Top 10 film duos in American cinema history?

It can be an actor/actor combo, director/actor combo, or director/director combo etc....... This is totally subjective. You pick which duos you think are the greatest and most influencial in cinema history. Here's mine.

1. Lucas & Spielberg
2. Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
3. Coppala & Pacino
4. Harrison Ford & Spielberg
5. Abbott & Costello
6. Scorcesse & De Niro
7. Bogart & Bergman
8. Howard Hawks & John Wayne
9. Meg Ryan & Billy Crystal
10.Frank Capra & Jimmy Stewart

 

Bill and Ted
Batman and Robin
Jay and Silent Bob
Beavis and Butthead
Abbott and Costello
Laurel and Hardy
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Wayne and Garth
Turner and Hooch
The King and I

 

Stretching the bounds of your topic, here are two of the finest director/actor combos in world cinema.

Fellini/Mastroianni
Kurosawa/Mifune

And what about director/composer?

Spielberg/Williams
Hitchcock/Hermann
Leone/Morricone
Burton/Elfman

 

No particular order:

Steven Spielberg/John Williams
George Lucas/John Williams
Steve Spielberg/George Lucas
Steven Spielberg/Harrison Ford
Tim Burton/Johnny Depp
Tim Burton/Danny Elfman
Peter Jackson/Phillipa Boyens/Fran Walsh (I know I'm cheating...sue me )
Peter Jackson/Howard Shore
Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale
Christopher Nolan/Heath Ledger

Yeah, I know the last one was a one-time deal (sadly), but the performance from Ledger and the direction from Nolan combined into some of the greatest moments in cinema history, for me at least.

 

That's what this thread is about. Doesn't matter the duo. I'd have loved to have this in the Amphitheater forum, but any suggestion and reasons why would be welcome.

 

Going old school for the moment...

Redford and Newman
Astaire and Rogers
Hitchcock and Cary Grant
Laurel and Hardy
Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder
John Ford and John Wayne
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton
Hitchcock and Grace Kelly
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
R2D2 and See Threepio

 

Michael Mann/Al Pacino

 

Smith & Wesson. In TONS of movies...

 

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Pesci and De Niro

 

A few currently active duos:

Scorsese & DiCaprio
Burton & Depp
Apatow & Rogen
McKay & Ferrell
Nolan & Bale
Tarantino & Jackson
Coens & Clooney
Clooney & Pitt
Spielberg & Hanks
Hanks & Allen

 

Lucas and Daniels

Frakes and Patrick Stewart

 

Anthony Mann & Jimmy Stewart

 

The Man from Laramie is even better than Winchester 77.

 

EXACTLY what sprung to my mind when I saw the title of this thread. I actually think the combination of Riggs and Murtaugh is SO under-rated.

 

Stephen, I think your Kurosawa/Mifune ends the discussion


Someone mentioned Crystal and Ryan, but what about Hanks and Ryan?

 

That would be me. I never really liked Sleepless in Seattle. When Harry Met Sally will always forever be etched in my mind as the greatest date/love story next to Casablanca.

 

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There. Thread is over.

 

Some not mentioned:

Joel and Ethan Coen
Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau (not actually one of my favourite pairings, but important none the less)

 

Charlie Sheen and Oliver Stone

 

You might as well also include:

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and

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although I wish I could find a less pedo-looking picture of these two.


Also, Kirk and Spock without Bones = lame.

 

I, for one, am deeply humiliated at how long it took us to mention those two. How did they not get in my very first post? And I say I moderate an art forum?

 

Well, I didn't think of them because I had forgotten they were two separate people...

 

Stan and Bran

 

Hitchcock and Saul Bass