Which movie is “I love the Smiths” from?
“I love the Smiths” is from (500) Days of Summer, the 2009 romantic comedy directed by Marc Webb. Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) says it to Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) in their office elevator, after hearing The Smiths playing through his headphones. It is the first real conversation between the two leads, which is why fans still quote it.
The film at a glance
| Detail | Answer |
|---|---|
| Title | (500) Days of Summer |
| Year | 2009 |
| Director | Marc Webb |
| Who says the line | Summer Finn, played by Zooey Deschanel |
| Who hears it | Tom Hansen, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
| Where | The elevator at the greeting-card company where both work |
Where the moment sits in the story
The film jumps back and forth across the 500 days Tom spends with Summer. The elevator scene belongs to the very start: Summer has just joined the company as the boss’s new assistant, and Tom has noticed her but not spoken to her.
Riding down together, Summer catches the music leaking from Tom’s headphones and tells him she loves the Smiths. For Tom, a shared taste in music feels like a sign. Much of the film is about how much meaning he loads onto moments like this one.
Why people still search for it
- It is a short, self-contained meet-cute: two strangers, one song, one line.
- The exchange has a built-in punchline, because Tom has to ask her to repeat it.
- The scene is easy to recreate, so it keeps returning as a trend, most recently as AI videos where people swap in themselves and a friend or partner.
Watching the original
The original scene is part of the film, which is distributed by Searchlight Pictures (formerly Fox Searchlight). This site does not host film clips. If you want your own version of the moment, the creator on our homepage makes an AI recreation with your photos instead of the actors.