[djdrock]

It just dawned on me, that some of my favorite movies are about unlikely friendships.


A few that come to mine are:


"Shawshank Redemption"

"Sling Blade"

"Dutch"

"Hard Eight" (a.k.a. "Sydney")



What are some of your favorites?

 

[Tom Hilton]

SHADOWLANDS (1993) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/


THE ODD COUPLE (1968) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063374/


I know there are others, but they don't come to mind right now.

 

[muncey]

Bubba Ho-Tep

 

[NetworkTV]

The mother of all unlikely friendship movies:


STAND BY ME


Of course there's:


ET

Goonies

The Fox and the Hound

Amazing Grace and Chuck

 

[dedwards]

Terminator 2


I love the scene in the car where the kid is teaching Arnold how to talk in slang.


DE

 

[Skipm]

"Kikujiro", one of my all time favorites.


-Skip

 

[RLReady]

How about Turner & Hooch? One of Tom Hanks earlier efforts. He is great as the neurotic cop. Very funny.

 

[Dvlos]

American History X


Amistad


LOTR (Not for nothing but the friendships in that movie were good in the book and the movie did it justice)

 

[eweiss]

ENEMY MINE

 

[Gargoyle_AA2]

The Station Agent

 

[Iwanthd]

Harold and Maud was apretty unlikely friendship.

 

[UMDMatt]

In America

 

[Mr.Poindexter]

Bullworth

Castaway (if you count Wilson as a friend)

 

[ChemEng]

Quote:

Originally posted by muncey Bubba Ho-Tep

Im sorry, but that made me laugh... What other movie has the unlikely pairing of Elvis and JFK and pull it off???

 

[fccHandler]

48 Hours

 

[chris5977]

Seven Years in Tibet:


A Nazi era Austrian mountain climber becomes best buds with the Dalai Lama.

 

[mullet34]

Lost in Translation

 

[Bob McLaughlin]

Fight Club

Rain Man

Benny & Joon

 

[djdrock]

Great ones so far...keep em comin.

 

[KOA]

Milo and Otis