History Film / ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore

* TheBeard: Lara Jean strikes a fake relationship with Peter so the former can avoid having to talk with Josh and the latter can get back at Gen for dumping him.

** Josh is also much nicer in the film, especially in his reaction to receiving Lara Jean’s letter. Book Josh rather tries to cozy up to her as a rebound from his breakup with Margot, and even forces a kiss on her, while Film Josh doesn’t do anything so selfish and is just trying to figure out what Lara Jean is doing. Once she explains to Josh how he wasn’t supposed to receive the letter and she doesn’t want to date him, he graciously accepts with no hard feelings.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The film plays down or eliminates most of Peter's bad traits in the books, where he is generally nice but can be quite jockish and vain. He also almost never curses in the film, whereas the books' Peter [[SirSwearsALot curses like a sailor]].

* MixedRace: Lara Jean and her sisters' mother was Korean, their father white.

High school junior Lara Jean Covey (Creator/LanaCondor) is a hopeless romantic who has never had a boyfriend. She has written five love letters to the most intense crushes of her life, including her childhood friend and crush Josh (Israel Broussard), who is dating her older sister Margot (Janel Parrish). Concerned for her social life, her younger sister Kitty (Anna Cathcart) sends out the letters to their intended recipients -- one of whom is Peter Kavinsky (Creator/NoahCentineo), popular guy and ex-boyfriend to resident head bitch Genevieve (Emilija Baranac). Peter approaches Lara Jean with a proposition: they fake-date to get Josh, Genevieve, and the rest of the school off of their backs.

* MrImagination: Lara Jean tends to imagine people speaking with her in her bedroom. Initially, it's just Josh, but Peter starts appearing to her as well when they begin their fake relationship.

* TransparentCloset: Lucas claims that the only people who knows about his gayness are his parents and Lara Jean, but Peter is revealed to know it as well. He states that "everyone [in the school] knows it".

* IncompatibleOrientation: Played with. The third of Lara Jean's childhood crushes, Lucas, is openly gay, but she knew this already and considers him as just a friend in the present.

The film was directed by Susan Johnson and was released internationally on Creator/{{Netflix}} on August 17, 2018. It got two sequels based on the subsequent books: ''Film/ToAllTheBoysPSIStillLoveYou'', was released in February 2020, and ''Film/AlwaysAndForeverLaraJean was released in February 2021.

The film was directed by Susan Johnson and was released internationally on Creator/{{Netflix}} on August 17, 2018.

A sequel based on the second book in the series, ''Film/ToAllTheBoysPSIStillLoveYou'', was released in February 2020, which in turn is going to be followed by an adaptation of the third book, ''To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Lara Jean''.

* AdaptationalHeroism:
** In the book, Kitty sending out Lara Jean's letters was revenge for embarrassing her, while in the film it's an attempt to get her shy sister out of her shell (if partly so that Kitty can benefit from favors from Lara Jean's boyfriend-to-be.)
** Josh in the film isn't that romantically interested in Lara Jean, compared to the book version where her letter gets him curious about her as a rebound from Margot and he even forces a kiss on her. Film Josh pretty much just wants to understand what on earth is going on, at worst is overprotective of her from Peter, and when he hears the whole truth has no hard feelings about any of it.
** Whether as in the book Lara Jean crashed Margot's car from not looking both ways at a stop, the worst she does here is park badly and almost rear-end Peter.
* AffectionateNickname: Lara Jean is "LJ" to those close to her.
** One of Peter’s friends calls her “Lar-Je” because it sounds like “largie” which is ironic since she’s small.
** Katherine only allows people close to her to call her "Kitty." When Peter asks if he can drive her and Lara Jean to school every day in exchange of giving him [[ProductPlacement Yakult]] every day, she immediately includes Peter on the list.
* AlphaBitch: Genevieve, to a tee.
* AscendedExtra: Lucas plays a larger role as Lara Jean's black and GayBestFriend, in contrast to the book where he pretty much disappears after asking about her letter. She even tells him about the scheme, if only towards the end.

* BrokenAce: Implied with Peter. He's known to be a popular lacrosse jockey and is quite attractive but has some angst with his DisappearedDad and Gen implies he's not as confident as much as he lets on.

* BumblingDad: Dr. Covey is implied to be this by Lara Jean's sisters, due to their mother's passing.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Gen towards Peter, in spite of the fact that she broke up with him. Peter takes advantage of this for his OperationJealousy plan with Lara Jean.
* CommitmentIssues: Lara Jean is scared of actually fulfilling a romantic relationship because the person she opens her heart up to could also leave. [[spoiler: It's theorised as being the reason she subconsciously only falls for guys she knows she can't have (her sister's boyfriend, an already taken boy, a gay guy, etc). That way she doesn't have to actually make a genuine effort to pursue them and can simply live in her own fantasy.]]
* CoolLoser: Lara Jean is near the bottom of the food chain and doesn't have many friends despite being attractive, socially adept, and fashionable. This is attributed to her shyness.

* FormerFriendOfAlphaBitch: Lara Jean and Gen were friends in middle school, but had a falling out. Gen went on to be a bitchy popular girl who singles out Lara Jean for bullying.
* GayBestFriend: Lucas is gay and later becomes another close friend of Lara Jean's.
* {{Gayngst}}: Downplayed. Lucas is out to most of the students and his mother (with his father "kinda knowing"), but still asks Lara Jean to not speak about it too much, both explaining that it's because of "high school".
* GoodParents: Despite being an implied BumblingDad, Dr. Covey has shown to be a caring and loving father to his daughters. He even gives Lara Jean condoms if she decides to have sex because he knows (and accepts) that she's going to make her own life choices and wishes for her to be safe if she does. (He also gently tells her that he trusts her not to do anything to simply make a guy like her.) Although doing so greatly embarrasses Lara Jean for the obvious reasons.
* GreenEyedEpiphany: Lara Jean didn't realize her feelings for Josh until he started dating Margot.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Gen becomes jealous at Lara Jean for "dating" Peter despite the fact that she broke up with him first.
* InformedAbility: Lara Jean's being academically good pops up a few time over the course of the film, but it's not really demonstrated.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: It's implied that Josh came to reciprocate Lara Jean's feelings, but doesn't pressure her into it. Instead, he encourages her to go and talk to Peter because he realizes he's simply too late for his chance with her now.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Gen posted the "sex tape" of Lara Jean and Peter. However, she never faces the consequences for this and Peter even keeps her involvement a secret (until the sequel that is).]]

* LeftHanging: Averted. While the book has a fairly open ending, the film makes the beginning of the second book into its own closing scene, making the movie more self-contained.

* NiceShoes: Lara Jean’s vintage boots from Etsy. Chris defends them to Gen who insulted them, stating that they’re amazing. Peter later compliments them and said that he couldn’t say anything about it as he was dating Gen at the time.
* TheOneGuy: Dr. Covey since he's the father of three girls.

* OverprotectiveDad: Downplayed with Dr. Covey. He does order Peter to keep his hands to himself while on his date with Lara Jean, but does so in a playful manner. And when she goes on the annual school trip, he gives her a number of condoms in case she does decide to have sex and will be safe.

* RaceLift: Averted. Jenny Han specifically went to Creator/{{Netflix}} to adapt her book because everybody else wanted to cast [[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/opinion/sunday/crazy-rich-asians-movie-idol.html a white actress]] to play Lara Jean.

* SorryImGay: Lucas, Lara Jean's homecoming crush, tries to let her down gently by telling her he's gay. She's long been over him, though.

* TwoferTokenMinority:
** The only Asian characters in the film are the three Covey sisters.
** The only gay character, Lucas, is also black.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lara Jean has written five love letters. Three are sent to boys at her high school, all of whom confront (or attempt to confront) her about them. A fourth is returned to sender from the camp. The fifth is completely forgotten.[[spoiler:.. until the end of the movie, when its recipient arrives at Lara Jean's door.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Gen repeatedly attempts to seduce Peter away from Lara Jean despite having a boyfriend.

* TheSouthpaw: Lara Jean uses her left hand for basic activities like eating and writing.

* AscendedExtra: Lucas plays a larger role as Lara Jean's [[BlackBestFriend Black]] GayBestFriend, in contrast to the book where he pretty much disappears after asking about her letter. She even tells him about the scheme, if only towards the end.

* CommitmentIssues: Lara Jean is scared of actually going to fulfill a romantic relationship because then the person she opened her heart up to could also leave.

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: When Lara Jean and Peter are making out in the hot tub the scene cuts to them walking back to their respective rooms while holding hands. However, it's later revealed that they didn't have sex, only made out.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Gen posted the "sex tape" of Lara Jean and Peter. However, she never faces the consequences for this and Peter even keeps her involvement a secret.]]
* TheLostLenore: The mother of the Covey daughters was this to their father, as her death was (and still is) quite hard for him to deal with.

* OpinionOverride: PlayedWith. When watching ''Film/SixteenCandles'' with Lara Jean and Kitty, Peter finds it surprising that they love the film even though it features the racist stereotype character Long Duk Dong. Lara Jean and Kitty ''agree'', but ignore him because they love watching Jake Ryan.
* OverprotectiveDad: Downplayed with Dr. Covey. He does order Peter to keep his hands to himself while on his date with Lara Jean, but does so in a playful manner. And when she goes on the annual school trip, he gives her a number of condoms in case she does have sex.

* SecondLove: Lara Jean and Peter are this for each other. Peter is the second boy she wrote her secret letter for, while Peter dated Gen before breaking up and fake-dating Lara Jean.

* SlutShaming: Discussed. When Lara Jean's [[spoiler:"sex tape" with Peter gets out]], she is understandably fearful of this given the DoubleStandard of women being scrutinized over having sex while men don't.

* SorryImGay: Lucas, Lara Jean's homecoming crush, tries to let her down gently by telling her he's gay. She's over him, though.

* ThirdActMisunderstanding: After the ski trip, [[spoiler:Gen insinuates that Peter went to her room following his encounter with Lara Jean and makes it out as though they hooked up. Lara Jean jumps to the conclusion that Peter isn't over Gen despite his claims otherwise and ends their fake relationship. The ''real'' reason Peter went to Gen's room was because he wanted to cut any romantic ties between them as he was finally sure Lara Jean was the only girl he wanted.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Gen eventually reveals to Lara Jean that she ended their friendship and bullied her for years simply because she kissed Peter during a game of SpinTheBottle in middle school. She was in TranquilFury about it, even though Lara Jean asked to re-spin the bottle because she knew how Gen felt about Peter (and Gen nudged her a bit). However, Peter firmly insisted on kissing her, making Lara Jean give him a quick peck. Lara Jean astutely calls her a psycho when Gen still insists on blaming ''her'' for it.

* ThirdActMisunderstanding: After the ski trip, [[spoiler:Gen insinuates that Peter went to her room following his encounter with Lara Jean. Lara Jean jumps to the conclusion that Peter isn't over Gen despite his claims and ends their fake relationship. The real reason Peter came to Gen's room was because he wanted to cut any romantic ties between them.]]

* VillainsNeverLie: See ThirdActMisunderstanding. [[spoiler:Lara Jean refuses to give Peter a chance to explain why he went to Gen's room, despite the fact that she should know Gen well enough to realize she would lie about it]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Gen eventually reveals to Lara Jean that she ended their friendship and bullied her for years simply because she kissed Peter during a game of SpinTheBottle in middle school. She was in TranquilFury about it, even though Lara Jean asked to re-spin the bottle because she knew how Gen felt about Peter (and Gen nudged her a bit). However, Peter firmly insisted on kissing her, making Lara Jean give him a quick peck. Lara Jean astutely calls her a psycho when Gen still insists on blaming ''her' for it.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Gen eventually reveals to Lara Jean that she ended their friendship and bullied her for years simply because she kissed Peter during a game of SpinTheBottle in middle school even though Lara Jean initially asked to respin the bottle because she knew how Gen and Peter felt about each other (and Gen nudged her a bit). Lara Jean astutely calls her a psycho.

* GoodParents: Despite being an implied BumblingDad, Dr. Covey has shown to be a caring and loving father to his daughters, and even gives Lara Jean condoms if she decides to have sex.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: It's implied that Josh came to reciprocate Lara Jean's feelings but doesn't pressure her into it. Instead, he encourages her to go and talk to Peter.

* LoveDodecahedron: Lara Jean finds that her feelings for Josh, her older sister's boyfriend, are resurfacing after Margot and Josh break up. She decides to fake date Peter to avoid those feelings, while Peter agrees to this so he can make his ex-girlfriend Gen jealous. But during this, Peter starts developing feelings for Lara Jean and Lara Jean becomes confused about how she feels for Peter. To make matters more complicated, Josh admits that he likes Lara Jean.

* MissingMom: Lara Jean's mother died when she and her sisters were still young.

* OpinionOverride: When watching ''Film/SixteenCandles'' with Lara Jean and Kitty, Peter finds it surprising that they love the film even though it features the racist stereotype character Long Duk Dong. Lara Jean and Kitty agree, but ignore him because they love watching Jake Ryan.