138 Fun Facts About Rom Coms

Which of these is NOT one of the 'Big Five' Oscars first swept by It Happened One Night?

The Big Five are Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay; Best Cinematography is not among them. It Happened One Night (1934) was the first film to sweep all five.

In It Happened One Night, what does Clark Gable's character call the blanket hung between the beds?

Peter Warne (Clark Gable) dubs the blanket 'the walls of Jericho'; in the final shot a toy trumpet sounds and the blanket falls, echoing the biblical walls that fell to Joshua's trumpets.

Katharine Hepburn bought the rights to The Philadelphia Story after a 1938 list branded her what?

The Independent Theatre Owners of America's 1938 list called her 'box office poison'; she starred in Philip Barry's play, secured the film rights, and the 1940 film became her comeback, with James Stewart winning Best Actor.

Which blacklisted screenwriter wrote the story for Audrey Hepburn's 1953 Rome romance, uncredited?

Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him and collected the Oscar. Trumbo's widow finally received the statuette in 1993, and his credit was restored on the film in 2011.

Audrey Hepburn won her only competitive Oscar for which romantic comedy?

Roman Holiday (1953) won Hepburn the Best Actress Oscar in her first starring Hollywood role, as a runaway princess touring Rome with Gregory Peck's reporter; Peck insisted she share above-the-title billing.

Why was Some Like It Hot shot in black and white?

Monroe's contract actually required colour, but she agreed once she saw the tests. The final line, 'Well, nobody's perfect!', was never meant to survive to the final cut.

Which real California resort stood in for the Miami 'Seminole Ritz' in Some Like It Hot?

The Hotel del Coronado, a Victorian beachfront resort near San Diego, doubled for the Florida Seminole Ritz; the 1959 film was voted the greatest comedy ever by 253 critics in a 2017 BBC Culture poll.

What was Woody Allen's working title for Annie Hall?

Anhedonia, the clinical term for being unable to feel pleasure, was the working title; Allen dropped it for the name of Diane Keaton's character, and Keaton, born Diane Hall, won Best Actress.

Which shellfish do Alvy and Annie chase around the kitchen in Annie Hall's most famous scene?

Alvy and Annie chase live lobsters around a Hamptons beach-house kitchen; Alvy later repeats the stunt with another date and it falls flat. Marshall McLuhan appears as himself in a cinema queue.

Who won the Best Actress Oscar for Moonstruck (1987)?

Cher won Best Actress for Moonstruck; Olympia Dukakis took Best Supporting Actress and John Patrick Shanley Best Original Screenplay. Cher's 'Snap out of it!' slap to Nicolas Cage made the AFI's top-100 movie quotes list.

The famous 'I'll have what she's having' line in When Harry Met Sally... was delivered by whom?

Estelle Reiner, director Rob Reiner's mother, plays the diner who delivers the line after Sally's faked orgasm; the AFI ranks it 33rd among the top 100 movie quotes, and Billy Crystal suggested it.

Harry and Sally share their first car ride from which university to New York?

Harry Burns and Sally Albright drive from the University of Chicago to New York after graduating in 1977, arguing the whole way about whether men and women can be friends.

Pretty Woman started life as a dark drama with what title?

'3000' (the $3,000 Edward pays for Vivian's week) was the title of J.F. Lawton's original dark script about a drug-using street prostitute; Disney's Touchstone reworked it into a fairy tale.

In Pretty Woman, Edward flies Vivian to San Francisco to see which opera?

Edward takes Vivian by private jet to Verdi's La Traviata, the story of a courtesan loved by a wealthy man that mirrors their own; she is moved to tears.

In Sleepless in Seattle, Tom Hanks's Sam and Meg Ryan's Annie finally meet on Valentine's Day at what New York landmark?

The Empire State Building's observation deck hosts the Valentine's Day climax, where Annie, having left her fiancé Walter, finally meets Sam and Jonah; the film grossed $227.9 million on a $21 million budget.

In Sleepless in Seattle, Meg Ryan's Annie Reed is a reporter in which city?

Annie Reed writes for The Baltimore Sun and hears Sam on the radio while driving at Christmas; she later flies from Baltimore to Seattle to watch him from afar.

Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks first appeared together not in Sleepless in Seattle but in which 1990 flop?

Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) paired them first, with Ryan playing three women: DeDe, Angelica and Patricia. Born Margaret Hyra, she took Ryan, her maternal grandmother's maiden name, when joining the actors' union.

You've Got Mail is based on a 1937 Hungarian play that had already been filmed in 1940 as what?

Nora Ephron named Kathleen Kelly's bookshop after the earlier film. With $250.8 million worldwide it was Ephron's biggest hit.

What is Joe Fox's AOL screen name in You've Got Mail?

Joe Fox writes as NY152 and Kathleen Kelly as Shopgirl; they trade anonymous emails without realising they are business rivals, in a film criticised on release for heavy AOL and Starbucks product placement.

Nora Ephron's semi-autobiographical novel Heartburn was about her marriage to which journalist?

Carl Bernstein, the Watergate reporter, had an affair with Margaret Jay while Ephron was pregnant with their second son; Meryl Streep played the Ephron figure, Rachel Samstat, in Mike Nichols's 1986 film.

In Four Weddings, which W. H. Auden poem does Matthew read in memory of Gareth?

Matthew (John Hannah) reads Funeral Blues, Auden's 1938 poem beginning 'Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone'; the scene sent sales of Auden's poetry soaring and prompted a Faber tie-in pamphlet.

Who plays Carrie, the American guest Charles keeps meeting, in Four Weddings and a Funeral?

Andie MacDowell plays Carrie, whom Hugh Grant's Charles meets at the first wedding; her rain-soaked closing line, 'Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed', became the film's most mocked moment.

The famous blue door in Notting Hill belonged in real life to whom?

Screenwriter Richard Curtis owned 280 Westbourne Park Road, whose blue door fronts William's flat; the interior was a studio set, and the original door was auctioned for charity after filming.

Which 1950 Marc Chagall painting recurs throughout Notting Hill?

La Mariée (The Bride), Chagall's 1950 painting of a bride with a goat playing a violin, hangs as a print in William's flat, and Anna gives him the original at the end.

Which singer's cover of Charles Aznavour's 'She' plays over the end credits of Notting Hill and reached the UK top 20?

Elvis Costello's 'She' closes the film; Rhys Ifans's Spike posing for the paparazzi in his underpants is its other most-quoted moment.

In My Best Friend's Wedding, which Bacharach song does Rupert Everett lead a restaurant in singing?

George (Rupert Everett) leads the rehearsal-lunch crowd in Bacharach and David's 'I Say a Little Prayer'; his part grew after test audiences wanted more of him, and Julianne never gets Michael.

In Runaway Bride, Richard Gere's Ike Graham writes a column for which newspaper?

Ike Graham is a USA Today columnist whose error-strewn piece about Maggie Carpenter's jilted grooms gets him fired, so he heads to Hale, Maryland, to cover her next wedding himself.

Clueless (1995) is a loose modern adaptation of which Jane Austen novel?

Cher Horowitz is Emma Woodhouse in Beverly Hills. Director Amy Heckerling sat in on classes at Beverly Hills High to get the slang right, and the film entered the National Film Registry in 2025.

10 Things I Hate About You (1999) is a teen update of which Shakespeare comedy?

The Taming of the Shrew's Katherina and Bianca Minola become Kat and Bianca Stratford; Heath Ledger was cast just three and a half weeks before filming began.

Which Frankie Valli song does Heath Ledger serenade Julia Stiles with from the bleachers in 10 Things I Hate About You?

Can't Take My Eyes Off You is sung from the bleachers with the marching band joining in, a scene shot at the real Stadium High School in Tacoma, Washington, which doubles as Padua High.

The Wedding Singer (1998) is set in which year?

The film is set in 1985, with Robbie Hart plying his trade in Ridgefield, New Jersey; Billy Idol appears as himself on the plane at the end, and it became a Broadway musical in 2006.

In 50 First Dates, Lucy wakes every morning believing it is which date?

Lucy relives Sunday, October 13, the day of her car accident and her father's birthday; her fictional condition is 'Goldfield's syndrome', and the film was the second of three Sandler–Barrymore pairings.

What did Renée Zellweger do undercover at the publisher Picador to prepare for Bridget Jones's Diary?

She also gained 20 pounds and had to convince Britain that a Texan could play its favourite singleton. She got an Oscar nomination for her trouble.

Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary is itself a loose reworking of which novel?

Pride and Prejudice supplies the template: Mark Darcy is Fielding's Mr Darcy, which is why Colin Firth, the BBC's 1995 Darcy, was cast; Andrew Davies, who adapted that serial, also worked on the film script.

Love Actually begins how many weeks before Christmas?

The opening caption reads 'Five weeks to Christmas', and the weekly countdown ties together the interlinked stories, from Hugh Grant's dancing Prime Minister to Bill Nighy's Billy Mack and his 'Christmas Is All Around'.

In Love Actually, Colin Firth's writer falls for a housekeeper who speaks only which language?

Aurélia speaks only Portuguese; Jamie (Colin Firth) learns it badly enough to propose in a Marseille restaurant. Love Actually was Richard Curtis's directing debut and grossed about $247 million worldwide.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding was the highest-grossing film ever to do what?

It never topped a weekend box-office chart yet grossed $368.7 million, the most for any film that never reached number one; made for $5 million from Nia Vardalos's one-woman show, it earned her a screenplay Oscar nomination.

In The Holiday, Kate Winslet's Surrey cottage was actually what?

The exterior went up next to St James's Church in Shere and was taken down after filming, to the disappointment of tourists who still turn up looking for it.

In The Proposal, Sandra Bullock's editor faces deportation to which country?

The fake fiancé's family lives in Sitka, Alaska, though the town scenes were shot in Rockport, Massachusetts. Betty White plays the grandmother.

Crazy Rich Asians was the first major studio film with a majority Asian cast in a modern setting since which film?

The Joy Luck Club (1993) was the previous Hollywood studio film with a majority Asian cast in a contemporary setting, 25 years earlier; Crazy Rich Asians, from Kevin Kwan's 2013 novel, was directed by Jon M. Chu.

In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, how do Lara Jean's secret love letters get out?

The Netflix hit, based on Jenny Han's novel, made stars of Lana Condor and Noah Centineo and spawned two sequels released on consecutive 12 Februaries.

Anyone but You (2023) is loosely based on which Shakespeare comedy?

Much Ado About Nothing is the model: Bea and Ben are Beatrice and Benedick, tricked into love by friends at a Sydney wedding, and the film sprinkles the play's lines through its scenes.

Which 1997 comedy won Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars for Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt?

As Good as It Gets, James L. Brooks's film about obsessive-compulsive romance novelist Melvin Udall and waitress Carol Connelly, gave Nicholson his third Oscar and Hunt the Best Actress award.

In Jerry Maguire, how does Dorothy interrupt Jerry's big declaration speech?

Dorothy Boyd (Renée Zellweger) cuts off Jerry's declaration with 'You had me at hello'; the AFI ranks it among the top 100 movie quotes, alongside the film's 'Show me the money!'.

In Coming to America, Eddie Murphy's Prince Akeem arrives from which fictional African kingdom?

Akeem Joffer, crown prince of Zamunda, travels to Queens, New York, to find a bride who will love him for himself, working at the McDowell's burger joint with Arsenio Hall's Semmi.

In The Lady Eve (1941), Henry Fonda's wealthy heir is an expert on which animals?

Charles Pike, heir to the Pike's Pale ale fortune, studies snakes and returns from a year up the Amazon with a pet snake named Emma when Barbara Stanwyck's card sharp sets her sights on him.

Who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar as the butler Hobson in Arthur (1981)?

John Gielgud won for Hobson, the acid-tongued valet to Dudley Moore's drunken millionaire; the film's theme, 'Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)', also won the Oscar.

Which actress won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Ghost (1990)?

Whoopi Goldberg won for her psychic Oda Mae Brown, the comic engine of 1990's top-grossing film; Bruce Joel Rubin also won for the original screenplay.

What one-word reply does Sam habitually give Molly instead of 'I love you' in Ghost?

'Ditto' is Sam's stock reply; he finally says 'I love you' in the last scene, just before walking into the light to the Righteous Brothers' 'Unchained Melody'.

Dirty Dancing, set in the summer of 1963, unfolds at what kind of establishment, one drawn from screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's childhood?

A Catskills holiday resort, Kellerman's, was drawn from Bergstein's own childhood; the $4.5 million film grossed over $214 million.

Dirty Dancing set what milestone for the home-entertainment market?

'(I've Had) The Time of My Life' won the Best Original Song Oscar and the lift became a wedding-dance hazard for decades.

In Knocked Up, Katherine Heigl's Alison works for which entertainment network?

Alison Scott has just been promoted to on-camera work at E! when a one-night stand with Seth Rogen's slacker Ben leaves her pregnant; Judd Apatow wrote and directed the 2007 hit.

In Leap Year (2010), Amy Adams's Anna heads to which country to propose?

Anna flies to Ireland to propose to her boyfriend on 29 February, following the Irish tradition that women may propose on leap day, but bad weather strands her with Matthew Goode's innkeeper Declan.

Which 1939 Ernst Lubitsch comedy was marketed with the tagline 'Garbo Laughs!'?

Ninotchka cast Greta Garbo as a stern Soviet envoy who melts in Paris for Melvyn Douglas; MGM sold her first full comedy with 'Garbo Laughs!', echoing 'Garbo Talks!' from Anna Christie.

Monster-in-Law (2005) ended Jane Fonda's absence from film after how many years?

Monster-in-Law ended Fonda's fifteen-year absence from the screen, her first film since Stanley & Iris (1990); she plays Viola, who tries to drive away Jennifer Lopez's Charlie.

In It's Complicated (2009), Meryl Streep's Jane runs what kind of business in Santa Barbara?

Jane Adler owns a bakery-café in Santa Barbara and falls into an affair with her remarried ex-husband Jake (Alec Baldwin) while her architect Adam (Steve Martin) courts her.

How much older than Dustin Hoffman was Anne Bancroft, his Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate?

Bancroft, born September 1931, was under six years older than Hoffman, born August 1937; Mike Nichols won Best Director, and the closing bus shot's fading smiles came from Nichols simply letting the camera roll.

What single word of career advice is Benjamin given at his graduation party in The Graduate?

'Plastics' is the one word Mr. McGuire offers Benjamin by the pool; the Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack's 'Mrs. Robinson' went to number one in 1968.

Who plays the 'forgotten man' hired as a butler in My Man Godfrey (1936)?

William Powell's Godfrey is plucked from a city dump by Carole Lombard's ditzy heiress during a scavenger hunt; Powell and Lombard, already divorced, were both Oscar-nominated, as were Alice Brady and Mischa Auer.

The title of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a line from a poem by whom?

Alexander Pope's 1717 poem Eloisa to Abelard supplies the line; Charlie Kaufman's screenplay won the Oscar and Kate Winslet's hair changes colour with Clementine's moods.

Which firm erases memories in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

Lacuna Inc., run by Tom Wilkinson's Dr Mierzwiak, performs the erasures; Jim Carrey's Joel undergoes the procedure after learning that Clementine has already had him wiped.

At the 2017 Oscars, Faye Dunaway read the wrong card and named La La Land Best Picture; which film had actually won?

Moonlight took the prize; La La Land still won six awards, and Damien Chazelle became the youngest Best Director winner at 32.

La La Land opens with 'Another Day of Sun', a musical number staged where?

The number was staged on a jammed Los Angeles freeway, a closed ramp of the 105/110 interchange, and edited to look like one continuous take; the film's 14 nominations tied the all-time record.

Which 1937 screwball comedy won Leo McCarey the Best Director Oscar?

The Awful Truth, with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne as a divorcing couple sabotaging each other's new romances, won McCarey Best Director; their terrier Mr. Smith was played by Skippy, also Asta in The Thin Man.

Whom did Truman Capote want to play Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe, who turned the part down, and Paramount cast Audrey Hepburn instead; the Givenchy black dress and Mancini and Mercer's Oscar-winning 'Moon River' followed.

Which 1977 romantic comedy beat Star Wars to the Best Picture Oscar?

Diane Keaton, whose real surname is Hall and whose nickname was Annie, won Best Actress; the film's original title was Anhedonia.

How did Nicolas Cage's character Ronny lose his hand in Moonstruck?

Ronny lost his hand in a bread slicer while distracted by his brother Johnny and blames him for it and for his fiancée leaving; Cher and Olympia Dukakis both won Oscars for the Brooklyn Heights family comedy.

In Say Anything..., what does Lloyd Dobler hold aloft outside Diane's window?

The song is 'In Your Eyes'; it was Cameron Crowe's directorial debut and Lloyd's only ambition is kickboxing.

What does Tom do for a living in (500) Days of Summer?

Tom Hansen writes greeting cards at a Los Angeles company despite training as an architect; the non-linear film ends with him meeting a woman named Autumn.

Which Natasha Bedingfield song runs as a gag throughout Anyone but You?

'Unwritten' is the pep-up song Ben plays in his car, and it recurs until the cast sings it over the credits; the Sydney-set film became a $220 million sleeper hit for Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell.

Roughly how much did Notting Hill, then the highest-grossing British film, take worldwide?

Notting Hill took about $364 million worldwide on a $42 million budget, overtaking Four Weddings and a Funeral as the highest-grossing British film at the time.

What breed is Joe Fox's dog Brinkley in You've Got Mail?

Brinkley, Joe Fox's golden retriever, bounds through Riverside Park's 91st Street Garden in the final scene as Joe reveals himself to Kathleen; Joe's first email had described the dog.

Which Jane Austen adaptation was Joe Wright's feature debut, earning Keira Knightley a nomination?

Pride & Prejudice (2005) was Wright's feature debut and brought Knightley a Best Actress nomination; Chatsworth House stood in for Pemberley, and American audiences got an extra 'Mrs. Darcy' ending British ones did not.

Crazy Rich Asians earned roughly eight times its budget, giving it which distinction?

Crazy Rich Asians' roughly $239 million gross on a $30 million budget made it the highest-grossing romantic comedy of the 2010s; the mahjong showdown between Rachel and Eleanor was written for the film and is not in Kevin Kwan's novel.

In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, which classmate fakes a relationship with Lara Jean?

Peter Kavinsky proposes a fake relationship so Lara Jean can dodge Josh, her sister's ex, and he can make his own ex Gen jealous; Noah Centineo's Peter became the film's breakout.

When Harry Met Sally... follows its title characters over how many years?

Harry was based on Rob Reiner and Sally on writer Nora Ephron and her friends.

Whose divorce sparked the ideas behind When Harry Met Sally...?

Rob Reiner's divorce from Penny Marshall and his bleak return to single life fed the idea; Nora Ephron's interviews with Reiner and producer Andrew Scheinman became Harry's side of the argument.

In Sleepless in Seattle, who calls a radio show seeking a new wife for a grieving father?

Meg Ryan's journalist falls for Tom Hanks's widowed architect after hearing the call.

Four Weddings and a Funeral was shot in six weeks on a budget of under how much?

The budget was under £3 million (about $4.4 million) and the shoot took six weeks; the film went on to gross $245 million and became the highest-grossing British film at the time.

Which Pennsylvania town is Bill Murray's weatherman covering in Groundhog Day?

Phil Connors covers the Groundhog Day ceremony in Punxsutawney, where Punxsutawney Phil predicts the weather; the town scenes were actually shot in Woodstock, Illinois.

Who directed Tootsie, in which Dustin Hoffman adopts a female persona to land a job?

Sydney Pollack directed and also plays Michael Dorsey's exasperated agent George Fields; Tootsie grossed $177 million, second only to E.T. at the 1982 US box office.

Who wrote both the novel and the screenplay of The Princess Bride?

William Goldman wrote the 1973 novel and adapted it himself; the film keeps the book's frame of a grandfather (Peter Falk) reading the story to a sick boy (Fred Savage).

Splash (1984) was the first film released under which Disney label?

Touchstone Pictures was created in 1984 for more adult-oriented fare, and Splash, Ron Howard's mermaid comedy with Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah, was its first release, grossing about $69 million.

Which Carly Simon song from Working Girl won the Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy?

'Let the River Run' plays over the Staten Island Ferry opening; Simon became the first artist to win the Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy for a song she wrote, composed and performed alone.

Sixteen Candles was the directorial debut of which writer-director?

John Hughes made his directing debut with Sixteen Candles (1984) after writing National Lampoon's Vacation; Molly Ringwald's Samantha pines for Jake Ryan while dodging Anthony Michael Hall's 'Geek'.

Who plays Duckie, Andie's devoted best friend, in Pretty in Pink?

Jon Cryer's Duckie, lip-syncing Otis Redding's 'Try a Little Tenderness', is Andie's devoted friend; Harry Dean Stanton plays her father in the Howard Deutch-directed, John Hughes-written film.

Which three stars headline Billy Wilder's 1954 romantic comedy Sabrina?

Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden star as the Larrabee brothers and the chauffeur's daughter; Sabrina was Wilder's last film for Paramount, ending a 12-year relationship with the studio.

In The Apartment, why does Jack Lemmon lend his flat to his bosses?

C.C. Baxter lends the flat to executives for their affairs to climb the corporate ladder, until he falls for Shirley MacLaine's elevator operator; Wilder's film won five Oscars including Best Picture.

What kind of animal is Baby in the 1938 screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby?

A flop on release, the Hepburn-Grant film helped earn her the 'box office poison' label.

His Girl Friday was adapted from which 1928 stage play?

Hawks turned reporter Hildy Johnson into Walter Burns's ex-wife, played by Rosalind Russell.

In Pillow Talk, what do Doris Day and Rock Hudson's characters share?

Jan and Brad share a telephone party line and feud over it before he woos her under a Texan alias; it was the first of three comedies pairing Day, Hudson and Tony Randall, and won a screenplay Oscar.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is loosely based on what kind of source?

Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long's dating 'don'ts' made it into the Kate Hudson film.

In 13 Going on 30, Jennifer Garner's character wakes up as a 30-year-old with what job?

Jenna Rink wakes as a fashion editor at Poise magazine; the 13-year-old from 1987 finds herself in 2004, and the film was titled Suddenly 30 in some countries.

Legally Blonde author Amanda Brown drew on her own experiences at which law school?

Brown based her self-published novel on her own time at Stanford Law School; the film moved Elle Woods to Harvard Law, where she follows her ex Warner.

Who directed the 2008 film Mamma Mia!?

Phyllida Lloyd, who staged the original 1999 West End production, made her film directing debut with Mamma Mia!; Catherine Johnson adapted her own stage book, and Ol Parker directed the 2018 sequel.

In Hitch, Will Smith's date doctor is undone by falling for whom?

Eva Mendes plays Sara Melas, a gossip columnist who exposes Hitch after they fall for each other; the 2005 film grossed over $370 million.

Which performance inspired Judd Apatow to cast Steve Carell in The 40-Year-Old Virgin?

Carell's Brick Tamland in Anchorman, which Apatow produced, convinced him; Carell pitched the virgin idea during that shoot, the two wrote the script together, and it became Apatow's feature directing debut.

Jennifer Lawrence won which Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook?

It was the film's only win from eight nominations, making her the second-youngest Best Actress winner.

Silver Linings Playbook is set in which Pennsylvania town?

Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents in Lansdowne, a Philadelphia suburb in Delaware County; the family's Eagles obsession runs through the film.

Who wrote Crazy, Stupid, Love, later the creator of TV's This Is Us?

Dan Fogelman wrote the script, with Glenn Ficarra and John Requa directing; Steve Carell's newly separated dad learns to charm women from Ryan Gosling's smooth operator.

Which 1850 novel partially inspired the Emma Stone comedy Easy A?

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, which Olive's class is studying, inspires her to sew a red 'A' on her clothes; the film was shot in Ojai, California, and premiered at Toronto in 2010.

Which directing duo made There's Something About Mary?

The 1998 hit grossed over $369 million on a $23 million budget.

She's All That is a modern adaptation of which George Bernard Shaw play?

Pygmalion supplies the makeover plot: Freddie Prinze Jr.'s Zack bets he can turn Rachael Leigh Cook's outcast Laney into prom queen in six weeks, as Henry Higgins remade Eliza Doolittle.

In Never Been Kissed, why does Drew Barrymore's reporter enroll in high school?

Josie Geller, a Chicago Sun-Times copy editor, goes back to high school to research a story undercover and falls for English teacher Sam Coulson in the 1999 hit.

Sweet Home Alabama takes its title from a 1974 song by which band?

Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1974 anthem lends its name; Reese Witherspoon's New York designer must return to Alabama to divorce the husband she grew up with before marrying her new fiancé.

27 Dresses was conceived after the success of which screenplay by the same writer?

Aline Brosh McKenna wrote 27 Dresses after her adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada (2006); Katherine Heigl plays perpetual bridesmaid Jane.

What is the day job of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn's characters in Wedding Crashers?

John and Jeremy are divorce mediators who spend wedding season crashing receptions; gatecrashing the Treasury Secretary's daughter's wedding lands them a weekend at the Cleary family home.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall was filmed on the North Shore of which Hawaiian island?

The Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's North Shore hosts the action; Jason Segel wrote and stars as composer Peter, who runs into his ex and her rock-star boyfriend Aldous Snow.

Who wrote, produced and directed Something's Gotta Give (2003)?

Nancy Meyers wrote, produced and directed it; Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton play opposites who find late-life love in a Hamptons beach house, with Keanu Reeves as the doctor who courts Keaton.

How many Best Original Song Oscar nominations did Enchanted receive?

Three of its songs, 'Happy Working Song', 'So Close' and 'That's How You Know', were nominated, all losing to 'Falling Slowly' from Once; Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz wrote them and Julie Andrews narrates.

What is the name of Muriel's dead-end hometown in Muriel's Wedding?

Porpoise Spit is the fictional Queensland town Toni Collette's Muriel flees for Sydney; the 1994 film was Rachel Griffiths's feature debut as Rhonda.

In Shakespeare in Love, Gwyneth Paltrow's Viola auditions disguised as a boy under what name?

Viola de Lesseps auditions as 'Thomas Kent' because women may not act on the Elizabethan stage, and wins the part of Romeo; Paltrow won the Best Actress Oscar for the role.

In Before Sunrise, Jesse and Céline get off a train to spend one night in which city?

Jesse persuades Céline to leave the train in Vienna and wander the city with him until his morning flight; Richard Linklater's 1995 film won him the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin.

Amélie is set in which Paris neighbourhood?

Amélie works at the Café des 2 Moulins in Montmartre, and the film's Paris is the streets around Sacré-Cœur; Audrey Tautou's shy waitress secretly improves the lives around her, and the film earned five Oscar nominations.

The Big Sick was written by Kumail Nanjiani and which real-life partner?

Emily V. Gordon, Nanjiani's wife, co-wrote the script from their own courtship and her medically induced coma; Zoe Kazan plays Emily, and the film premiered at Sundance in January 2017.

Palm Springs (2020) traps two strangers who meet at a wedding in what predicament?

The time-loop comedy premiered at Sundance and hit Hulu in July 2020.

In Set It Up, two overworked assistants scheme to set up whom?

Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell star; Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs play the bosses.

Which action star plays himself in Always Be My Maybe?

Keanu Reeves plays a preening version of himself as Sasha's new boyfriend; Ali Wong and Randall Park star as childhood friends reunited in San Francisco.

About Time (2013) was dedicated to which actor, who died before its release?

It was Griffiths's final film; the time-travel romance grossed $87 million on a $12 million budget.

Runaway Bride reunited Roberts and Gere with which Pretty Woman director?

Garry Marshall directed both; Hector Elizondo, a fixture of Marshall's films, also returned, making Runaway Bride (1999) the quartet's first reunion since Pretty Woman (1990).

What is Sandra Bullock's job in While You Were Sleeping?

Lucy Moderatz is a transit token collector in a Chicago Transit Authority booth; she saves a commuter from the tracks and is mistaken for his fiancée by his family.

In Definitely, Maybe, why does a father recount his past romances to his daughter?

Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz and Elizabeth Banks play the three women in his past.

Which NBA superstar plays himself in Trainwreck?

LeBron James shares the screen with Schumer, who wrote and stars, and Bill Hader as her orthopedic surgeon love interest.

The Wedding Planner was the feature directing debut of which Hairspray director?

Adam Shankman, a former choreographer, made his directing debut with The Wedding Planner (2001) before Hairspray (2007); Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey starred, and it made $94.7 million despite poor reviews.

In Music and Lyrics, Hugh Grant's Alex Fletcher was once in which fictional 80s band?

Alex Fletcher was in PoP!, whose 1980s hit 'PoP! Goes My Heart' opens the film; he and Drew Barrymore's plant-waterer Sophie must write a song for pop diva Cora Corman.

Roxanne (1987) is a contemporary adaptation of which 1897 play?

Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac supplies the plot: Steve Martin's big-nosed fire chief C.D. Bales woos astronomer Roxanne on behalf of a handsome, tongue-tied colleague.

Which future star made his film debut in Mystic Pizza (1988)?

Matt Damon has a single line as Steamer, a younger brother at the dinner table, in his first film role; Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish and Lili Taylor play waitresses in Mystic, Connecticut.

Which two Bridesmaids talents were Oscar-nominated for the screenplay?

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who wrote the script from their Groundlings days, were nominated for Best Original Screenplay; Melissa McCarthy earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the same ceremony.

In Ticket to Paradise, George Clooney and Julia Roberts try to sabotage a wedding where?

Their daughter Lily plans to marry a Balinese seaweed farmer, so the divorced pair fly to Bali to stop it; Ol Parker directed the 2022 film, which grossed about $168 million worldwide.

Who wrote and directed the 2025 matchmaker rom-com Materialists?

Celine Song, who made Past Lives, wrote and directed it, drawing on her own stint as a New York matchmaker; Dakota Johnson's Lucy is torn between Pedro Pascal's wealthy suitor and Chris Evans's struggling-actor ex.

What term describes the humorous first encounter that sets up a rom-com romance?

The genre traces back to Ancient Greek comedy and 18th-century Restoration comedy.

Sleepless in Seattle was inspired by which 1957 Leo McCarey film?

Leo McCarey's 1957 film was a remake of his own 1939 Love Affair.

Overboard (1987) sees Goldie Hawn's socialite fall from her yacht off which coast?

Joanna's yacht is moored at Elk Cove, a fictional Oregon town, when she falls overboard; Kurt Russell's carpenter Dean takes in the amnesiac heiress who once stiffed him and claims she is his wife.

In Two Weeks Notice, what is the profession of Sandra Bullock's idealistic character?

Lucy Kelson is an idealistic Harvard-trained lawyer who becomes chief counsel to Hugh Grant's billionaire developer; Marc Lawrence wrote and directed, and the film grossed $199 million.

In Serendipity (2001), Jonathan and Sara meet while both reaching for what at Bloomingdale's?

Both grab the same pair of black cashmere gloves at Bloomingdale's; Sara later writes her number inside a copy of Love in the Time of Cholera and lets fate decide whether he will ever find it.

Rye Lane, Raine Allen-Miller's 2023 rom-com named after a real market, is set in Brixton and which other South London area?

Peckham's Rye Lane Market gives the film its title; it premiered at Sundance with David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah as two freshly dumped strangers.

In The Lost City (2022), Sandra Bullock plays Loretta Sage, a writer of what kind of books?

Loretta Sage writes romance-adventure novels featuring hero Dash, modelled by Channing Tatum's cover star Alan; Brad Pitt cameos as rescuer Jack Trainer, and filming took place in the Dominican Republic.

Where does Dylan stage a flash mob to win back Jamie at the end of Friends with Benefits (2011)?

Paramount had protested the title until Ivan Reitman renamed his rival film No Strings Attached, freeing Screen Gems to use it.