The Best Friendship Movies and TV Shows on BritBox
Finding a good Friendship movie and TV show to watch can be hard, so we've ranked the best ones and included where to watch them. Check out our list of the best Friendship movies and TV shows of all time streaming on BritBox.
1. Emma
What it's about: Nothing delights Emma more than meddling in the love lives of others. But when she takes protege Harriet Smith under her wing, her plans can only end in disaster...
Where to Watch: 4 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & BritBox). 4 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (Prime Video, Microsoft & Vudu).
2. Brideshead Revisited
What it's about: In this acclaimed eleven-hours British television miniseries, Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several years between the two world wars.
Where to Watch: 11 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Tubi). 11 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox). 10 episodes (91%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 2 services (Google Play & YouTube).
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
What it's about: Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a guide with anything you ever needed, and wanted to know. They travel across the galaxy, meeting friendly, and not so friendly characters in order to find the great question (the answer being 42).
Where to Watch: 6 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video, Hulu, BritBox & 1 other). 6 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (Google Play, Vudu & YouTube).
4. Our Friends in the North
What it's about: Examines the politics and change across Britain from the Sixties to the Nineties seen through the varying fortunes of four friends.
Where to Watch: 9 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox).
5. Last of the Summer Wine
What it's about: Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Where to Watch: 59 episodes (20%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox).
6. in-the-dark
What it's about: DI Helen Weeks grapples with pregnancy as she undertakes a very personal abduction case.
Where to Watch: 4 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox & Hoopla). 4 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).
7. White Heat
What it's about: The interwoven lives of seven people whose relationships are forged in the white heat of the 60s through to the present day.
Where to Watch: 6 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox & AcornTV).
8. The Secret Adversary
What it's about: After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue led by a mysterious man known simply as Mr. Brown.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox).