Celebrate this Valentine’s Day with some of the best fictional couples. We’ve compiled some of the best couples from books, movies and television that showcase true partnership and friendship.  

Books

Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice

Claire and Jamie, Outlander series

Peeta and Katniss, Hunger Games series

Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester, Jane Eyre

Anne and Gilbert, Anne of Green Gables

Anne Eliot and Frederick Wentworth, Persuasion

Jo and Laurie, Little Women

Beatrice and Benedict, Much Ado About Nothing

Margaret Hale and Mr. Thornton, North and South

Daisy and Jay Gatbsy, The Great Gatsby

Kathy and Tommy,  Never Let Me Go

Holly and Paul, Breakfast at Tiffany’s 

Noah and Ally, The Notebook

Peter and Lara Jean,  To all the Boys I’ve Loved Before series

Oliver and Elio,  Call Me By Your Name

Dana and Kevin, Kindred

Jane and Tea Cake,  Their Eyes Were Watching God

Jude and Reese, The Vanishing Half

Lucy and George, A Room with a View

Sethe and Paul D, Beloved

Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase,  Percy Jackson series

Movies

Carl and Ellie, Up

Han Solo and Princess Leia, Star Wars

Wall-E and Eve, Wall-E

Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, Tangled

Wesley and Buttercup, The Princess Bride

Aragon and Arwen, Lord of the Rings

Shrek and Fiona, Shrek

Harry and Sally, When Harry Met Sally

Kathleen Kelly and Joe Fox, You’ve Got Mail

Joel and Clementine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Jackson and Ally, A Star is Born

Black and Kevin, Moonlight

Nick and Lucy, The Broken Hearts Gallery

Ellie and Peter, It Happened One Night

Will and Noah, Fire Island

Dido and Oliver, Belle

Ennis and Jack, Brokeback Mountain

Stella and Winston, How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Rachel and Nick, Crazy Rich Aisans

Adonis and Bianca, Creed

Reynolds and Alma, Phantom Thread

Albert and Armand, The Birdcage

Tish and Fonny, If Beale Street Could Talk

Quincy and Monica, Love & Basketball

Television

Gomez and Morticia Addams, Addams Family

Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt, Parks & Rec

David Rose and Patrick Brewer, Schitt’s Creek

Bob and Linda Belcher, Bob’s Burgers

Captain Raymond and Kevin Cozner, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Dre and Bow, Blackish

Hal and Lois, Malcolm in the Middle

Carrie and Big, Sex and the City

Pacey and Joey, Dawson’s Creek

Olivia Pope and Fitz, Scandal

Matthew and Mary, Downton Abbey

Luke and Lorelei, Gilmore Girls

Kathe and Anthony, Bridgerton

Lawrence and Issa, Insecure

Jon Snow and Ygritte, Game of Thrones

Eleanor and Chidi, The Good Place

Christopher and Clara, Scrubs

Tony and Carmela Soprano, The Sopranos

Homer and Marge Simpson, The Simpsons

Amy and Jake, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Marshall and Lily, How I Met Your Mother

Emma and Hook, Once Upon a Time

Monica and Chandler, Friends

Fleabag and the Priest, Fleabag

Lucifer and Chloe, Lucifer

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