10 movies about friendship that turned into love

We’ve put together a great selection of films for those who are in a romantic mood and want to watch something that matches the atmosphere.

Fall in Love with Me If You Dare

France, romantic comedy, 2003

For Julien and Sophie, their whole life has become a frivolous childish game. As children they began to exchange one special thing, thus passing the baton in a series of adventurous and sometimes dangerous tasks. Having grown up, they did not leave this tradition, but began to throw each other more and more sophisticated tasks. The two stubborn men are ready for desperate foolishness, but only not to admit that they love each other.

Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet got together in 2007 and are still happily married with two children.

Rating: IMDb 7.6, Kinopoisk 7.7

More Than Sex

USA, romantic comedy, 2011

Emma and Adam's first sexual experience turned out to be a fiasco. Years later, they meet as established people who have no time for a personal life. And since the second attempt will be successful, the heroes decide to meet on mutually beneficial terms — without personal attachment, obligations and worries. At first it seems like a brilliant idea, until it turns out that good sex can be accompanied by other pleasant things.

The plot of the movie is based on the short story of the same name written by Elizabeth Meriweather and Michael Samoneka.

Rating: IMDb 6.2, Kinopoisk 6.7.

She's a Man

USA, youth comedy, 2006

Viola manages to get close to the guy of her dreams, the handsome and star of the soccer team Duke. They live in the same room, Duke trusts Viola with his secrets. It would seem that she should win his heart. But the guys met under very unusual circumstances.

In order to attend college soccer, Viola had to reincarnate as a guy and pretend to be her twin brother. Of course, her plan worked, except that romantic relations with Duke are now out of the question.

The plot of the movie is a modern version of William Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night".

Rating: IMDb 6.3, Kinopoisk 6.9

Just Friends

USA, romantic comedy, 2005

Can you imagine a girl who flatly refuses to date Ryan Reynolds? We found a movie where you can look at such a weirdo. True, with one caveat. In the first half of the romantic comedy "Just Friends" handsome Reynolds plays a good-natured fat man Chris, who for many years is satisfied with a place in the "friendzone" of his secret lover Jamie.

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A girl loses track of her best friend when he leaves for New York after an unsuccessful declaration of love. Years later, fate will bring already athletic and successful Chris in his hometown, where he can try his luck with the girl of his dreams and get rid of old complexes.

Reynolds had to spend in the makeup chair for 4 hours every day to appear in the frame in his obese image.

Rating: IMDb 6.2, Kinopoisk 6.7

Friendship Sex

USA, romantic comedy, 2011

Jamie is thoroughly tired of the complexities that a serious relationship entails. Here would be to find a relationship without ambiguities, endless desire to please and fear of offending. And she finds such a person in the face of a popular journalist Dylan, who recently broke up with a girl. Heroes easily found a common language, established rules and boundaries. But it turned out that not everything in life can be controlled.

In the movie you can find references to another project of director Will Gluck — "Excellent Light Behavior".

Rating: IMDb 6.5, CinemaScore 7.1.

Love, Rosie

Germany, UK, romantic comedy, 2014

No matter what happens in life — Alex and Rosie have always supported each other. Best friends since childhood, they planned never to part and right after school together to go to Boston. But life turned a little differently — Rosie discovers that she is expecting a baby. And Alex will leave the city alone.

The screenplay is based on the novel "Where the Rainbow Ends" by the famous Irish writer Cecilia Ahern, published in 2004.

Rating: IMDb 7.2, Kinopoisk 7.6

One Day

USA, UK, drama, melodrama, 2011

Emma and Dexter are brought together by a university graduation. And although there is a spark between them, they do not want to spoil everything and remain good friends. Every year for 23 years they meet on the same day — July 15. During this time in the lives of Dexter and Emma a lot of things change — they build careers, start families. But one thing remains constant — their unspoken attraction to each other.

The film was shot for about three months in London, Edinburgh and Paris.

Rating: IMDb 7, Kinopoisk 7.7.

Friendship, and no sex?

Canada, romantic comedy, 2013

Studying at medical school opened brilliant prospects for Wallace. But his girlfriend cheated with the anatomy teacher. After that Wallace dropped out of school and decided to look for luck elsewhere. Now he lives with his sister, works in the most boring place in the world and thinks that he can't love anyone else. But there is a girl who will wake him up. She will be the cousin of Wallace's best friend, Shantry.

After a brief acquaintance at a party, the guys realized that they had reached a complete understanding. Shantry wants to keep in touch with his new friend, despite the fact that he is in a serious relationship. And Wallace himself resists the prospect of remaining in the "friendzone", but then succumbs to the charms of the girl of his dreams.

The movie script is based on the play "Toothpaste and Cigars" by T. J. Doe and Michael Rinaldi's "Toothpaste and Cigars."

Rating: IMDb 6.8, Kinopoisk 6.5

More Than a Friend

USA, comedy, melodrama, 2010

Cassie secretly tells her best friend Wally that she is ripe for motherhood. But since she is not in a serious relationship, the conception will take place through artificial insemination. Wally in principle approves of her friend's decision, but the fact that she has chosen the more successful and masculine Roland to be the donor of her future baby hurts him to the core.

After getting drunk, the hero gets bold and substitutes biological material for his own. After getting pregnant, Cassie leaves town, only to return six years later with a child that looks ridiculously like Wally. How can the hero explain himself to his girlfriend and declare his desire to be present in her and her son's life?

The performer of the main role Jennifer Aniston also acted as one of the producers of the movie.

Rating: IMDb 6.1, Kinopoisk 6.7

Friend of the Bride

USA, UK, romantic comedy, 2008.

Tom has always been something of a loyal pants friend to Hannah. She shamelessly shared the details of her personal life with him, not noticing that he had long been madly in love with her.

It took Tom a long time to find the perfect moment to tell Hannah how he felt. And he waited until the friend took the floor first and... invited Tom to become a "friend of the bride" at her upcoming wedding.

Actors Patrick Dempsey and Kevin McKeade, who played co-stars in the movie, both appeared on the popular medical series Grey's Anatomy.

Rating: IMDb 5.9, Kinopoisk 7.

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