Benny & Joon

Benny & Joon is a 1993 movie about a tragic love between Sam (Johnny Depp) and Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson). Joon is mentally ill and lives with her over-protective brother, Benny. So he can work, he employs a housekeeper to take care of the house, and also of Joon, but Joon drives every housekeeper away with her erratic hehaviour. One day, Benny takes Joon to a poker game with his friends, and while he is away, she plays a hand, loses and has to take a friend's odd cousin Sam home to stay with them. Sam is a whimsical eccentric with a love of old movies, especially those of Buster Keaton, whom he copies in behaviour and fashion sense. He takes over the housework and soon becomes accepted by Benny and Joon, despite his odd ways of cleaning the house and cooking meals. The relationship between Joon and Sam grows, but Benny finds it difficult to let his sister go, despite the problems he has balancing his own life around her care.

The song "I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)" by The Proclaimers was written for the film's soundtrack.