Editing When Harry Met Sally... (section)

==Legacy==
Over the years, ''When Harry Met Sally...'' has become "the quintessential contemporary feel-good relationship movie that somehow still rings true".<ref name="tan">{{cite news | url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20010216/harry16/when-harry-met-sally-for-some-its-become-a-film-icon | title=''When Harry Met Sally'': For some, it's become a film icon | work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] | date=February 16, 2001 | access-date=June 15, 2008 | last=Tan | first=Cheryl Lu-Lien |authorlink=Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193312/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010216&slug=harry16 | archive-date=March 3, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> Before she died, Ephron still received letters from people obsessed with the film and still had "people who say to me all the time, 'I was having a Harry-and-Sally relationship with him or her'."<ref name="tan"/> The film is 23rd on [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs]] list of the top comedy films in American cinema and number&nbsp;60 on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo's]] "100 Funniest Movies."<ref name="bravo2">{{cite news | url=http://themoviepage.net/bravo100funnyfilms1.html | title=Bravo's 100 Funniest Films | publisher=Boston.com | date=July 25, 2006 | access-date=November 29, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106134641/http://themoviepage.net/bravo100funnyfilms1.html | archive-date=January 6, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' named it as one of the Top&nbsp;10 romantic movies of all time.<ref name="ewtop10">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,198095_8,00.html | title=Top&nbsp;10 Romantic Movies | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=January 29, 2002 | access-date=June 15, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621150114/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C198095_8%2C00.html | archive-date=June 21, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The magazine also ranked it 12th on their Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years list.<ref name="ewtop25">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20221235_13,00.html | title=The Comedy 25: The Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=August 27, 2008 | access-date=August 27, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621142258/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0%2C%2C20221235_13%2C00.html | archive-date=June 21, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The periodical also ranked it 7th on their 25 Best Romantic Movies of the Past 25 Years list<ref name="ewtoprom25">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20224567_18,00.html | title=25 Best Romantic Movies of the Past 25 Years | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=September 11, 2008 | access-date=September 12, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621151908/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0%2C%2C20224567_18%2C00.html | archive-date=June 21, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and #3 on their Top 25 Modern Romances list.<ref name="TopRomances">{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/2002/02/08/top-25-modern-romances/ | title=Top 25 Modern Romances | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=February 8, 2002 | access-date=February 26, 2009 | first1=Kristen | first2=Scott | last1=Baldwin | last2=Brown | last3=Burr | first3=Ty | last4=Cruz | first4=Clarissa | last5=Feitelberg | first5=Amy | last6=Fonseca | first6=Nicholas | last7=Kepnes | first7=Caroline | last8=Lee | first8=Alice M. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621154200/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,252562,00.html | archive-date=June 21, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> The film has inspired countless romantic comedies, including ''[[A Lot Like Love]]'',<ref name="hobson">{{cite news | url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/A/A_Lot_Like_Love/2005/04/22/pf-1007688.html | title=Flick reminiscent of ''When Harry Met Sally'' | work=[[Calgary Sun]] | date=April 22, 2005 | access-date=June 22, 2008 | last=Hobson | first=Louis B | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120605044423/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/A/A_Lot_Like_Love/2005/04/22/pf-1007688.html | archive-date=June 5, 2012 | url-status=usurped }}</ref> ''[[No Strings Attached (film)|No Strings Attached]]'', ''[[Hum Tum (film)|Hum Tum]]'',<ref name="humtum">{{cite news | url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/may/27kunal.htm | title=Pehli nazar mein pehla pyaar is crap! | publisher=[[Rediff.com]] | work=The Rediff Interview/Kunal Kohli | date=May 27, 2004 | access-date=June 25, 2008 | last=Shariff | first=Faisal | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730133441/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/may/27kunal.htm | archive-date=July 30, 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Definitely, Maybe]]''.<ref name="rocchi">{{cite news | url=http://www.cinematical.com/2008/02/14/review-definitely-maybe/ | title=Review: ''Definitely, Maybe'' | publisher=Cinematical | date=February 14, 2008 | access-date=June 22, 2008 | last=Rocchi | first=James | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215091211/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/02/14/review-definitely-maybe/ | archive-date=February 15, 2008 | url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, the film helped popularize many ideas about love that have become household concepts now, such as the "[[wikt:high-maintenance|high-maintenance]]" girlfriend and the "transitional person".<ref name="karpel">{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/2008/01/11/when-harry-met-sallycollectors-edition/ | title=''When Harry Met Sally'': Collector's Edition | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=January 11, 2008 | access-date=June 15, 2008 | last=Karpel | first=Ari | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524015504/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20170537,00.html | archive-date=May 24, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> "You can find traces of 'When Harry Met Sally' DNA in virtually every romantic comedy that's been made since," [[The A.V. Club]] noted.<ref>{{cite web|title=How Harry and Sally Revived Romance|url= https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2019/11/21/when-harry-met-sally-revived-romance |website=The Attic|date= November 21, 2019 |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>

In June 2008, AFI revealed its "Ten top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. ''When Harry Met Sally'' was acknowledged as the sixth best film in the romantic comedy genre.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/romanticcomedy.html | title=AFI's 10 Top 10 | publisher=[[American Film Institute]] | date=June 17, 2008 | access-date=June 18, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619174502/http://www.afi.com/10top10/romanticcomedy.html | archive-date=June 19, 2008 | url-status=live }}</ref> It is also ranked #15 on [[Rotten Tomatoes]]' 25 Best Romantic Comedies.<ref name="rottencom">{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_romantic_comedies/when_harry_met_sally/ | title=25 Best Romantic Comedies | website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date=February 12, 2009 | year=2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227093749/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_romantic_comedies/when_harry_met_sally/ | archive-date=December 27, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> In early 2004, the film was adapted for the stage in a [[Haymarket Theatre|Theatre Royal Haymarket]] production starring [[Luke Perry]] and [[Alyson Hannigan]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84473.html | title=Hannigan and Perry's ''Harry and Sally'' Set to Face the London Press | magazine=Playbill | date=February 20, 2004 | access-date=November 26, 2007 | last=Inverne | first=James | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930193828/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84473.html | archive-date=September 30, 2007 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Molly Ringwald]] and [[Michael Landes]] later replaced Hannigan and Perry for the second cast.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86191.html | title=Landes Joins Ringwald For London ''When Harry Met Sally'' | magazine=Playbill | date=May 17, 2004 | access-date=November 26, 2007 | last=Inverne | first=James | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930192205/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86191.html | archive-date=September 30, 2007 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name="Ulaby"/>