# Movies where someone falls for the waitress/coffee server **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737 "2005-01-20T16:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/1 "2005-01-20T16:31:07Z")
I can think of two: _As Good as it Gets_ and _It Could Happen to You_. There’s got to be thousands, right? So why can’t I think of any? ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/2 "2005-01-20T16:50:24Z")
_Office Space_. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/3 "2005-01-20T16:52:41Z")
_My Big Fat Greek Wedding_, sort of. He notices her and is obviously interested in her as she’s a waitress, but they don’t get together until she’s gone on to other things. ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/4 "2005-01-20T16:52:44Z")
**Enough** with J. Lo. Not exactly in the ranks of the aforementioned flicks, but she played a diner waitress. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/5 "2005-01-20T16:54:43Z")
The one that pops to mind for me is _The Hitcher_ with Jennifer Jason Leigh as the waitress Nash and C. Thomas Howell as Jim Halsey. It doesn’t go too well for the waitress, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/6 "2005-01-20T16:59:32Z")
_Untamed Heart_ Marisa Tomei and Christian Slater _Arthur_ Liza Minelli and Dudley Moore _It Could Happen To You_ Bridget Fonda and Nicholas Cage ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/7 "2005-01-20T17:01:20Z")
> [@Amazingrace](#): > > **Enough** with J. Lo. Not exactly in the ranks of the aforementioned flicks, but she played a diner waitress. Wow. I came in here specifically to mention this (I literally thought of it immediately) since I didn’t expect anyone else to have seen it and/or be brave enough to admit to it. My hat is off to you. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/8 "2005-01-20T17:02:49Z")
Terminator, sort of. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/9 "2005-01-20T17:02:53Z")
_White Palace_ with James Spader and Susan Sarandon ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/10 "2005-01-20T17:03:16Z")
Frankie and Johnny Though Pacino was the cook, does that count or do you want customers? ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/11 "2005-01-20T17:18:49Z")
**The Postman Always Rings Twice** ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/12 "2005-01-20T17:27:49Z")
In _Bad Santa_, Lauren Graham’s character is a bartender. ---
**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/13 "2005-01-20T17:29:40Z")
_Mystery Men_, but then who wouldn’t fall for Claire Forlani? ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/14 "2005-01-20T17:41:42Z")
**Petrified Forest** with Bette Davis as sweet innocent waitress, Leslie Howard as the faller in love and Humphrey Bogart as the mobster (I mean he is Humphrey Bogart after all). **The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance** both John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart fall for the lady serving food. **Harvey Girls** with Judy Garland. Basically, that was the whole basis of the film. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/15 "2005-01-20T18:02:49Z")
**Adaptation** with a yummy scene with Judy Greer. **Monster’s Ball** with a yummy scene with Halle Berry. **The Cooler** with multiple yummy scenes with Maria Bello. **The Game** though Deborah Kara Unger doesn’t get any yummy scenes. **Sideways** with Virginia Madsen, who doesn’t need a scene to be yummy. Naturally, none of the waitresses I ever meet resemble Greer, Berry, Bello, Unger, or Madsen. ☹ And definitely not _Five Easy Pieces_ ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/16 "2005-01-20T18:29:02Z")
**Anchors Aweigh** has a slight reversal on the idea. The waitress Pamala Brittian falls for the geeky guy (Frank Sinatra) and ends up winning him. **Boy Meets Girl** with Jimmy Cagney, Pat O’Brian and Ronald Reagan had a weird sort of play on this too. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/17 "2005-01-20T18:38:51Z")
**Fast Times at Ridgemont High** , if a pizza place at the mall counts. (The character did wait tables.) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/18 "2005-01-20T18:57:42Z")
Mystic Pizza Car Wash ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/19 "2005-01-20T19:01:31Z")
_Wages of Fear_: Pretty much all of the guys in town are in love with the barmaid. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737/20 "2005-01-20T19:02:12Z")
Oh! Thelma and Louise and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, which spawned the sitcom. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-falls-for-the-waitress-coffee-server/285737.md?page=2)