Romantic Comedies and Their Inspirations
Movie Inspirations
| 500 Days of Summer | The real-life experiences of screenwriter Scott Neustadter |
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| The Graduate (1967) | The Huttinger family (that inspired the movie "The Graduate") (real) (1957) |
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| Rumour Has It (2005) | The Huttinger family (that inspired the movie "The Graduate") (real) (1957) |
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- [MYTAKE] This family is so complicated that it inspired two of the most popular rom-coms of all time, a remarkable achievement, I must say.
- [MYTAKE] This is also proof of how influential "The Graduate" is; it was so impactful from a cultural perspective that it influenced another great movie.
| She's All That | Pygmalion (play) by George Bernard Shaw (1913) |
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| 10 Things I Hate About You | The Taming of the Shrew (play) by Shakespeare (1623) |
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- [MYTAKE] This is crazy. When I watched "10 Things I Hate About You", I thought it was a good movie. But I could never have expected that it was based on Shakespeare. Oh my god.
| Notting Hill | Uma Thurman's romance with a librarian |
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- [MYTAKE] How a librarian dared to make a move on Kill Bill is astonishing.
| Bridget Jones's Diary | Pride and Prejudice (1813) |
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- [MYTAKE] Among all of the rom-coms in this list, Bridget Jones's diary is the one with the most in-your-face reference. As Chandler would say, could this BE any more Pride and Prejudice?
| Clueless (1995) | Emma (1815) |
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| Mamma Mia! (2008) | Mamma Mia! (Musical) (1999) |
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| High Fidelity (2000) | High Fidelity (book) (1995) |
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| Yes Man (2008) | Yes Man (book) (2005) |
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| Sleepless in Seattle (2008) | An affair to remember (book) (1957) |
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| It's Kind of a Funny Story | It's Kind of a Funny Story |
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- [MYTAKE] I think every great author about mental illness ends up killing himself; DFW is another example; maybe the only way to write a great story about something is to know that something well, and if you do so for mental illness, then that's a free ticket for after life
| You've Got Mail | The Shop Around the Corner (play) (1940) |
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| Princess Bride (1987) | The Princess Bride (book) (1973) |
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| Jerry Maguire (1966) | Leigh Steinberg (real) |
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| 50 first dates (2004) | Michelle Philpots (real) |
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- [MYTAKE] It's more romantic because it's based on a true story. The fact that a real human being was able to keep a marriage with a person that forgets their memory daily is very warming
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