Male and Female Buddy Films

Male buddy films have played a significant role throughout the history of film. This genre is elastic enough to include everything from “Some Like It Hot” and “The Man Who Would Be King” to “Easy Rider” and “Swingers”. They are all essentially stories about male bonding and bluntly put: an all-male romantic comedy. The plot is always the same. Two extremely different men are thrown together and have their relationship tested by events until they discover an unlikely affinity. This forges a bond of friendship that replaces the customary boy-girl sexual relationship.

In many ways, male buddy films serve as a necessary escape fantasy where men can openly express their feelings for each other. Here is a list of other elements used in buddy films:
The relationship is either cross generational, cross racial, or both.
There is an element of “rescue” where one of the heroes helps the other out, and in the process he ends up being rescued from his past as well.
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