We pick our top pop culture dynamic duos, from Thelma and Louise to Bill and Ted.
Here are our 25 favorite pairs of fictional best friends from movies and TV.
Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) keep going.M.S.
EW’s favorite pairs of fictional best friends.Credit:Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection; Colleen Hayes/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty; New Line/courtesy Everett Collection
Nor could anyone ever be a better pal to Leslie than Ann, opalescent tree shark.
Stay glam!M.S.
That’s what it means to be someone’s person.M.S.
Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’.Everett Collection
She keeps Mia’s (Anne Hathaway) royal secret!
Do you know how hard it is to have a cable show and keep a secret?M.S.
‘Don’t you leave him, Samwise Gamgee.’
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in ‘Thelma & Louise’.Everett Collection
And I don’t mean to.
I don’t mean to.“M.S.
Why don’t they say that every day?
Rashida Jones and Amy Poehler on ‘Parks and Recreation’.NBC
Why can’t they say it more often?M.S.
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This pair of besties (Zach BraffandDonald Faison) practically invented the TV bromance.
Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) in ‘Toy Story’.Disney/Pixar
Now EEEEEAGLEEEE!M.S.
Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in ‘Wayne’s World’.Everett
Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley on ‘Absolutely Fabulous’.Everett Collection
Anthony Edwards and Tom Cruise on ‘Top Gun’.Paramount Pictures
Saoirse Ronan and Beanie Feldstein in ‘Lady Bird’.Everett
Stacey Dash and Alicia Silverstone in ‘Clueless’.Everett Collection
Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella) and Timon (Nathan Lane) in ‘The Lion King’.Everett Collection
Sandra Oh and Ellen Pompeo on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Eric McCandless/ABC/Getty Images
Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry on ‘Friends’.Mike Ansell/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images
Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’.Everett
Vivian Vance and Lucille Ball on ‘I Love Lucy’.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
Patrick Star and SpongeBob SquarePants in ‘The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie’.Everett Collection
Heather Matarazzo and Anne Hathaway in ‘The Princess Diaries’.Everett Collection
Sean Astin and Elijah Wood in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’.Everett Collection
Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino in ‘Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion’.Buena Vista Pictures/Everett Collection
Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo of ‘Scooby-Doo’.Everett Collection
Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’.20th Century Fox/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Michael Cera and Jonah Hill in ‘Superbad’.Everett Collection
Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever in ‘Booksmart’.Everett
Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey in ‘Beaches’.Everett Collection
Zach Braff and Donald Faison on ‘Scrubs’.Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/GETTY IMAGES
Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist in ‘Challengers’.Everett
