These rom-com heartthrobs will have you giggling and kicking your feet.
Ahead, EW compiles all the suitors who keep our rom-com standards exceedingly high.
Whats not to love?
Heath Ledger in ‘10 Things I Hate About You’; Noah Centineo and Lana Condor in ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’; Matthew McConaughey in ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’.Credit:Richard Cartwright; Courtesy of Netflix; John Clifford/Paramount
loves sports and is far too confident in his romantic abilities.
The poet won’t stop until he gets the photographer to go out with him.
He finally puts love first when he falls for Vivian (Julia Roberts).
Amy Schumer and Bill Hader in ‘Trainwreck’.Mary Cybulski
He somehow remains smoldering while crying.
And hedelivers lines like, “I’m in love with you.
I can’t figure out the mathematics of this, I just know I love you.”
Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine in ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’.Jonathan Prime/Prime Video
The teacher only gets dreamier as he woos Toula (Nia Vardalos).
Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) inYou’ve Got Mail(1998)
Brain Hamill/Warner Bors.
Whowouldntbe totally butt-crazy in love with him?
Steve Carell and Catherine Keener in ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’.Suzanne Hanover/Universal
If you’re a bird, he’s a bird.
He’ll even build you your dream home.
Throw in a dreamy Australian accent and Patrick (Heath Ledger) becomes every high schooler’s dream.
Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’.John Clifford/Paramount
Bless his heart for completely misreadingThe Graduate.
He meets movie star Anna (Julia Roberts) and finally accepts her request that he love her.
Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell in ‘Set It Up’.Netflix
Larenz Tate and Nia Long in ‘Love Jones’.Courtesy Everett
Michael Ealy and Taraji P. Henson in ‘Think Like a Man’.Ron Batzdorff/Screen Gems/Sony
Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan in ‘Brown Sugar’.20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett
Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in ‘Pretty Woman’.Ron Batzdorff/Touchstone
Jude Law and Cameron Diaz in ‘The Holiday’.Simon Mein/Columbia
Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in ‘Something’s Gotta Give’.Bob Marshak/Columbia Pictures
John Corbett and Nia Vardalos in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’.Sophie Giraud/IFC
Bill Pullman and Sandra Bullock in ‘While You Were Sleeping’.Buena Vista/Getty
Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney in ‘One Fine Day’.Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty
Josh Lucas in ‘Sweet Home Alabama’.Walt Disney/Courtesy Everett
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in ‘You’ve Got Mail’.Brain Hamill/Warner Bors.
Paul Rudd and Alicia Silverstone in ‘Clueless’.Everett Collection
Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan in ‘The Big Sick’.Lionsgate
Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth in ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’.Alex Bailey/Miramax Films
Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner in ‘13 Going on 30’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Columbia Pictures
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in ‘The Notebook’.Melissa Moseley/Newline
Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles in ‘10 Things I Hate About You’.Richard Cartwright
Noah Centineo and Lana Condor in ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’.Netflix
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in ‘The Wedding Singer’.Mary Evans/NEW LINE CINEMA/Ronald Grant/Courtesy Everett
Gabrielle Union and LL Cool J in ‘Deliver Us From Eva’.Jim Sheldon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in ‘(500) Days of Summer’.Chuck Zlotnick/Fox Searchlight
Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts in ‘Notting Hill’.Clive Coote/Universal
