“What are the best movies about Female Friendship?” We looked at 127 of the top Women’s Friendship films and ranked them so we could answer that very question!

The top 22 films, all appearing on 3 or more “Best Female Friendship” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 100+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

Happy Scrolling!

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Top 22 Best Movies About Female Friendship

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22 .) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

Lists It Appears On:

• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

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21 .) First Wives Club

Lists It Appears On:

• Do You Yoga
• Stylist
• W Magazine

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts – in the wallet!

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20 .) Ghostbusters

Lists It Appears On:

• Auto Straddle
• Do You Yoga
• W Magazine

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

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19 .) Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Lists It Appears On:

• Mic
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist

The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women’s private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.

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18 .) Set it Off

Lists It Appears On:

• Auto Straddle
• Stylist
• W Magazine

Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.

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17 .) Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

Lists It Appears On:

• Mic
• Stylist
• W Magazine

Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first summer apart, the pals decide they’ll swap the pants so that each girl in turn can enjoy the magic.

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16 .) The First Wives Club (1996)

Lists It Appears On:

• Auto Straddle
• Indiewire
• Scoop Whoop

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts – in the wallet!

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15 .) Walking and Talking (1996)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• Indiewire
• Stylist

Things have been tough lately for Amelia. Her best friend moved out of the apartment, her cat got cancer, and now her best friend, Laura, is getting married. She copes with things, from the help of Andrew, Frank, Laura, and a brief romance with Bill “The Ugly Guy”.

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14 .) A League of their Own (1992)

Lists It Appears On:

• Do You Yoga
• Paste Magazine
• Stylist
• W Magazine

As America’s stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall). Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty) spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino (Jon Lovitz) and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) on their way to fame. Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell co-star as two of the sisters’ teammates.

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13 .) Clueless

Lists It Appears On:

• Cosmopolitan
• Do You Yoga
• Stylist
• W Magazine

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school’s pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was — and falls for him.

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12 .) Heavenly Creatures (1994)

Lists It Appears On:

• Paste Magazine
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema

Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. When their parents begin to suspect that their increasingly intense and obsessive bond is becoming unhealthy, the girls hatch a dark plan for those who threaten to keep them apart.

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11 .) Me Without You

Lists It Appears On:

• Indiewire
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema
• W Magazine

During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly and Marina make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For Marina, troubled, fiercely independent, determined to try everything, Holly stays the only constant in a life of divorcing parents, experimental drugs and fashionable self-destruction. But for Holly, a friendship that has never been equal gradually starts to feel like a trap.

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10 .) Steel Magnolias (1989)

Lists It Appears On:

• Paste Magazine
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• W Magazine

This heart wrenching drama is about a beauty shop, in Louisana owned by Truvy, and the tragedies of all of her clients.

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9 .) Ghost World (2001)

Lists It Appears On:

• Indiewire
• Paste Magazine
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

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8 .) Now and Then (1995)

Lists It Appears On:

• Paste Magazine
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema
• W Magazine

Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more.

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7 .) The Craft (1996)

Lists It Appears On:

• Auto Straddle
• Indiewire
• Paste Magazine
• Taste Of Cinema
• W Magazine

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them — be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.

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6 .) Beaches (1988)

Lists It Appears On:

• Indiewire
• Paste Magazine
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema
• W Magazine

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

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5 .) Mean Girls (2004)

Lists It Appears On:

• Do You Yoga
• Mic
• Paste Magazine
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema
• W Magazine

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

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4 .) Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Lists It Appears On:

• Cosmopolitan
• Indiewire
• Paste Magazine
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema
• W Magazine

Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.

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3 .) Bridesmaids (2011)

Lists It Appears On:

• Cosmopolitan
• Do You Yoga
• Indiewire
• Mic
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema
• W Magazine

Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.

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2 .) Frances Ha (2012)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• Indiewire
• Mic
• Outtake
• Paste Magazine
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema
• W Magazine

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

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1 .) Thelma & Louise (1991)

Lists It Appears On:

• Auto Straddle
• Cosmopolitan
• Do You Yoga
• Indiewire
• Mic
• Outtake
• Paste Magazine
• Scoop Whoop
• Stylist
• Taste Of Cinema
• W Magazine

Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.

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The 100+ Additional Best Women’s Friendship Movies

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#	Movies	Lists
23	9 to 5	Auto Straddle
–	–	W Magazine
24	Bend It Like Beckham	Cosmopolitan
–	–	Mic
25	Boys on the Side	Auto Straddle
–	–	Stylist
26	For A Good Time, Call… (2012)	Cosmopolitan
–	–	Outtake
27	Fort Tilden	Indiewire
–	–	Mic
28	Fried Green Tomatoes	Stylist
–	–	Taste Of Cinema
29	Girl, interrupted	Stylist
–	–	Taste Of Cinema
30	Girlfriends (1978)	BFI
–	–	Paste Magazine
31	Girlhood (2014)	Outtake
–	–	Paste Magazine
32	John Tucker Must Die	Auto Straddle
–	–	Mic
33	Joy Luck Club	Stylist
–	–	W Magazine
34	Legally Blonde	Auto Straddle
–	–	Cosmopolitan
35	Our Song (2000)	BFI
–	–	Stylist
36	Pitch Perfect	Do You Yoga
–	–	W Magazine
37	The Color Purple (1985)	Paste Magazine
–	–	Stylist
38	The Help	Stylist
–	–	W Magazine
39	The Sapphires	Mic
–	–	Stylist
40	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)	Do You Yoga
–	–	Scoop Whoop
41	The Sweetest Thing	Taste Of Cinema
–	–	W Magazine
42	The Women (1939)	Paste Magazine
–	–	Stylist
43	Waiting to Exhale	Stylist
–	–	W Magazine
44	10 Things I Hate About You	Cosmopolitan
45	All I Wanna Do	Taste Of Cinema
46	All This Panic (2016)	BFI
47	AND IN CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF FEMALE FRIENDSHIP ONSCREEN AND OFF	Tiff
48	Angry Indian Goddesses (2015)	Scoop Whoop
49	Appropriate Behavior (2014)	BFI
50	Baby Mama	Stylist
51	Bagdad Café	Stylist
52	Blue is the Warmest Color	Taste Of Cinema
53	Bride Wars (2009)	Scoop Whoop
54	Bring It On	Stylist
55	Calendar Girls	Stylist
56	Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle	Auto Straddle
57	Chicago	Auto Straddle
58	Circle of Friends	Stylist
59	Citizen Ruth	Auto Straddle
60	COMING-OF-AGE: THE INEVITABLE FALL-OUT	Tiff
61	Crossroads	W Magazine
62	Dedh Ishqiya (2014)	Scoop Whoop
63	Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood	Stylist
64	Dreamlife of Angels	Stylist
65	Enchanted April (1992)	Outtake
66	Enough	Auto Straddle
67	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	Auto Straddle
68	Female Agents	Stylist
69	Foxfire	Auto Straddle
70	Friends with Money	Stylist
71	Frozen	Mic
72	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Stylist
73	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	Stylist
74	Girls Trip	W Magazine
75	Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)	BFI
76	Heathers	Taste Of Cinema
77	Hidden Figures (2016)	Paste Magazine
78	Hot Pursuit (2015)	Outtake
79	How to Make an American Quilt	Stylist
80	I Feel Pretty	W Magazine
81	julia	Stylist
82	Juno	Cosmopolitan
83	Kids (1995)	BFI
84	Lady Bird	W Magazine
85	LIFE’S A MESS: UNITED THROUGH HARDSHIPS	Tiff
86	Mad Max: Fury Road	Auto Straddle
87	Made in Dagenham	Stylist
88	MEN ARE TRASH: ALL FOR ONE	Tiff
89	Muriel’s Wedding	Stylist
90	Mystic pizza	Stylist
91	Never Been Kissed	Cosmopolitan
92	New York Minute	Cosmopolitan
93	nine to five	Stylist
94	Ocean’s 8	Auto Straddle
95	ON THE ROAD: HIGHWAY REALIZATIONS	Tiff
96	Passion Fish (1992)	Outtake
97	Persona	Taste Of Cinema
98	Practical Magic	Auto Straddle
99	Pretty Woman	W Magazine
100	Princess Diaries	W Magazine
101	Queen (2014)	Scoop Whoop
102	Queen of Earth (2015)	Paste Magazine
103	Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)	Scoop Whoop
104	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)	Scoop Whoop
105	Spice World	W Magazine
106	Stage Door (1937)	BFI
107	Sugar and Spice	W Magazine
108	SUPERNATURAL: FOR BETTER OR WORSE	Tiff
109	Tangerine	Auto Straddle
110	The Babysitters Club	Stylist
111	The Banger Sisters	Stylist
112	THE BLACK COMEDY: NOT YOUR FRIENDS	Tiff
113	The Falling (2014)	Paste Magazine
114	The Group (1966)	Paste Magazine
115	The Heat	Mic
116	The Hot Chick	Taste Of Cinema
117	The Other Woman	Auto Straddle
118	The Parent Trap	Cosmopolitan
119	The Princess Diaries	Cosmopolitan
120	The Runaways	Stylist
121	The Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	Stylist
122	THE SPORTS MOVIE: THINK LIKE A TEAM	Tiff
123	The Spy Who Dumped Me	W Magazine
124	Tiny Furniture	Cosmopolitan
125	Uptown Girls	Cosmopolitan
126	Working Girl (1988)	BFI
127	Zero Motivation (2014)	Outtake

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13 Best Films Featuring Female Friendship Sources/Lists

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Source	Article
Auto Straddle	20 Movies About Friendship and Misandry For When You Want to
BFI	10 great New York films about female friendship
Cosmopolitan	15 Movie BFFs Who Perfectly Define Female Friendship
Do You Yoga	9 Must-See Movies That Celebrate Female Friendships
Indiewire	11 Great Films About Female Friendship
Mic	12 Movies About Female Friendship You Should Watch on Galentine’s
Outtake	These Movies Actually Get Female Friendship Righ
Paste Magazine	The Mirrors of Venus: 20 Movies Portraying Female Friendship
Scoop Whoop	20 BFF Movies You Can Watch With Your Girl Gang This Weekend
Stylist	50 Iconic Female Friendships on Film
Taste Of Cinema	20 Movies That Understand The Complexities of Female Friendship
Tiff	Female Friendship in the Movies, for Better and for Worse
W Magazine	The 31 Best Female Friendships in Movie History Photos