What Are The Best Rom-Coms Ever?
The Sam Sanders Show
KCRW & Sam Sanders
4.9 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We’re breaking down one of the most important film genres ever on the show today…The classic Romantic Comedy! Because rom-coms always make us feel better, even the ones that haven’t aged well.
Sam is joined by two lovebugs to create a (not quite) definitive list of the greatest rom-coms of all time. Liz Plank, author and host of the ‘Boy Problems’ podcast, and Ryan Mitchell, entertainment journalist and co-host of the ‘High Key’ podcast.
Together, they unpack the most rewarding life lessons from the best rom-coms in Hollywood history.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, Sam here. |
| 0:07.0 | Thanks so much for listening to my show with KCRW. |
| 0:10.0 | Question for you, do you like romantic comedies? |
| 0:14.0 | I hope the answer is yes. |
| 0:16.0 | Rom-coms are one of my favorite genres of film ever, |
| 0:19.0 | right up there with horror. |
| 0:37.3 | So in honor of spring, in honor of cuffing season, in honor of those months before it gets too hot when little flowers of love might start to bloom, in honor of all that, we are taking this episode to come up with a not-quite definitive list of the greatest rom-coms of all time. |
| 0:41.3 | And that list may even include some that haven't aged that well. |
| 0:46.1 | If your rom-com doesn't have a little bit of misogyny or patriarchy, it is not a rom-com. |
| 0:47.8 | And that's no shame. |
| 0:49.0 | And that might be a hot take. |
| 0:50.8 | But here's the thing. |
| 0:54.1 | Joining me for this chat are two love struck saps. |
| 0:59.5 | Entertainment journalist Ryan Mitchell, co-host of the High Key podcast, and author Liz Plank, host of the Boy Problems podcast. |
| 1:03.1 | I will not give away what happens, but you sort of see these young people fall in love. |
| 1:08.4 | I'm like, I'm going to cry. |
| 1:09.4 | It's okay. |
| 1:10.2 | Let it out. Let it out. Yeah. Together, I'm going to cry. It's okay. Let it out. |
| 1:10.8 | Let it out. |
| 1:12.9 | Together we'll figure out a list of the best rom-coms of all time. |
| 1:17.7 | And I already know. |
| 1:19.3 | Y'all might hit our list. |
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