Childhood friend movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant childhood friend movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, captivating, realistic, psychological, serious and sincere films and TV shows about / with childhood friend, love, friendship, flashback, family relations, couple relations, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, coming of age and kiss plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, South Korea, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as childhood friend: New Life (2016), Love, Rosie (2014), Cross Country Christmas (2020), The Five (2016), My Little Bride (2004), The Convenient Groom (2016), Love at the Christmas Table (2012), Something Is Happening (1998), Esteros (2016), She Was Pretty (2015).

List of childhood friend movies

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 6.1
 990
New Life (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. From the innocence of a childhood friendship, through adolescent attraction, their love strengthens and grows. ...
Style: romantic, rough, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: best friends in love, cancer, car accident, childhood friend, relationships, french girl, romantic relationship, childhood love, couples, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic event ...
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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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Cross Country Christmas (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Former classmates Lina and Max are traveling home for the holidays, until a storm hits and they have to work together to make it home in time, no matter the mode of transportation.
Style: sincere, light, captivating, realistic, romantic comedy
Plot: christmas, childhood friend, christmas eve, christmas romance, road trip, male female relationship, fall in love, friendship, love, family relations, society, cow ...
Place: indiana, kansas, colorado, nebraska, missouri ...
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 7.5
 12K
The Five (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When they were twelve years old, Mark, Pru, Danny and Slade were out together in the park. Mark’s five-year-old brother, Jesse, was annoying them. They were mean – told him to get lost. Jesse ran away. He was gone. Never seen again. Twenty years ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, detective, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: crime solving, childhood friend, murder, missing person, investigation, crime investigation, police detective, murder mystery, secret, crime scene, forensics, twists and turns ...
Place: britain
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My Little Bride (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Boeun (Moon Geun Young) is an ordinary high school girl who worries about grades and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, Jungwoo. One day, Boeun's grandfather orders her to marry Sangmin (Kim Rae Won) because of a pact he made ...
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: forced marriage, love affair, arranged marriage, youth, family relations, teenage life, honeymoon, childhood friend, marriage, loveless marriage, couples, family values ...
Time: 21st century
Place: east asia, south korea, korea, seoul, asia
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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A spunky female weightlifter and free-spirited male swimmer meet on campus, only to find out their pasts may be intertwined.
Style: dorama, romantic, touching, sweet, humorous ...
Plot: weightlifting, friendship, childhood friend, college, teen romance, dream, friends, direction and purpose, teenager, teenage life, adolescence, follow your dream ...
Place: korea, thailand
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The Convenient Groom (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Dr. Kate Lawrence, a celebrity relationship expert, plans to publicly announce her engagement to Bryan, a handsome and perfectly polished businessman. As Kate prepares to share the news, Bryan shocks her by breaking up with her and calling off the ...
Style: romantic, humorous, light, sweet, feel good
Audience: chick flick
Plot: pretend relationship, wedding, childhood friend, secret, marriage proposal, fall in love, character change, starting over, eccentric family, fish out of water, love story, love and romance ...
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Love at the Christmas Table (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Family friends Sam and Kat spend every Christmas Eve at the Children's Table. They grow up together, sharing the highs and lows of young adulthood. And at thirty, Sam realizes that Kat is the one...but he's afraid that the past will get in ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, sweet, light, cute ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: true love, holiday, childhood friend, best friend, best friends in love, christmas, thirtysomething life, love and romance, snow, male female relationship, happy ending, bully ...
Time: year 1984, 21st century
Place: usa
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Something Is Happening (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: Anjali is left heartbroken when her best friend and secret crush, Rahul, falls in love with Tina. Years later, Tina's young daughter tries to fulfil her mother's last wish of uniting Rahul and Anjali.
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: friendship, love triangle, best friend, childhood friend, love, love and romance, youth, family life, crumbling relationship, unhappiness, family relations, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, middle east, scotland, asia
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 7.0
 5K
Esteros (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening.
Style: light, captivating, sincere, cute, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, gay lead character, friendship, male homosexuality, closeted gay, friendship between boys, gay love, homoeroticism, puberty, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, memories ...
Time: 2000s
Place: argentina
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She Was Pretty (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Ji Sung Joon has a crush on the most beautiful girl in town, Kim Hye Jin - the only problem is, he's unattractive and lacks self-esteem. As fate would have it, years later Sung Joon grows up to be not only successful, but extremely attractive. ...
Style: light, humorous, dorama, romantic, sweet ...
Plot: childhood friend, opposites attract, love and romance, romantic triangle, lie, unrequited love, fashion magazine, fashion, love affair, love story, romantic relationship, relationships ...
Place: korea
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The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic, neo noir ...
Plot: whodunit, murder, childhood friend, police investigation, partners against crime, investigation, justice, crime gone awry, resort hotel, cia agent, frame up, false accusation ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, future
Place: jamaica, caribbean, nicaragua, west indies
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 7.9
 483K
Mystic River (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style: psychological, suspense, emotional, twist ending, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: vengeance, police investigation, murder, sexual abuse, murder mystery, investigation, death in the family, child abuse, loss of child, revenge, tragic event, grief ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
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 7.9
 96K
Past Lives (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two childhood friends are separated after one’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one week as they confront notions of destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, independent film, semi autobiographical ...
Plot: childhood friend, city, friendship, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, love, travel, life, immigrant, childhood, korean american, ferry ...
Time: year 2000, year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s ...
Place: korea, south korea, new york
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The Girl Next Door (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that ...
Style: scary, disturbing, bleak, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: torture, child abuse, rape, sexual abuse, victim, cruelty, helplessness, child molestation, suffering, childhood, violence, abuse ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 2007, year 1958
Place: new jersey, new york, america
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Little Forest (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.
Style: sincere, sad, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: countryside, cooking, farming, female protagonist, childhood friend, food, young woman, friendship, love, pet dog, winter, male female relationship ...
Place: south korea
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 229 min.
Story: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style: epic, ambiguous ending, melancholic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, gunfight, betrayal, childhood friend, corruption, criminal heroes, mobster ...
Time: 1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place: new york, usa, america, israel, china ...
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 7.2
 6K
Hawaii (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Eugenio offers his childhood friend Martin a work for the summer. With a game of power and desire a relationship starts to grow that goes beyond their friendship.
Style: serious, stylized, atmospheric, touching, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay interest, gay relationship, friendship, gay, male homosexuality, gay lead character, male male relationship, male pubic hair, homoeroticism, lgbtq, gay love, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
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 7.5
 75K
Burning (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return she introduces to Jongsu an enigmatic ...
Style: suspense, art house, ambiguous ending, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: class differences, metaphor, suspicion, stalking, arson, anger, aspiring writer, rural setting, childhood friend, tragic love, asian, fire ...
Time: 2010s
Place: south korea, seoul, korea
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 4.9
 2K
Animas (2018)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Abraham and his female friend Álex have a close relationship; they share both secrets and fears. When Abraham starts going out with Anchi, he begins to distance himself from Álex, who gradually dives into a living hell where she encounters strange ...
Style: serious, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: childhood friend, father son relationship, psychotherapy, abusive father, psychotherapist, imaginary friend, split personality, mental illness, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, hearing voices, mysterious event ...
Place: spain
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Komi Can't Communicate (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: At a high school full of unique characters, Tadano helps his shy and unsociable classmate Komi reach her goal of making friends with 100 people.
Style: anime, humorous, sincere, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: shyness, school, teenage girl, love, friends, teenager, self doubt, teenage life, slice of life, schoolgirl, relationships, friendship ...
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 6.9
 2K
El mar (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Childhood friends reunite later in life in Spanish tuberculosis sanitorium. Pressures of death all around combine with dark secrets of their past.
Style: disturbing, erotic, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: tuberculosis, gay, childhood friend, gay erotica, friendship, gay rape, male rape victim, haunted by the past, terminal illness, political unrest, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: spain, europe, mallorca
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Do You Take This Man (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a gay couple's impending wedding hits a snag, the grooms must rely on their friends and family to see them through.
Style: psychological, touching, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot: gay, gay couple, lgbt, gay interest, childhood friend, marriage, lgbtq, homosexual, dishonesty, love, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Ice Sculpture Christmas (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: After starting her first job at a country club restaurant, Callie’s passions for cooking and ice sculpting are met with romance and Christmas spirit when a childhood friend enters her into the club’s annual Christmas ice sculpting competition ...
Style: feel good, sweet, light, romantic, romantic comedy ...
Plot: christmas, childhood friend, christmas romance, love affair, winter, ambition, love, rivalry, male female relationship, love and romance, couples, snow ...
Time: year 2015, year 1997
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 7.0
 8K
The Chalet (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: A reunion of childhood friends at a remote chalet in the French Alps soon turns into a desperate struggle for survival as they get cut-off from rest of the world and a shocking dark secret from the past surfaces.
Style: tense, touching, enigmatic, suspense, dark ...
Plot: friendship, isolation, small town, betrayal, childhood trauma, childhood friend, childhood memory, dark secret, secret, death, danger, murder ...
Time: year 1997, 21st century
Place: france
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The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected ...
Style: psychological, mind bending, philosophical, suspense, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: time travel, memory, time loop, butterfly effect, memory loss, twists and turns, alternate reality, psychology, time traveler, changing the past or future, mind control, destiny ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Sing "Yesterday" for Me (2020)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: After college, Rikuo Uozumi, a boy without much ambition in life, takes on a job at a convenience store. The days pass by uneventfully for Rikuo until he meets his former girlfriend and classmate, but especially thanks to the unusual Haru Nonaka, ...
Style: anime, suspense, touching, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot: university, ex girlfriend, slice of life, photo studio, childhood friend, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, grownups, friends, couple relations, love affair ...
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 7.4
 329K
Moonlight (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Style: serious, lgbt cinema, art house, hood, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: lgbt, forgiveness, african american, drug dealer, lgbtq, coming of age, gay, homosexuality, drug addict, dysfunctional family, bullying, beach ...
Time: year 2016, 2000s, 2010s
Place: florida, indiana, idaho, atlanta georgia, miami
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Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 67 min.
TV show
Story: She is no ordinary woman. Do Bong Soon is a woman who possesses Herculean strength. She can crush objects in her bare hands when she holds them too tightly. Although Bong Soon longs to be a dainty, elegant woman that men fall in love with, she ...
Style: romantic, exciting, touching, sweet, dorama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: love triangle, superhuman powers, friendship, fall in love, investigation, police, couple relations, heroes, female bodyguard, kidnapping, danger, destiny ...
Place: korea, thailand
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A Love to Hide (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young Jewish girl, Sarah, is looking to escape the clutches of the Third Reich after seeing her parents and sister brutally slain by a smuggler who betrayed them while attempting to escape to England. Terrified, she is sheltered by her childhood ...
Style: emotional, serious, touching, sad, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, holocaust, gay relationship, gay couple, gay love, world war two, nazi, lgbtqi, betrayal, lgbt, lgbtq, traitor ...
Time: 1940s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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