影片记录了美国广播公司于1968年民主和共和两党全国代表大会期间邀请戈尔•维达尔与威廉•F•巴克利进行的十天辩论，也评价了这场辩论对电视业未来以及当代观点交流的影响。以电视实况的高潮为基础展现从政治攻讦到人身攻击的过程，同时公正地选择了双方的受访对象，结合美国时政介绍了双方的生活简历。（豆瓣电影字幕翻译2.0小组）

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, 'What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?'