Top Five Film Couples

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and that means it’s time for another holiday themed top five list. My list this month is dedicated to film couples who show an immeasurable amount of love for each other. Sure, there are cinema pairs that are lauded throughout history, such as Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman from Casablanca, but I’m looking for something more. I am looking for that tangible, undying love in my duos. The couples I have in mind could not be separated by any means, physical or otherwise. Even WWII couldn’t stop these soul mates from being together. So, without further adieu, here is my top five list of film’s most in love couples.

5. John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey from “Wedding Crashers”- The couple in this movie are not romantically involved with each other. However, they are much closer and have a stronger bond than most couples I’ve seen in film. Together, these two infiltrated countless weddings to help each other score with emotionally charged women, and they even penetrated the household of a U.S. Senator to get with his daughters. Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Grey (Vince Vaughn) were not always floating on cloud nine, but even through thick times they were there for each other. There were countless times where Grey wanted to leave the senator’s house before they were discovered, but he stayed for Beckwith even though he knew it was a bad idea. The movie ended happily with both Beckwith and Grey paired with the women they loved, but a part of me believes that they’d be happier if they ditched the ladies and were just with each other. Trailer!

4. Juniper ‘Joon’ Pearl and Sam from “Benny and Joon”- Crazy people need love, too. And just because they’re crazy doesn’t mean their love isn’t any less strong. That’s the message I got out of Benny and Joon, anyway. Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) was a mentally ill woman who was taken care of by her brother, Benny. Benny took her to a poker game with his buddies one night, and while he was away from the table, Joon played a hand for him. Benny came back to find out that Joon lost, and as a result of the bet, he and Joon had to take in another player’s cousin, Sam (Johnny Depp). Sam modeled himself after the famous silent film actor Buster Keaton, and it didn’t take long for him and Joon to fall in love. Even with the pressures of society, family and their own neuroses, nothing was able to keep these two apart. Trailer!

3. Alabama Whitman and Clarence Worley from “True Romance”- Love can make you do crazy things, especially in movies. It may cause you to stand outside a girl’s window holding a boombox over your head all night, or it might make you do something a little more drastic, like kill your love’s pimp. That’s what Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) does in “True Romance.” Worley’s boss bought him a call girl, Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette), for his birthday, but Worley and Whitman fell hard for each other. They discussed their lives together but realized that while Whitman’s pimp, Drexl, is alive the two could never live in peace. So, Worley went out, and with luck on his side, killed Drexl and stole a suitcase of drugs. And that is just the beginning of Whitman and Worley’s adventure together. With how far they go to protect each other, it’s clear that the love they share is all-encompassing. Trailer!

2. Samantha Barzel and Jerry Welbach from “The Mexican”- Contrary to popular belief, real love is not perfect. Since perfect love doesn’t actually exist, it’s nice to see it in film, kind of like how it’s nice to see giant robots and dinosaurs in film, too. However, when a movie shows us a realistic depiction of love, I feel it’s important to give that movie credit. With that said, I have never seen a truer portrayal of love than in “The Mexican.” Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt) got into some trouble with a criminal organization of sorts, and owes them a favor. His task to clean the slate with the group is to go down to Mexico and pick up a legendary gun. Welbach’s girlfriend, Samantha Barzel (Julia Roberts), is tired of Welbach doing favors for these people and feels as though Welbach doesn’t actually care for her. However, if Welbach doesn’t go through with the job, then he’ll die. So, feeling as though he has no choice, Welbach goes down to Mexico to retrieve the firearm at the expense of his relationship. However, while he is in Mexico, Barzel gets kidnapped and is held hostage by a hitman. In my attempt make a long story short, Welbach and Barzel end up together because despite their hectic lives and catastrophic personalities, they love each other, through the bad times and the good. Even as crazy as they drive each other, they’ll never reach that point when enough is enough because when you truly love somebody, that point doesn’t exist. Trailer!

1. Mallory and Mickey Knox from “Natural Born Killers”- Good guys aren’t the only people who can fall in love. Often times the bad guys fall in love even harder, and Mallory and Mickey Knox (Juliette Lewis and Woody Harrelson) from “Natural Born Killers” are the ultimate example of that. These two, more than any other couple I know of, have shown the strongest bond to each other. Maybe it’s because they are a couple and partners in crime that their love is so impervious. When you and your loved one are criminals, you have to watch each other’s backs especially so because the law is after you. The kind of strain that would put on a relationship would either break it or make it titanium strong. In this case, it appears to be the latter. Even after being forced apart and locked up in a maximum security prison their love didn’t ebb one bit. If anything it got stronger, and their reuniting was an explosion of emotions. These two have shown the most perfect, passionate love for each other and deserve to top my list. Trailer!