The idea of taking a film – usually, but not exclusively, a buddy movie – and turning it into a Brokeback Mountain-style story of forbidden passion is certainly not new, but it currently seems to be a popular ‘thing’ on YouTube.

While many of these cut-ups are typically awful, some are pretty funny and the very best are actually quite touching. Prepare to blink away the tears at the hitherto undiscovered poignant depths of Planes, Trains and Automobiles…