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6 Movies That Capture The Joys And Pain Of Falling In Love With Your Best Friend
It’s time to binge-watch these “best-friends-to-lovers” titles on Netflix!
Carlo Aquino and Lovi Poe have joined forces for the first time in a film. Carlo and Lovi play longtime best friends Kurt and Charlie in “Seasons” who agree to assist each other in finding their “lifetimes.” The perfect recipe for a chaotic love tale includes an impromptu road trip, the realization that friendships may be more than meets the eye, and a difficult predicament that further complicates an already chaotic setup.
So, if you’re a devotee of the trope, here are six more films on Netflix with the same theme that you can binge-watch before Seasons’ release on July 7!
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Your Place or Mine (2023)
In “Your Place or Mine,” Actress Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher portray Debbie and Peter, two polar contrasts who become best friends after hooking up once in 2003. After a week of house-swapping, the two discover more about each other’s lives and realize that they may have been seeking for each other the entire time.
Always Be My Maybe (2019)
This romantic comedy stars Ali Wong as the renowned restaurateur Sasha and Randall Park as the musician Marcus, two childhood best friends who reunite unexpectedly as adults. After reuniting, they set out on a voyage to reignite their relationship and confront old wounds, all while attempting to adapt to each other’s lives that could not be more dissimilar.
Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Lars (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit (Rachel McAdams) are two best friends from a small Icelandic village who set out to pursue their goal of winning the Eurovision singing competition, which no Icelander has ever accomplished. As they prepare for the competition of their lives, tensions and suppressed emotions surface, all of this transpiring against the breathtaking backdrop of Scotland and Iceland.
Single All The Way (2021)
Keep this on your watchlist if you’re seeking something light and entertaining! “Single All The Way” is a charming love story about Peter and Nick, who are closest friends. In order to appease Peter’s family during a holiday trip to his hometown, they appear to be in a relationship for the first time after years of maintaining a platonic relationship.
I’m Drunk, I Love You (2017)
The narrative of “I’m Drunk, I Love You” follows best friends Dio and Carson on an impromptu vacation to La Union before their college graduation as they come to terms with their feelings and secrets. If you can empathize, we recommend stocking up on tissues (lots of them) and perhaps a few beers to help you get through this ultimate Hugot film.
My Amanda (2021)
This film starring Piolo Pascual and Alessandra de Rossi tells the story of TJ and Amanda, two best friends traversing their shared and individual experiences in arguably one of the most natural and believable depictions of best friend dynamics ever seen on local film. Prepare your tissues because this one is going to strike hard.