Top 10 Meet Cutes in Movies

Even though their relationship is a bit more complicated than most, what with Toula’s parents wanting her to settle down with a Greek man, that doesn't make the moment Toula and Ian first meet any less cute. Back when she worked at her parents' diner, Toula’s lust emerged as soon as he walked into the restaurant. Frumpy and awkward, she immediately starts to stare at him from afar. Then the babbling begins. Though they meet again after her makeover and while she’s working at her aunt's travel agency, it’s the way Ian unintentionally silences Toula by laughing at her cheesy joke and her snubbing of his friend / her restaurant patron that make this scene unforgettably hilarious.

You know how you say all the wrong things when you’re nervous? Well, Natalie's got that in spades. When the new Prime Minister, played by Hugh Grant, meets his staff members for the first time, Natalie makes a big impression on him by accidentally swearing – more than once. But Natalie is young and attractive, and the Prime Minister has a good sense of humor, so he falls for her almost immediately - which is problematic seeing as she works for him. They secretly pine for each other throughout the rest of the movie, but it's this first meeting that really showcases their romantic chemistry.

Would you rather your new Gucci shoe or Matthew McConaughey? When Steve, played by McConaughey, saves Jennifer Lopez's character from a runaway dumpster after her designer shoe gets caught in a manhole cover, she doesn't get to choose. But we're pretty sure that if she had the choice, she would have gone with Steve anyway as her Gucci shoe is long forgotten. This wouldn't be the last time J-Lo played the lead in a romantic comedy where her character gets herself into an embarrassing situation though. The next year, she’d hit the big screen as Marisa in "Maid in Manhattan," a maid who pretends to be a rich socialite to impress a man and then has to try to keep up the charade.

Your parents always told you not to get in a car with a stranger, but in this case - rules be damned. Don Lockwood, famous silent film star, jumps into Kathy Selden's car while trying to escape from a group of fans. Almost everything about this scene is unrealistic, from his fans literally ripping off his clothes to Don scaling the side of a bus and landing in a moving vehicle. But all is redeemed by the quippy back and forth between Don and Kathy, who is indifferent to his celebrity status. Even though Kathy was hiding the fact that she actually was a fan of his at the time, this initial conversation drew the actor to her and it’s hard to forget it.

Sometimes when you travel, you end up stuck beside the worst of passengers. You know the ones: They snore, they have motion sickness, they’ve got an incessantly crying baby... But sometimes, you luck out. You might even fall in love. Jesse and Céline find themselves on the same train and are able to strike up a conversation after she changes seats to get away from a loudly arguing couple. Their lives are leading in totally different directions, but on a whim they decide to disembark together and explore the spark they feel – a spark that is plainly obvious to viewers thanks to the easy rapport between them. It also helps that they're both incredibly attractive. Admit it: one smile from either Julie Delpy OR Ethan Hawke and you’d get off the train with him or her too!

This is a tale that has been retold time and again. Similarly, the first meeting between Cinderella and Prince Charming has changed from version to version as well. In the animated Disney film, the two first meet at the ball when she's disguised as a beautiful princess. In this 2015 live-action version of the fairytale, however, Ella meets Kit in the forest. She doesn't know he's a prince, and she's just some normal girl to him - and yet they still hit it off, proving that this couple's love really is legit.

Will is an awkward, bumbling – but also unrealistically good-looking – bookshop owner who is caught off guard when movie star Anna Scott, played by romantic comedy veteran Julia Roberts, walks into his store. Initially, she seems utterly uninterested in him as he tries to make book suggestions for her. But then she smiles at him and lets him babble on at the cash register. It seems like they'll never meet again, but he later runs into her on the street, showering her with his drink. After washing up at his house, Anna kisses him. Normally that would be strange, but Hugh Grant is pretty irresistible. And we can't help but root for these two to get together.

Usually when two shoppers fight over the same item, chaos ensues. Voices are raised, punches are pulled... But this isn’t the case with Jonathan and Sara, who both reach for the same pair of cashmere gloves at Bloomingdales. Instead, they bond over the experience and end up going for ice cream together - despite both being in relationships with other people. They leave without exchanging contact information. Years later, Jonathan uses the gloves as a way to try and find Sarah again. Luckily, they do find each other in the end - but even if they hadn't, at least they would always have had a funny story about falling in love in the middle of a busy department store.

Just so it's clear, we do not condone climbing a Ferris wheel to ask the girl you like out on a date. But when Ryan Gosling does it in a movie, we'll allow it. When Noah first sees Allie on the bumper cars, you can see it in his eyes that it’s love at first sight. The feelings aren't mutual for Allie, though, who is at the carnival with another guy. Noah appears to be so smitten with this stranger that he's willing to do whatever it takes to get her to consider him. Of course hanging from the Ferris wheel bar is stupid and reckless, but it does gets Allie to go out with him and that's all that matters for this big screen story to play out.

Before we reveal our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

Nino Quincampoix & Amélie Poulain
"Amélie" (2001)

Officer Nathan Rhodes & Annie Walker
"Bridesmaids" (2011)

Wade Wilson & Vanessa
"Deadpool" (2016)

Harold Parker Chasen & Dame Marjorie ‘Maude’ Chardin
"Harold and Maude" (1971)

Tim & Mary
“About Time” (2013)

If you can forget that this love story ends in tragedy, then the first time Romeo and Juliet lock eyes is nothing short of magical. The young boy sneaks into a party held by his family's sworn enemy, the Capulets, where the first thing he notices after going to the restroom is a giant aquarium of fish. Juliet is on the other side of the tank, and the two soon lock eyes and then gaze flirtatiously at one another with the fish in between them. This scene makes the top of our list because there's nothing cuter than young love at first sight, and because this is the only interaction between the star-crossed lovers where they are still completely innocent and unburdened by their feuding families.

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