Best and Worst Movie Couples

[QuinnFillory]

Movies are a big part of our lives. We get to invest in characters for 2-3 hours and care about what happens to them, including their relationships. So, what are the best and worst couples for you?

[Kirby101]

Newman and Redford.

[batnbreakfast]

Newman and Redford.

Lemon and Matthau.

[AndrewCrossett]

best:

Rick and Ilsa in Casablanca
Nick and Nora Charles in the Thin Man movies
Mary and Burt in Mary Poppins
Benedick and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (1993 or 2012 versions)
Harold and Marion in The Music Man
Westley and Buttercup in The Princess Bride
Maria and the Captain in The Sound of Music
Han and Leia in the Star Wars original trilogy
Carl and Ellie in the opening scene of Up
Tony and Maria in West Side Story
Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl in the Incredibles movies

best actor pairings (romantic or otherwise):

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
George Burns and Walter Matthau (The Sunshine Boys)
Robert Redford and Paul Newman
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones
Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd
Jeff Bridges and John Goodman (The Big Lebowski)
Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor
Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman (Young Frankenstein)
Chico Marx and Harpo Marx
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd
Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night)
Laurel and Hardy
Abbott and Costello
Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta (Pulp Fiction)
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot)
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
Mike Myers and Dana Carvey

worst couple:

The final pairings in any John Hughes movie