26 True (Fictional) Lovers: Pop Culture's Best Couples

ANNIE HALL AND ALVY SINGER
Annie Hall
There's a reason that Woody Allen's Oscar-winning rom-com is his most enduring film: It examines everyday stereotypes — Jew vs. shiksa, New York vs. L.A. — in a way that addresses, then accepts, the fragile nature of identity, compassion, and love. Diane Keaton's Annie (sweet, awkward, neurotic) and Allen's Alvy (funny, intense, neurotic) are experts at exploiting each other's weaknesses, but they figure out how to love each other anyway. When the going gets tough, the end of Alvy + Annie doesn't mean the end of them as friends. It just means they learn to care about each other in a new way — a lesson we could all take to heart. —Adrienne Day Next item in this gallery