Best of Enemies is a 2015 American documentary film co-directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville about the televised debates between intellectuals Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. during the 1968 United States presidential election.

[5] It especially focuses on a specific incident of on-air insults exchanged by Vidal and Buckley during the Democratic convention, and follows their subsequent thoughts and actions, including articles each wrote for Esquire magazine and the years-long litigation that resulted.

[9] It premiered on PBS television series Independent Lens on October 3, 2016, during the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election.

The website's critical consensus states: "Smart, fascinating, and funny, Best of Enemies takes a penetrating—and wildly entertaining—look back at the dawn of pundit politics.

[14] Gordon and Neville appeared on the C-SPAN program Q&A on July 26, 2015, with host Brian Lamb to discuss the film.