20 Rom-Coms Every Woman Should Watch Before She Turns 30

All Jenna Rink wants to be is "30, flirty, and thriving" until she actually gets what she wishes for. The bewilderment of being 13 in a 30-year-old's body is played pretty much perfectly here by Jennifer Garner, and this film captures the exact moment where the world truly fell in love with Mark Ruffalo. 

If you've ever mulled over the question of what it means to have a soulmate, TiMER lets you imagine what it would be like to wear a futuristic device that counts down to the exact moment when you'll meet your "one." The film captures the anxiety of growing older without a concrete romantic prospect in sight (get used to it!), and debates the idea of living in the moment versus waiting for your prince charming. 

The hilarious and uncensored Bridget Jones (played by Renée Zellweger) forever has our loyalty as a news anchor caught in a love triangle with her boss and her childhood friend Mr. Mark Darcy (actually modeled off the brooding Pride & Prejudice suitor).  The British humor is pitch perfect and glorifies the idea of being unapologetically yourself, flaws and all. 

One of the most clever teen comedies of all time, 10 Things I Hate About You is a classic for its whip-smart script and hilarious camaraderie between the actors (see a young Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Not to mention, all the signature rom-com moments, from epic dance and song scenes (honestly, it's worth watching just to see Heath Ledger's immortal dance number with a marching band) to public declarations of love. 

Obviously you have seen this, so you don't need to read a description. (Okay okayyyy if somehow you haven't, here you go: This modern update of Jane Austen's Emma sees a California high-school girl as she balances her social life, bettering herself and others, and keeping up her expansive closet.) 

One of the darkest and most offbeat of romantic comedies, Harold and Maude is about a morbid young boy with a penchant for faking his own death who falls in love with a carefree 80-year-old woman who teaches him a new appreciation for life. 

Jennifer Lawrence. Bradley Cooper. Attitude. Dance Competition. Done.

Woody Allen is his signature neurotic self in this New York-based comedy about the ups and downs of one relationship over the course of several years.

Clearly this is a requirement. Julia Roberts is epic in this movie about a wealthy businessman who becomes smitten with a prostitute he hires on a whim.

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore play a waitress and a wedding singer who are engaged to the wrong people, until they have the good fortune to meet each other.