When I Fall In Love - Céline Dion & Clive Griffin. Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nora Ephron. Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, the film follows a journalist (Ryan) who, despite being newly engaged, becomes enamored with a recently widowed architect (Hanks), when the latter's son calls in to a talk radio program requesting a new partner for his grieving father.Several critics and media publications agree that Sleepless in Seattle is one of the greatest romantic comedy films of all-time.