4 friend-like series you can watch on Netflix

Known as THE TELEVISION COMEDY (yes, with capital letters), Friends is an unforgettable sitcom that follows the youth of Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler e Ross, a fun group of friends who, in addition to drinking coffee day after day, face challenges and personal experiences full of humor, showing us in every episode that they are a family full of support, love and friendship.

The series had 10 seasons broadcast almost worldwide between 1994 and 2004 and was available in Netflix catalog up to end of 2020. As it is currently only available in the HBO Max catalog, we thought it would be a good idea to come up with a list of Friends-like series to watch on Netflix. To disorder!




4 friend-like series you can watch on Netflix

Forced mothers

It is a sequel to the famous series Full House, known in Spain as «Forced Parents». This continuation focuses on DJ, who became a widow after the death of her husband Tommy. Now, with the help of her sister and her best friend, she will have to raise her three children.

  • Year: 2016.
  • Seasons: 5.
  • Episodes: 75.
  • Approximate duration: 35 minutes.

The good place

This series focuses on Eleanor Shellstrop who is dead and ends up waking up in what we call "paradise". However, she will soon realize that she was sent there by mistake, since in her life she was not a person who deserved to enter heaven. For this reason, he will try to change his erratic behavior to become a good person.




  • Year: 2016.
  • Seasons: 4.
  • Episodes: 53.
  • Approximate duration: 25 minutes.

how I Met Your Mother

Perhaps it is the best possible alternative to Friends as the story is quite similar. With the leitmotif of how Ted Mosby met who would be the mother of his children, the story focuses on a group of friends from New York and their adventures in their thirties. A classic sitcom with canned laughs and unforgettable characters that you are sure to love.




  • Year 2005.
  • Seasons: 9.
  • Episodes: 208.
  • Approximate duration: 25 minutes.

Modern family

This series presents the life of Jay Pritchett and of his whole family, in it we will see the relationship of parents, children and grandchildren with a great perspective of a "reality show". A choral comedy full of misunderstandings and generational clashes to try.

  • Year 2009.
  • Seasons: 11.
  • Episodes: 250.
  • Approximate duration: 25 minutes.

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