You've Got Mail (1998)

Nearly 20 years old, this remake of The Shop Around the Corner (1941)  has a very modern feel.  The premonitions of Barnes and Noble [and now Amazon], Starbucks and online dating have all come true in a defining manner for this new generation.  No wonder Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan were having a hard time of grasping the concept.

Joe Fox (Hanks) is owner of Fox Books which is opening a mega bookstore in Manhattan.  Kathleen Kelly (Ryan) is a local bookstore owner, threatened by the big competition.  As she demonizes Fox for what he is doing to her little business, the two unwittingly start up an online correspondence.

As  they get closer to meeting, Fox finds out that Kelly is @shopgirl.  So he in creepy RomCom fashion weasels into her life and strings her along until .... well, you know how these movies end.

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