The Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone headliner, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, is one of the most loved modern romance movies, which features the lead actors falling in love after being friends first. 

Ranbir Kapoor's coming-of-age movie Wake Up Sid (2009) also portrays the trope beautifully. 

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is about a love triangle. Anjali loves Rahul, but he has his eyes on Tina. The movie is the OG depiction of the trope and also gave cinema the iconic line, ‘pyaar dosti hai’. 

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (2008) is one of the best films that is centred around the friends-to-lovers trope. Childhood friends Jay and Aditi realise their true feelings for each other after hardships. 

Kal Ho Naa Ho: Naina and Rohit are close friends who remain oblivious to each other's feelings and express them only when the time is wrong.

New York: Maya (Katrina Kaif) and Samir (John Abraham) have been friends since forever and ultimately fall in love. 

The friendship of Bittu and Shruti starts as a business partnership in Band Baaja Baraat, but ends up happily ever after. 

I Hate Luv Storys: Jai spends his life hating the concept of relationships and advises his friend Simran do the same, until he sees her as his one true love, and it all begins to make sense. 

Aisha & Arjun have been friends since forever and are hand in glove in all mischievous activities. However, it takes them a long time to realise that they are much more than ‘just friends’.