Some rom-com pairings are better than others. These 20 are the absolute best. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan There’s a reason Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan starred in more than one rom-com together.
Something about that pairing was absolute magic on screen. Ryan’s sweet, earnest nature contrasted with Hanks’ brooding demeanor beautifully in every frame. Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal If there’s one person with whom Meg Ryan matched better on screen than Tom Hanks, it's Billy Crystal.
Crystal carried himself on screen similarly to Hanks, but he had a touch more humor, bringing out the best in Ryan. What a duo. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are a modern rom-com lover’s dream pairing.
Both are phenomenal actors in their own right; their mutual adoration off-screen translates seamlessly on screen, making for scenes that range from charmingly magnetic to electric in chemistry. Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo could be in a relationship in real life. Their energy in 13 Going on 30 made it impossible not to root for them, implausible as their circumstances seemed.
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere Pretty Woman wouldn’t have fared nearly as well as it did without Julia Roberts and Richard Gere as the stars. Those two could make even the driest of love stories worth watching. Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant Lives were changed when Julia Roberts stood in front of Hugh Grant and asked him to love her in Notting Hill .
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