![Mary Astor and Joel McCrea in The Palm Beach Story, a screwball romantic comedy](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Palm_Beach_Story_Astor_McCrea.jpg)
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily". Another definition states that its "primary distinguishing feature is a love plot in which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled".