Sleepless in Seattle

Romantic drama about widower's son

Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 romantic comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, in which a widower's young son calls a radio talk show hoping to find his father a new wife.

The title has become shorthand for romantic longing across distance, and spawned imitations: Sleepless in [city] suggests lovesick preoccupation or restless nights in that location.

Opposites
genre/tone

Sleepless in SeattleRomeo and Juliet

Tragedy of rival households

Leaving Las Vegas · The Exorcist · Schindler's List · Revolutionary Road · A Clockwork Orange

romantic narrative outcome

Sleepless in SeattleRomeo and Juliet

Tragedy of rival households

Brokeback Mountain · Wuthering Heights · Anna Karenina · Casablanca · The English Patient

cultural sensibility

Sleepless in SeattleFatal Attraction

Obsessed lover thriller

Basic Instinct · Blue Velvet · Gone Girl · Eyes Wide Shut · Lolita

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG