After a reluctant 18-hour road trip from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally are certain of one thing: they won’t remain friends. In fact, Harry is convinced that men and women can’t be just friends at all. But after a few years of chance meetings and shifting life circumstances, the two form an unlikely friendship. As their connection deepens and the lines between friendship and something more begin to blur, Harry’s theory just might prove true.
Written by iconic screenwriter Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner, When Harry Met Sally… set a new standard that would come to define the rom-com genre for decades to come. With sizzling chemistry between Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan—and an infamous scene at Katz’s Delicatessen—the film continues to hold a place in our hearts and still has us wondering what exactly she was having. —Dominique Oneil
Reprise screening (SFJFF 2011)