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Shippers on Deck in live-action movies.

  • Jen and Sir Te urges and wishes that Shu Lien and Mu Bai from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would get together.
  • First Officer Marjoribanks from Carry On Cruising helped the ship's doctor try and win the affections of one of the passengers during on the cruise-ship they both work on.
  • A downplayed example in Cold Pursuit. Gib seems quite keen to get Kim and her ex-boyfriend Kurt back together; despite the fact he's never met Kurt. It's possible that he just dislikes Kim using Kurt for information, and wants to see Kurt get something out of the deal.
  • In The Dark Knight Rises, Alfred and Lucius both ship Bruce with Miranda Tate. And later on, they start shipping Bruce with Selina Kyle. Their main reason for shipping is to get Bruce out of his house and/or to move on with his life.
  • In Doctor at Sea, Mrs. Thomas catches Dr. Sparrow and her daughter Wendy in a suggestive position. She looks on approvingly and takes Dr. Thomas away to let them be alone.
  • Godmothered: Eleanor tries to make Mackenzie fall in love with Hugh Prince.
  • Hairspray and original: Maybelle ships her son Seaweed and Penny admitted their love for each other.
  • Harry Potter:
    • A blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene in Half-Blood Prince seems to indicate Arthur Weasley ships his daughter, Ginny, with Harry. Harry (on the couch) and Arthur (in the armchair) are sitting in the Weasleys' living room when Ginny enters and sits next to Harry. Arthur immediately gets up and leaves the room, possibly indicating he realized what was going on between them before they did.
    • Hermione definitely ships Harry and Ginny, judging from her constant grins whenever they're awkward around each other. This was also present in the book, though less obvious.
  • In How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor, as the name implies, Peter the Great actively and successfully ships his godson of African heritage and a Russian boyar's daughter.
  • More or less the entire nation of Panem ships Katniss and Peeta in The Hunger Games franchise.
  • In John Tucker Must Die, Beth, Carrie and Heather notice that there are still some unresolved feelings between Kate and Scott and promptly act as shippers on deck when the movies ends.
  • The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires: Vanessa encourages the attraction between Leyland and Mai Kwei despite her own earlier chemistry with Leyland.
  • Sophie from Letters to Juliet ships Claire and her lover Lorenzo, even actively helping Claire find him. Likewise, Claire ships Sophie with her grandson Charlie.
  • In Love Actually, Sarah's boss actually called her into his office to discuss what she is doing to do about her crush with her co-worker Karl.
  • Love Before Breakfast: Although she knows her daughter Kay hates Scott, Mrs. Colby gives him their new phone number and tells him where he can find her, much to Kay's annoyance.
  • The Maids of Wilko: 40-year-old Wiktor's aunt very much wants him to get married. Specifically, she wants to pair him off with pretty young Tunia, the youngest daughter of the Wilko family on the neighboring farm.
  • Happens quite a bit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe:
    • Happy supports Tony and Pepper. In Iron Man 3, he even calls up Tony to warn him when Killian tries to make moves on her. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Happy gives Tony the engagement ring he's been holding onto since 2008 to propose to Pepper.
    • Thor: The Dark World sees Odin dropping some very unsubtle hints to Thor about getting together with Lady Sif, and Frigga being quite happy to see Thor with Jane Foster.
    • Col. Phillips in Captain America: The First Avenger gives a wry smile to Agent Carter once they see a newreel of Steve with a picture of her in his compass.
    • Natasha spends a lot of Captain America: The Winter Soldier casually suggesting people Steve should ask out on a date, even during less-than-opportune moments. There is an emphasis on Sharon/Agent 13. In Avengers: Endgame, Natasha switches track to Cap and his old flame Peggy Carter, as she gets a big smile on her face when she sees that Cap still has Peggy’s picture.
      • In turn, Cap supported Natasha hooking up with Bruce Banner in Avengers: Age of Ultron and respectively Tony, Nick Fury and even Thor got on board as well.
    • Ant-Man: Though he doesn't deny that Hope is attractive, Luis keeps referring to her as Scott's girlfriend.
    • Doctor Strange features a platonic(ish) variant: A dying Ancient One tells Stephen to stay close with Mordo, saying that they'll need each other to fight Dormammu.
      The Ancient One: He needs your flexibility, just as you need his strength. Only together do you stand a chance of stopping Dormammu.
    • Twisted example in Spider-Man: Homecoming where The Vulture supports Spidey being with his daughter Liz not only because he saved her life, but Peter being with Liz leaves The Vulture unopposed to commit crimes. Even when Spidey gives up a chance with Liz to stop him, Vulture admires his guts and admits he can tell why his daughter likes Peter.
      • A nicer example would be Karen, Spidey’s A.I who encourages Peter to hook up with Liz and even urges him to kiss her at one point after saving her life.
    • In Black Panther, Okoye and Shuri not so subtly support T'Challa and Nakia renewing their relationship, going as far as to heartily tease T'Challa for freezing up upon seeing Nakia again.
    • In a strange twist, Nebula supports Gamora being with Peter Quill, as in Avengers: Endgame she’s the one who reunites them across time, space and death.
      • In a twisted way, Thanos gave his blessing to Gamora and Quill in Avengers: Infinity War; while he mockingly addressed Peter as "the boyfriend", when Peter proves he has guts (i.e being prepared to shoot Gamora to save the universe), Thanos declares he likes him.
    • In Thor: Love and Thunder, King Valkyrie constantly teases Thor for still having feelings for his ex Jane Foster, now The Mighty Thor, and is rather happy when the two of them reconcile. Korg seems very happy too, even wondering about Thor-babies.
  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil sees Aurora and Phillip well into their relationship, and all hands on deck are shippers. Everyone in the Moors approves of their pairing, and in Ulstead, the Fantastic Racism towards the Moorfolk does not extend to Aurora herself.
    Soldier: So, will I be your best man, or do you intend to pick someone from the Moors?
    Phillip: If that's your way of asking if she said 'yes'-
    Soldier: Well, I had no doubt she would say 'yes'!
  • The Meg has multiple for Suyin and Jonas.
    • Mac is definitely the worst offender, continuing to "casually" mention how compatible they are and also that there isn't anything going on between Jonas and his ex-wife, Lori.
    • Lori herself even gets in on it, since she and Jonas are Amicable Exes and she wants to see him let himself be happy.
    • Suyin's daughter Meiying is also a big supporter of Jonas and Suyin, flat out telling Jonas that "my mom likes you too."
  • Benjamin Dingle from The More the Merrier contrives many situations to get Joe Carter and Connie Milligan together.
  • The Mother has an unusual port-mortem version when Zoe coaxes the title character into admitting that something might have developed between herself and FBI agent William Cruise if he hadn't been killed.
  • In Prairie Fever, Abigale is convinced that Preston and Olivia are in love, and keeps telling them, which they dismiss as Abigale being a hopeless romantic. As proof, Abigale points out that every time she draws the two of them, they are sitting closer together.
  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement: Clarisse walks up the aisle with her bodyguard Joe and the bishop, of all people, sighs in relief and says "Finally!".
  • Sneakers: When Gregor sees Martin and Liz at a party, he thinks they've gotten back together and is overjoyed.
  • In Star Trek Into Darkness, Kirk is shown to be quite supportive of Spock and Uhura's relationship and gets concerned when they hit a snag.
  • In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Donatello and Casey Jones have different ideas on who from Gilligan's Island should pair up;
    Casey: ...The Professor and Mary Ann, happily ever after.
    Don: No way, atomic mouth! Gilligan was her main man! They'd be married and have six kids by now!
    Casey: Gilligan was a geek!
    • Judging by their reactions to the kiss at the end of the film, all four Turtles eventually start shipping Casey/April.
  • That Thing You Do!: Without ever saying anything outright, Mr. White subtly pushes Faye and Guy to realize their obvious compatibility with each other, even though Faye is dating Jimmy (who is a Jerkass).
  • In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, a number of people notice that Lara Jean and Peter make a great couple and actively encourage them to be together - Chris, Kitty, Lara Jean's father and Lucas.
  • Tremors: Earl pushes his (work) partner Valentine to pair up with Rhonda, even covertly doing a You Must Be Cold gambit with Valentine's jacket.
  • TRON: Legacy: While meditating, Kevin Flynn takes a moment to recognize his son Sam and Quorra are bonding and gives a warm smile.
  • Venom (2018): Surprisingly, the venom symbiote expresses a desire to reunite Eddie with Anne. In fact, when it briefly possessed Anne and transferred itself to Eddie, as any physical interaction would do, it purposely made her kiss him.
  • Vet Hard: At the end of this Dutch / Belgian movie, Bennie gets Koen and Katja together by driving him to her house and encouraging him to win her back. Koen is a necrophiliac murderer, Katja a manic suicidal woman, and Bennie a violent Sir Swears-a-Lot criminal who previously had tried to murder Katja himself (it's that kind of Dysfunction Junction of a Black Comedy).
  • In Warrior of the Lost World (known for its appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000), the title character's annoying sentient motorcycle ships him and Damsel in Distress Nastasia.
  • In Written on the Wind, Marylee's father thinks she and Mitch should marry, and tells him as much. To Mitch, however, they are Like Brother and Sister.
  • In Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Roger coos with delight and gets hearts in his eyes (and in his ears) while he watches Eddie Valiant and his ex-girlfriend Dolores starting to make amends with each other while hiding out in a movie theater.

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