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Aug 26, 2016 · Here are The 15 Best Partners-In-Crime In Movie History. 15. Seth and Richie Gecko – From Dusk Till Dawn. Seth and Richie Gecko are some seriously bad dudes. The Gecko brothers are career criminals who are fleeing from the FBI and the Texas state police when From Dusk Till Dawn begins.
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- Walter White and Jesse Pinkman — Breaking Bad. We're pretty sure that launching into a meth production/distribution partnership isn't the best way to take a student under your wing.
- Nancy and Andy Botwin — Weeds. Talk about a family business. Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) couldn't seem to keep her deceased husband's brother Andy (Justin Kirk) out of her Mary Jane distribution biz.
- George and Diego — Blow. This biopic proves the old adage that there's no honor among thieves. When times are good and the money is flowing, everything's great between these two coke dealers, played by Johnny Depp and Jordi Mollà.
- Thurgood and Brian — Half Baked. These stoner pals (Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer) have noble intent when they steal lab-grade marijuana to raise money to get their dopey friend out of jail.
- Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh - Lethal Weapon (1987) Could there possibly be any other partnership to take number one? In Lethal Weapon—and particularly in Murtaugh and Riggs—we have the king of all buddy cop pairings.
- Somerset and Mills - Se7en (1995) Se7en is certainly a darker movie than any other on this list, but that’s, of course, the point: The genius of David Fincher’s uncompromising thriller is that it takes all you think you’re going to get from two mismatched cops working together and turns it on its head.
- Jack Cates and Reggie Hammond - 48 Hrs. (1982) This action-comedy stars Eddie Murphy as convict Reggie Hammond and Nick Nolte as police officer Jack Cates.
- Nicholas Angel and PC Danny Butterman - Hot Fuzz (2007) This cult-classic, buddy-cop movie follows expert London cop, Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg), who is paired with the inept and unprofessional Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), who questions the better cop’s every move.
May 19, 2016 · Partners in Crime: The 10 Greatest Buddy-Cop Movies, Ranked. From 48 Hrs. to The Heat, here are the genre's greatest hits. At its most elemental level, the buddy-cop movie, in its nearly 40...
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- Fox Mulder & Dana Scully (The X-Files) Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) also originated in the ’90s, but while Benson and Stabler may have had more airtime in the 2000s, no one has been more influential on television detective dynamics than heroes of The X-Files.
- Elliot Stabler & Olivia Benson (Law & Order: SVU) Technically speaking, Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) are ’90s babies, since Law & Order: SVU premiered in 1999.
- Sherlock Holmes & John Watson (Sherlock) Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are arguably the greatest detective duo of all time, although adaptations of the pair have varied in quality over the years since they were initially introduced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887.
- Jimmy McNulty & William "Bunk" Moreland (The Wire) Like Breaking Bad, The Wire wasn’t a show solely about detectives; it portrayed both sides of the law, in addition to Baltimore city politics.
Jan 19, 2022 · 7 'Partners-in-Crime' Movies To Watch With Your Best Friends. Whether getting into trouble, lending a helping hand, or just being a shoulder to cry on, best friends play a pivotal role in...
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Feb 6, 2023 · Best friends as well as partners, the morally ambiguous McNulty and the good-natured Bunk may not be the traditional righteous cops audiences have come to expect from TV procedurals.
