Eventually, of course, opposites attract, and the result is part kidnapping caper, part irresistible rom-com.

Midler and Barbara Hershey starred as C.C.

and Hillary, two women whose friendship spanned decades after they met as children under an Atlantic City boardwalk.

Nothing in Common (1986)

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Beaches (1988)

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Richard Gere and Julia Roberts

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Frankie and Johnny (1991)

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8. Runaway Bride (1999)

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Princess Diaries (2001)

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Raising Helen (2004)

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