Weekly Feminist Film Question: Who Are Your Favorite Female Friendships in Film and TV?

Bromances, buddy films, buddy cop movies, — notice a theme here? Most movies about friendship are about dudes, usually white hetero dudes. Considering the sheer magnitude of films and TV series, it’s shockingly rare how often a movie or series showcases female friendships. So we asked you: Who are your favorite female friendships? We received an overwhelming response…especially from A LOT of Buffy and Parks and Rec fans! Without further adieu, here’s what you said!

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Absolutely Fabulous –– Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley)

Any Day Now — Rene Jackson (Lorraine Toussaint) and Mary Elizabeth “M.E.” Smith O’Brien (Annie Potts) 

Bones — Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Angela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), Buffy and Tara Maclay (Amber Benson), Tara and Dawn Summers (Michelle Trachtenberg)

Celine and Julie Go Boating — Celine (Juliet Berto) and Julie (Dominique Labourier)

Community — Annie (Alison Brie), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) and Britta (Gillian Jacobs)

Daria — Daria Morgendorffer (Tracy Grandstaff) and Jane Lane (Wendy Hoopes)

Deadwood — Alma Garret (Molly Parker) and Trixie (Paula Malcomson)

A Different World — Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy) and Kim Reese (Charnele Brown)

Friends — Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Gellar (Courtney Cox) and Phoebe Bufay (Lisa Kudrow)

Gilmore Girls — Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) and Lane Kim (Keiko Agena), Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and Sookie St. James (Melissa McCarthy)

Girl, Interrupted — Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder), Lisa Rowe (Angelina Jolie), Daisy Randone (Brittany Murphy), Georgina Tuskin (Clea DuVall), Polly Clark (Elisabeth Moss), Janet Webber (Angela Bettis) and Cynthia Crowley (Jillian Armenante)

Girlfriends — Joan Clayton, Esq. (Tracee Ellis Ross), Maya Wilkes (Golden Brooks), Lynn Searcy (Persia White) and Toni Childs Garrett (Jill Marie Jones)

Golden Girls — Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), Rose Nylund (Betty White), Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty)

Gravity Falls — Mabel Pines (Kristen Schaal), Candy Chiu (Niki Yang) and Grenda (Carl Faruolo)

Grey’s Anatomy — Christina Yang (Sandra Oh) and Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo)

Hannah Montana — Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) and Lilly Truscott (Emily Osment)

How I Met Your Mother — Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders) and Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan)

Kate and Allie — Kate McArdle (Susan St. James) and Allie Lowell (Jane Curtin)

A League of their Own

Mad Men — Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) and Joan Holloway Harris (Christina Hendricks)

Martin — Pam James (Tichina Arnold) and Gina Waters-Payne (Tisha Campbell)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Mary (Mary Tyler Moore) and Rhoda (Julie Kavner)

Me Without You — Holly (Michelle Williams/Ella Jones) and Marina (Anna Friel/Anna Popplewell)

Mystic Pizza — Kat Araujo (Annabeth Gish), Daisy Araujo (Julia Roberts) and Jojo Barbosa (Lili Taylor)

One Tree Hill — Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush), Peyton Sawyer (Hilarie Burton) and Haley James Scott (Bethany Joy Lenz)

Parks and Recreation — Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones)

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion — Romy White (Mira Sirvino) and Michele Weinberger (Lisa Kudrow)

Roommates — Billie (Samantha Fox), Joan Harmon (Veronica Hart), Sherry (Kelly Nichols)

Sailor Moon

Sex and the City — Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristen Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon)

Sliding Doors — Helen Quilley (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Anna (Zara Turner)

Thelma and Louise — Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis) and Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon)

True Blood — Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and Tara (Rutina Wesley)

Xena: Warrior Princess — Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O’Connor)