When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Plotzle Original · O26 · May 26, 2026 · Comedy / Romance

Six plot descriptions for When Harry Met Sally... (1989). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A man attends his ex-girlfriend's engagement party as her fake date to appease her conservative parents and they rekindle their relationship while pretending nothing romantic is happening between them.
2. Two college acquaintances reunite years later in New York City and develop a close friendship while debating whether men and women can maintain platonic relationships without sexual attraction interfering.
3. A divorced food critic reconnects with his college mentor at a culinary festival and they collaborate on a cookbook while navigating their thirty-year age gap and mutual attraction.
4. Two widowed neighbors in their sixties begin leaving anonymous love letters in each other's mailboxes but refuse to admit their feelings when they finally meet at a community garden.
5. An actress loses a major role to her former roommate and moves to Portland to teach drama at a high school where she develops feelings for the janitor who reviews plays online.
6. A wedding planner in Boston accidentally books the same venue twice for competing clients and decides to merge both ceremonies while keeping each couple unaware of the arrangement.