Top 10 Movie Bad Guy/Good Guy Team Ups

#10: Thor & Loki “Thor: The Dark World” (2013)

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Even though they don’t share DNA, these two characters grew up as brothers, and Loki always resented the kind of attention Thor received. Despite the bad blood between them, when their mother is killed by Malekith, they reluctantly work together, setting their differences aside–sort of. They leave Asgard - against Odin’s will - so that Thor can save Jane from an ancient power that threatens the realms. In return, Loki can avenge his surrogate mother. When Loki is fatally injured, there’s a touching moment between him and Thor. It is because of this display of brotherly love that this team up is interesting; it shows that they do care for each other beneath all the bitterness.

Despite the language barrier between this human and, uh, alien, Royce and Predator are able to come to an understanding. In exchange for a one-way trip on a spaceship to Earth, Royce will free Predator from his chains. It’s a deal that Predator decides to honor, because he’d rather fight the bigger, badder Predator who put him in chains to begin with. It’s momentous because it’s the first time that a predator spares a human in favor of killing its own kind. Too bad he ends up getting his head sliced off, and the ship gets blown to smithereens... but at least we saw the beginnings of interspecies diplomacy – it’s a step in the right direction.

A chase between FBI agent Carl and teen conman Frank turns into an unlikely partnership and friendship here, in a film inspired by true events. After Carl investigates him for years, these two characters team up once Frank is in prison to put his expertise in forging checks to use. Sadly, they both suffer from a void left behind after their families were torn apart by divorce and remarriages. But while working together, they develop a bond that fills that void, gives Frank the courage to stop living in his world of lies and shows that true friends can be found in the most unexpected places.

#7: Godzilla, Mothra, & Rodan “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster” (1964)

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The Godzilla franchise constantly pits fierce monsters against each another, but when they join forces, they become quite the formidable team. In the fifth film instalment, Tokyo is under attack by Ghidorah, a three-headed, two-tailed, gravity beam-breathing dragon, on the very same day that Godzilla and Rodan appear. Talk about bad luck! Mothra is summoned to save the Earth and she pleads for Godzilla and Rodan to fight with her against the dragon, but the two are perfectly happy to exchange blows with one another, until they see Mothra attack Ghidorah on her own. They ultimately put their grudges aside and save the day by becoming a badass dragon slaying team. Well, for now…

In this gun slinging classic Spaghetti Western, Tuco and Blondie start off on the wrong foot. This only gets worse when Blondie turns his back on their first partnership, which involved making money over and over again off of Tuco’s bounty. A great deal of antagonism is born out of this incident, but it’s put aside in favor of locating $200,000 in gold, of which only Blondie knows the exact location. So, they form a shaky new alliance to prevent Angel Eyes from finding the treasure first. Still, what makes this team so fascinating is that they never really trust each other, but still mostly care for each other– well, if you can call it that.

#5: James Bond & Jaws “Moonraker” (1979)

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In this film, Bond and Jaws, a henchman who just doesn’t know how to die, are trying to kill each other once again. But this time, if Jaws wants a chance to live, he’ll have to put his goal of killing Bond on hold to stop his employer Drax from hitting reboot on planet Earth. So, the huge killing machine switches sides, teaming up with 007 to eliminate Drax and send him into space. This one-eighty shows that a Bond villain can act for the greater good, and that Bond is smooth enough to make a bad guy do good things.

#4: Rocky Balboa & Apollo Creed “Rocky 3” (1982)

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These two boxers have been at odds with each other from the beginning of Rocky’s career. But when Rocky’s trainer Mickey passes away due to a heart attack, the antagonism between them is set aside in favor of training together to make Rocky as strong and skilled as possible so he can knock out his number one contender, Clubber Lang. A deep friendship is born through these trials and tribulations, and in the end it leads to Rocky’s second heavyweight championship title. Rocky and Apollo’s new bond doesn’t stop them from throwing punches at each other from time to time, though. So, while their rivalry was intense, their friendship is even better.

Though the brotherhood and X-Men work together in “X2: X-Men United” to save mutantkind, it’s actually “X-Men: Days of Future Past” that takes third place on our list, since it sees Xavier and Magneto teaming up in both the present and the past. Old wounds are patched as young Xavier and Magneto join forces to prevent killing machines from nearly destroying all mutants in the future. It is not an easy alliance though, as Xavier’s and Magneto’s ideas of how to go about saving mutantkind are completely different, but despite a few bumps along the way, they part with respect for one another. Can’t they just admit that they love each other already?

In this team-up, Kirk makes a desperate deal with Khan to take on a hostile top secret Federation Starship, the USS Vengeance. They must cooperate to defeat their common enemy, Admiral Marcus, who’s hell-bent on starting an intergalactic war between humankind and the Klingons. But making any deal with Khan, a power-hungry superhuman, is insanely dangerous, and once their common enemy is apprehended, the alliance disintegrates like mortal flesh in a radioactive reactor chamber: Kirk backstabs Khan, only to have Khan in turn seriously damage the Enterprise. Considering their antagonism in the original Star Trek, it is riveting to see these two work together, knowing that they are only using each other. Before we get to number one pick, here are a few honorable mentions. - Austin Powers & Mini Me “Austin Powers in Goldmember” (2002) - Coriolanus & Aufidius “Coriolanus” (2011) - Blade & Bloodpack “Blade II” (2002)

In this classic psychological thriller, FBI trainee Clarice Starling seeks the help of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a cannibalistic serial killer, to capture another killer on the loose, Buffalo Bill. In order to gain Lecter’s professional advice, she makes a deal with him to exchange personal information about herself. They form a strange kind of bond, the kind that you can only share with someone who knows about your most traumatizing moments. It’s just too bad for Clarice that she has this kind of relationship with a killer that she has to then chase to put back in jail after his impressive escape. But, it’s the twisted nature of their relationship that we just can’t get enough of. Do you agree with our list? What’s your favorite good guy/bad guy team up? For more mind-blowing Top 10s published daily, be sure to subscribe to WatchMojo.com.