Films and TV shows that feel like No Scrubs by TLC
A sharp, sassy, self-assured anthem of women calling out freeloading men and setting their own standards.
- Waiting to Exhale (1995): Four women fed up with disappointing men reclaim their worth, with an R&B soundtrack to match.
- Girlfriends (2000): Close friends dissect love, careers and men with wit and no tolerance for nonsense.
- Living Single (1993): Independent, ambitious women navigate dating and friendship with 90s swagger.
- Love & Basketball (2000): A driven woman refuses to compromise on her ambitions or her standards in love.
- Set It Off (1996): Four women take control of their fate in a gritty 90s urban setting.
- Clueless (1995): Glossy, sharp-tongued 90s girl-power comedy about taste and standards.
- Insecure (2016): A modern take on friendship, dating and holding out for better, with a killer soundtrack.
- The Best Man (1999): Same-year ensemble about love, loyalty and men and women calling each other out.