10 Greatest Bromances In The History Of Cinema

It's rare these days that you see a bromance so pure and without irony that two grown men would finish a training montage on the beach and then share a joyous and loving embrace in ocean waters...without immediately resorting to some sort of homophobic penis joke afterward.

It's even more rare for all of that to occur after the two friends spent the better part of two films hating each other's guts and trying to punch each other's faces off.

And yet, that's the story of Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed, whose bond is forever tied to all the time they spent beating the hell out of each other in public. It's an unusual way to begin a lifelong friendship, no doubt, but one that clearly works for them.

After Rocky beats Apollo for the World Heavyweight Championship, they form a strong habit of mutual respect, which then leads to Apollo training Rocky when his old trainer, Mickey, dies. That leads to some of the most intense displays of friendship the 80s ever saw.

Hell, their bromance even stretches generations, with Rocky acting as the father figure and coach to Apollo's son after his dad dies.