March 8th may be International Women’s Day – shout out to all my lovely ladies! – but the entirety of March is meant to celebrate women. And so, here is my list of 10 romantic comedies to watch in March, all directed by women.
01. Friends With Kids (2011)
DIRECTED BY: JENNIFER WESTFELDT
Two best friends decide to have a child together while keeping their relationship platonic, so they can avoid the toll kids can take on romantic relationships.
02. Always Be My Maybe (2019)
DIRECTED BY: NAHNATCHKA KHAN
Childhood sweethearts have fallen out and haven’t spoken for 15 years. They reconnect as adults when Sasha runs into Marcus in San Francisco. Although the old sparks are still there, the couple live in different worlds.
03. Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
DIRECTED BY: NANCY MEYERS
A womanizer on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age, who also happens to be his current fling’s mother.
04. Set it Up (2018)
DIRECTED BY: CLAIRE SCANLON
Two overworked and underpaid assistants devise a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
05. Love and Basketball (2000)
DIRECTED BY: GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD
Monica and Quincy are two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players. Over the years, the two begin to fall for each other, but their separate paths to basketball stardom threaten to pull them apart.
06. Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
DIRECTED BY: SHARON MAGUIRE
Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary. She soon wonders if Mr. Wrong may actually be… Mr. Right.
07. Clueless (1995)
DIRECTED BY: AMY HECKERLING
Handsome, clever, and rich becomes trendy, shallow, and rich as this modernized adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma finds the young matchmaker living in Beverly Hills and attending high school.
08. Sleepless in Seattle (1994)
DIRECTED BY: NORA EPHRON
When an engaged reporter in Baltimore hears a widower on the radio talking about his late wife, she instantly becomes smitten and wonders if he could be her destiny.
09. Obvious Child (2014)
DIRECTED BY: GILLIAN ROBESPIERRE
An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.
10. Going the Distance (2010)
DIRECTED BY: NANETTE BURSTEIN
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree, they gamely keep the romance alive. But, just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.
