Ranking The 25 Best Rom-Coms of All-Time

17. Pretty Woman (1990)

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There should never be a rom-com list that doesn’t include this movie. What is there to say about the 1990 tale of the charming, gorgeous prostitute (played by a young Julia Roberts) and the Wall Street corporate shark (Richard Gere) who meet and fall in love? Pretty Woman remains one of the most popular movies — as well as one of the highest grossing romantic comedies of all time. Directed by Garry Marshall, Pretty Woman was quite controversial upon hitting the theaters. In the post-#Metoo context, this revolutionary rom-com is a legitimate work of cinema with serious concerns about men, women, sex, class and power.