I've come to discover that romantic comedies are the perfect medication for most of life's tragic woes. Sure, they seem cliché, far-fetched, or unrealistic, but they're meant to teach you life lessons, place yourself in another's shoes, and push the rules of relationships. No matter the absurdity, romantic movies/romantic comedies are there to insure a giggle or two with a flaming heart to match.

Whatever the reason for your attention, these solid handful of romantic movies could be the sign you're looking for.

1. While You Were Sleeping

It wouldn't be right if I skimmed over Sandra Bullock. She has made some of the greatest, most heart-felt romance movies ever. Her quirky characters are what made her films some of the most charming.

While You Were Sleeping is about a lonely girl stuck in a dead-end job who around Christmas has to save the man she's been interested in for months from being pushed on train tracks. Peter ends up in a coma, and, by some miscommunication, the hospital staff thinks that she is his fiancé. So she gets to spend a wild week with his family, and meets her match: Peter's brother Jack.

2. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

One of my personal favorites, and one of Kate Hudson's best romantic comedies. Also, can we talk about Matthew McConaughey in this movie? Total dreamboat.

Andie Anderson is a writer for Composure Magazine, where she writes creative How-To's for their readers. One day, she aims to save her friend from becoming the next article, potentially ripping her love-life to pieces, she aims to twist her friend's break-up into an article called "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". Little did she know that she'd meet Ben Barry, the very cool advertising specialist. He could be the man of her dreams, but her career spares no mercy. What is she to do?

Also Ben is trying to win a diamond account for his company, but he has to make a random girl fall in love with him to prove he understands what women want. And, who is his unsuspecting victim? No other than Andie Anderson.

Can either of them keep their careers in tact or will they fall for each other for real?

3. Someone Like You

This movie follows Jane Goodale and her struggling relationship with her coworker Ray, who happens to be committed to someone else. Having been sent to the dark side from his mind games, Jane comes up with the "New Cow Theory" where a bull never goes back to the same cow.

She finds it applies to men, but when Ray goes back to his original relationship, she has trouble grasping for reality as her theory becomes national news. Her other coworker, the man-whore-like Eddie, tries to help her get over Ray as he offers her a place to stay. She finds him insufferable, but she learns that you should never judge a book by its cover.

4. Before We Go

Before We Go is more dramatic than the other films. It does have some lighthearted moments within it, so I do deem it comedic in that sense.

It is about two separate people, man and woman, who find themselves getting lost together in New York. The man, Nick, tries to help Carrie/Brooke get back home before her husband gets back. As for a reason to that, you'll have to watch and see. They end up running into trouble all over New York just to help her, while Nick tries to talk himself out of a trumpet audition for a well-known jazz band. All in all, it is a very wistful and fun movie full of great advice for any stage of your life.

5. Two Weeks Notice

Another Sandra Bullock film that is very close to my heart. This used to play over and over on ABC Family, now known as FreeForm, when I was a kid. It, to this day, is still a lovely film.

It stars Bullock as Lucy Kelson, an environmental lawyer, who is hell-bent on keeping her neighboring community center running as per normal. However, George Wade (Hugh Grant) has different plans for the run-down building. Long story short, she starts to work for him in hopes to save the community center from demolition. As expected, they tend to argue about his dependency on Lucy, so she puts in her two weeks notice. The closer it gets to that deadline, she starts having second thoughts about leaving George. It's a very humorous film, especially the traffic scene, filled with sarcasm and wonderful chemistry between Bullock and Grant.