"He was a depressed 20-year-old whose hobby was faking suicide in vain bids for his mother's attention. But then he met the world's oldest Manic Pixie Dream Girl and learned to enjoy life and risk heartbreak. Their unlikely romance, 'Harold and Maude,' flopped at the box office when it was released 40 years ago today (on December 20, 1971), yet the movie became one of the most beloved cult hits of all time."