# Comedies Like Annie Hall **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-like-annie-hall/829025 "2019-02-05T20:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-like-annie-hall/829025/1 "2019-02-05T20:12:33Z")
I actually prefer “Made For Each Other”, which is on YouTube, but kind of an unknown gem, while many know “Annie Hall”, which is just as great. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-like-annie-hall/829025/2 "2019-02-06T05:14:25Z")
Are you looking for recommendations of similar films? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-like-annie-hall/829025/3 "2019-02-06T07:19:55Z")
There’s more than one “Made for Each Other” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-like-annie-hall/829025/4 "2019-02-06T08:22:50Z")
Highly-educated protagonists who overthink their way into and out of a romance? Try Cameron Crowe’s SINGLES (1992). Shlubby-but-likable protagonist who pursues a woman who’s out of his league? KNOCKED UP (2007). What exactly are the distinctive elements of ANNIE HALL that you like so much? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-like-annie-hall/829025/5 "2019-02-06T11:48:42Z")
Or just see other movies in which the couple get together, but in the end they don’t stay together. For instance, there’s _Play It Again, Sam_, which is my favorite film ever. I once decided to call such films “anti-romantic comedies”, although that’s not a perfect name, I admit. Woody Allen was playing off of _Casablanca_ in that film. That’s another movie in which the main couple get together but don’t stay together, although it’s not a comedy. Love does not triumph over all in such films. Another example is _Shakespeare in Love_. Tell us more about what you want in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-like-annie-hall/829025/6 "2019-02-06T12:36:42Z")
_The Sterile Cuckoo_ is a good movie for this theme, with an upbeat Liza Minelli whose underlying loneliness is heartbreaking toward the end. Plus it’s got a wonderful theme song. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-like-annie-hall/829025/7 "2019-02-06T18:40:46Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Or just see other movies in which the couple get together, but in the end they don’t stay together. For instance, there’s _Play It Again, Sam_, which is my favorite film ever. > I once decided to call such films “anti-romantic comedies”, although that’s not a perfect name, I admit. Woody Allen was playing off of _Casablanca_ in that film. That’s another movie in which the main couple get together but don’t stay together, although it’s not a comedy. Love does not triumph over all in such films. Another example is _Shakespeare in Love_. Tell us more about what you want in a movie. I loved the Bogart alter-ego (or conscious).