Directed by Rob Reiner Written by Nora Ephron   Cast Billy Crystal ... Harry Burns Meg Ryan ... Sally Albright Carrie Fisher ... Marie Bruno Kirby ... Jess Steven Ford ... Joe Lisa Jane Persky ... Alice Michelle Nicastro ... Amanda Gretchen Palmer ... Stewardess Robert Alan Beuth ... Man on Aisle David Burdick ... 9 Year Old Boy Joe Viviani ... Judge Harley Jane Kozak ... Helen (as Harley Kozak) Joseph Hunt ... Waiter at Wedding Kevin Rooney ... Ira Franc Luz ... Julian Tracy Reiner ... Emily Kyle T. Heffner ... Gary (as Kyle Heffner) Kimberley LaMarque ... Waitress Stacey Katzin ... Hostess Estelle Reiner ... Older Woman Customer John Arceri ... Christmas Tree Salesman Peter Day ... Joke Teller at Wedding Kuno Sponholz ... Documentary Couple Connie Sawyer ... Documentary Couple Charles Dugan ... Documentary Couple Katherine Squire ... Documentary Couple Al Christy ... Documentary Couple Frances Chaney ... Documentary Couple Bernie Hern ... Documentary Couple Rose Wright ... Documentary Couple Aldo Rossi ... Documentary Couple Dona Hardy ... Documentary Couple (as Donna Hardy) Peter Pan ... Documentary Couple Jane Chung ... Documentary Couple Uncredited Cast Bob Ader ... Tap Dancer Ingrid Bergman ... Actress in Film (archive footage) Jeff Dlugolecki ... College Student Cynthia Elane ... Wedding Guest David Giardina ... Extra Nicholas Glaeser ... Waiter Earl Hundt ... School Professor Randy James ... Diner Patron Stanley Moore ... Truck Driver Johnny Raimondo ... Extra Claude Rains ... Captain Louis Renault (archive footage) Larry Sherman ... Dinner Marilyn Spanier ... Tap Dancer John Speredakos ... New Year's Partygoer Billy Marshall Thompson ... Bus boy Terry Vaughan ... Giant's Fan Anthony Welch ... Restaurant Patron Produced by Nora Ephron   Steve Nicolaides   Rob Reiner   Andrew Scheinman   Jeffrey Stott

Additional Info Premiere: July 12, 1989 Theatrical Release: July 21, 1989 DVD Release: January 09, 2001 Blu-ray Release: January 06, 2015 Country: Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Websites: Production Companies Castle Rock Entertainment Nelson Entertainment (in association with) Nelson Entertainment (co-production) Distributors Columbia Pictures   (1989) (USA) (North America) (theatrical) Nelson Entertainment   (1989) (USA) (VHS) (through Orion Home Video) Orion Home Video   (1989) (USA) (VHS) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1992) (USA) (TV) Image Entertainment   (1994) (USA) (video) (LaserDisc) New Line Home Video   (1994) (USA) (VHS) PolyGram Video   (1995) (USA) (video) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (1997) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (1997) (USA) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) (as MGM DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2008) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2013) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2019) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (30th Anniversary Edition) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2020) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (reprint for MGM) CBS All Access   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Columbia Pictures Television Distribution   (1992) (USA) (TV) Columbia Tristar Television Distribution   (1997) (USA) (TV) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) TBS Superstation   (2004) (USA) (TV) Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution   (2018) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.1 / 10 Our Rating 6.5 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.4 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #832 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 2 total ratings Almost Perfect 6 total ratings Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #828 Gotham: Season 4 (2017) #829 Gotham: Season 5 (2019) #830 The Girl Next Door (2004) #831 The Boy In The Striped Pajamas (2008) #832 When Harry Met Sally... (1989) #833 The Chronicles Of Riddick (2004) #834 Clueless (1995) #835 Gremlins (1984) #836 Mars Attacks! (1996)