Movies like Friends and Lovers (2017)
The best movies like Friends and Lovers (2017) are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Emma (1996). If Friends and Lovers hooked you with its romance, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrue Romance (1993)7.5/10 from 3,246 votes
- NewestLove Sea Special Episode: A Shared Tomorrow (2024)Released 2024
The Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrue Romance (1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEmma (1996)
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe Leave but Films Remain (TBA)
A young man in love with his best friend gouges out his own eyes as an extreme gift, unleashing a terrifying reality about his own perception of the world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
La noche de las ponchongas (2013)
Before going away to live in Barcelona, Jorge spends his last night with his three best friends in a forest near the town. When everything seems to indicate that it was a bad idea, something happens that none of them could have dreamt of: three older girls are sunbathing half-naked on the other side of the river.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVanity Fair (2004)
In early 19th century England, orphaned Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisKannedhirey Thondrinal (1998)
Vasanth learns that the girl he is in love with is his close friend Shankar's sister. When Shankar shares his bitter past with Vasanth, he decides to sacrifice his love to protect his friendship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Cyclomania (2001)
K and Eetu are the best friends. They work together as bike couriers in the center of Helsinki, and training tightly every night to reach success of bicycle racing. However, life will change once and for all when a charming and resolute student girl Oona is coming to work in same courier company.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Love Sea Special Episode: A Shared Tomorrow (2024)
Tongrak has finally finished up work on his latest novel and is eager to go back to the island to reunite with Mahasamut who has opened up his shop for the season. While the two shower each other with love and plan their new house together, Vivi and Khaimuk explore the island for themselves and sort out lingering uncertainties in their budding relationship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Kisses and Caroms (2006)
In California, Zack owns the "Breakingtime Billiards", a store that sells pool tables and game room supplies. He works with his girlfriend Jennifer; the sexy seller Tara; the installer of pool tables and best friend, the wolf David, and his idiot assistant Eddie. After having a threesome arranged by Jen with Tara, Zach breaks up his relationship with Jen, in spite of her bringing him up all the time. He tells his sexual experience to David while Jen asks for an advice to her psychologist Dr. Bob Johnson in his radio show. Along the day and after the visit of many peculiar clients, Zack concludes that Jen is his dream girl.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Ocean Waves (1993)
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSocha Na Tha (2005)
Viren and Aditi refuse an arranged marriage and that creates a rift between their families. But when their friendship turns into love, it leads to chaos!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisViva Cuba (2005)
The friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malú is from a family that was upper-class before the Revolution and remains well-to-do through remittances from relatives overseas, and her single mother (Larisa Vega Alamar) does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother (Luisa María Jiménez Rodríguez),
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFull Moon in Paris (1984)
Feeling suffocated by a possessive boyfriend, work and suburban life, a young woman starts spending the weekends in her Paris apartment in order to reclaim some of her lost freedom.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOur Shining Days (2017)
A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a rivalry with the more popular Western orchestra club.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWindy City (1984)
The lives of a group of young Chicago men, as seen through the eyes of one of them, a writer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Paano na Kaya (2010)
Mae and Bogs' long-time friendship gets tested when Bogs gets dumped by his girlfriend and Mae finally admits she's in love with him. The two get into a relationship, but Mae fears this is only Bogs' way of dealing with his previous heartache.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
My Best Friend (2018)
Lorenzo, a quiet teenager lives in a small town at the edge of the world in beautiful Patagonia. He’s a good student and a curious and smart person, more skilled in music and literature than sports. Lorenzo’s father decides to host Caito, the son of a friend from Buenos Aires who had to go to hospital for a long stay. Caito has obviously a different family background and seems to be a tough kid. Lorenzo finds Caito very intriguing in many ways as they start spending a lot of time together…
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHana & Alice (2004)
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Friends and Lovers?
The closest matches to Friends and Lovers are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Emma (1996). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Friends and Lovers?
Start with The Hot Spot (1990), the closest match to Friends and Lovers.
What is the highest-rated movie like Friends and Lovers?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,246 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Friends and Lovers?
Love Sea Special Episode: A Shared Tomorrow (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Friends and Lovers?
Yes: The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and Emma (1996).
How are movies similar to Friends and Lovers chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Friends and Lovers, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.