Notting Hill currently dominates Anyone But You 73–27
Grant's stammering charm demolishes the dating-app-era romcom.
The Verdict Decade Duel
Hugh Grant standing in front of a girl, asking her to love him — that scene works because the entire film has been building the case that this man is genuinely, constitutionally incapable of believing someone like Julia Roberts would choose someone like him. The stammer isn't a performance; it's a worldview. Anyone But You gives Sweeney and Powell good chemistry and a Sydney backdrop, but the obstacles between them are manufactured where Notting Hill's feel characterological. At 73 to 27, voters choose the romcom where the barrier to love is a person's actual nature over the one where it's a plot contrivance. From 71 votes, earned awkwardness beats engineered friction.
The Numbers
| Notting Hill | Anyone But You | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 73% | 27% |
| Overall Win Rate | 70% | 29% |
| Championships | 23 | 2 |
| Avg Decision | 2.4s | 2.1s |
| Budget | $42M | $25M |
| Return | 8.7x | 8.6x |
Where This Matchup Sits
Out of 22 Romance films on the platform, Notting Hill near the top at #1 and Anyone But You languishing near the bottom.
Against other opponents on BingeBracket, the picture shifts. Notting Hill beats The Fall Guy, but Anyone But You loses to it — the same opponent produces opposite results.
Notting Hill with 23 titles and Anyone But You with 2 — the tournament record and the head-to-head point the same direction.
24 years separate Notting Hill and Anyone But You. Dollar figures don't compare across that gap, but bracket voters don't care about inflation — Notting Hill wins the head-to-head regardless.
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