guy had to be ruthless and willing to go out with Kat and handle her so called bitchiness, lucky for them they found Patrick Verona who had quite the bad boy rep himself. Now, Patrick was willing to go out with Kat, for a price. This is now when they had to approach Joey Donner and tell him their master plan, just leaving out the part where Cameron wants to date Bianca. They had to get Joey to think it was his idea so he can take out Bianca. He was in and willing to pay the price.

Now that Patrick was willing to take Kat out, they had to get Kat to go out with him. It took a lot of flattery and a musical number for Kat to finally agree to go out with Patrick. So now Bianca could go out with Joey while Cameron was secretly trying to get Bianca to like him through their tutoring sessions.

All seemed to be going well, Kat and Patrick went out a few more times and he kept getting paid. They even decided to go to prom. As you can probably guess, Patrick was starting to fall for Kat and didn't want the money anymore. Cameron finally worked his charm on Bianca and they went to prom together. So think how upset this made Joey when he showed up to pick Bianca up for the prom and she was already gone. This really ticked him off and he walked up to Patrick and started yelling and talking about the money in front of Kat. She was not very happy about that, so she stormed off and Patrick chased after her but there was nothing he could say at that moment to make what he did seem right.

Could this be the end of Kat and Patrick? After that night did Patrick try to fight harder to get her back? These are questions you're probably asking yourself if you haven't seen this movie. You better check it out to see how everything plays out. Believe me, you'll want to see how the ending plays out and that musical number I was talking about.

I've loved 10 Things I Hate About You since the very first time I saw it. My sister introduced me to this movie so, when we have a girls weekend we try and watch it. So, this movie hits home for me and is why it's high on my list. Can you guess what my number one pick is? I hope you stay tuned to find out. Have a great day and enjoy a great movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWmjzCZr0Jw

http://www.crushable.com/2012/05/09/entertainment/10-things-i-hate-about-you-poem-sequel-suicide-hayley-atwell-wtf-418/

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/quiz/questions-about-my-favorite-movie/

http://moviebuzzers.com/news/casting-news-2/10-hate-life-continues-filming/attachment/10-things-i-hate-about-you-movie-poster

3. Turning Sweet 16 Isn't So Sweet

We're taking it back to the 80's with my number 3 pick, Sixteen Candles. This classic rom com cast consists of Molly Ringwald (Samantha Baker), Anthony Michael Hall (Ted), Michael Schoeffling (Jake Ryan), and many more.

Samantha Baker is a normal teenager, but this is no ordinary day for her; it's her 16th birthday. Oh, this should be one of the best days of her life, finally turning sweet 16. Yet, as Samantha starts her day, no one greets her with a happy birthday. It seems everyone in her family, and I mean everyone, has forgotten Sam's birthday. I guess everyone got caught up in her sister's wedding since it's the next day.

Meanwhile, Samantha still has to go to school where life just seems to get worse, except that one period she has with Jake Ryan her crush. That's the time where she gets to stare at him and daydream. She's so in love with him, but she's pretty sure he doesn't even know she exists. Things don't seem to get any better on her bus ride home as Ted the geek won't stop bothering her. As though she thought her torture would end there.

When Samantha returns home, everyone has still forgotten her birthday and they're all in an uproar trying to get everything done for this wedding. Sam returns to her room to get ready for her school dance that night, another place for everything to go wrong. And so do many things, in her eyes.

The boy she's in love with is there with another girl, his girlfriend kind of, and she's left standing there alone. Of course she's staring at him and he notices, so she turns away only to find Ted trying to dance with her. She just walks away from that mess, but he follows her and tries to comfort her. I guess you can say he's got a little crush on her. After their little talk, he asks her for a favor, to borrow her underwear to win a bet. She let him, but little did she know he was going to show as many other boys as he could. Could this be the highlight of Samantha's birthday? If you haven't seen it yet, you better check it out to see how it ends.

I love this movie and many other 80's movies. If you haven't seen this movie don't worry, I had to introduce my friends to the world of the 80's. I had to get them to have an 80's night with me, so I could share with them this awesome experience called the 80's through these movies. Sorry to say I wasn't around for the time frame, so I have to live the decade through these movies; Say Anything, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, etc. I loved having the little movie marathon with my roommates. We watched a few on Netflix, so if you have an account you can check them out. Have a great day and enjoy a great movie.

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http://smithsverdict.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/sixteen-candles-1984/

https://www.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-16116/Sixteen_Candles.html

4. Weddings Are The Best Time

Bridesmaids takes the number 4 spot on this rom com list. This cast is extremely funny and mesh together very well. This film stars Kristen Wiig (Annie Walker), Maya Rudolph (Lillian), Rose Byrne (Helen), Chris O'Dowd (Officer Rhodes), and many others. Annie and Lillian are best friends or some may call them a dynamic duo. They might not be so dynamic anymore since Lillian has recently become engaged. They think things won't change, but how can they not.

Lillian's fiance's boss's wife Helen, hope you kept up there, has decided to throw them an engagement party as her and Lillian are becoming fast friends and is one of the bridesmaids. Right off the bat Annie and Helen don't get along as they are fighting for Lillian's attention. Helen tries to smother Lillian with extravagant gifts, as she can because she's wealthy, hoping Lillian will think she'd make a better maid of honor then Annie who is Lillian's maid of honor.

Through the entirety of the movie, Annie and Helen are pretty much competing over Lillian and it leads to arguments between her and Annie. Yet through all this, Annie manages to find affection with a police man, Officer Rhodes, and then messes that up as well. There's a lot going on with Annie and she's not sure if she can really get her life together.

So, will Annie get her life back together in time to win her best friend back and the guy she likes? Well I don't want to give away to much more so if you don't already know, you better watch the movie to find out.

I personally find this movie to more on the comedy side than romance with all the antics between this crazy group of women. But, there is definitely romance in the air with this one with the wedding and Annie finding Officer Rhodes. This would be a great girls night out/staying in movie and will have you laughing all night long. Have a great day and enjoy a great movie!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478338/

http://youtu.be/FNppLrmdyug

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/bridesmaids-2011-movie-review/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridesmaids_(2011_film)

5. The Battle of the Sexes Is On

All right everyone we've made it to my top 5! These are the ones that I find to be some of the best romantic comedies. The Ugly Truth has made the cut. This hilarious duo of Katherine Heigl (Abby) and Gerard Butler (Mike) seem to make the perfect, yet unlikely, pair. 

The Ugly Truth is about a news producer named Abby, who is looking for love in all the wrong places, apparently and a guest correspondence Mike who is after lust. Mike is the correspondent on the show Abby works for and right off the bat, they don't get along all that well. Their whole views on love and lust really clash. Especially, since his whole segment, The Ugly Truth, is about the expectation of what a man is really thinking.

Although they don't get along all that well, they become semi-weird friends as Mike learns Abby has a thing for her next-door neighbor Colin (Eric Winter), the doctor. So, Mike decides to help Abby snag this guy, but she has to follow all his instructions and he's sure she'll land him.

During this little experiment, Abby and Mike grow closer and you can sense a little jealousy from Mike as Abby also becomes closer to Colin. It is really evident one night when Abby and Mike go out of town for work and things seam to heat up between them. After their passionate kiss, they return to their rooms only Abby's room has some unexpected company as Colin has come to surprise her. All of a sudden there's a knock on the door and you guessed it, it's Mike. He leaves quickly when he notices Colin and Abby runs after Mike and offers to get rid of Colin, but of course Mike said don't bother as he thinks he's no competition to the doctor.

So Abby got her doctor, and Mike gets to keep lusting after women. Now after all that's happened, did they really get what they wanted? If you don't already know you'll have to find out for yourself. I shouldn't really be giving away everything or else what's the point in watching?

The Ugly Truth is absolutely hilarious and has you laughing most of the time. It also has a very unpredictable romance, if this was a real life situation. This is an absolute must see and would be a great date movie. I think there's something for even the guys to love. Have a great day and enjoy a great movie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvsZtGxsvV0

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/still/00004529/the_ugly_truth13.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142988/

6. Here Comes The Bride...

My number 6 pick goes to The Proposal. This romantic comedy stars the wonderfully talented Sandra Bullock (Margaret Tate) and the very handsome Ryan Reynolds (Andrew Paxton). The film starts of with Margaret and Andrew starting their normal work day at a publishing firm; getting ready and then at the office. Now, Andrew is Margaret's assistant and he's trying to work his way up to editor. So, he spends a lot of his time taking orders from Margaret and kissing her butt. A little later Margaret was called to her boss's office, she told Andrew to come get her in ten minutes with some excuse because she had so much work to do.When she arrived to her boss's office, they told her that her visa was up and she was being deported back to Canada.

Well, Margaret was not going to stand for this. Luckily, the ten minutes was up and Andrew walked into the office. That's when a light bulb turned on in Margaret's head. She told her bosses that her and Andrew were getting married and going to visit Andrew's parents to deliver the news and make it official. Andrew stood there dazed and confused and just kind of went along with it in adding that they didn't want to tell anyone because Margaret was promoting him to editor. He figured he ought to get something out of this. He also added the fact that his parents live in Alaska. That was a nice wake-up call for Margaret.

After they had left the office, they went outside to talk this over and Margaret pretty much had to beg Andrew to do this for her. She promised him many things and a promotion if he would do this favor for her. He then agreed and they then made their first stop at the immigration office.

Questions of course arose at the immigration office in inquiring if this marriage is the real deal. The man assigned to their case told them there was a long process heading there way. They were then warned multiple times that jail time is on the table if this is a false marriage. They were still willing to go on with this and so the man started the process of their case.

After the immigration office, it was time to pack up and head to the airport. They had a long journey to Alaska and a further drive when they arrived. When they first arrived they met Andrew's mom and grandmother at the airport. They then drove Margaret and Andrew threw town and Margaret soon started to realize that Andrew's last name was plastered everywhere. His family pretty much owned this town. They then had a boat ride to take them to the Paxton's home.

When they entered the house there was a big party waiting for them. It was kind of like a homecoming for Andrew as he as not told his family that they are getting married yet. But, shortly after they did make the big announcement that they're getting married. It has now turned into an engagement party. Andrew's family decided they'd pack this weekend with wedding plans and of course the wedding.

Many actions started going into affect as Margaret was thrown a bachelorette party, fitted into a wedding gown, and Andrew reconnected with his ex a little bit. Yet towards the big day Andrew and Margaret grew closer and started falling for each other. Margaret decided that she couldn't do this to Andrew and his family so she called the wedding off and decided to head back to Canada. SPOILER ALERT AHEAD!! Andrew of course then realized that he loved Margaret and wanted to marry her so they could date. Ha ha. Then, Andrew rushed back to the New York office where Margaret was packing her things and he professed his love to her and they decided to finally make it official.

The proposal is such a funny movie. Sandra Bullock is one of my favorite actresses and I love her in about everything she's done. If you think you see chemistry between Sandra and Ryan, I see an even bigger chemistry between her and Betty White. I would recommend this as either a girls night movie or even a movie to see on a date. I think there's a little something for all to enjoy! Have a great day and enjoy a great movie!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proposal_(film)

http://cinemasights.com/?p=1299

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