Rom Coms. You love them, now see the sights.
Admit it. You love a good rom com. We all do. Living with today’s realities can be stressful. There’s inflation, family commitments, and everyday
life. A rom com is a good escape. I bet like me you’ve gotten drawn into one or two on Amazon, Netflix, or the Hallmark channel.
The rom com movie genre had always been very popular. Titles such as When Harry Met Sally, Moonstruck, How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days, Clueless and many others have warmed our hearts.
Now in the cities of New York, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles you can visit the iconic sites of some of your beloved rom com’s through On Location Tours. All tours are 2.5 hours by bus. They also have private tours which are typically one hour.
In New York, See the famous arch in Washington Square Park featured in Girls, The Mindy Project, Glee, Someone Great, and When Harry Met Sally. Plus, many other sites.
Visit Boston’s Public Garden and sit on the famous park benches featured in Ted or Good Will Hunting and other locations.
The Chicago Willis Tower and Calder’s Flamingo Sculpture is a great site to relive the parade scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and other romantic places.
Take in all the This Is Us sites in Los Angeles.
Here’s an idea for those on the verge of getting married. There are private Valentine’s Day packages available. They are catered to your needs such as a flawless marriage proposal with champagne, chocolate covered strawberries, flowers and a few fun photos. Book your tour here.
– Director: Marc Webb After being dumped by the woman he believes he was meant to be with, Tom reexamines their relationship so he can figure out what happened and try to get her back. The film, starring Zooey Deschanel as Summer and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom, was nominated for two Golden Globes, including best motion picture in a comedy or musical and best performance by an actor in a motion picture comedy or musical for Gordon-Levitt. – Director: Asghar Farhadi Simin wants to leave Iran with her daughter to provide her with a better life, but her husband Nader wants to stay to care for his father, who has Alzheimer’s. When Simin leaves to stay with her mother and sues for divorce, Nader remains at their home. He hires a woman to take care of his father, and things go horribly wrong. “A Separation” became the first Iranian film to win an Oscar when it snagged an Academy Award for best foreign language film in 2011. – Director: Paul Mazursky Jill Clayburgh plays Erica, a comfortable Manhattanite whose husband leaves her for another woman. Alone, Erica rediscovers who she is as she stumbles through ladies’ night, single parenthood, dating, a love affair, and a return to the working world. The film received a Best Picture Oscar nomination as did Clayburgh for best actress in a leading role. – Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Asako, a young woman in Osaka, meets and falls in love with the mysterious, free-spirited Baku. The relationship does not last, and Asako eventually meets another man who looks like Baku but has a very different personality. In the end, Asako must decide which of the men she wants to be with. – Director: Leo McCarey A married couple, played by Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, suspect infidelity in their union and agree to divorce. They each strike up new romantic relationships before realizing how much they still love each other. This classic rom-com finds them both trying to jeopardize the other’s newfound relationship. – Director: Derek Cianfrance This film tells the tale of married couple Dean and Cindy, who examine their past and present to discover where they are and how they got there. Michelle Williams, who received an Oscar nod for her performance, and Ryan Gosling, portray the couple as they journey through the beginning of their relationship, their marriage, and the birth of their daughter, Frankie. While Gosling’s character seems fine with the marriage as it is, Williams’ character seems stuck and wanting more. – Director: Michael Curtiz In a desperate attempt to flee Nazi-occupied Morocco with her husband, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) seeks the help of her former lover, Rick (Humphrey Bogart), who begrudgingly obliges to see them to safety. Regarded as one of the best pictures in film history, this Michael Curtiz-directed classic took home three of the eight Academy Awards for which it was nominated in 1942, including best picture and best director. – Director: Nicholas Stoller Jason Segel stars as a lovelorn and dumped man who goes to Hawaii on vacation to get away and forget his actress ex-girlfriend, played by Kristen Bell. Unfortunately, she winds up at the same resort with her new boyfriend in tow. Mila Kunis, Bill Hader, Russell Brand, Paul Rudd, and Jonah Hill also star in this comedy film written by Segel. – Director: Wong Kar-wai Two gay men from Hong Kong, Lai and Ho, travel to Argentina to mend their broken relationship, but they eventually go their separate ways. Lai works as a doorman and Ho works as a hooker, with the former taking care of the latter after he gets beat up. This brings them back into each other’s lives though they do not return to a romantic relationship, and by the end of the film, Lai leaves Argentina for home, leaving Ho behind. – Director: Spike Jonze After a failed marriage, Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) starts up a romance with Samantha, his operating system, but things get complicated. Voiced by Scarlett Johansson, Samantha ultimately reveals that she loves many men she connects with, leaving Theodore to contemplate how difficult modern love is. The Oscar-winning film also stars Rooney Mara and Amy Adams. – Director: Stephen Frears John Cusack plays Rob, a disaffected record store owner whose girlfriend dumps him because he refuses to change. He then examines his top five breakups and tracks down the women to see what he continues to do wrong in the romance department. Zoë Kravitz, whose mother Lisa Bonet appeared in the original 2000 film, starred in Hulu’s 2020 TV series version of “High Fidelity,” where she takes over the role of Rob. – Director: Roberto Rossellini After eight years of marriage, Katherine and Alex Joyce begin to question how well they know each other and whether their marriage is salvageable on a trip to Italy. The journey is a revelatory one; just as they decide to divorce, a religious procession and a remarkable afternoon together convince them of their love for one another. Ingrid Bergman, who plays Katherine, had a scandalous affair with director Roberto Rossellini, which led to marriage and, eventually, divorce. – Director: Quentin Tarantino In this action-packed sequel, the Bride (Uma Thurman) not only continues to seek vengeance against ex-lover Bill, but she sets her sights on those who betrayed her years before, including Bill’s brother Budd and Elle Driver. She will have her confrontation with the man who attempted to have her killed at her wedding in this follow-up to “Kill Bill: Volume 1.” While it has yet to be confirmed, fans could be receiving another installment in the “Kill Bill” franchise. – Director: Peter Bogdanovich Duane, a local high schooler in a dying Texas town, dates the most beautiful girl around, Jacy, while his friend Sonny breaks up with his girlfriend and has an affair with an older woman. This coming-of-age film featured Cybill Shepherd in her first film role as the beautiful Jacy, who eventually breaks up with Duane and marries Sonny. Peter Bogdanovich released a sequel to the film in 1990 called “Texasville.” – Director: Barry Jenkins Micah and Jo have a one-night stand and wake up together the following morning. The couple spends the day together getting to know each other, and they realize that they are very different. In the end, the characters go their separate ways in this film that marks director Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins’ feature film debut. – Director: Ari Aster Young couple Dani and Christian’s relationship almost ended, but a tragedy brought them closer together. They travel to a Swedish village to help Dani process her grief and celebrate a midsummer festival, but things grow increasingly strange and violent in this mind-bending film. – Director: Chris Columbus To spend more time with his kids after his divorce, unemployed actor Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) takes on the role of a lifetime as Mrs. Doubtfire, an elderly woman who eventually winds up nannying for his kids. As the affable Englishwoman, he gets to know his ex-wife’s new boyfriend, played by Pierce Brosnan, which is incredibly awkward and funny. – Director: Wim Wenders Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) walks out of the desert years after he went missing to pick up the pieces of a marriage and family he ruined with his jealousy and drinking. He rediscovers his relationship with his son, who now lives with Travis’ brother and wife, but Travis is determined to find his wife, Jane (Nastassja Kinski), and reunite mother and son. After Travis wandered away, Jane left their son and became a sex worker in Texas. – Director: Ingmar Bergman This film documents the many phases of love as Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) marry, face infidelity, decide to divorce, and partner with other people. The film was based on a 1973 miniseries, which was also written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and was remade as a miniseries for HBO in 2021 with Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac as the title characters. Bergman’s son, Daniel, acted as an executive producer. – Director: Doug Liman Jon Favreau wrote “Swingers” and starred as Mike, a man whose relationship has ended. Mike can’t seem to move on, so his friends try to get him back into the swing of things by journeying out into the Los Angeles social scene. Heather Graham, Vince Vaughn, and Ron Livingston also star in the film loosely based on Favreau’s own experiences. – Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski Ashamed, jobless, and devastated by the outcome of a divorce that leaves him with next to nothing to his name, a Polish hairdresser named Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) hatches a scheme to get payback on his French wife Dominique (Julie Delpy). Despite failing to secure an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film at the 67th Academy Awards, the second chapter of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “Three Colours” trilogy earned the Polish film director the coveted Silver Bear for best director at the 1994 Berlin International Film Festival. – Director: Danny DeVito Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas play a wealthy married couple, the Roses. When their marriage falls apart, they refuse to leave their marital home and find unbelievable and dangerous ways to force the other one out. Director Danny DeVito also stars as divorce attorney Gavin D’Amato, who narrates the tale as it unfolds. – Director: Sydney Pollack Starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, “The Way We Were” follows a couple as they navigate through decades as friends and lovers though they have fundamentally different backgrounds and views on life, which ultimately tear them apart. The film won two Oscars for best music, original dramatic score and best music, original song for “The Way We Were.” – Director: Pedro Almodóvar Pepa Marcos goes on a journey to find the lover who left her and find out why. She meets a strange cast of characters, including her lover’s son and wife. Carmen Maura, who played Pepa, had a falling out with the film’s director, Pedro Almodóvar, and they didn’t work together until she acted in his 2006 film “Volver.” – Director: Joachim Trier The film’s protagonist, Julie, contemplates breaking up with her decade-older boyfriend, Aksel, as she tries to navigate life changes and falls for another guy. “The Worst Person in the World” follows Julie over several years and is the third film in director Joachim Trier’s “Oslo Trilogy.”Here Are The 25 Best Break-Up Movies To Watch For Valentine's Day
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Fox Searchlight Pictures
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 76
– Runtime: 95 minutesA Separation (2011)
Asghar Farhadi Productions
– IMDb user rating: 8.3
– Metascore: 95
– Runtime: 123 minutesAn Unmarried Woman (1978)
Major Studio Partners
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 79
– Runtime: 124 minutesAsako I & II (2018)
Bitters End
– IMDb user rating: 6.9
– Metascore: 68
– Runtime: 119 minutesThe Awful Truth (1937)
Columbia Pictures
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 87
– Runtime: 90 minutesBlue Valentine (2010)
Incentive Filmed Entertainment
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 81
– Runtime: 112 minutesCasablanca (1942)
Warner Bros.
– IMDb user rating: 8.5
– Metascore: 100
– Runtime: 102 minutesForgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Universal Pictures
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 67
– Runtime: 111 minutesHappy Together (1997)
Block 2 Pictures
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 70
– Runtime: 96 minutesHer (2013)
Annapurna Pictures
– IMDb user rating: 8.0
– Metascore: 91
– Runtime: 126 minutesHigh Fidelity (2000)
Touchstone Pictures
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 79
– Runtime: 113 minutesJourney to Italy (1954)
Italia Film
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 100
– Runtime: 97 minutesKill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Miramax
– IMDb user rating: 8.0
– Metascore: 83
– Runtime: 137 minutesThe Last Picture Show (1971)
Columbia Pictures
– IMDb user rating: 8.0
– Metascore: 93
– Runtime: 118 minutesMedicine for Melancholy (2008)
Strike Anywhere
– IMDb user rating: 6.7
– Metascore: 62
– Runtime: 88 minutesMidsommar (2019)
A24
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 72
– Runtime: 148 minutesMrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Twentieth Century Fox
– IMDb user rating: 7.0
– Metascore: 53
– Runtime: 125 minutesParis, Texas (1984)
Road Movies Filmproduktion
– IMDb user rating: 8.1
– Metascore: 78
– Runtime: 145 minutesScenes from a Marriage (1974)
Cinematograph AB
– IMDb user rating: 8.4
– Metascore: data not available
– Runtime: 169 minutesSwingers (1996)
Doug Liman Productions
– IMDb user rating: 7.2
– Metascore: 71
– Runtime: 96 minutesThree Colors: White (1994)
MK2 Productions
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 88
– Runtime: 92 minutesThe War of the Roses (1989)
Twentieth Century Fox
– IMDb user rating: 6.8
– Metascore: 79
– Runtime: 116 minutesThe Way We Were (1973)
Columbia Pictures
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 61
– Runtime: 118 minutesWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Laurenfilm
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Metascore: 85
– Runtime: 88 minutesThe Worst Person in the World (2021)
Oslo Pictures
– IMDb user rating: 8.0
– Metascore: 89
– Runtime: 127 minutes
