Some of our favorite onscreen couples met in the most adorable, unexpected ways.
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Ah, the movie meet-cute.
Two people meet by chance, leading to a blossoming romance.
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in ‘(500) Days of Summer’; Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in ‘When Harry Met Sally; Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Romeo + Juliet’.Credit:Courtesy Everett Collection (3)
“Well, this was some meet-cute,” he observes.
And the man says to the salesman, ‘I just need bottoms.’
The woman says, ‘I just need a top.’
Eli Wallach and Kate Winslet in ‘The Holiday’.Zade Rosenthal/Columbia Pictures
They look at each other, and that’s the meet-cute."
We want to seethatone happen!
“Yeah,” he replies.
Zoe Kazan and Kumail Nanjiani in ‘The Big Sick’.Nicole Rivelli/Lionsgate
“It would be an accurate heckle.”
Once that guy’s gone, though, even the smooth-talking Hitch finds he’s met his match.
In the most chivalrous way possible, he invites her to change at his place.
Eva Mendes in ‘Hitch’.Columbia Pictures
If you ask her, it was a sign of good things to come.
It’s no surprise he becomes easily taken by her goofy antics and hilarious dance moves.
They meet at a party, spotting each other from opposite sides of a fish tank.
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Love at first sight.K.J.
They charmingly banter over whether men and women can just be friends without sex complicating things before parting ways.
Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts in ‘Notting Hill’.Universal Pictures
Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in ‘Annie Hall’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Bill Hader and Amy Schumer in ‘Trainwreck’.Universal Pictures
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in ‘50 First Dates’.Sony Pictures
Winona Ryder in ‘Reality Bites’.Universal Pictures
Salma Hayek in ‘Fools Rush In’.Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Lopez in ‘The Wedding Planner’.Ron Batzdorff
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in ‘Before Sunrise’.Columbia Pictures
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in ‘(500) Days of Summer’.Fox Searchlight / Everett Collection
Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon in ‘Love Actually’.Universal Pictures
Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in ‘Sleepless in Seattle’.TriStar Pictures/Everett Collection
Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in ‘Something’s Gotta Give’.Bob Marshak/Columbia Pictures
Kristen Wiig in ‘Bridesmaids’.Universal Pictures
Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney in ‘Out of Sight’.Universal Pictures
Nia Vardalos in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’.IFC Films/Courtesy Everett Collection
Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez in ‘Maid in Manhattan’.Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in ‘Roman Holiday’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Romeo + Juliet’.20th Century-Fox/Getty Images
Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs in ‘How Stella Got Her Groove Back’.20th Century Fox
Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in ‘When Harry Met Sally…'.Courtesy Everett Collection
