Hollywood’s Greatest Power Couples

Few Hollywood couples are experiencing a moment quite like Tom Holland and Zendaya. They both starred in two of 2026’s biggest movies: Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. According to Forbes, Brand New Day recorded the largest domestic opening in history. Meanwhile, The Odyssey became another major global hit for Nolan. These films led to a record-breaking weekend at the North American box office when the latest Spider-Man movie opened in August. Their success has cemented Holland and Zendaya’s status as a dominant power couple in Hollywood.

But where do they stand among the greatest movie-star pairings? No definitive formula measures a Hollywood power couple, and any such ranking remains subjective. For its list, Newsweek considered five key factors:

• Each performer’s individual stardom
• The couple’s combined box-office power
• Awards and critical recognition
• Influence on popular culture and the media
• The longevity and lasting significance of their careers and relationship

Here is Newsweek’s ranking of the 10 greatest Hollywood power couples of all time.

10. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been together since 1983, reconnecting while making the 1984 film Swing Shift. They later appeared in Overboard and The Christmas Chronicles, and its sequel. Hawn won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Cactus Flower and received a Best Actress nomination for Private Benjamin. Russell’s credits include Escape From New York, The Thing, Tombstone, Miracle, and several Fast & Furious movies. The couple never married, choosing to retain their independence, yet remain together. Their relationship spans more than four decades, marking one of Hollywood’s longest-running partnerships.

9. Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz

Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz first worked together in the 1992 Spanish film Jamón Jamón. They began a relationship years later and married in 2010. Both had established international careers before becoming regular leads in Hollywood. Bardem won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for No Country for Old Men, and Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona. In 2022, they were one of few married couples nominated for acting Oscars in the same year; Bardem for Being the Ricardos, and Cruz for Parallel Mothers. Both actors have received four acting nominations. Their ranking is based on their combined awards record, international reach, and sustained careers in both Spanish- and English-language cinema.

8. Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively met while making the 2011 film Green Lantern, marrying the following year. Reynolds found significant commercial success with the Deadpool franchise. Lively’s film credits include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Town, The Age of Adaline, A Simple Favor, and It Ends With Us. In August 2024, they occupied the top two spots at the North American box office. Reynold’s Deadpool & Wolverine finished first, surpassing $1 billion worldwide, while Lively’s It Ends With Us opened domestically with $50 million. Their film earnings, business interests, and large social media profiles made them prominent contemporary figures.

7. Bruce Willis and Demi Moore

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore married in 1987 and divorced in 2000. They have three daughters together and remained close post-divorce. While together, Willis starred in films like Die Hard, Die Hard 2, The Last Boy Scout, Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, Armageddon, and The Sixth Sense. Meanwhile, Moore headlined Ghost, A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure, and G.I. Jane. Their marriage coincided with both careers’ commercially successful periods, regularly securing lead roles in major productions during the 1990s. Moore continues to be involved in Willis’ family life, including after his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.

6. Tom Holland and Zendaya

Tom Holland and Zendaya first starred together in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. They reappeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Outside the franchise, Zendaya starred in the Dune films and Challengers, while Holland led the video game adaptation Uncharted. Zendaya has also won two Emmys for her role in HBO’s Euphoria. Their recent commercial success places them sixth, though their long-term standing depends on future career developments.

5. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall met while making To Have and Have Not, Bacall’s debut film, released in 1944. Married in 1945, they stayed together until Bogart’s death in 1957. The couple appeared in The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Key Largo. According to the Academy, their relationship was a “real-life love story” that captivated international audiences, with their marriage enhancing their on-screen chemistry. Bogart won a Best Actor Oscar for The African Queen, while Bacall continued her film and theater career, receiving an honorary Oscar in 2009. Their collaborations and association with Hollywood’s Golden Age place them in fifth position.

4. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez began their relationship after working on the 2003 film Gigli. Their engagement and media coverage resulted in the nickname Bennifer, among the first celebrity portmanteaus to gain widespread use. They ended their engagement in 2004, reunited in 2021, married in 2022, and divorced by 2025. Affleck won Oscars for co-writing Good Will Hunting and producing Argo. Lopez led films like Selena, Out of Sight, The Wedding Planner, Maid in Manhattan, and Hustlers, maintaining a parallel music career. Their high position reflects public interest’s scale and duration, especially after reuniting nearly two decades later.

3. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones met in 1998 and married in November 2000, having two children together. Douglas won an Academy Award as a producer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and another for Wall Street. His major films include Romancing the Stone, Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, and Traffic. Zeta-Jones became an international star through The Mask of Zorro, Entrapment, and Traffic. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Chicago. Though briefly separated in 2013, they reconciled. Their combined awards record, box-office success, and over 25 years of marriage place them third.

2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie worked together on the 2005 action comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith, with their relationship becoming public after the film’s release. They married in 2014 after nearly a decade together. Both were established leading actors. Jolie won an Oscar for Girl, Interrupted, while Pitt won acting and production Oscars for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 12 Years a Slave, respectively. Their public presence extended beyond film, with Jolie serving the United Nations refugee agency as a goodwill ambassador and later as a special envoy for over 20 years. They established the Jolie-Pitt Foundation for humanitarian, health, and conservation initiatives. Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, but their prominence in film and humanitarian work places them second.

1. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton met on the set of Cleopatra, released in 1963. They married in 1964, divorced in 1974, remarried in 1975, and divorced again in 1976. They appeared in 11 films together, including The V.I.P.s, The Sandpiper, The Taming of the Shrew, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Taylor won two Best Actress Oscars for Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? although Burton received seven acting nominations, he did not win. Both were nominated for their roles in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Taylor winning. Their shared filmography, individual awards, and international attention from their marriages place them at No. 1.

Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Ben Kelly and Gray R. Thomas.