Iris, schrijfster en docent, probeert het verlies van haar vriend en mentor Walter te verwerken. Ze is verrast om te horen dat hij haar zijn geliefde hond, een Duitse dog genaamd Apollo, heeft nagelaten.
Nee, helaas is The Friend nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | David Siegel | Director |
| Directing | Scott McGehee | Director |
| Production | David Siegel | Producer |
| Production | Liza Chasin | Producer |
| Writing | Scott McGehee | Screenplay |
| Production | Scott McGehee | Producer |
| Writing | Sigrid Nunez | Novel |
| Writing | David Siegel | Screenplay |
| Production | Margaret Chernin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Naomi Watts | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Giles Nuttgens | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Trevor Gureckis | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jay Wadley | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Isaac Hagy | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stacey Battat | Costume Design |
| Art | Ike Oedel | Graphic Designer |
| Lighting | Matthew Atwood | Gaffer |
| Editing | Yvan Lucas | Colorist |
| Art | Kelly McGehee | Production Design |
| Art | Eric Tumolo | Set Decoration |
| Production | Mike Spreter | Producer |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Production | Scotty Anderson | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maya Hardinge | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Lugo | Hair Department Head |
| Directing | Mike Topoozian | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Gareth Manwaring | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Julian J. Delacruz | "A" Camera Operator |
| Art | Lauren King | Title Designer |