Which got us thinking: what are the films that best exemplify this beloved but under-appreciated genre? After each member of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood team, including all three of our critics, came up with his or her own personal top 10 list, we crunched the numbers, noting which films appeared most frequently, and-after a few brief arguments about what constitutes a romantic comedy, and what does not-came up with the final tally. This summer, Netflix has hit pay dirt by leaning hard on frothy comedies about pretty young things falling in love this week, Crazy Rich Asians will storm theaters, putting a new sort of gloss on a tale as old as time. Yes, the genre has faltered in popularity since its 1990s heyday-but recent developments prove that audiences are still hungry as ever for banter, meet-cutes, and happy endings. The death of the romantic comedy has been greatly exaggerated.
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