11 Best Rom-Com Movies on Hulu Right Now (September 2026): ‘Anyone But You’ and More

Show me the … love? Jerry Maguire is a sports comedy on the surface, but it’s really a love story between a man with an outsized ego and a single mom who gently cuts him down to size. After sports agent Jerry (Tom Cruise) is fired from his job for suggesting his agency care more about their clients than the bottom line, he starts up his own agency, with only his lowly co-worker Dorothy (Renée Zellweger) and her young son Ray (Jonathan Lipnicki) supporting him. Jerry’s entire career hinges on the success of Rod (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a football linebacker who hasn’t realized his full potential. Jerry and Dorothy fall for each other, but will Jerry’s obsession with returning to be in his field ruin their happy ending?

One of the seminal rom-coms of the ‘90s, Jerry Maguire is the rare film in the genre that appeals to as many men as it does women. That’s partly due to Jerry’s profession, but let’s give credit where it is due — writer/director Cameron Crowe crafts a broadly appealing story that doesn’t overdose on sweetness as most other rom-coms do. Zellweger rightly became a star with her glowing turn as the supportive Dorothy, while Cruise is at his Cruise-y best as a hyperkinetic bro who slows down enough to realize the love of his life is standing right in front of him. To paraphrase one of the film’s many iconic lines, Jerry Maguire will have you at hello.

Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) both went on a date that ended badly, but thankfully they never have to see each other again. Imagine their surprise when their mutual friends are getting hitched in Australia and invite them to their destination wedding. Bea and Ben loathe one another, but agree to pretend to like each other to make their exes, who are also at the wedding, jealous. The plan works all too well, as Ben and Bea start to develop real feelings for each other. But Bea can’t love someone like Ben, right? 

Well, when Ben looks like Glen Powell, you can forgive him for just about anything, Bea. A very loose remake of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Anyone but You is a sparkling rom-com that benefits greatly from a strong supporting cast, beautiful Australian scenery and, of course, the two leads. When she’s not posing nude for a sports betting app, Sweeney can be a charming actress, and Powell matches her sunny blondness with a gym-built body and a toothy smile that could melt you like butter. Anyone but You is evidence that frothy entertainment is just as important as serious drama pictures like Oppenheimer, and the world needs more of both.

Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) is desperate. Her all-girls soccer team has just been cut, and she’s barred from joining the boys’ team. What’s a stellar female soccer player to do? How about she pose as her fraternal twin brother, Sebastian (James Kirk), and play for his soccer team at an ultra-exclusive private school? It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds and Viola manages to convince everyone that “she’s the man” on and off the field. But things start to get very complicated once Viola finds herself falling for the team’s hunbky captain, Duke (Channing Tatum). Will love ruin Viola’s perfect plan?

She’s the Man is a very loose adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, although the Bard probably never had former stripper turned Magic Mike star Tatum in mind when he created Duke. Bynes isn’t remotely believable as a boy, but the film is so fun and lightweight, you suspend your disbelief anyway. When she’s playing Viola, Bynes has great chemistry with Tatum. They’re two jocks who understand that scoring a goal is just as appealing as going out on a date.

Maybe I Do begins with three seemingly random couples facing their own unique crisis. While attending a friend’s wedding, Michelle (Emma Roberts) and Allen (Luke Bracey) contemplate whether they have a future together. In a hotel room, middle-aged adulterers Howard (Richard Gere) and Monica (Susan Sarandon) try to continue their affair, even though Howard wants out. Meanwhile, strangers Grace (Diane Keaton) and Sam (William H. Macy) meet at a movie theater and spend the night getting to know each other.

It’s no big surprise that these six people are all somehow connected, although I’ll leave it to you to discover just how they’re related to one another. Maybe I Do’s story isn’t anything new, but the film’s star-studded cast makes it work. Sarandon stands out as a mistress who wants to claim her love as her next husband, while Keaton is touching as an older woman who discovers she still has the desire to be romantically loved by another person.

Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs) is finally in a relationship with a beautiful, intelligent woman, Judith Fessbegler (Amanda Peet). Unfortunately, she’s a controlling monster and is making his life miserable. His best friends, Wayne (Steve Zahn) and J.D. (Jack Black), hatch a plot to “save” him by reuniting him with his first love, Sandy (Amanda Detmer), but their plan backfires when Judith finds out about it. Darren just wants to be loved, but does he have the courage to be with the right woman who will love him back?

Released at the height of American Pie’s popularity, Saving Silverman is a rom-com with its heart in the gutter. There are plenty of dirty jokes in the film, plus a subplot involving Neil Diamond that’s more groan-worthy than entertaining, but it’s still a fun romp with enough laughs and romance to satisfy genre fans. Black and Peet shine as two people fighting for Darren’s happiness; they’ll do anything, even physically assaulting one another, to get their man.

This modernized take on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew stars Julia Stiles as abrasive but intelligent teenager Kat Stratford. It’s this acerbic personality that keeps the boys away from Kat, which is a problem for her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), who isn’t allowed to date anyone until Kat has a boyfriend first. When new student Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) falls desperately for Bianca, he schemes to get handsome bad boy Patrick (Heath Ledger) to date Kat and get around their father’s (Larry Miller) overprotective rule.

While Kat’s brand of feminism was seen by some as “extreme” at the time, her character is now regarded as a refreshing subversion of female expectations and a progressive take on typical high school movie stereotypes. This unconventional approach has allowed 10 Things I Hate About You to endure as one of the best romantic comedies ever. It’s mature and emotionally resonant, yet still manages to be funny.

Ben (Jack Quaid) and Alice (Maya Erskine) have been friends since college and are now in their late twenties, navigating the reality of everyone around them getting married. With Alice having recently left a relationship and Ben getting rebuffed by his crush, the pair agree to be each other’s permanent wedding dates during a particularly busy summer of weddings. Of course, the two unlucky-in-love singles find their platonic wedding dates becoming something more as the summer goes on.

Critics felt that Plus One managed to breathe new life into the romantic comedy genre, with fresh faces like Quaid and Erskine who balance the heart and the humor with ease. Their well-matched chemistry, in addition to the film’s buoyant narrative and emotional stakes, makes Plus One a fantastic recent entry into the rom-com canon. Plus One both embraces and subverts genre expectations, creating something that’s both new and familiar.

This underrated rom-com had the misfortune of being lost in the shuffle of 2020 movie releases due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it stars the fabulous Geraldine Viswanathan (Thunderbolts*, Blockers) and Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things) as unlikely collaborators on an unusual art project. Lucy (Viswanathan) is fired from her assistant job at a New York art gallery on the same night as a brutal breakup, leaving her heartbroken over her ex. Unable to part with the mementos of her lost relationship, Lucy decides to create a space where people can leave memorabilia from past relationships—essentially a gallery of broken hearts.

It just so happens that Nick (Montgomery) is looking for a gimmick to save his failing boutique hotel. Together, they create a place where people can display their keepsakes from breakups past. The publicity for their Gallery of Broken Hearts gets hot — and so does the chemistry between the two leads.

The Broken Hearts Gallery has a witty script, a diverse cast and a real insight into the experience of heartbreak. Don’t break our hearts by skipping this movie.

Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Cristin Milioti (How I Met Your Mother, The Penguin) star in the genre-bending romantic comedy Palm Springs. While attending a wedding in Palm Springs, Nyles (Samberg) and Sarah (Milioti) get stuck in a time loop, forced to relive the day of the wedding over and over again. Meanwhile, another wedding guest named Roy (J.K. Simmons) blames Nyles for being trapped in the time loop as well and is constantly seeking revenge by killing him (which resets the loop). 

As Nyles and Sarah grow closer, secrets about their lives before the wedding are revealed. Will they be able to move forward together, or will they stay stuck in the past? Milioti and Samberg are charming and funny actors with great chemistry, and you’ll find yourself rooting for them despite their flaws. Palm Springs feels like the perfect millennial interpretation of Groundhog Day.

A modern-day retelling of Pride and Prejudice, Fire Island follows a found family of gay men who take a summer trip to the titular island every year. When Howie (Bowen Yang of Saturday Night Live fame) meets the rich and charming Charlie (James Scully) at a party, Howie’s best friend Noah (Joel Kim Booster, who also wrote the film) is determined to get them together. But Charlie’s judgmental friend Will (Conrad Ricamora, who is adorably dorky in the “Mr. Darcy” role) seems to get in the way at every turn. 

The movie shows how wealth and social class can still come into play in present-day relationships, while maintaining the original story’s themes of miscommunication and first impressions. The supporting cast is hilarious and includes Margaret Cho and Yang’s Las Culturistas co-host Matt Rogers.

No Hard Feelings is one of those comedies where the premise is deeply disturbing, but the great writing and talented cast sell it so well that you find yourself laughing anyway. In this romantic comedy, down-on-her-luck waitress Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence) is facing bankruptcy after having her car repossessed. Desperate for a new car, she answers an unusual Craigslist ad posted by wealthy parents Allison and Laird Becker (Laura Benanti and Matthew Broderick).

The Beckers are worried about their 18-year-old son Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) starting college in the fall, as he is shy, awkward and inexperienced. So they hire Maddie to “date” Percy, without giving him any idea what’s happening. (See? Told you it was disturbing.)

But as Maddie’s over-the-top attempts to seduce Percy turn into a real friendship, Maddie begins to open up about her complicated past while Percy learns to stand on his own two feet. There’s hilariously shocking physical comedy (a naked fist fight occurs — we won’t reveal the participants) and a warm sweetness that will move and surprise you.