Plot: When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly, insecure airport security agent Kirk can’t believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts about the relationship lasting, Kirk does everything he can to avoid losing Molly forever.

KBZ’s Take: She’s Out of My League takes the ‘nerdy guy with supermodel’ film trope and flips it on its head. There are some genuinely laugh out loud scenes in this film and it does a great job of balancing the female point of view of Molly (Alice Eve) with Kirk’s (Jay) never-ending male insecurities.

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Plot: New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

KBZ’s Take: There were many female-focused raunchy romantic comedies to choose from but most of the films involved primary themes of a bachelorette party. It ultimately came down to where How to Be Single would rank against a film such as Trainwreck (2015).

We picked How to Be Single for this slot as it has a great ensemble cast with Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie and explores various relationship issues from both gender perspectives in its own raunchy way. Though it is a female-focused film, it’s also a film men will enjoy.

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Plot: Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

KBZ’s Take: Sleeping with Other People has the least amount of overt raunchiness on our list as the raunchy situations mostly occur through dialogue between Jake (Jason Sudeikis) and Lainey (Alison Brie). It’s also a film that delves much deeper into relationship issues than other films on our list.

With all that said, it’s a great film that couples will enjoy and is great for single people (who might not yet be aware that their friend of the opposite sex might, in fact, be the one).

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Plot: John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman’s hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.

KBZ’s Take: The first Buddy Comedy on our list that we absolutely had to include in our Top 10 due to the film’s novel premise and shift to a romance in the second and third acts. Some of the raunchy romantic comedy scenes are the best in the subgenre and perfect for a laughter-filled date night on Valentine’s Day.

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Plot: For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she’s pregnant.

KBZ’s Take: It’s hard to fully appreciate Judd Apatow’s influence on the subgenre. Throughout the 2000’s, he not only created the most popular raunchy romantic comedies of the decade, but his influence also steered the direction of the subgenre’s themes away from male dominated points of view to a better balance of both male and female perspectives.

This is evident in the first of Apatow’s films to make our Top 10 with Knocked Up. The film excels in showing the balanced viewpoints of a pregnancy from both Ben (Seth Rogen) and Allison’s (Katherine Heigl) viewpoints. And it wouldn’t be an Apatow film without his trademarked raunchy comedy (even during an actual birth) which the film has from start to finish.

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Plot: Ambitious high schooler falls for his new neighbor – unaware that she used to be a porn star.

KBZ’s Take: Though it is primarily a Coming-of-Age Comedy, The Girl Next Door is also one of the few subgenre films that also puts an emphasis on the romance between a teen and the object of his desire. In this case, an adult porn star.

This is one of the raunchier films on our list as it deals with the porn industry and has sexual situations throughout the film. It is basically an updated version of Risky Business (1983) with more comedy and raunchiness but also with a message of seeing a person for who they are vs. what they do.

Additional Lists: Top Raunchy Comedy Films and Sex Comedies You’ve Never Seen #1

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Plot: Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there’s one thing Andy hasn’t done, and it’s really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.

KBZ’s Take: Our second Apatow film in our Top 10 is also a Buddy Comedy that eventually shifts to a romantic comedy between Andy (Steve Carell) and Trish (Catherine Keener). It’s also a film where Apatow regulars including Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd make an appearance before headlining their own raunchy romantic comedies later in the decade.

As for the film itself, it perfectly balances raunchiness with romance with Carell’s performance elevating the film. His sweet and endearing (yet clueless) Andy character makes the eventual raunchy comedy that much funnier when it happens.

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Plot: On the brink of losing her childhood home, a desperate woman agrees to date a wealthy couple’s introverted and awkward 19-year-old son. However, he proves to be more of a challenge than she expected, and time is running out before she loses it all.

KBZ’s Take: There were two recent high profile raunchy romantic comedies with No Hard Feelings and Anyone But You (2023). Though Anyone But You is the more romantic film, No Hard Feelings is by far the more raunchier of the two.

The film does tackle coming-of-age issues but takes the perspective of this theme from older Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence). Her ‘romance for hire’ with Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) is the heart of the film but it’s Lawrence’s performance during some of the raunchier slapstick comedy scenes that steals the show.

This is a very, very funny film with a heart of gold and highly recommended for some non-stop laughter over the Valentine’s Day weekend.

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Plot: When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter’s world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous Snow in Hawaii, but also Sarah Marshall.

KBZ’s Take: Though the film is not directed by Apatow, he was a producer on the film and his fingerprints are all over Peter’s (Jason Segel) raunchy, romantic and comedic journey. And while Segel gives a standout performance in the film, there are also some unforgettable characters from a cast including Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand and Bill Hader.

Like other Apatow ‘raunch rom-coms’ of the decade, there’s also the balanced view from both gender perspectives – in this case it’s a couple’s breakup. But only Apatow could turn the grieving process of a breakup into one of the funniest (and raunchiest) films of the subgenre.

Note: We also wanted to call out Nicholas Stoller who directed the film. This film was his directorial debut and he would go one to direct some of the raunchiest comedies over the next two decade with Get Him to the Greek (2010), Neighbors (2014) and Bros (2022).

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Plot: For Ted, prom night went about as bad as possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

KBZ’s Take: 27 years later, There’s Something About Mary still retains the crown as the funniest and raunchiest romantic comedy. While the Farrelly Brothers had explored some romantic underpinnings in raunchy classics Dumb and Dumber (1994) and Kingpin (1996), Mary was a romantic comedy first with a level of raunchiness only the Farrelly’s could provide.

The film is filled with raunchy and crass humor that was politically incorrect for its time (and even more so now). But the comedy somehow works due to the unbelievable (yet hysterical) romance between Ted (Ben Stiller) and Mary (Cameron Diaz). This romantic pursuit of Mary is made even funnier by supporting characters Pat (Matt Dillon) and Tucker (Lee Evans).

It’s a film filled with classic rom-com moments with the raunchiest situations possible from Ted’s unfortunate zipper incident to Mary discovering Ted’s ‘hair gel’. And while the film might not have you rediscovering your love for your partner in life, it will leave you both teary eyed from non-stop laughter.

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