Best friend movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant best friend movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching and sentimental films and TV shows about / with best friend, friendship, friends, friend, love, couples, love and romance, teenager, women and coming of age plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as best friend: Love, Rosie (2014), Piggies (2009), Little Men (2016), Alabama Moon (2009), First Girl I Loved (2016), Will & Grace (1998), The Princess Diaries (2001), Frances Ha (2012), Ghost World (2001), One Day (2011).

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 7.1
 154K
Love, Rosie (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different ...
Style: touching, sentimental, sweet, teen, cute ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: love story, love, best friends in love, couples, love affair, love and romance, youth, friends in love, teenage pregnancy, true love, best friend, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: ireland, england, los angeles, usa, boston
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 6.4
 626
Piggies (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Tomek is 14 and a good student. He's interested in astronomy and plays football to please his father. The only thing is, he lives in a poor little border town plagued by unemployment, whereas across the river lies Germany with all its relative ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: rent boy, abused child, teenage prostitution, male prostitution, 13 year old, teenage protagonist, child protagonist, friendship between boys, gay, teenage boy, boy in peril, coming of age ...
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 6.7
 8K
Little Men (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece, Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute ...
Style: social, sentimental, captivating, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: boy, father son relationship, 13 year old, bullying, best friend, landlord tenant relationship, coming of age, friendship, aspiring actor, teacher, teenage girl, teenage boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa
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 6.4
 2K
Alabama Moon (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, exciting, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, date night, teens
Plot: wilderness, best friend, boy, friendship, coming of age, orphan, life turned upside down, father son relationship, friends, youth, adventurer, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: alabama, usa, southern usa
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First Girl I Loved (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her L.A. public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend, Clifton—who has always harbored a secret crush on her—he does his best to get in the way.
Style: teen, captivating, disturbing, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, teenage sexuality, best friend, lesbian teen, high school, lgbt, lgbtq, teenager, youth, friendship, lesbian love, coming of age ...
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 7.4
 60K
Will & Grace (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gay, best friend, roommate, friendship, dating, gay friend, gay straight relations, lawyer, lgbtq, supportive friend, love and romance, platonic ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, idaho
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The Princess Diaries (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, touching, teen, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: high school, teenager, princess, coming of age, royalty, royal family, teenage life, cinderella story, fish out of water, female protagonist, teenage girl, teenage love ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, usa, europe, pacific ocean
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 7.4
 94K
Frances Ha (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
Style: mumblecore, black and white, realistic, poignant, independent film ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: female friendship, best friend, relationships, friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, loneliness, female protagonist, dancer, self discovery, direction and purpose, dancing ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, sacramento california, paris france, france ...
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 7.3
 126K
Ghost World (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style: black comedy, thought provoking, independent film, melancholic, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, age difference, friendship, adolescence, graduation, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, blues, teen angst, best friend, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, los angeles
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 7.0
 165K
One Day (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
Style: sentimental, romantic, sad, emotional, touching ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: love, love story, love and romance, best friends in love, friendship, male female friendship, couples, ambition, opposites attract, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, divorce ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: iran, scotland, paris france, london
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, teen ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, wizard, witch, friendship, fantasy world, magical, boarding school, chosen one, youth, children, school ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, year 1991, year 1981, 20th century ...
Place: england, europe, london, yorkshire
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 5.9
 4K
The Best Man (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Hungary, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start to look up when Olly's college pal James asks him to be the best man at his wedding. Prior ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, touching, anamorphic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love, love triangle, wedding, fall in love, couples, cons and scams, party, writers, clumsy, group of friends, high school friends, high school friend ...
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Giant Little Ones (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Style: captivating, realistic, emotional, thought provoking, freeze frame ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, gay, best friend, friendship, gay father, father son relationship, underage drinking, first gay sexual experience, lgbtq, bisexual, teenage protagonist, sexual orientation ...
Time: 2000s
Place: usa
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 6.1
 7K
P.S. (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Thirty-nine-year old divorcé Louise Harrington (Linney) works in the admissions office at Columbia University School of the Arts. She is unnerved when she receives an application from F. Scott Feinstadt, the same name of her high school sweetheart ...
Style: sincere, melancholic, touching, erotic, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, teacher student romance, infidelity, age difference, character study, loneliness, painting, love and romance, sex addict, haunted by the past, teacher student relationship, thirtysomething life ...
Time: year 2004
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Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.
Style: feel good, teen, romantic, cute, romantic drama ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, best friend, tomboy, love triangle, love, friendship, teenager, teenage love, teen romance, friends to lovers, love story ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
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 8.4
 105K
Psych (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a ...
Style: exciting, witty, detective, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: investigation, private detective, buddies, friends, intelligence, friendship, prodigy, best friend, team, who done it, hotshot, clairvoyant ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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Sex and the City (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.
Style: light, romantic, witty, romantic comedy, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: fashion, women, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, city life, best friend, friendship, friends, couples, urban, sexual relations ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, malibu california, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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 6.5
 7K
Those People (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.
Style: tense, bleak, enigmatic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: gay, gay love, gay relationship, gay romance, gay best friend, painter, lgbt, best friend, male male relationship, homosexuality, gay sex, pianist ...
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, beirut lebanon, lebanon
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 8.9
 1.1M
Friends (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 5280 min.
TV show
Story: The misadventures of a group of friends as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in Manhattan.
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, family outing, boys' night, teen drama ...
Plot: friendship, looking for love, everyday life, best friend, love and romance, couple relations, family relations, group of friends, couples, sex life, friends, roommate ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Big Bang Theory is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, witty, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: nerd, scientist, friends, science, genius, geek, sarcasm, group of friends, neighbor, friendship, roommate, intelligence ...
Time: y2k, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: pasadena california, california, hawaii, usa
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Wander Over Yonder (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of Wander, an eternally-optimistic intergalactic traveler and constant do-gooder, and his quick-tempered but loyal steed and best friend, Sylvia. The friendliest face in outer space, Wander journeys across the galaxies to spread ...
Style: feel good, exciting, humorous, semi serious, anime ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: optimism, best friend, friends, adventurer, space travel, space and aliens, hopes, intergalactic, alien, pacifism, villain, escapades ...
Time: 2010s
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How I Met Your Mother (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 4576 min.
TV show
Story: How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 19, 2005, to March 31, 2014. The series follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his group of friends in Manhattan. As a framing device, Ted, in the year 2030, ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, light, humorous, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: couples, friendship, roommate, friends, looking for love, singleness, dating, womanizer, couple relations, group of friends, best friend, romantic friendship ...
Time: 2030s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, madagascar, manhattan new york city, usa
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 5.8
 76K
Made of Honor (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she ...
Style: romantic, feel good, funny, rom com, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: wedding, best friends in love, love and romance, love story, best friend, friendship, relationships, male female friendship, love triangle, opposites attract, marriage, bridesmaid ...
Time: year 2008, year 1998, 90s, 21st century
Place: scotland, europe, new york, manhattan new york city
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 7.8
 33K
Close (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two thirteen year-olds have always been incredibly close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. An emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and ...
Style: dramatic, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, best friend, friendship between boys, coming of age, teenage boy, intimacy, guilt, bullying, suicide, lgbt child, friendship between men, boyhood ...
Place: france, belgium
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Anne of Green Gables (1985)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, West Germany, USA
Duration: 199 min.
TV show
Story: At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. ...
Style: touching, sentimental, period piece, emotional, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: adoption, orphan, imagination, teaching the ways of the world, teenage love, coming of age, countryside, best friend, young heroes, love and romance, foster home, little girl ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 1800s, year 1985 ...
Place: canada, america
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 6.7
 60K
Good Boys (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of young boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers embark on an epic quest to fix their broken drone before their parents get home.
Style: absurd, light, funny, raunchy comedy, not serious ...
Plot: grownups, sexual humor, best friend, first kiss, adult humor, school, child protagonist, mischievous children, absurd humor, youth, friendship, game playing ...
Place: usa
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 7.0
 29K
Beaches (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
Style: heartbreaking, tear jerker, sad, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot: friendship, childhood friend, best friend, singer, terminal illness, female bonding, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, coming of age, family relations, honest, grief ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1950s
Place: new york, atlantic city new jersey, san francisco, los angeles, manhattan new york city ...
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 6.1
 112K
The Switch (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
Style: romantic, humorous, feel good, cute, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: pregnancy, male female friendship, best friend, couples, best friends in love, love story, parenthood, single parent, unfulfilled love, childbirth, father son relationship, lifestyle ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, michigan
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 8.5
 62K
Black Books (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, talky, not serious, offbeat ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: bookstore, weirdo, workplace, workplace situations, friendship, misfit, best friend, workplace problem, uptight character, store, drunkenness, farce ...
Time: near future, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Style: romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, women, love story, unrequited love, wedding preparations and rituals, best friend, love triangle, gay, friendship, love and romance, male female friendship, screwball ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: chicago, madagascar, usa, new york
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