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Romantic comedy

Screwball comedy in the 1930s and '40s

The sex comedy of the 1950s and '60s

Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, and Katharine Houghton in a dining room scene from the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal crouch side by side in front of large windows in a scene from When Harry Met Sally, both wearing sweaters and looking forward.

The golden age continues

Rom-com streaming renaissance

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