Possible Clues:

• Othello and Hamlet
• Leads, quite often
• Thelma and Louise, e.g
• Iron Man and Captain America, e.g
• Romeo and Juliet
• Top spots for players as championship moves along, we hear
• The championship revolves, we hear, for the principal characters
• Mr. Deeds and Mrs. Doubtfire
• Braveheart and Annie Hall, e.g.