The Best Wedding Movies of All Time

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Whether you're searching for big-day inspiration, you want to spend a relaxing night away from vendor contracts and wedding budgets, or you're simply in the mood for some popcorn, watching a wedding movie is a great way to spend an evening. Filled with everything from sweet love stories and dreamy wedding scenes to surprising plot twists and belly laughs, these popular wedding movies have something for everyone. Whether you're looking for something old or something new, read on for plenty of wedding movies to watch snuggled up with your spouse-to-be.

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

As one of the highest-grossing romantic comedies, this film is a must-see. If time allows it, you may want to watch the sequels too—especially if you're marrying into a different culture.

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Wedding Crashers

This comedy will have both you and yours laughing—and wishing Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn would show up at your reception. The film follows two divorce mediators who crash weddings in an attempt to meet women.

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The Best Man

The main character (and best man) in this film spills his friends' secrets in a not-yet-released book and tries to make sure they don't find out his soon-to-be bestselling novel is about them.

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Bridesmaids

Hosting a movie night with your wedding party? Pick this flick, starring seriously skilled comediennes Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and more.

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Runaway Bride

It's no secret that Julia Roberts and Richard Gere have great chemistry. In this film, Gere plays a journalist covering "the runaway bride"—portrayed by Roberts—who has left three grooms at the altar and is currently planning a fourth wedding.

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Sweet Home Alabama

You don't have to be a southern belle to appreciate this charming romantic comedy, which tells the story of an Alabama girl choosing between her roots and new big city life.

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My Best Friend's Wedding

Julianne and Michael made a pact to tie the knot if they were both still single by age 28. Right before Julianne's fateful birthday, though, she finds out Michael's marrying someone else.

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The Wedding Singer

Love the '80s? Adam Sandler plays a lovesick songwriter who just happens to have the romantic day job of—you guessed it—singing at weddings. Trouble ensues when he falls for a betrothed Drew Barrymore.

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Our Family Wedding

Cultures clash and families feud in this lighthearted comedy about merging the in-laws.

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Father of the Bride

Grab Mom and Dad to watch this classic wedding movie about an overprotective father's love for his daughter.

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Steel Magnolias

Yes, this one's a tear-jerker. But it also features a wedding for the ages—complete with a "pink and pink" palette and the iconic armadillo groom's cake.

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Love Actually

This British holiday movie gives us the gift of multiple love stories and one wedding, proving that "love is actually all around."

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27 Dresses

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. That age-old saying is the truth for the main character in this charming movie, who has served as a bridesmaid 27 times.

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Three Men and a Little Lady

In the sequel to Three Men and a Baby, the whole gang returns, and this time their adventures are centered around a wedding.

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Mamma Mia!

Based on the 1999 musical of the same name, Mamma Mia! follows a bride-to-be who invites three men to her upcoming wedding, under the assumption that one of them could be her father.

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

Hugh Grant's character falls for a beautiful American at a wedding, and the two continue to click but not stick at several more weddings (and a funeral).

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Royal Wedding

The 1951 film features Fred Astaire's iconic "dance-across-the-ceiling" performance—just one of many reasons to see this timeless film, which is set in England during the time of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip's wedding.

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I Love You, Man

Your groom and his best man will love this bro-mantic comedy just as much as you do. It follows Peter Klaven who goes on a series of friend dates to find the best man for his wedding.

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The Corpse Bride

Choose Tim Burton's imaginative stop-motion fantasy for a dose of bittersweet wedding whimsy.

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The Princess Bride

Reminisce together with this childhood favorite. This movie features a farm boy's quest to save his true love, Princess Buttercup, from an evil king.

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Monsoon Wedding

A series of romantic entanglements occur while planning an enormous wedding in Delhi during this 2001 romantic comedy.

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The Philadelphia Story

Katharine Hepburn is a socialite torn between three men in this 1940 romantic comedy ending with a wedding.

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The Proposal

To avoid deportation, a Canadian book editor (Sandra Bullock) bribes her assistant, Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), into saying they're engaged. Things get interesting when the fake couple visits Andrew's family.

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Sex and the City

This satisfying cinematic follow-up to the TV series follows New York City writer, Carrie Bradshaw as she plans her wedding to longtime love, Mr. Big.

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The Sound of Music

Abbess Maria fills the home of the Von Trapp family with music and along the way falls in love with the widowed naval officer.

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Coming to America

An African prince (Eddie Murphy) in need of a wife wants to avoid an arranged marriage. So to find his queen, he journeys to Queens, N.Y., naturally.

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Sense and Sensibility

Let Jane Austen's lovely tale of two sisters finding love captivate you as you prepare for your own nuptials.

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Emma

In an adaptation of another Jane Austen novel, a matchmaker by hobby (Gwyneth Paltrow) must learn to allow herself to find a match, too.

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The Hangover

Give your significant other a humorous two-hour refresher on what not to do at their bachelor or bachelorette party. The comedy follows three friends who wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas with no recollection of what happened the night before.

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Shrek

This kid-friendly, animated fairy tale calls for a viewing with your flower girl and ring bearer. Watch a sweet love story unfold between two unlikely characters—an ogre and a princess—as the fantasy-comedy builds to the big moment: a wedding.

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It's a Wonderful Life

In this black-and-white Frank Capra film, we're taken through the highlights of the life of a down-on-his-luck businessman—including his wedding and marriage.

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The Wedding Planner

Take an easy break from planning your own wedding and watch Jennifer Lopez portray a wedding planner who has fallen for her client, a groom-to-be played by none other than Matthew McConaughey.

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Bride Wars

In this cute comedy, best friends become enemies as they fight over the same wedding date at the same venue.

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Monster-in-Law

This comedy revolves around a disgruntled mother-in-law who tries her best to get her son to call off his wedding.

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The Graduate

Watch what happens when a recent graduate gets involved with a woman—and then falls in love with her daughter. The movie culminates in a dramatic wedding scene.

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