Five Feet Apart (2019)
Five Feet Apart is a 2019 romance movie directed by Justin Baldoni, with a running time of 1h 56m. It stars Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse and Moisés Arias.
Stella has spent so much of her life in a hospital wing that she runs it like a routine: charts, meds, a to-do list that keeps the fear in check. Cystic fibrosis makes her careful. Then she meets Will, another patient with the same condition and none of her discipline, and the attraction is instant. The cruelty is in the rules. Two CF patients have to stay several feet apart at all times or risk each other's health, so every closeness carries a cost. The film sits with that constraint rather than waving it away.
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What is Five Feet Apart about?
Stella has spent so much of her life in a hospital wing that she runs it like a routine: charts, meds, a to-do list that keeps the fear in check. Cystic fibrosis makes her careful. Then she meets Will, another patient with the same condition and none of her discipline, and the attraction is instant. The cruelty is in the rules. Two CF patients have to stay several feet apart at all times or risk each other's health, so every closeness carries a cost. The film sits with that constraint rather than waving it away.
When was Five Feet Apart released?
Five Feet Apart was released on 14 March 2019.
How long is Five Feet Apart?
Five Feet Apart runs 1h 56m.
Who made Five Feet Apart?
Five Feet Apart was directed by Justin Baldoni.
Where can I watch Five Feet Apart?
Five Feet Apart is available on Tubi TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling and Google Play Movies.
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Cast
- Haley Lu Richardson as Stella Grant
- Cole Sprouse as Will Newman
- Moisés Arias as Poe Ramírez
- Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Barbara
- Parminder Nagra as Dr. Noor Hamid
- Claire Forlani as Meredith Newman
- Cynthia Evans as Erin Grant
- Gary Weeks as Tom Grant
- Sophia Bernard as Abby Grant
- Emily Baldoni as Julie
- Rebecca Chulew as Doctor
- Sue-Lynn Ansari as Nurse
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A few thoughts on Five Feet Apart
For the same ache of young love running against a clock, Walk to Remember is the book to reach for, small-town and unshowy about it. On screen, Red Band Society fills a teen hospital ward with the same mix of gallows humor and real feeling.
Teen love stories shaped by serious illness
Five Feet Apart builds its romance around cystic fibrosis and the cruel rule that keeps Stella and Will physically apart. These stories share that ache of first love complicated by hospitals, diagnoses, and time that may be short. Tender and tearful, they sit with the constraint rather than pretending love simply fixes it.
Romances where the couple is forced to stay apart
The whole tension of Five Feet Apart is proximity, two people who want closeness and cannot risk it. These stories run on the same longing: lovers kept at a distance by rules, circumstance, or the world lining up against them. Aching, slow-burn romance for anyone who feels every inch of that gap.
Medical romance novels set on the ward
So much of Five Feet Apart happens in hospital corridors, where care and attraction share the same fluorescent rooms. These novels live there too, pairing doctors, nurses, and patients whose feelings grow between rounds and charts. Cozy, heartfelt reads for viewers who liked the setting as much as the love story.
Sweeping dramas about love in a hospital or a crisis
Five Feet Apart turns a hospital wing into the whole world for two young patients. These series widen that lens, following love that grows amid medicine, disability, and emergency, where every feeling carries real stakes. Emotional, high-drama watches built around people caring for each other when time and health push back.