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  1. verdict (verdict): Pretty Woman → When Harry Met Sally. Amanda ranks Pretty Woman second among romantic comedies behind When Harry Met Sally.
    “When Harry Met Sally in 1989 is my number one romantic comedy of all time, but I think Pretty Woman might be number two.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:30:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Meg Ryan → When Harry Met Sally. When Harry Met Sally is named as Ryan's breakthrough into the beloved-star persona.
    “But then, like, obviously, when Harry Man Sally is like the breakthrough, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:16:28 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): You've Got Mail → When Harry Met Sally. This film's quotes are longer and less snappy than When Harry Met Sally's.
    “This movie doesn't have like something like when Harry Met Sally is so snappy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:01:15 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): You've Got Mail → When Harry Met Sally. Food scenes recur across Ephron's films: Katz's deli, the garnish here, the pie in Heartburn.
    “And even obviously, like Cats's deli in... When Harry Met Sally and the Garnish here, like, and the pie in heartburn.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:04:09 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): You've Got Mail → When Harry Met Sally. The party scene where someone says they read the writer's piece is lifted from When Harry Met Sally.
    “Which is also, which is a scene that's ultimately like lifted from when Harry met Sally.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:30:40 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Hanging Up → When Harry Met Sally. When Harry Met Sally is also built on phone conversations yet has chemistry.
    “so much of that movie is phone conversations, and it does feel like there's chemistry between those people.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:59:12 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. what-if (what-if casting): Rosanna Arquette → When Harry Met Sally. Could have been the lead in When Harry Met Sally.
    “She could have been when Harry met Sally easily.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:06 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  8. lineage (lineage): About Last Night → When Harry Met Sally. About Last Night paved the way for When Harry Met Sally and other R-rated rom-coms.
    “which I don't think it's enough credit for 80s kind of paving the way for when Harry Met Sally and some of these other ones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:14:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. craft (comparison (editing/tone)): A Bronx Tale → When Harry Met Sally. C's long jogging scene at the end is compared to When Harry Met Sally.
    “I don't love C's run at the end, the when Harry met Sally, long jogging scene”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. lineage (lineage): Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally. Bill dates the rom-com boom as starting with When Harry Met Sally and running to the mid 2000s, with Knocked Up on the other side of the shift.
    “It starts with when Harry Met Sally.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:12 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  11. contrast (contrast): Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally. Craig defines the com-rom: comedy about romance rather than romance with comedy.
    “I love it, because it's instead of a romance that has comedy, it's comedy about romance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:04:02 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them)
  12. contrast (contrast): Knocked Up → When Harry Met Sally. Craig says the newer movies focus on the men while the earlier ones focus on the women.
    “The men are the kind of the focuses and the early ones it's focused on the women.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:04:10 · Craig Horlbeck (0.75 sure it was them)
  13. contrast (contrast): When Harry Met Sally → My Best Friend's Wedding. Bill says Harry Met Sally is genuinely funny, unlike Pretty Woman or the Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks movies; My Best Friend's Wedding is funny but not hilarious.
    “My best friend's wedding is funny, but it's not like, it's not like hilarious.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:19 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  14. contrast (contrast): When Harry Met Sally → Pretty Woman. Juliet calls Harry Met Sally an anomaly among 89-05 rom-coms because the writing is so sharp and it has a real vibe.
    “But Harry Mitzally is an anomaly because the writing is so, so sharp.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:37 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)
  15. craft (craft): Harry Connick Jr. → When Harry Met Sally. Juliet credits the Harry Connick Jr. music with giving When Harry Met Sally a real vibe that sets it apart from other 1989-2005 rom-coms.
    “it has a real vibe to it, the Harry Connick Jr. music, like all of that, which separates that from many of the other rom-coms that were in that era from 89 to 05.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:41 · Juliet Litman (0.70 sure it was them)
  16. lineage (lineage): When Harry Met Sally → Woody Allen. A speaker says Harry Met Sally uses New York as a character, which was the Woody Allen trick.
    “Well, and it uses New York too as like a real character, which was the Woody Allen trick.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)