With Ron Howard's true-life drama Rush hitting the big screen this month, all eyes are on Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl to see how they bring legendary Formula 1 rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda to life.
In fact, Rush screenwriter Peter Morgan is a dab hand when it comes to conjuring up memorable movie mano-a-manos - Frost/Nixon had David Frost and Richard Nixon, The Damned United Brian Clough and Don Revie, and The Deal Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
20 best movie rivalriesThere are, of course, a host of other iconic screen rivalries, because what would movies be without dramatic conflict? A recent LoveFilm poll even pegged Star Wars's battling father-son pair Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker as the greatest rivals.
Digital Spy picks out 20 of the greatest big screen rivalries - from Lauda and Hunt to Batman and The Joker - in the gallery above.
Rush opens in UK cinemas on September 13.
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