If you're the type to always go for something funny and heartwarming on movie night, there's a good chance you've seen the hit film that was ranked No. 1 on a list of the 63 best romantic comedymovies of all time—but if not, here's your opportunity to check it out.
The title given the honor of holding the top spot on the expansive roundup, published by Good Housekeeping in March 2025, is the star-studded Crazy, Stupid, Love, featuring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, and more.
For those unfamiliar, here's the plot: "Middle-aged Cal (Carell) divorces his wife after she has an affair. He meets pick-up artist Jacob (Gosling) who helps transform his look and teaches him how to seduce women — but is that really what they both want?"
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Written by Dan Fogelman and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the PG-13 film released in 2011, first hitting theaters during the summertime on July 29. With a runtime of just under two hours, it received a 7.4/10 overall score rating on IMDb, collected from 588 user reviews.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the rom-com notched an 80% Tomatometer score. "It never lives up to the first part of its title, but Crazy, Stupid, Love's unabashed sweetness—and its terrifically talented cast—more than make up for its flaws," the Critics Consensus reads.
When casting Stone for the role of Hannah, who plays Gosling's love interest, the decision was easy, despite not initially fitting the bill for the part. "If I remember correctly, she wasn’t exactly what was described on paper, but John and I had both been taken with her in Superbad and then in Zombieland. It felt inevitable that she was going to hit," Ficarra told Entertainment Weekly ten years ago when the movie was released.
He continued that "it was very evident very early," further noting that of all the auditions, "she was the only one not to be intimidated by him, and in that moment John and I knew, 'All right this is it, she’s right for the part.'"
As for chemistry, the two actors hit it off from the very beginning. "They love each other in real life, and they get on like a house on fire. It wasn’t a lot of heavy lifting on our part. It’s making a move to hire the right chemistry," Ficarra added at the time.
Crazy, Stupid, Love is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max.
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