Just Friends vs The Love Hypothesis

The Love Hypothesis has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.2/10 for Just Friends). Just Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 52m. Just Friends is the older of the two (2005 against 2026). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Just Friends posterJust Friends2005 VS The Love Hypothesis posterThe Love Hypothesis2026
Just FriendsThe Love Hypothesis
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 8.1/10
Year20052026
Length1h 34m1h 52m
GenresComedy, RomanceComedy, Romance
Country–United States of America
DirectorRoger KumbleClaire Scanlon
Main castBarry Flatman, Amy Smart, Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Chris KleinLili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas Duvernay

Synopsis

Just Friends

While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.

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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