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(#1) Harry Potter and Hermione Granger - The Harry Potter Films
Come on, who really thought that these two would eventually become romantic? They grew up together, they went through Hogwarts together, and they fought Voldemort together. However, J.K. Rowling never imagined the friends as a couple, especially after Potter's best buddy Ron declared his feelings for Hermione.
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(#2) Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace - Pulp Fiction
Who knows what would have happened had Mia not found Vincent's stash of heroin. Vincent worked for Mia's husband Marsellus, so although there was attraction on a night out where the couple enjoyed comfortable silences and entered a dance contest, the hitman knew better than to mess around with Mia. Due to Mia's eventual overdose and Vincent saving her life, the pair clearly developed a strong bond and a secret, deeper than any one night stand.
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(#3) Bob and Charlotte - Lost in Translation
Who knows what Bob (Bill Murray) whispered in Charlotte's (Scarlett Johansson) ear at the end of Sofia Coppola's sophomore film Lost in Translation? However, the odd but beautiful friendship between the bitter older movie star and the lonely young girl, blossomed in Tokyo without ever becoming romantic.
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(#4) Alan Turing and Joan Clark - The Imitation Game
It's World War II, and Hitler is on the move. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people rest in the hands of mathematician Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) as he tries to crack an impossible code that will help to end the war. Turing hires a female code breaker, Joan (Keira Knightley), and the pair develop a strong friendship. They become engaged, without ever being romantic, because Turing is gay. The couple eventually breaks off their engagement - it's clear that they would not live a happy life together, despite their strong platonic bond.
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(#5) Jimmy and Dottie - A League of Their Own
Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) is a down on his luck former professional baseball player with a bad attitude and a drinking problem. He is a given a job to manage an all-girls baseball team, which he treats as a joke. Dottie (Gina Davis) is an exceptional player and steps up to coach the team. But a funny thing happens: Jimmy discovers that the team is actually pretty good, and that he cares about whether they win or lose. Jimmy and Dottie develop a friendship that not only helps the team win games, but also fills in some of the emotional holes in both their lives.
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(#6) Hoke and Daisy - Driving Miss Daisy
It's the American South in the 1950s, a rich Jewish woman (Jessica Tandy) stuck in her ways is reluctant to allow a Black chauffeur (Morgan Freeman) to drive her around. Eventually, Hoke charms Miss Daisy, and the unlikely pair develop a 20-year friendship that breaks down dogmatic ideals of yesterday.
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(#7) Léon and Mathilda - Léon: The Professional
Natalie Portman plays 12-year-old Mathilda in the debut role that introduced the actress to movie fans around the world. Léon (Jean Reno) must take in the young girl after her family is murdered. The professional assassin trains Mathilda in his trade, and an intense friendship grows between the young girl and the adult man. It's not always the most comfortable relationship to watch develop, as the lines blur between infatuation and adoration, but no one can deny the intense love between the pair, even if that love is ultimately platonic.
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(#8) Andie and Duckie - Pretty in Pink
Andie (Molly Ringwald), a teenage girl from the wrong side of the tracks, is in love with the popular rich boy Blane (Andrew McCarthy). Of course, Andie's childhood friend Duckie has been harboring secret feelings for her, but she wants their friendship to remain platonic. It's heartbreaking for Duckie to see Andie with Blane, but it's pretty clear that although Andie and Blane are from different worlds, they are meant to be together.
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(#9) Lloyd Dobler and Corey/D.C. - Say Anything
Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) is one of those sensitive guys in high school who has two girls as his best friends. When Lloyd falls madly in love with class valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye), he relies upon the advice of his gal pals to help him get the girl who is clearly way out of his league. Corey (Lily Taylor) and D.C. (Amy Brooks) provide sound advice for their friend, the best perhaps coming from Corey. She tells him, "The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy."
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(#10) Frankie and Maggie - Million Dollar Baby
Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is an accomplished boxing trainer. He's also an old curmudgeon, estranged from his daughter and languishing in the mistakes of his past. When Maggie (Hilary Swank) enters his gym and asks him to train her to fight, he tells her that he doesn't train girls. Eventually, Maggie wears him down. The pair not only develop a friendship stronger than most marriages, but they find strength and courage in each other. In the end, Maggie trusts that Frankie will do the right thing, and make the hardest decision of his life.
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(#11) Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter - The Silence of the Lambs
Okay, so maybe we shouldn't call the FBI cadet and the serial killer "friends," but no one can deny the admiration and mutual respect that Starling and Lecter share in Jonathan Demme's Academy Award-winning film, which forever changed the way we pair a fine Chianti with fava beans and liver.
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(#12) Travis Bickle and Iris - Taxi Driver
Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is an alienated delusional loner in Martin Scorsese's character study Taxi Driver. The Vietnam vet is also an insomniac with the desire to wash away all the filth and scum in New York City. He finds a project in Iris (Jodie Foster), a 12-year-old runaway prostitute, who he feels needs to be saved. Iris and Bickle certainly have an odd friendship, but it's one that drives the taxi driver to extreme violence and destruction.
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(#13) Michael and Julianne - My Best Friend's Wedding
Sometimes friendships remain platonic because only one person is interested in hooking up. Julianne (Julia Roberts) discovers that she's in love with her best friend Michael (Dermont Mulroney), after he tells her that he is getting married to Kimmy (Cameron Diaz.) At first, Julianne plans to sabotage the wedding in an effort to win Michael over. However, she eventually realizes that Kimmy and Michael are actually meant to live happily ever after together.
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(#14) Matt Kowalski and Ryan Stone - Gravity
Obviously the circumstances in Gravity did not lend well to romance. However, audiences no doubt felt the strong friendship between the astronaut (George Clooney) and the medical doctor (Sandra Bullock), who were willing to do anything to save the each other, after their shuttle was destroyed in space.
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(#15) Howard Stern and Robin Quivers - Private Parts
These two are perhaps no truer example of the idea that men and women can be friends, in real life and on the silver screen. The radio shock jock (Howard Stern) and his trusted sidekick (Robin Quivers) fight pig vomit (Paul Giamatti), NBC executives, and break all the rules, on the path to pioneering a radio genre and live show that still draws millions of listeners every day. Howard Stern's auto-biographical story Private Parts may be about his successful radio career and first marriage, but at the heart of the narrative, is his eternal bond and friendship with Robin.
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(#16) Roy and Alexandria - The Fall
A paralyzed stuntman and a five-year-old girl with a broken arm are both recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. Alexandria convinces Roy to tell her a story to help them pass the time, and Roy persuades Alexandria to find him morphine. It's an emotional and psychological roller coaster for both of the characters, who quickly become friends and rely on each other for comfort.
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(#17) Guy and Girl - Once
Guy (Glen Hansard) and Girl (Markéta Irglová) spend one magical week together in Dublin, playing and recording music. However, they are both involved with other people. Although Guy and Girl's relationship stays platonic, their budding romance is reflected in their beautiful music.
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(#18) Truman Capote and Harper Lee - Capote
There's a lot going on in Bennett Miller's 2005 biopic Capote, which features the true story of Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman in the role that won him an Oscar) and Nelle Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), as they research the gruesome murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas. Lee turns out to be Capote's voice of reason, his one true friend, as he delves further into the life of one of the family's killers, a troubled man named Perry, with whom the writer begins to fall in love with and even attempts to help.
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Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way. "This is a line from the movie "When Harry Meets Sally". People have discussed for a long time whether there is a platonic friendship between males and females. Do you believe that males and females can really only be friends? How to look at the issue of males and females friendships depends on our understanding of friendship and love. Some good movies may give you different opinions.
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