Friends with Benefits vs The Love Hypothesis

The Love Hypothesis has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Friends with Benefits). Friends with Benefits is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 1h 52m. Friends with Benefits is the older of the two (2011 against 2026). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Friends with Benefits posterFriends with Benefits2011 VS The Love Hypothesis posterThe Love Hypothesis2026
Friends with BenefitsThe Love Hypothesis
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 8.1/10
Year20112026
Length1h 50m1h 52m
GenresComedy, RomanceComedy, Romance
Country–United States of America
DirectorWill GluckClaire Scanlon
Main castJenna Elfman, Patricia Clarkson, Courtney Henggeler, Richard Jenkins, Catherine ReitmanLili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas Duvernay

Synopsis

Friends with Benefits

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

The Love Hypothesis

Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor and well-known tyrant, enter into a fake relationship, seeing each of their carefully calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.

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