History BattleCouple / LiveActionFilms

** In ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' they are engaged when they go back into the arena. Their actual relationship status is a bit more complicated, as the engagement came about to placate President Snow, but Katniss is actually falling in love with Peeta. By ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay Part 2'' they fight in the same squad during the rebellion, and [[spoiler: end up married]].

** Close -but platonic- example with Hawkeye and Black Widow in Budapest and [[Film/TheAvengers the battle of New York]], also Captain America and Black Widow invoke this in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.

** Close -but platonic- example with Hawkeye and Black Widow in Budapest and the battle of New York, also Captain America and Black Widow invoke this in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.

* ''Film/FutureWorld2018'': Lei fights alongside Ash once the two become girlfriends.

** Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne from ''Film/AntMan1'' much like the comics play this straight, as seen in a FlashBack where they work for S.H.I.E.L.D together as a married couple. Scott and Hope follow in their footsteps in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' [[spoiler: and in ''Endgame'']].

** Thor and Jane Foster in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' after the latter [[TookALevelInBadass get granted the power of]] [[EmpoweredBadassNormal The Mighty Thor]] recounsil there former relationship and battle against Gorr The Godbutcher.

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann ''get married in the middle of a battle'', officiated by Captain Barbossa ''who is also involved in the battle'', and it was the [[RuleOfCool coolest]] marriage ever on screen.
* In ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'', becoming a Battle Couple saves their marriage, and their lives, incidentally.
%%* Aleida March and Ernesto Guevara in Part One of ''Che''.
* ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}''
** ''Film/TheLegendOfZorro'' has Zorro and Elena picking off the baddies.
** At the end of the AffectionateParody ''Film/ZorroTheGayBlade'', Zorro and [[SoapBoxSadie Charlotte Taylor Wilson]] become a battle couple to take down the baddie once and for all. Though they also need the help of Zorro's [[CampGay twin brother]] to succeed.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Han and Leia go from bickering couple to Battle Couple in Eps. IV-VI.
-->''Ep. V:''\\
'''Leia:''' I love you.\\
'''Han:''' I know.\\
''Ep. VI:''\\
'''[[MeaningfulEcho Han:]]''' [[MeaningfulEcho I love you.]]\\
'''[[MeaningfulEcho Leia:]]''' [[MeaningfulEcho I know.]]
** The ''VI'' quote comes in the middle of a battle right before Leia shoots the two Stormtroopers holding them at gunpoint.
** Leia's parents, Anakin and Padmé, fight together in the arena during the battle in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones,'' providing a gun-and-sword (well, blaster and lightsaber) combo.
** In perhaps the coolest scene [[spoiler: Rey and Kylo in ''Film/TheLastJedi'' butcher the Elite Praetorian Guard together as BackToBackBadass, however despite their mutual feelings Rey rejects Kylo's WeCanRuleTogether offer after the Guards are defeated]].
*** In ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', [[spoiler: Rey and Ben (the [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed]] [[ThatManIsDead Kylo Ren]]) become this when they take down the Knights of Ren and the Sith Cultists together and share a BigDamnKiss shortly thereafter.]]

* ''Film/StarshipTroopers'': Johnny Rico and Dizzy Flores, soldiers of the same unit, share some love before going out to shoot up giant alien bugs.
* The vampire Sonya and lycan Lucian in ''Film/UnderworldRiseOfTheLycans''. Their doomed romance started the war between the vampires and the Lycans. They do quite a bit of swordfighting and monster-slaying, right up until things go south.
* Selene and Michael in ''Film/UnderworldEvolution''. Besides their supernatural abilities, Selene is a centuries-old warrior while Michael combines the powers of both races.
* Harry and Helen Tasker, at the end of ''Film/TrueLies''. She's shown to have joined him as a spy, with them threatening a man together.
%%* The Blues in ''Film/UndercoverBlues''
* Jake Sully and Neytiri of ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' chose each other as mates and [[PreclimaxClimax confirm it]] before the FinalBattle.

%%* Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood in [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk the first]] and [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull fourth]] episode of [[Franchise/IndianaJones the famous tetralogy]].
* The twins in ''Film/WrongTurn2DeadEnd'' prefer to fight together, [[BrotherSisterIncest among other things]]. Their parents are an example as well.
* In ''Film/KungFuHustle'', there is the battle couple of the Landlord and Landlady. Both appear as innocuous, though important characters that later in the film demonstrate incredible martial arts skill.
%%* Ben Richards and Amber from ''Film/TheRunningMan’’.
%%* Simon Peter Gruber and Katya from ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance''.
* Katniss and Peeta work together in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' except he doesn't know she's only pretending to love him in order to gain sympathy from sponsors.
** In ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' they are engaged when they go back into the arena. Their actual relationship status is a bit more complicated, as the engagement came about to placate President Snow, but Katniss is actually falling in love with Peeta. By ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay Part 2'' they fight in the same squad during the rebellion, and [[spoiler: end up married]].
* ''Film/CalamityJane'': Considering how Calamity Jane and Bill Hickok are skilled gunslingers and like trouble, you'd think they'd turn out to be this couple in an instant, but it's implied to be averted after they get together as both of them want to settle down and raise children. They've been close friends for quite some time, so it's not outlandish to assume that they played this straight at some point.
--> '''Bill's Friend:''' I don't know what kinda life you're gonna have living with that catamount, Bill, but it ain't gonna be dull!\\
'''Bill:''' That's fer dang sure.
* ''Film/DaylightsEnd'': Burton and Earnesta are a married couple and two of the group's best gunfighters. They take on zombies together in several scenes.

* One of the possible configurations to operate a Jaeger in ''Film/PacificRim''. The Russian pilots of Cherno Alpha, Aleksis and Sasha Kaidonovsky, are married. And so were the Japanese pilots of Tacit Ronin, Duc Jessop and Kaori Koyamada.
* In the soft - core porno ''Passion and Romance: Ocean of Dreams'', Greg and Melinda Arnold met while they were serving in [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]]. He was a [[SemperFi Marine Corps]] helicopter pilot and she was a [[HospitalHottie Navy nurse]].
* Navy surgeon LT. Don Jardian and Navy nurse LTJG Deborah Solomon in ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Hearts_(film) Purple Hearts]]'' become this while serving in [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]].
* The Mutos from ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', in a sense, as they are a mated pair and manage to put up a real fight against Godzilla. One-on-one, they are severely outmatched, although the male one had the advantage of being able to fly.
%%* Burt and Heather Gummer from the first ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' movie.
* The Gemini Killers from ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists''. They also make a cameo in the sequel.

* ''Film/AssassinsCreed2016'': It is implied that Maria and Aguilar are lovers in addition to being fellow members of the Assassin Brotherhood.
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' has a [[PapaWolf male]] [[MamaBear female]] ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' searching for their infant son. The parents cause several deaths during their search for their son including the female and male tyrannosaurs ripping Eddie Carr in half, and the [[PapaWolf male dinosaur]] causing all sorts of damage in San Diego towards the end.
** ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', the [[MamaBear alpha female]] and the [[PapaWolf alpha male]] ''Velociraptors'' are a very good couple together when they go after Grant's group. When Alan eavesdrops on the conversation between them it's shown that the two raptors respect each other.
* ''Film/KickAss2'' has Dave alias Kick-Ass and Mindy aka Hit-Girl. She has her first kiss with him before she has to leave the city.
** There's also Remembering Tommy, a husband and wife who became superheroes to honor their missing son.

* Burt and Heather in ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' team up to fight the Graboids after their home comes under attack.
* The BountyHunter antagonists of ''Film/Slipstream1989''; subverted in that the woman has become disillusioned with her partner. TheDeterminator characteristics that made him a hero in their younger years have [[BornInTheWrongCentury become meaningless in a post-apocalyptic world]], and she ends up leaving him for the LoveableRogue protagonist.
* Nicky and Joe provide a rare male/male example in ''Film/TheOldGuard''. Both are immortal warriors who first met fighting each other on opposing sides of the First Crusade. After trying and failing to ([[ResurrectiveImmortality permanently]]) kill each other several times, they finally called a truce and fell in deeply love, eventually becoming members of the titular team of immortal soldiers.
* ''Film/RiotGirls'': Nat and Scratch are a lesbian couple who fight together all throughout the movie.
* ''Film/TheConjuringUniverse'': Ed and Lorraine Warren fight (sometimes literally!) hand-in-hand against the forces of darkness -- though Ed often wishes she'd stay safely out of the fighting instead, not because he thinks she's incapable of taking care of herself but because he can't bear the idea of losing her. Lorraine isn't having any of it, and she's right.
-->'''Lorraine''': [The demon] thinks our love is our weakness, but it's not. It's our ''strength''.
* ''Film/TheRetreat2021'': Renee and Vel, after breaking free, become this when they go after their tormentors. [[spoiler:They successfully kill them as a couple, using whatever weapons they've gotten.]]

** Thor and Jane Foster in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' after [[TookALevelInBadass get granted the power of]] [[EmpoweredBadassNormal The Mighty Thor]] recounsil there former relationship and battle against Gorr The Godbutcher.