When Harry Met Sally... currently dominates 10 Things I Hate About You 79–21
The romcom gold standard routs the teen Shakespeare.
The Verdict
This matchup has 14 votes. The picture may shift as more people weigh in.
Reiner's film dominates because Ephron's screenplay built the romcom's structural template — the friendship-to-romance arc, the parallel couple, the ensemble of friends commenting on the central relationship like a Greek chorus. Crystal and Ryan's deli-counter scene alone generated more cultural vocabulary than Junger's entire film. 10 Things has Ledger's charm and Shakespeare's plot. When Harry Met Sally has an original architecture that became the genre's blueprint. The margin says the blueprint outperforms the adaptation. The film that invented the modern romcom's structure is winning over the one that borrowed someone else's.
The Numbers
| When Harry Met Sally... | 10 Things I Hate About You | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 79% | 21% |
| Overall Win Rate | 51% | 58% |
| Championships | 27 | 8 |
| Budget | $16M | $16M |
| Box Office | $93M | $53M |
The broader numbers favour 10 Things I Hate About You: 58% win rate overall vs 51% for When Harry Met Sally.... This head-to-head runs against the trend.
Where This Matchup Sits
BingeBracket tracks 58 Comedy films — When Harry Met Sally... is in the upper half, 10 Things I Hate About You is in the top quarter.
Elsewhere on the platform, they have a common problem — Notting Hill beats both of them. Whatever else separates these two films, they share that one loss.
The championship record tells the same story: When Harry Met Sally... has 27 tournament wins to 10 Things I Hate About You's 8. The pedigree gap matches the head-to-head gap.
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