The 25 Best Wedding Movies, Ranked

Jane Fonda plays Jennifer Lopez’s future maniac mother-in-law. Pretty cheesy but (shhh) pretty entertaining, too.

There’s going to be a major Scottish wedding. Too bad the MOH—played by a dashing Patrick Dempsey—wants to break up the marriage. Dun dun dun.

Debra Messing hires a charming male escort (played by Dermot Mulroney, ooh la la) to be her date to her younger sister’s wedding in a land we like to call every woman’s fantasy.

Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek’s families clash when they get engaged (because she gets pregnant) after a one-night stand. Come for the pre-fame Chandler Bing; stay for the Rat Pack tunes.

Vintage Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker are having relationship troubles in—yep, you guessed it—Vegas. Good thing James Caan (and a million Elvis impersonators) is there to make a mess out of everything.

Nothing like a good old-fashioned race-to-the-altar-to-break-up-a-marriage movie to keep you on the edge of your seat. As far as sequels go (Three Men and a Baby, anyone?), this one—starring Tom Selleck—isn’t half bad. 

A post-rehab Anne Hathaway causes quite a stir when she returns home in time for her sister’s posh New England wedding. Proof angry Anne Hathaway is the best Anne Hathaway.

Poor Katherine Heigl. If we had that many bridesmaids dresses in our closet, we’d get hammered and belt out Elton John songs, too.

Ryan Reynolds fake proposes to his boss Sandra Bullock to help her lock down a green card and the two plan a faux wedding in picture-perfect Alaska. The best part: Betty White (who plays Ry’s grandma) at the bachelorette.

Guys, Julia Roberts doesn’t even know what kind of eggs she likes. There’s no way she can pick a groom. (Cue the Richard Gere entrance.)

Yay, more J.Lo! This time, she meets cute with Matthew McConaughey (a pediatrician, duh) and the two fall in love while eating (only the brown) M&Ms.

This Sydney-set rom-com features Toni Collette and plenty of ABBA. Yesss.

More ABBA! But this time it’s sung by Meryl Streep and, OMG, Pierce Brosnan.

Several generations of an Indian family unite for an epic Bollywood wedding with wayyyy too many logistics. But, seriously, this is the most feel-good wedding movie you’ll ever watch.

Carrie Bradshaw’s Vogue photo shoot on replay for days, please and thanks.    

OK, we lied: This is the most feel-good wedding movie you’ll ever watch.

You’ve got an actually charming Adam Sandler. And allllll the '80s tunes.

As far as tough decisions go (marry the mayor’s son and collect a huge Tiffany’s rock versus open up a Soho boutique with your glass-blowing ex-husband), Reese Witherspoon has her work cut out for her. Sheesh.

In easily Eddie Murphy's greatest role, he renounces his royalty, flees the confines of an arranged marriage, discovers a new country, takes a job at McDonald's, falls in love, gives up on love, agrees to the arranged marriage and (spoiler) gets a huge surprise in the end.

Like you haven’t worked “Mawiage is what bwings us together today” into a wedding speech or two.

Aka that movie where Hugh Grant parades around in all the most dapper English duds.

Because “Make me a bicycle, clown.”

If we were Julia Roberts, we’d choose Rupert Everett (and all the Dionne Warwick sing-alongs) over Dermot Mulroney any day.

Like, honestly, where do we even begin?

No, Steve Martin, we’ll never be too old for a game of one-on-one. Promise.