Male friendship movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant male friendship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, humorous, realistic, feel good, light and entertaining films and TV shows about / with male friendship, friendship between men, friendship, male nudity, friend, nude, bare chested male, nudity, male bonding and best friend plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Argentina, Germany and other countries.
male friendship movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as male friendship: Papillon (2017), My Best Friend (2018), My Own Private Idaho (1991), This Crazy Heart (2017), The Blonde One (2019), I Love You, Man (2009), 4 Moons (2014), Blindspotting (2018), That Awkward Moment (2014), The Groomsmen (2006).

List of male friendship movies

 7.2
 95K
Papillon (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Henri "Papillon" Charrière is convicted in Paris for a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he becomes obsessed with escaping. After planning and executing a series of treacherous ...
Style: suspense, factual, homoerotic, psychological, art house ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prison escape, prison, island prison, friendship, wrongful conviction, life sentence, escape, jail, escape plan, male friendship, solitary, survival ...
Time: year 2017, year 1931, 1930s, year 1969, 20th century ...
Place: south america, colombia, france, former yugoslavia, venezuela ...
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My Best Friend (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lorenzo is a teenager who lives in Patagonia. One day his family receives in his house to Caíto, the son of some friends who are going through a serious family situation and can not take care of him. He is a complicated kid and has difficulty ...
Style: independent film, sexy, lgbt cinema, semi serious, cute ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay teenager, teenage protagonist, coming of age, male friendship, male male relationship, teenager, boys love, friendship between boys, teen angst ...
Place: argentina
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My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style: road movie, homoerotic, art house, erotic, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: gay, homosexuality, male prostitute, friendship, homosexual, coming of age, unrequited love, male prostitution, male friendship, lgbt, homoerotic friendship, friendship between men ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place: idaho, portland oregon, oregon, italy, rome italy ...
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This Crazy Heart (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When 30-ish rich kid Lenny has to take care of 15-year-old David, who’s suffering from heart disease, it’s the beginning of a wild adventure. Lenny fearlessly breaks all the rules to fulfill his young friend’s every wish.
Style: feel good, uplifting, sincere, touching, thought provoking
Plot: heart disease, nouveau riche, father son relationship, male friendship, ambulance, birthday, teenage boy, father son conflict, punishment, hospital, friendship between men, recording studio ...
Place: munich germany, berlin germany, germany
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The Blonde One (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Womanising Juan must quickly find a flatmate after his brother moves out. In moves Gabriel (the blonde of the title), Juan's stoic and very handsome co-worker, who is recently widowed and struggling to support his young daughter. What starts ...
Style: disturbing, erotic, bleak, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot: gay, gay love, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay relationship, homosexual, gay erotica, gay interest, gay romance, male male relationship ...
Time: 2000s
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina
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 7.0
 225K
I Love You, Man (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify ...
Style: funny, feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: friendship between men, bromance, friendship, wedding, gay interest, couple relations, marriage, mentor, friend, socially awkward, male bonding, best friend ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california, chicago ...
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 7.4
 5K
4 Moons (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Four stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s ...
Style: lgbt cinema, captivating, psychological, disturbing, crying ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, gay couple, male nudity, gay slur, gay lead character, gay love, gay sex, orgy, naked man, lgbtq, gay marriage ...
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 7.4
 34K
Blindspotting (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested ...
Style: thought provoking, suspenseful, hood, disturbing, comedy drama ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: male friendship, cemetery, parole, probation, best friend, police, party, fight, ghetto, black, racism, police brutality ...
Place: oakland california, san francisco, boston, milwaukee wisconsin, portland oregon ...
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That Awkward Moment (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to ...
Style: romantic, sexy, not serious, teen, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: love and romance, couples, fall in love, love story, three friends, relationships, couple relations, friendship, buddies, looking for sex, sex, happy ending ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Croatia, USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his ...
Style: satirical, funny, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: satire, cia agent, male friendship, american abroad, ex husband ex wife relationship, movie star, bromance, father daughter relationship, undercover, drug lord, special agent, celebrity ...
Time: 2020s
Place: spain, former yugoslavia, mediterranean sea, los angeles
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The Groomsmen (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A groom (Ed Burns) and his four attendants wrestle with issues related to friendship and maturity a week before the big day.
Style: realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, talky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: wedding, brother brother relationship, family relations, male bonding, buddies, couple relations, hopes, friendship, male friendship, friends, thirtysomething life, couples ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa
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Sword in the Moon (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A series of high-ranking officials are being systematically eliminated by a sleek assassin and his female assistant, and arrogant master swordsman General Choi (Jo Jae-Hyeon) is charged with putting an end to the carnage. During a previous time of ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, bleak
Plot: coup d'etat, ancient korea, medieval, martial arts, vigilantism, vengeance, lone wolves, usurper, male friendship, danger, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time: medieval times, 16th century, 17th century
Place: ancient china, korea, asia
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Senior Moment (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After drag racing his vintage convertible around Palm Springs, a retired NASA test pilot loses his license. Forced to take public transportation, he meets Caroline and learns to navigate love and life again.
Style: captivating, humorous, light, feel good, funny ...
Plot: retirement, new love, senior citizen, male friendship, friendship, vintage car, romancing partners, love and romance, male female relationship, romantic relationship, humour, couple relations ...
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Mantervention (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Spencer turns to his best friend who's planned an unorthodox "mantervention" filled with debauchery to convert him from hopeless romantic to forever player, and in the process they discover that being in love is not so bad after all.
Style: sex comedy, humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: male friendship, best friend, buddies, friends, fall in love, love and romance, beach, clubbing, sexual relations, teaching the ways of the world, beach house, broken heart ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.2
 23K
Looking (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sincere, realistic, saga ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay couple, gay relationship, gay interest, gays and lesbians, gay latino, homosexuality, lgbt, male male relationship, friendship, group of friends, friendship between men ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, idaho, california, los angeles, usa ...
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What Else Men Talk About (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A year later the men are still talking, but this time on the 31st of December and still about the women, football, children, and, of course, about the approaching New Year’s celebration. But what can they do, if their beloved wives and girls are ...
Style: light, captivating, exciting, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: male friendship, new year's eve, male bonding, satire, drunk, infidelity, gift, adultery, husband wife relationship, friendship between men, radio station, cell phone ...
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 6.7
 10K
Fandango (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Style: sentimental, emotional, road movie, inspirational, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, date night
Plot: coming of age, on the road, friendship, young lovers, road trip, culture clash, male bonding, travel, adolescence, adolescence vs adulthood, student life, obsessive quest ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1985, 80s, future
Place: texas, austin texas, vietnam
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Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: homeless, bullying, male friendship, homelessness, addiction, male bonding, biopic, suicide, abuse, tragic hero, human nature, haunted by the past ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: england
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 7.3
 2K
Rough Riders (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story: In 1898 the US government decided to intervene on the side of the Cuban rebels in their struggle against Spanish rule. Assistant Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt decides to experience the war first hand by promoting and joining a volunteer cavalry ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: american history, civil war, u.s. president, spanish american war, battles, president, soldier, state affairs, heroic mission, political unrest, military life, male friendship ...
Time: 19th century, turn of the century, 1890s
Place: latin america, san antonio texas, new mexico, cuba
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Peaceful Warrior (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Style: inspirational, philosophical, spiritual, sincere, motivational ...
Audience: teens
Plot: self discovery, mentor, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, enlightenment, wise man, human spirit, philosophy, gymnastics, life philosophy, athlete and trainer, guru ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: tibet, california, usa, new jersey
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 6.8
 124
Final Draft (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Marty, an anti-social realist, and Harry, a passionate ideologist, are two young writers who have come to Hollywood to make it as successful screenwriters.
Style: satirical, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot: partnership, ambition, male friendship, writers, hollywood, filmmaking, creative process, satire, fantasizing, screenwriter, reality vs fantasy, ambitious man ...
Place: los angeles
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 7.0
 276K
Chronicle (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and ...
Style: bad ending, intense, clever, suspense, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, telekinesis, found footage, supernatural, levitation, coming of age, adolescence, friendship, supernatural ability, bullying, teenage life, teenager ...
Time: year 2012, future, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, washington d.c., usa, tibet, canada
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 7.4
 220K
Luca (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, two young boys experience an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another ...
Style: 3d animation, entertaining, funny, sexy, cute ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot: friendship, water, coming of age, ocean, disguise, seaside town, friends, sea voyage, male female friendship, sea adventure, friendship between boys, monster ...
Time: future, 2020s, 1950s, year 1959, 20th century ...
Place: italy, europe, riviera, mediterranean sea
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 6.9
 16K
Summer of 85 (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story: What do you dream of when you're 16 years old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. ...
Style: touching, sincere, sexy, captivating, aesthetic ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: gay, lgbt, teenage protagonist, lgbt teen, teenager, gay relationship, teenage boy, gay interest, death, accidental death, gay teenager, beach resort ...
Time: year 1985, 2000s, 80s
Place: normandy, france
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The Thing About Harry (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has come out.
Style: feel good, lgbt cinema, psychological, gaming, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay lead character, couples, youth, road trip, teenager, gay interest, young adult, gay romance, gay relationship ...
Time: 2000s
Place: missouri
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 6.5
 160K
Tag (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they’ve been playing since the first grade. This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which ...
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: group of friends, wedding, chase, escapades, rivalry, buddies, lifestyle, friendship, game, friendship between men, male friendship, mission ...
Time: 2010s, year 1983, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa, denver colorado, portland oregon
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 7.2
 26K
Birdy (1984)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Style: depressing, emotional, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Plot: vietnam war, mental illness, bird, obsession, best friend, psychology, male friendship, military, friendship, illness, sex scene, mental institution ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 60s
Place: vietnam, philadelphia, usa, asia, atlantic city new jersey ...
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 6.0
 777
In the Blood (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 114 min.
Story: It’s summer in Copenhagen, it’s a time of endless days and careless nights. Simon is a 23-year-old medical student. He and his friends party and drink and chase girls and wake up the next day to do the whole thing all over again. But it’s also ...
Style: homoerotic, captivating, touching, compassionate, romantic ...
Plot: friendship, friendship between men, cheating on boyfriend, making love, homoeroticism, medical student, male friendship, breakup, best friend, betrayal, roommate, hot and sexy ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: bolivia, copenhagen, scandinavia, europe
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John Dies at the End (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.
Style: surreal, psychedelic, absurd, horror comedy, not serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: invasion, dark humor, dog, fictional reality, monster, psychic power, male friendship, out of body experience, buddies, portal, save the world, adult humor ...
Time: year 2012
Place: usa, las vegas
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Lapland Odyssey (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Sweden, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even ...
Style: entertaining, funny, unusual plot structure, humorous, stylized ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night
Plot: male nudity, friendship, lapland, ultimatum, self discovery, taxi driver, nothing goes right, snowstorm, male friendship, on the road, obsessive quest, youth ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: finland, europe, eastern europe, new jersey
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