‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’
The original Four Weddings and a Funeral hit the romantic comedy genre with a refreshing blast of candor, upping the ante for what the genre could achieve. As sweet as it is acerbic, sorrowful, and sexy, the original Four Weddings won audiences over with its edgy argument that romance wasn’t dead. The film famously focuses on a tight-knit group of British friends who find themselves dragged through a series of weddings, all of which feature their own hilarious hijinks and dramatic twists, and of course, one poignant funeral. The movie also established Richard Curtis as one of the modern day masters of the rom-com and transformed Hugh Grant into an unlikely international heartthrob.