William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is the owner of a book shop in the heart of Notting Hlil in London. One day, by a one-in-a million chance, the worlds most famous actress, Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), comes into his shop. He watches in amazement as she leaves and he thinks he'll never see her again. But fate intervenes - and minutes later Wlliam collides with Anna on Portobello Road. So begins a tale of romance and adventure in London W11. With a little help from his chaotic flatmate Spike (Rhys Ifans) and his old friends, Max and Bella (Tim McInnerny and Gina McKee), William seeks the face he can't forget...
Synopsis: A famous American film actress collides on a London street with a boyish charmer from a nearby bookstore. So begins the series of comic-romantic blunders and missteps that brings the two together, breaks them up and finally reunites them in an adorable Anglo-American love connection.