See the Most Memorable On-Screen Couples

Clark Gable And Claudette Colbert In 'It Happened One Night'
Peter and Ellie - It Happened One Night, 1934 Columbia Pictures/Getty Images
Rhett And Scarlett
Scarlett and Rhett - Gone With The Wind, 1939Silver Screen Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Cary Grant And Rosalind Russell In 'His Girl Friday'
Walter Burns and Hildy Johnson - His Girl Friday, 1940Columbia Pictures/Getty Images
Casablanca
Rich Blaine and Isla Lund - Casablanca, 1942Popperfoto/Getty Images
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Ricky and Lucy - I Love Lucy, 1951Archive Photos/Getty Images
Debbie Reynolds And Gene Kelly In 'Singin' In The Rain'
Don Lockwood and Kathy Seldon- Singin' in the Rain, 1952Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images
Richard Beymer And Natalie Wood In 'West Side Story'
Tony and Maria - West Side Story, 1961United Artists/Getty Images
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Holly Golightly and Paul - Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images
"Bonnie And Clyde"
Bonnie and Clyde - Bonnie and Clyde, 1967Fotos International/Getty Images
Redford & Streisand In 'The Way We Were'
Katie and Hubbell - The Way We Were, 1973Columbia/Getty Images
Grease
Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsen - Grease, 1978Paramount Pictures/Fotos International/Getty Images
Han Solo and Leia Organa - The Empire Strikes Back, 1980Lucasfilm
Cheers
Sam and Diane - Cheers, 1982NBC/Getty Images
Patrick Swayze And Jennifer Grey In 'Dirty Dancing'
Frances 'Baby' Houseman and Johnny Castle - Dirty Dancing, 1987Vestron/Getty Images
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Wesley and Princess Buttercup - The Princess Bride, 198720th Century Fox
When Harry Met Sally
Harry Burns and Sally Albright - When Harry Met Sally, 1989Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Richard Gere And Julia Roberts In 'Pretty Woman'
Vivian and Edward - Pretty Woman, 1990Buena Vista/Getty Images
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Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast, 1991Disney
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Cory and Topanga - Boy Meets World, 1993SGranitz—WireImage/Getty Images
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Jenny Curran and Forrest Gump - Forrest Gump, 1994Paramount Pictures
Friends
Ross and Rachel - Friends, 1994NBC/Getty Images
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Doug and Carol - E.R., 1994NBC/Getty Images
Leonardo DiCaprio And Kate Winslet In 'Titanic'
Jack and Rose - Titanic, 199720th Century Fox/Getty Images
Sarah Michelle Gellar (r) as Buffy and David Boreanaz as Angel in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer." Season
Buffy and Angel - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1997Getty Images
Sex and the City
Carrie and Big - Sex and the City, 1998HBO/Getty Images
Heath Ledger And Julia Stiles In '10 Things I Hate About You'
Patrick Verona and Kat Stratford - 10 Things I Hate About You, 1999Buena Vista/Getty Images
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Noah and Allie - The Notebook, 2004New Line Cinema
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Jack and Ennis - Brokeback Mountain, 2005Focus Films
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Tom and Summer - (500) Days of Summer, 2009Fox Searchlight
Carl and Ellie - Up, 2009Pixar/Disney

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