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Best New Romantic Comedies of 2021

The romantic comedy genre may have been ridiculed, parodied, taken apart, and flooded with heartfelt additions throughout its history, but to be honest, none of that has been able to lessen the power of a good rom-com. So, without further ado, that's it new romantic comedies coming out in 2021.

[article updated June 1, 2021]

To all the boys 3: With love

Release date: 12th of February

Cast: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Jordan Fisher, John Corbett

Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky have been through this over the years, separated first by a jealous ex, then by a mysterious ex. Now, in the final installment of the Netflix adaptation of Jenny Khan's beloved series, they'll find out if their love can handle the pressures of life after school.

Map of Tiny Perfect Things

Release date: 12th of February

Cast: Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen

Another heartbreaking yet hilarious teenage romcom"Map of Tiny Perfect Things" is a story with a time loop in the spirit ofpalm springs andgroundhog day . This time, Mark and Margaret use their situation to map out the most beautiful moments of the day, which they relive over and over again—until one of them, of course, decides to try and break the loop.

On high

Release date: June 18

Cast: Anthony Ramos, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera

BeforeHamilton was "In the heights" , Lin-Manuel Miranda's first widely acclaimed musical, winning four of the 13 colossal Tony Awards it was nominated for in 2008. It chronicles the lives of residents of a rapidly gentrifying, mostly immigrant New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights. Keep a close eye on the many alumsHamilton seasoned throughout the cast, including Lin himself as a piragua.

Cinderella

Release date: July 16

Cast: Camila Cabello, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel, Nicholas Golitsyn

The latest adaptation of this timeless story will see the former Fifth Harmony singer star in her film debut. She will be assisted by Fab G, her sexless fairy godfather played by Billy Porter, and a trio of lackeys turned mice played by John Mulaney, James Corden and Romesh Ranganathan.

Kissing booth 3

Release date: summer 2021

Cast: Joey King, Jacob Elordi, Joel Courtney

College Decisions Strike Again! Like the last part of the seriesTo All the Boys , the third part of the Netflix series "The Kissing Booth will revolve around El's decision between joining her boyfriend Noah at Harvard or accompanying her best friend Lee to UC Berkeley. Good luck with that girl.

Starling

Release date: to be specified.

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, David Diggs

A million thanks to Netflix for saving this script from over a decade of development hell because it sounds like a classic romantic comedy. The plot centers on a married couple played by exes.bridesmaids and colleagues fromSaint Vincent McCarthy and O'Dowd, who deal with shared grief in different ways, including, in one case, becoming ridiculously obsessed with killing a starling who seems obsessed. about wreaking havoc in their backyard.

Strong love

Release date: to be specified.

Cast: Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Young, Charles Melton

Don't you hate when you fly across the country to meet your boyfriend online, find yourself getting caught feline for months and then agree to fake a date with your feline in exchange for getting to know a real guy whose pictures did he use to seduce you? Ugh, same thing.

The Making Of

Release date: to be specified.

Cast: Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Blake Lively, Lin-Manuel Miranda

It is not clear whether the premiseThe Making Of — an aging married couple begins making a film that romanticizes their life together, even as their relationship begins to falter — or casting — Keaton and Gere as the older couple, Lively and Miranda as the actors they choose. playing them as young selves is what sells the most here. But in any case, I will not miss watching all this on the screen.

*Untitled* Alicia Keys Project

Release date: to be specified.

Cast: Christina Milian, Jay Pharaoh, Sinqua Walls

Alicia Keys' next foray into making romcoms for Netflix may not have a name, but it has a premise—and a great one, too. It stars Milian as an aspiring pop star who somehow turns out to be musical entertainment at her ex-fiancé's wedding... which is certainly not difficult at all.

In place of princess 3

Release date: winter 2021

Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar

Before you get too high hopes, you should know that Hudgens has already limited the number of Vaness Hudgens she can play in one movie to three. So don't expect to see her fourth doppelgänger in the third iteration of this completely insane holiday series. Even so, as evidenced by the first two films aboutPrincess Switch , three Hudgens is more than enough to elicit plenty of adorable jokes for about an hour and a half.

Castle at Christmas

Release date: winter 2021

Cast: Brooke Shields, Cary Elwes

Netflix's next holiday hit will likely come in the form of "Castle for Christmas» , in which Shields will play a famous American writer who visits castles in Scotland but is rejected by a Scottish duke played by Elvis. Relatively!