Rom-Coms To Melt Your Heart

Break out the popcorn! It's time to marathon rom-coms with your sweetheart or as a Galentine's Day (Feb. 13) tradition with friends. Everyone has their favorite rom-com, and we've narrowed our picks down to fourteen titles available at the  Syracuse Public Library, with a bonus pick that can be ordered through Evergreen Indiana.

All of our picks are tailored to adults and have all the ingredients of a good rom-com: leads you love and want to see together; meet-cutes; fun sidekicks; lightbulb moments; grand gestures; and, of course, happy endings.

Our picks are in alphabetical order:

50 First Dates
Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) lives an enviable life in a Hawaiian paradise, spending every night with a different beautiful tourist in search of an island fling. It's a great life, no strings attached … until he meets Lucy (Drew Barrymore). He and Lucy hit it off right from the start, but the next day she acts like she doesn't know him. Lucy suffers from short-term memory loss, so every night all memory of her day is erased. But a man in love will go to great lengths to win the girl of his dreams. In an effort to help her remember him, he makes a videotape for her to watch every morning. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

Date Night
An ordinary couple is in the right place, on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster (Steve Carell and Tina Fey) are a sensible, suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops, and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' "date night" turns into a wild ride they'll never forget! (Click Here to Place a Hold)

Hitch
Hitch (Will Smith) is New York City's greatest matchmaker. Love is his job, and when Albert Brennaman (Kevin James) wins the heart of gorgeous society heiress Allegra Cole (Allegra Cole), Albert has Hitch to thank. So when tabloid columnist Sara Melas (Eva Melas) decides to uncover the secret behind the relationship's unlikely success. She's shocked to discover that Alex Hitchens, the charming young man she's been dating, is the legendary date doctor himself. Exposed in a front-page scoop, it's now up to Alex to try and save Albert and Allegra's relationship as well as his own. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Andie (Kate Hudson) is the "how-to" girl at an up-and-coming women's magazine who needs to prove she can pick up any guy and dump him in 10 days. And in order for Ben (Matthew McConaughey) to win an advertising presentation, he needs to prove he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Now that they are a "couple," and the clock is ticking, anything goes … (Click Here to Place a Hold)

Life As We Know It
Holly (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and-coming caterer and Messer (Josh Duhamel) is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, all they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling career ambitions and competing social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

Made of Honor
Tom (Patrick Dempsey) and Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) have been platonic friends for over 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he has fallen in love with Hannah and is real relationship material for her, she tells him that she is engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

Maid in Manhattan
A struggling single mom (Jennifer Lopez) takes a job as a chambermaid at a luxury hotel in New York. She meets and falls in love with a suave and sophisticated heir to an American political dynasty (Ralph Fiennes), who mistakes her for a society woman. When her real identity is revealed, the reality about their separate lives sets in. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

A Nice Girl Like You
Lucy (Lucy Hale) creates a wild sex-to-do list that sends her on a hilarious and surprising journey of self-discovery, friendship, and new love. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

The Prince & Me
Paige (Julia Stiles) is a college student at a university in Wisconsin, where she hopes to attend medical school. One day, Paige meets a new student on campus, Eddie (Luke Mably), who is obviously attracted to her. Paige and Eddie strike up a friendship which slowly turns into romance. Paige learns that Eddie is actually Prince Edward, heir to the throne of Denmark, who has come to Wisconsin to chase girls and enjoy himself away from the eye of the European press. Now Paige must decide if she wants to give up her dreams and ambitions, even if she gets her prince in return. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

The Proposal
High-powered book editor Maggie (Sandra Bullock) is everyone's worst nightmare: ruthless, driven, and tactless. When she finds herself faced with deportation back to Canada, she coerces her much younger assistant (Ryan Reynolds) into marrying her. However, when the government becomes suspicious, they embark upon a charade in order to make the marriage seem legitimate. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

Valentine's Day
Follows the intertwining storylines of a diverse group of Los Angelenos (An All-Star Cast) as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine's Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love. (Click Here to Place a Hold)
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The Vow
A young couple (Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum) has a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. After she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband sets his sights on winning her heart again. Based on a true story. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

When Harry Met Sally
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other? (Click Here to Place a Hold)

You've Got Mail
A romance in which superstore book chain magnate Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) and cozy children's bookshop owner Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) are anonymous e-mail cyberpals who fall head-over-laptops in love, unaware that they are combative business rivals. (Click Here to Place a Hold)

Bonus: Kate & Leopold
Kate (Meg Ryan) and her actor brother live in 21st century New York. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart (Liev Schreiber), has found a spot near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time -- one can return to the 19th century. Stuart goes back to the 1870s and takes pictures, then is followed back to New York by Leopold (Hugh Jackman). Leopold gets help with fitting into the 21st century from Kate's brother, Charlie, and meets Kate herself. Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in advertising, but her growing feelings for Leopold cause her to reevaluate her priorities in life. (Click Here to Order It Through Evergreen Indiana)