The Next Best Thing (12A)
- Run time: 1 hour 47 mins
- Genre: Comedy
- Release date: 23rd June 2000
- Starring: Rupert Everett, Madonna, Benjamin Bratt
- Directed by: John Schlesinger
- Official Website: www.nextbestthingmovie.com
- Distributor: Buena Vista International
Plot Synopsis
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.