Rom-coms to watch with teen daughters?

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Better Off Dead

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Anonymous wrote:As Good As It Gets

Great movie, but not a fun rom-com. I wouldn't watch with my teen daughters if what we were looking for was a fun rom-com night. There's definitely some traumatic things in there.

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Anonymous wrote:Does Crazy Rich Asians qualify? My teen daughter isn't too old for it, but maybe it's not light enough?

I watch the last 1/3 of Crazy Rich Asians when I need a feel good movie that feels empowering. Starting with the Peik Lin telling her to not be a chicken scene.

I watched it with my kids and they loved it. And found it funny in places that weren’t intended to be funny. They both say: “you will never be enough” in Michelle yeoh’s voice when something goes wrong now, and laugh hysterically.

I'm the PP. I love this! I might have to start doing it. My sister and I do this for Sweet Home Alabama. "You have a baby! In a bar!"

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Anonymous wrote:As Good As It Gets

Great movie, but not a fun rom-com. I wouldn't watch with my teen daughters if what we were looking for was a fun rom-com night. There's definitely some traumatic things in there.

Oh my god and it’s so misogynistic in 2026 lol. I loved this movie growing up but watching it now I get such an ICK from it!

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Anonymous wrote:As Good As It Gets

Great movie, but not a fun rom-com. I wouldn't watch with my teen daughters if what we were looking for was a fun rom-com night. There's definitely some traumatic things in there.

Oh my god and it’s so misogynistic in 2026 lol. I loved this movie growing up but watching it now I get such an ICK from it!

It was terrible then, too.

Jack Nicholson is a "No" in every movie I've seen him in.

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When Harry Met Sally

I watched it for the first time when I was about 13 and loved it. Such a great film.

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More female empowerment movies vs rom com

My teen daughter and I loved:

Polite Society is a 2023 British martial arts action comedy film written and directed by Nida Manzoor (in her feature film directorial debut). The film follows teenager Ria Khan, who struggles to save her older sister, Lena, after she decides to give up on her dreams and get married.

Moxie (stylized as MOXiE!) is a 2021 American comedy-drama film directed by Amy Poehler. The film focuses on 16-year-old Vivian (played by Hadley Robinson), who starts a feminist zine to empower the young women in her high school, as they contend with bullying, sexual harassment, and rape.

India Sweets and Spices is a 2021 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Geeta Malik.

Synopsis
Alia Kapur comes home from UCLA to her upper class neighborhood in suburban New Jersey for summer vacation. Back in her Ruby Hill community of Indian-Americans, Alia deals with her family's drama while meeting Varun, an Indian-American man from a much poorer background than her own. They begin to see each other secretly, but it turns out that their mothers have a history Alia never knew about.

Also loved the Fire of Love. A 2022 independent documentary film about the lives and careers of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, a daring couple bound by their love for each other and their shared obsession with volcanoes. Through rare archival footage and a poetic French New Wave-inspired narrative, the film chronicles their two-decade journey of capturing the Earth’s most explosive phenomena, standing perilously close to fiery eruptions in their quest for scientific discovery and breathtaking imagery. As their passion pushes the boundaries of safety, the documentary explores the philosophical and emotional depths of their commitment to understanding the planet’s volatile beauty, culminating in their tragic final expedition to Mount Unzen in 1991, where their lives are claimed by the force they so deeply revered.

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Maybe My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Highest grossing rom-com in US.

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Anonymous wrote:When Harry Met Sally

I watched it for the first time when I was about 13 and loved it. Such a great film.

I just rewatched this. I didn't love it back then, and still didn't love it. It was fine, but it's just so much talking and analyzing. But I loved You've Got Mail.

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Lucky 7
With Honors
Reality Bites
Empire Records
Crazy Rich Asians
2005 Pride and prejudice

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Op here. This ended up being a great list! The girls are late HS age, and not uncomfortable with sex scenes, etc., so the "I'll have what she's having" scene is going to crack them up.

We're starting with 10 things because I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed that when it came out. Memories...

Thanks for all the suggestions!

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Anonymous wrote:It's just us girls on Valentine's Day this year, and I'm looking for movie ideas. Preferably cute/funny/silly vs. weepy/dramatic.

Start Never Have I Ever. Binge worthy series.

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Anonymous wrote:Ones I haven't seen yet on this list or missed:

- The Wedding Planner
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- Set it Up (newer, Netflix) - DD 13 and I have watched this multiple times
- Love and Basketball (not really funny but such a good movie)
- Lala Land (not really a comedy either but DD 13 loved it)

There's an old movie I remember with George Clooney and Michelle Pfieffer as stressed parents figuring out childcare or something like that. I can't remember but I remember liking it but it wasn't available anywhere when I looked.

Shakespeare in Love is now on Netflix, I think. I can't remember how appropriate or funny it is.

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