The Best Friendship Movies of All Time Inline
Photo: Everett Collection1/18Stand by Me
It has the best last line: “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?”
—Nicole Phelps, Director, Replica Handbag Store Runway
Photo: Everett Collection2/18Beaches
As cliché as it is, Beaches really is my favorite. Growing up, my best friend and I watched it every year at my birthday sleepover, and sobbed just as hard every time (as if we didn’t know what was coming). Like C.C. and Hillary, we’ve been best friends since we were kids, and to this day we will sometimes end a conversation with, “Here’s a dollar, it’ll keep you honest.”
—Michelle Ruiz, Vogue.com Contributing Editor
Photo: Everett Collection3/18Now and Then
Now and Then forever! I haven’t seen this movie in probably over a decade—and I’m not trying to, either. I’d rather just keep Christina Ricci and Thora Birch in all of their summertime, early-’70s perfection as they exist in my memory.
—Kristin Anderson, Vogue.com Fashion News Writer
Photo: Everett Collection4/18My Girl
No matter how old I am or how many times I’ve seen it, I’ll never stop loving—or crying—during My Girl!
—Zoe Ruffner, Vogue.com Photo Researcher
Photo: Everett Collection5/18Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
One of my all-time favorites is Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. The absurd coordinating outfits, the choreographed three-way dance, the “I’m the Mary, you’re the Rhoda” argument—it’s what best friend dreams are made of.
—Brooke Bobb, Vogue.com Living Writer
Photo: Everett Collection6/18Ghost World
If this were a challenge to come up with favorite TV shows about best friendships, I’d be spoiled for choice and, after a good long think, pick Daria. But this is about movies, and so I guess I’ve got to go with Ghost World: not as perfect as Daria, but the next best thing.
—Maya Singer, Vogue.com Contributor
Photo: Everett Collection7/18Foxes
Adrian Lyne’s Foxes. It’s a little rough, but it’s also beautifully shot and an enduring testament to female friendship, another side of ’80s Valley girl life, and the many ways you can listen to Donna Summer’s “On the Radio.” Plus it’s with a very young Jodie Foster and Randy Quaid and an even younger Scott Baio.
—Susan Gordon, Vogue.com Copy Editor
Photo: Alamy8/18Wayne’s World
Wayne’s World: Because to party on, you need a Wayne and a Garth.
—Steff Yotka, Vogue.com Fashion News Writer
Photo: Alamy9/18The First Wives Club
The glue holding together the trio of Elise, Brenda, and Annie was the cool, calm, and collectsed queen of society—Gunilla Garson Goldberg, who introduced the film’s most iconic line: “Jackie O had one just like it.”
—Edward Barsamian, Vogue.com Style Editor
Photo: Alamy10/18A Little Princess
A Little Princess is probably the movie I’ve watched most in life. The original sisters from other misters.
—Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue.com Beauty Editor
Photo: Everett Collection11/18Midnight Run
Sorry, Thelma & Louise, but this is the best buddy movie of all time: Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin transform professional antagonism into personal affinity as they flee poor Special Agent Alonzo Mosely across the Midwest.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue.com Contributor
Photo: Everett Collection12/18E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Who doesn’t want to be best friends with an alien?
—Sara Jendusa, Vogue.com Art Producer
Photo: Everett Collection13/18The Parent Trap
My best friend is also my twin sister, so I have to go with The Parent Trap! I’ve lost count of how many times we’ve watched it together—always with Oreos and peanut butter, naturally.
—Emily Farra, Vogue.com Fashion News Associate
Photo: Alamy14/18Fried Green Tomatoes
It’s a toss-up between Fried Green Tomatoes, The Color Purple, and Clueless—perhaps some of the best examples of “ride or die’s” we’ll ever see! #squadup
—Marjon Carlos, Vogue.com Senior Fashion Writer
Photo: Everett Collection15/18The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
I admittedly would never share a great pair of jeans with three other people because, let’s be honest, really good denim should only be allowed to be worn and destroyed by one person, but there’s something really endearing about staying connected by way of snail mail throughout a whirlwind summer.
—Christina Liao, Vogue.com Senior Producer
Photo: Everett Collection16/18The Sweetest Thing
The crude-yet-sugary humor was kind of ahead of its time. Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate—the Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence of 2002!
—Nick Remsen, Vogue Fashion Writer
Photo: Alamy17/18Crossroads
I have this thing with my best friends, Hannah and Tiff, where we rent convertibles impulsively and go on aimless night drives. Normally we end up in Coney Island or Yonkers, but the dream is to take the drive cross-country, much like Britney and co. in Crossroads.
—Bardia Zeinali, Vogue.com Photo Researcher
Photo: Alamy18/18Bridesmaids
Because in the end, who but your BFF will tell you: “Don’t you know things can change? Things will go your way, if you hold on for one more day!”
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue Contributing Editor
