Some witty person relatively recently came up with the phrase 'Bromance', but strong and abiding male friendships have long been played out on the big screen.
The film genre has become a recipe for major box office successes, with Academy award-winner Joachim Back recently directing not one but two films about the trials, tribulations and idiosyncrasies of modern male friendships.
Created for Chivas Regal, Here’s to Big Bear and Here’s to Twinkle follow four successful guys as they look back at the misadventures that helped to cement their everlasting friendship.
Inspired by these films, Jason Solomons, film critic for the Observer newspaper and Chairman of the London Film Critics' Circle, has paid homage to the brilliance of the genre by compiling his list of Top 10 brotherhood of men's moments in film...
What's your favourite buddy movie - is it in the top ten below?