1. Some Like It Hot (1959) Billy Wilder's wonderful comedy is probably the greatest rom-com of all. It certainly has the best final line.

2. The Lady Eve (1941) Preston Sturges's glorious farce pits con-woman Barbara Stanwyck against Henry Fonda.

3. His Girl Friday (1940) (Pictured on our cover) Rosalind Russell is ace reporter Hildy Johnson; Cary Grant is her editor. Dizzying one-liners.

4. Bringing up Baby (1938) Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and a leopard called Baby.

5. Midnight (1939) Written by Billy Wilder, this is a real gem. Claudette Colbert is glorious as a chorus girl hired by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair.

6. Annie Hall (1977) It's hard to believe that Woody Allen originally envisaged this terrific comedy as a murder mystery with a romantic subplot.

7. The Apartment (1960) Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon in a smart, very adult rom-com.

8. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) Preston Sturges's comedy about an unwed mother was controversial at the time.

9. The Palm Beach Story (1942) A wife tries to raise money for her inventor husband by divorcing him and marrying

a millionaire.

10. The Women (1939) George Cukor's bitchin' chick flick follows the lives of a group of Manhattan women. Genius.

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