{"id":2489449,"date":"2026-07-05T23:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2489449"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:34:21","slug":"ahead-of-ride-or-die-thelma-louise-and-more-movie-gal-pals-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ahead-of-ride-or-die-thelma-louise-and-more-movie-gal-pals-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of \u2018Ride or Die,\u2019 \u2018Thelma & Louise\u2019 and More Movie Gal Pals to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Inspired by the upcoming action-adventure series Ride or Die<\/a><\/em>, premiering July 15 on Prime Video and starring Octavia Spencer<\/a> and Hannah Waddingham<\/a> as two besties on the run (see our feature story here<\/strong><\/a>), we compiled a list of our fave gal pal buddy movies you can rent on Prime this holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

As Waddingham told us about female friendship being depicted onscreen: \u201cWe are seeing more and more of it and [Ride or Die] can only nudge it in the right direction. I love the fact that we\u2019re both in our 50s and it\u2019s not just about men. They have their fun, but at the core they would rather be with each other always. Everyone needs to flippin\u2019 watch it to feel empowered.\u201d<\/p>\n

While you wait for Ride or Die<\/em> to drop, fuel up with one of these flicks.<\/p>\n

Bridesmaids<\/i><\/h2>\n

This 2011 comedy classic stars Saturday Night Live<\/a><\/i> alum Kristen Wiig<\/a> (who also cowrote) as a loser maid of honor whose disastrous pre-wedding antics test her bond with bride Maya Rudolph<\/a>. Melissa McCarthy<\/a> memorably costars.<\/p>\n

A Simple Favor<\/i><\/h2>\n

Anna Kendrick<\/a> is a try-hard vlogger who aims to solve the disappearance of her friend, glam neighbor Blake Lively<\/a>, in the twisty 2018 crime caper.<\/p>\n

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Hannah Waddingham & Octavia Spencer Are Action-Packed Besties in ‘Ride or Die’ Trailer<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hannah Waddingham & Octavia Spencer Are Action-Packed Besties in ‘Ride or Die’ Trailer<\/a><\/h3>\n

Hidden Figures<\/i><\/h2>\n

In this 2016 historical drama, three Black female mathematicians played by Taraji P. Henson<\/a>, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/a> help NASA win the space race. With Kevin Costner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thelma & Louise<\/i><\/h2>\n

The provocative 1991 landmark film, directed by Ridley Scott<\/a>, stars Susan Sarandon<\/a> and Geena Davis<\/a> (above) as an independent waitress and trapped housewife whose carefree road trip turns into a crime spree. It features one of the most famous-ever movie endings.<\/p>\n

A League of Their Own<\/i><\/h2>\n

Geena Davis and her teammates on a WWII-era women\u2019s pro baseball team change each other\u2019s lives for the better in this 1992 comedy sports drama.<\/p>\n

Read the latest entertainment news on TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

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Inspired by the upcoming action-adventure series Ride or Die, premiering July 15 on Prime Video and starring Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham as two besties on the run (see our feature story here), we compiled a list of our fave gal pal buddy movies you can rent on Prime this holiday weekend. As Waddingham told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2489450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[349165,355008,362515,66105,481321,353106,411450],"class_list":["post-2489449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-geena-davis","tag-hannah-waddingham","tag-octavia-spencer","tag-prime-video","tag-ride-or-die","tag-susan-sarandon","tag-thelma-louise"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ahead-of-\u2018Ride-or-Die-\u2018Thelma-Louise-and-More.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489451,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489449\/revisions\/2489451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}