In this Movie List from The Film Magazine, we’re counting down the most emotionally resonant, funny and important moments from Love Actually for these, the 10 Best Love Actually Moments.

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10. Colin Goes to an American Bar

After deciding he is on the wrong continent for love, Colin Frissell (Kris Marshall) travels to America, because “any bar anywhere in America contains ten girls more beautiful and more likely to have sex with [him] than the whole of the United Kingdom”.

Sure enough, not one but three beautiful American women are charmed by his cute British accent and invite him to their place (after warning him that they only have one bed and no pyjamas).

Colin’s Christmas gets even merrier when they tell him that he hasn’t met their fourth housemate Harriet, and “she is the sexy one”.

9. So Much More Than a Bag

In a rush to buy an expensive gold necklace for the woman with whom he may or may not be having an affair, Harry (Alan Rickman) wants to grab it and go, but the shop assistant (Rowan Atkinson) has other plans when he agrees to have it gift wrapped.

After placing it in a box, he ties it with a bow before delicately wrapping it in cellophane. Rickman anxiously glances over his shoulder as Atkinson slides open a drawer to retrieve tiny, dried roses, which he sprinkles lovingly. Atkinson then meticulously crushes fresh lavender. An increasingly agitated Rickman urges the man to hurry, to which he agrees, before slowly attaching a large cinnamon stick with a ribbon. As Atkinson retrieves a pair of garden gloves to add some holly, an exasperated Rickman asks – “what else are you going to do? Dip it in yoghurt? Cover it in chocolate buttons?!” All the while, his wife Karen grows increasingly near.

Oh the literature! Oh the poetry! Oh the music!

Oh the comedy…

If there is anything that this cold little island has to be proud of, it’s our comedy. ‘Monty Python’, ‘Fawlty Towers’, ‘Little Britain’ and many more are lauded all over the world; but does British comedy deserve its unshakeable reputation? In the past 30 years there has been a trend in British comedy involving attempted transitions from TV to film, all the way from Keith Lemon to ‘The Thick of It’ – very much an obvious time and money saver when no original idea is forthcoming. Necessity breeds invention, but is this just laziness or an act of genius? To find out, we at The Film Magazine looked at the good and the downright ugly of British television’s movie adaptations to put together this: the 10 Best British TV Comedy Film Adaptations from the Past 30 Years.

10. Ali G Indahouse (2002)

TV: Da Ali G Show

Unlike most of the other TV-to-film critical bombs of the past 30 years (Keith Lemon – The Film; Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie), Ali G Indahouse enjoys continued relevance, not least because it was the springboard for Sacha Baron Cohen’s internationally recognisable film career.

Ali G Indahouse took Cohen’s alter-ego, Ali G, who on his TV show would troll politicians and celebrities with his inane questions on serious topics, and implanted him into a fictitious world where he would become a Member of Parliament and a Cabinet Minister. Despite Ali’s huge incompetence, his moronic policy suggestions (such as only allowing hot women into the country) has people hailing him as the voice of a generation.

Here, the comedy is continuous, with belly laughs guaranteed by a constant stream of iconic moments, including the now infamous: “And I put it to you… that you sucked off a horse!”

As this is Sacha Baron Cohen, the film has some excruciatingly offensive moments, but it does effectively satirise British disillusionment with mainstream politics and the apathy of youth culture. For better or for worse, Ali G Indahouse solidified Cohen’s status as a British Institution and the colloquialisms of Ali G are forever embedded into the British vernacular, though the latter might be for the worse – “Hey Fatty Boom Boom, want another cream cake?”

9. Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000)

TV: Harry Enfield & Chums

Nobody would have thought that a duo pushing forty would produce one of the most accurate portrayals of teenage boys on film, but Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke did just that with their turn of the century comedy Kevin and Perry Go Large.

The names of the titular characters, that were plucked from Harry Enfield’s sketch shows, have often been hurled by parents at surly, disagreeable offspring, especially by those who brought up children throughout the 90s and 00s. This is because Kevin and Perry Go Large is a film that thoroughly documents the struggles of teenage life: fallings out, misunderstood genius, demanding parents, and of course the plight of losing your virginity; and it’s all wrapped up in the inspirational tale of two boys on the cusp of manhood fulfilling their dreams of becoming DJs in Ibiza.

The over the top presentation of Kevin and Perry is what makes the film so memorable, as it overall heightens the often gross-out comedy (who would have thought that anything could be more disgusting than the poo scene in The Inbetweeners 2?). A distinctly millennium movie, you would think there was a danger of it becoming dated, but the comedy has a universal quality, such as the horror of witnessing your parents… at it.

Other elements that had the potential to age badly, such as the fashion, oddly went full circle with bucket hats and active wear suddenly becoming fashionable again; and despite the music being very much of the time, all featured tracks are undisputed tunes – Kevin and Perry definitely has the best soundtrack in this list.

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For this list, we’ve analysed the contemporary era of cinema (1970 and beyond) for the very best rom-com ensemble casts that came to define eras, surprise audiences and ultimately sell their film, whether the picture could be considered good or not.

As a rule, we’ve avoided films that are firmly attached to other genres, such as musicals like Grease and La La Land or dramas like The Silver Linings Playbook and Shakespeare In Love (all of which have rom-com elements), and have judged all casts based on casts alone – beware, there may be some seriously trash movies in the list ahead!

In no particular order…

1. No Strings Attached (2011)

Starring that year’s Best Actress Oscar winner Natalie Portman and arguably the decade’s most trustworthy go-to rom-com leading man Ashton Kutcher, this early 2010s offering from Ivan Reitman, the director of Ghostbusters (1984), featured a stacked cast of future industry leaders including Oscar-nominated director Greta Gerwig and multi-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling.

Oscar winning actor Kevin Kline played Kutcher’s father, meanwhile Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond, Ludacris and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s Jake Johnson offered their two cents in some of the film’s smaller roles, filling No Strings Attached to the brim with some of the decade’s most influential and recognisable names.

Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Lake Bell, Cary Elwes, Greta Gerwig, Olivia Thirlby, Ludacris, Mindy Kaling, Jake Johnson, Ophelia Lovibond

2. You’ve Got Mail (1998)

The 2nd half of the Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks rom-com double bill, You’ve Got Mail, also directed by Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally), peaks its older sister to this slot due to each of its stars (particularly Hanks) being even closer to the top of their game, with the supporting cast being nothing short of a who’s who of top class late 90s names.

Leading male Tom Hanks had won two Oscars between Sleepless In Seattle and You’ve Got Mail (for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump) and was about to win his 3rd for 1998’s Saving Private Ryan, while the supporting cast featured that year’s Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Greg Kinnear, award-winning comedian Dave Chappelle, Steve Zahn, Parker Posey and even Chris Messina in a small role.

Cast: Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Dave Chappelle, Steve Zahn, Heather Burns, Jean Stapleton, Chris Messina