By British actor Hugh Grant is everyone's favourite romantic lead - he's funny, charming, yet also completely relatable. And this is probably why many of Hugh Grant's movies have become staples, the kinds of favourites people watch again and again.
Hugh Grant first found fame in the 1990s, and his big breakthrough was a role in Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994. The film was a roaring success, and it would mark the start of a brilliant working friendship between Hugh and the movie's screenwriter, Richard Curtis. Hugh would later go on to star in several of Curtis' most treasured movies, including Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diaryand Love Actually.
He's starred as the love interest for some of the most famous women in Hollywood, including Julia Roberts, Renee Zellweger and Drew Barrymore.
So cuddle up with a loved one on the sofa, and watch one of Hugh Grant's best movies.
Love Actually
This movie is proof that love actually is... all around. Hugh Grant stars as the Prime Minister who falls in love with one of his employees, Natalie, played by Martine McCutcheon. His story is only one of several overlapping love stories set around Christmastime, and the star-studded cast includes Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson. It's the ultimate Christmas romantic comedy, with a smorgasbord of quotable lines and memorable scenes ("I hate you, uncle Jamie!")
Notting Hill
"I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her," says Julia Roberts in one of the most iconic romantic comedy scenes of all time. Roberts stars as high-profile American actress Anna, who falls in love with William (Hugh Grant), a normal British man from Notting Hill. The writing of Curtis doesn't get much better than this BAFTA-winning classic.
About a Boy
Hugh plays Will, a rich, child-free and irresponsible man who pretends he's a single father in order to meet women. As a result of one of his liaisons, he meets Marcus (played by an 11-year-old Nicholas Hoult) and the two embark on an unlikely friendship. With a story by Nick Hornby, it's as funny as it is charming.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
This is the movie that sent Hugh Grant stratospheric. Released in 1994 and written by Richard Curtis, it follows Charles, who discovers his true love for Carrie (Andie MacDowell) while attending four weddings and a funeral. Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning, the film grossed $245.7 million in the box office. It's so iconic, in fact, that researchers at Google Pixel ranked it as the number one most re-watchable film.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding's brilliant book comes to life through Renee Zellweger, who plays Bridget, a clumsy, fun, single woman who becomes entangled in a complicated love triangle with Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) and Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Hilarious, relatable, and one we can watch on repeat.
Sense and Sensibility
This famous period drama from 1995 was based on the novel by Jane Austen and brought to life by Emma Thompson. The story follows the Dashwood sisters - Elinor (Emma Thompson) and Marianne (Kate Winslet) - who are members of a wealthy English family of landed gentry, as they must deal with circumstances of sudden destitution. They are forced to seek financial security through marriage, and Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman star as their respective suitors.
Music and Lyrics
This 2007 movie follows an eighties pop artist (Hugh Grant) who asks the woman who waters his plants (Drew Barrymore) to help him write lyrics for a duet with a pop-star, for his big musical comeback. And yes, you guessed it, romance ensues.
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