Single on the 25th vs The Next Best Thing
Single on the 25th has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.3/10 for The Next Best Thing). Single on the 25th is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 48m. The Next Best Thing is the older of the two (2000 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Single on the 25th
The Next Best Thing| Single on the 25th | The Next Best Thing | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 5.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 24m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Jonathan Wright | John Schlesinger |
| Main cast | Lyndsy Fonseca, Ellen David, Marcel Jeannin, Elizabeth Neale, Teneisha Collins | Neil Patrick Harris, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Josef Sommer, Madonna |
Synopsis
Single on the 25th
After Nell’s family cancels holiday plans at the last minute, she decides to spend the week of Christmas having fun on her own — and crosses paths with her neighbor, who is “happily unattached.”
The Next Best Thing
A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
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