Not only is it the month of lurve, but Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan aka rom-com royalty from When Harry Met Sally have just recreated THAT orgasmic café scene in a new ad for Hellmann’s mayo. Aired during the Super Bowl this week, the ad sees the pair return to New York City’s Katz’s Delicatessen, seated at the very same table where they filmed one of the best moments in rom-com history.

This time it’s a squeeze of Hellman’s and Meg’s sandwich goes from so-so to so-so-soooo good prompting a nice cameo from Sydney Sweeney with the iconic “I’ll have what she’s having” line. Check it out below:

Not only do we all now fancy a sandwich, we’re eyeing up rom-coms for a Valentine’s movie marathon. From Nineties classics to newer gems, you grab the rose petals, we’ll grab the chocolates and get ready for 31 laughter-filled movies about love. 

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When Harry Met Sally (1989, 15)

Yes yes YES! Of course this is top of the list, Nora Ephron’s pitch perfect rom-com about two friends bickering their way to falling in love (like you need a recap). Chock full of witty, beautifully observed moments, and nothing tops that final confrontation on New Year’s Eve. It never gets old.

Stream now on Prime Video

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025, 15)

Ok, any of the Bridget Jones movies ticks the rom-com box but since One Day our obsession with Leo Woodall has hit its peak so we’re Mad About The Boy this Valentine’s Day. He plays Jones’ latest (and youngest) love interest in the fourth and final instalment (dabs eyes). Chiwetel Ejiofor and his washboard abs also star as well as returning favourites Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson and James Callis. Big knickers on gals, it’s the end of an era!

In cinemas now

Anora, (2024, 18)

Dubbed Pretty Woman 2:0 with twist, Sean Baker’s dark romantic comedy scooped the prestigious Palme d’Or award at Cannes and is tipped for Oscar success with good reason. Mikey Madison plays a blinder as stripper, Anora, who becomes entangled with Ivan (Mark Eidelstein), the son of a Russian oligarch. The pair elope, but when news of their hasty marriage reaches Russia, Ivan’s parents step in to try and force an annulment – you know typical in-law behaviour. A frenzied, impulsive, reckless, oh to be that young again, rush of a film.

Watch now on Sky Cinema

10 Things I Hate About You (1999, 12)

This 90s smash never fails to chase away the blues, or reignite our crush on Heath Ledger! Boasting a cast on the cusp of stardom – Ledger, Jospeh Gordon Levitt, Julia Stiles, Gabrielle Union, Larisa Oleynik – 10 Things I Hate About You is pitch perfect and just too good to be true. Loosely based on The Taming of the Shrew, two very different sisters are banned from dating by their overprotective father which leads to a bet, a bad boy turning good, an epic serenading scene, a tearful poem, et voilá love’s young dream.

Stream now on Disney+

Rye Lane, (2023, 15)

Two 20somethings bonding over their respective bad break-ups doesn’t sound very original, but throw in some fresh new acting talent as the leads, some quirky, colourful South London locales, and Rye Lane is pretty much rom-com perfection. A breakout smash from 2023, it follows Dom and Yas (David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah) as they get to know one another over the course of a day. It’s fun, incredibly funny and will make you want to reacquaint yourselves with Peckham (trust us!).

Stream now on Disney+

Love Again, (2023 12)

It’s Celine Dion’s world and we’re just living in it as 2023 rom-com, Love Again proves. Not only does the ballad Queen provide the air-grabbing soundtrack, she plays a starring role alongside Sam Heuhan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Nick Jonas, Russel Tovey and Lydia West – do we need to go on? For those who need convincing (um, seriously?), Heuhan and Chopra play two broken hearted singles who end up falling in love thanks to a reassigned mobile phone number. Cheesy premise, perhaps, but have we mentioned Celine Dion’s in it?!

Stream now on Netflix

The Idea of You, (2024, 15)

Before Bridget Jones, Anne Hathaway was repping the cougars in The Idea of You. She plays Solène, a divorced forty-something, down-on-her-luck gallery owner who meets a 24-year old rockstar (hello Nicholas Galatzine) at Coachella and falls in love. The pair begin a whirlwind romance but it isn’t long before her studs superstar status starts effecting their relationship. Smart, modern and rumoured to be based on a true story involving Harry Styles!

Stream now on Prime Video

Bros (2022, 15)

Nicholas Stroller’s razor sharp comedy, Bros, sees Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane put forward a strong case for opposites attract as they embark on a delightful journey celebrating queer identity, representation and love. Heartwarming, hilarious and a joy to watch.

Steam now on Prime Video

Anyone But You (2023, 15)

Starring stunners Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell and directed by king of the rom-com, Will Gluck (Easy A, Friends With Benefits), Anyone But You provides enough wanderlust for the land down under to stave off the winter blues until next year. Sweeney and Powell play Bea and Ben, thrown together at a destination wedding, the pair pretend to be in a relationship so Bea can avoid her ex and Ben can make another woman jealous, there’s just one problem, Bea and Ben despise each other. It will have you laughing out loud and singing along to the not-as-cheesy-as-it-sounds group number at the end.

Stream now on NOW

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994, 15)

Of course we had to have a Richard Curtis and Hugh Grant rom-com collab in here! Another 90s classic which follows the adventures of Charles (Hugh Grant) and his circle of friends as they attend a series of very English weddings. Andie MacDowell co-stars as Charles’s love interest Carrie, plus an amazing cast including Kristin Scott Thomas, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Charlotte Coleman and Rowan Atkinson. Perfect.

Stream now on Prime Video

Clueless, (1995, 12)

This month’s arrival of the Clueless The Musical into the West End has us revisiting this Nineties cult classic. Inspired by Jane Austen’s Emma, the movie sees spoilt rich kid Cher (Alicia Silverstone) navigate the highs and lows of adolescence (in really cute outfits) as she tries to boost the popularity and dating prospects of a fellow student, while accidentally falling in love herself. Paul Rudd, Britanny Murphy, Stacey Dash and Donald Faison also star.

Stream now on Paramount+

You’ve Got Mail, (1998, PG)

Retro movie night? Throw it back to before dating apps and DM’s, where email was the only way to digitally communicate with your crush. In You’ve Got Mail, Nora Ephron and Meg Ryan are at it again, this time with Tom Hanks as the love interest. The pair play rival bookshop owners who hate each other in person but unwittingly fall in love via email.

Stream now on NOW

Love at First Sight, (2023, 12)

A feel good rom-com to rival a Richard Curtis and Hugh Grant combo? Interested! Love at First Sight sees Hadley (Hayley Lu Richardson, The White Lotus) and Oliver (Ben Hardy) meet-cute on a flight to London. Sparks fly over turbulence and free peanuts only for the pair to lose each other in customs. A reunion seems importable, but love always finds a way. Awww.

Stream now on Netflix

The Big Sick, (2017, 15)

If you loved 2024’s stand-out series Nobody Wants This, The Big Sick has a similar vibe. Kumail Nanjiani plays a Pakistani stand-up comedian who develops a relationship with young, white, grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan). Despite their affections, they see no future due to their cultural differences and break up. But, when Emily falls sick and is placed in an induced coma, he takes care of her while bonding with her parents. Based on a true story, this is sure to tug on those heartstrings.

Stream now on Prime Video

Bridesmaids (2011, 15)

On paper, a film about a bunch of women organising a hen do and shopping for a wedding gown is not going get your fella rushing to press play, but Bridesmaids is no ordinary film. It’s funny, smart, brutal, and brilliantly cast. Co-written and starring Kristen Wiig, she plays 30something Annie whose bakery biz has gone bust and she’s been asked to be maid of honour at her BFF’s wedding. The true horror of being a bridesmaid is laid bare. It’s got overtones of The Hangover, knock out performances from Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd and the poo gag in the bridal store is never not going to be funny.

Stream now on Apple TV+

As Good As It Gets (1997, 15)

You had us at Jack Nicholson – I mean the guy won an Oscar for his performance as obsessive-compulsive novelist Melvin Udall in the 1997 hit As Good As It Gets and his co-star Helen Hunt won one too. Directed by James L. Brooks (Broadcast News, Jerry Maguire), Melvin is a grumpy old man, avoiding the cracks in the pavement, who falls in love with a waitress as his local diner (Hunt) and befriends his gay neighbour (Greg Kinnear). It’s packed full of smart dialogue and flawless acting that perks up the rom-com genre.

Watch now on Prime Video

Notting Hill (1999, 15)

A classic which put the West London area on the map. Starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, the romance revolves around American movie actress Anna Scott walking into a Notting Hill bookshop by chance and falling for its owner, divorcee Will Thacker (Grant). Released in the 90s, it’s still a great watch thanks to Rhys Ifans scene-stealing moments as Thacker’s scruffy roommate to the iconic “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy” line, and every gawjus shot of Notting Hill in-between.

Stream now on Netflix

Crazy Stupid Love, (2011, 12)

Hubba hubba. OK so Ryan Gosling’s more of a screen treat for you, but in Crazy Stupid Love Gosling plays Jacob, a man so beautiful he makes men and women fall at his feet or drop their undies. Throw in Emma Stone who has one of the best lines (‘F***! Seriously? It’s like you’re photoshopped!’), Steve Carrell, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, and Kevin Bacon and the film’s got serious star power. It’s not a challenging storyline, but Carrell and Stone bring the laughs and Gosling brings the body. Enough said.

Stream now on Netflix

Groundhog Day (1993, PG)

Bill Murray’s best movie ever! If you can get your head around the twisty alternate timelines, Harold Ramis’s comic masterpiece is a classic rom-com. Yes, you may well be braindead after the 167th repeat of the same day, but in order to release himself from this timeline torture, Murray’s cantankerous weatherman Phil Connors needs to see the error of his ways. Then and only then will he get the firl – news producer Andie MacDowell. The chemistry is so good between the two of them, sparks fly. 

Stream now on Prime Video

The Wedding Singer, (1998, 12)

The Wedding Singer, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, is a mindless rom-com with plenty of gags, 80s soundtrack, dodgy wardrobe and some seriously questionable hairdos. Sandler plays the titular character, the beaten-down wedding singer who falls for Barrymore’s Julia, a similarly down-on-her-luck waitress who’s engaged to a cheating muppet. It’s a surprise hit.

Stream now on Prime Video

Jerry Maguire, (1996, 15)

Jerry Maguire is part classic rom-com and part bromance. In fact, the most successful love in is between sports agent Jerry (Tom Cruise) and his sole client, pro footballer Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jnr.). While Jerry’s killing it at work, his love life looks a bit meh. Rod, on the other hand, is dragging his bottom on the football pitch but gets an A* for loving husband and dad. Together they’re pure ‘Show me the money’ dynamite. OK, so Renée Zellweger as single mum Dorothy earns her chuck of change, but it’s Jerry and Rod who complete each other. 

Stream now on NOW

Coming To America (1988, 15)

Eddie Murphy ruled the 80s and made some of the era’s great comedies—Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hrs.—but this is really the only one where luuurve rules supreme. Quick recap? Murphy plays the prince of a fictional African nation. Unsure about his arranged marriage, he heads to greener pastures in search of his queen – Queens, New York, to be precise. Essentially slumming it with his best friend (Arsenio Hall), Murphy’s character finds work flipping burgers where he falls in love with the owner’s daughter. Simple story. laugh-out-loud funny, and a clever send-up of class and race.

Watch now on Prime Video

There’s Something About Mary, (1998, 15)

Who can forget Ben Stiller’s ‘franks and beans’ scene when he gets his privates caught in his zipper? Or Cameron Diaz’s hair gel? There’s Something About Mary is packed full of puerile humour and magic moments that, regardless of your age, are still freaking hilarious today. The Farrelly Brothers set out to make a near the knuckle comedy for adults and they succeeded – xx years later it’s as fresh as a daisy. If it wasn’t for Stiller’s ouch moment, perma-tanned Magda, who looks like Gandhi’s leather sandal and lavishes a little too much love on her dog, would steal the show.

Stream now on Disney+

Friends With Benefits, (2011, 15)

Don’t be fooled by the title this is a rom-com masquerading as a film about friends use each other for no strings sex. Although the men in your life will happily sit and watch without much convincing. Mila Kunis’s Jamie and Justin Timberlake’s Dylan hook up and vow to not fall in love while doing so. They mock the genre – shouting at film ads ‘Shut up, Katherine Heigl, you big liar!’, blah blah blahing about the emotionally manipulative music, but Jamie secretly loves them, imposes a rom-com cliche “five-date rule” and falls in love with her bedroom buddy. Worth it for Timberlake’s karaoke of Kriss Kross’s Jump.

Stream now on Netflix

Knocked Up, (2007, 15)

It doesn’t take a genius to work out the storyline. Knocked Up is about a woman who finds herself pregnant after a drunken one-night stand, only she decides to keep the baby. At first Alison (Katherine Heigl) and Ben (Seth Rogen) don’t seem to work, but by the end of the movie, you’ll be sold. If you’re a fan of the stoner comedy, consider this your gateway to romantic comedies.

Watch now on Prime Video

Annie Hall, (1977, 15)

Often cited as the blueprint for rom-com greats like When Harry Met Sally, Woody Allen’s 1977 movie Annie Hall, starring himself and Diane Keaton, shines a light on the old women are from Venus and men are from Mars philosophy. They just don’t understand each other. But here, using jokes and every trick Allen can find in his cinematic kit bag he gets right under the skin of it. It’s a dazzling display of the creative imagination’s ability to turn heartbreak into universally relatable art. 

Watch now on Apple TV+

Along Came Polly, (2004, 12)

There are two scenes in Along Came Polly that never cease to make us LOL. IBS suffering Ben Stiller’s introduction to spicy food and his awkward salsa dance. His facial expressions in both are almost as good as his Blue Steel in Zoolander. When Reuben’s wife (Debra Messing) runs off with her scuba instructor, Reuben (Stiller) starts dating his free-spirited, old classmate Polly (Jen Aniston) and tries to get the buttoned-up insurance underwriter to live a little. 

Stream now on Prime Video

Broadcast News, (1987, 15)

Broadcast News is an absolute cult classic (especially if you’ve worked at a media company, be it TV, print, or digital news). On the surface, it’s a workplace comedy about an office love triangle. Reporter Aaron (Albert Brooks) likes new producer Jane (Holly Hunter), who likes newbie Tom (William Hurt), who mostly likes himself. The result is a comic masterpiece in glorious blurryvision.

Watch now on Prime Video

Wedding Crashers, (2005, 15)

Wedding Crashers is definitely tipping the scales on the comedy. Packed with A-list Hollywood talent (Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, and Bradley Cooper) the film follows two friends who crash weddings (and funerals) to meet women and drink for free until real love throws a spanner in the works. The batsh** crazies in this film, Isla Fisher as the bridesmaid and her mum Jane Seymour, almost steal the show.

Stream now on Prime Video

Pillow Talk, (1959, PG)

An oldie but a goodie, if you can convince your other half to go back to the golden age of cinema. Pillow Talk is both a conventional rom-com and most likable. Doris Day plays a fiercely independent decorator forced to share a phone line with Hudson, a notorious playboy tying up the line night and day with his sweet-talking the ladies. While Doris’s high neck nightie isn’t going to set pulses racing, you’ll enjoy the interior inspo and Hudson’s charming rogue character.

Watch now on Prime Video

(500) Days of Summer, (2009, 12A)

Finally is you’re after a love story that dials down the romance, (500) Days Of Summer should do it. Starring Zooey Deschanel (one of Mr M’s lust-worthy leading ladies) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the film became an instant indie classic for being the antithesis to your average rom-com. Instead of showcasing a blossoming relationship, it depicts the main character’s memories of his recently failed relationship with Summer (Deschanel). It is raw, real, and even a little painful to watch. If you’re with someone, thank your lucky stars you’re not dating. If you’re single, perhaps give it a miss.

Stream now on Disney+