Break up movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant break up movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, realistic, humorous, romantic, independent film and sincere films and TV shows about / with breakup, love, couples, love and romance, kiss, coming of age, couple relations, father son relationship, love story and bare chested male plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as break up: Boys and Girls (2000), 500 Days of Summer (2009), My Golden Days (2015), Bad Moms (2016), Her (2013), The Incredible Jessica James (2017), Call Me by Your Name (2017), Fleabag (2016), You Should Meet My Son! (2010), In the Grayscale (2015).

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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Told from the male perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
Style: serious, psychological, sincere, touching, teen ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: life turned upside down, couple relations, love affair, crumbling marriage, love and romance, career change, breakup, couples, love, art, intimacy, suicide attempt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 5.4
 18K
Boys and Girls (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ryan and Jennifer are opposites who definitely do not attract. At least that's what they always believed. When they met as twelve-year-olds, they disliked one another. When they met again as teenagers, they loathed each other. But when they ...
Style: romantic, teen, sentimental, humorous, rom com ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: fall in love, college, young lovers, teenager, love and romance, teenage love, lovers, couples, singleness, chance meeting, cheerleader, lesbian sex ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, san francisco
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500 Days of Summer (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom ...
Style: sweet, romantic, touching, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: love, breakup, relationships, couples, love story, love and romance, couple relations, unrequited love, manic pixie dream girl, unfulfilled love, heartache, fall in love ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, new york, usa
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My Golden Days (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.
Style: captivating, sentimental, sincere, suspense, stylized ...
Plot: female exhibitionist, love, coming of age, student, teenage boy, teenage love, breakup, death of mother, teenage girl, passport, teenager, changing lives ...
Time: year 2015, 2000s, 80s
Place: paris france, france, soviet union
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 6.2
 134K
Bad Moms (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.
Style: funny, feel good, absurd, teen, slapstick ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: women, motherhood, female friendship, infidelity, single father, single mother, party, drunken woman, friendship, hit and run, school principal, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: chicago
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 8.0
 665K
Her (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style: melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, touching, clever ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, relationship problems, psychology, human nature, unlikely relationship ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2013, distant future ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
Style: psychological, feel good, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: divorce, female protagonist, african american protagonist, dating, black, coming of age, friendship, society, youth, love, adaptation, escapades ...
Place: new york, ohio, london
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Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, USA, Brazil
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style: touching, lgbt cinema, disturbing, independent film, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, summer, love, gay love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, first love, homosexuality, gay couple, gay teenager ...
Time: year 1983, 80s, year 2017, 2010s, 2000s
Place: italy, nebraska, mediterranean sea, europe
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 8.7
 197K
Fleabag (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 302 min.
TV show
Story: As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, sleeping with anyone who dares to stand too close, squeezing money from wherever she can, rejecting anyone who tries to help ...
Style: funny, dark comedy, sitcom, absurd, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: sister sister relationship, sexuality, sexual humor, female friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, promiscuity, female protagonist, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, women, british, bisexual, dark humor ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: london
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style: touching, sincere, teen, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, mental illness, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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You Should Meet My Son! (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A comedy about a conservative Southern mom who discovers that her only son is gay. Determined that he won’t go through life alone and miserable, she sets out to find him the perfect husband!
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay couple, acceptance, gay son, lgbt, gays and lesbians, homosexuality, family relations, homosexual, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: birmingham alabama, southern usa, alabama
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In the Grayscale (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bruno is an architect who has a perfect life: A nice family and a good job. Anyway, Bruno has a deep sense of unease. He decides to leave his wife to be alone and have time to find him self. A business man offers him to build an iconic landmark in ...
Style: lgbt cinema, psychological, captivating, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, gay crush, gay club, male nudity, gay sex, masturbation, bisexuality, gay interest, unrequited love, lgbtq, gay father, male pubic hair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, santiago chile
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 5.3
 1K
Wasp (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Switzerland, Lebanon
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Having left England for a romantic escapade in the South of France, Olivier and James invite Caroline along at the very last minute. The trio arrives in a little Provencal village, somewhat cut off from the world. Though everything seems calm ...
Style: sexy, psychological, light, humorous, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, bisexuality, vacation, seduction, emotionally unstable, passive aggression, love triangle, swimming pool, hide and seek, truth or dare, sexual identity, breakup ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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 8.0
 287K
The Graduate (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Benjamin, a recent college graduate is very worried about his future, he then finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Style: sexual, melancholic, atmospheric, crying, erotic ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: coming of age, age difference, older woman younger man relationship, wedding, adultery, forbidden love, college graduate, lovers, milf, virginity, hotel, unfaithful wife ...
Time: 60s, year 1967, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, san francisco, bay area
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 7.1
 159K
Locke (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his ...
Style: talky, minimal cast, neo noir, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: on the road, driving, destiny, adultery, character study, dead father, life turned upside down, family problems, night, mobile phone, storytelling, existentialism ...
Time: future, y2k, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, britain, ethiopia, usa, london
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 8.7
 158K
This Is Us (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, thought provoking, saga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: adoption, childhood memory, childhood, husband wife relationship, parenthood, father son relationship, depression, teenage angst, family relations, siblings, brother brother relationship, self esteem ...
Time: 90s, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria, pittsburgh
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Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Style: erotic, sexual, emotional, heartbreaking, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, sexuality, lesbian love, coming of age, youth, lovers, lesbian relationship, lesbian teen, lesbianism, adolescence, gays and lesbians ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 13K
Gloria Bell (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs.
Style: sexy, humorous, semi serious, melancholic, touching
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: middle age romance, dating, dancing, dysfunctional relationship, middle aged man, ex husband ex wife relationship, drinking, friendship, lie, friend, breakup, father daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2019, year 1986
Place: las vegas, los angeles
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 7.8
 5K
Be with You (2004)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi (Shido Nakamura) lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji (Akashi Takei) after the loss of wife and mother Mio (Yuko Takeuchi). Yuji unfailingly remembers her ...
Style: serious, sentimental, touching, romantic, enigmatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: afterlife, time travel, family relations, diary, miraculous event, boy, hopes, death in the family, reincarnation, couple relations, love and romance, supernatural ...
Place: tokyo
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 6.8
 1K
Hanamizuki (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Sae (Yui Aragaki) is a high school student who is studying hard for her college entrance exams. She lost her father when she was very young and so lives with her mother Ryoko (Hiroko Yakushimaru) in Hokkaido, Japan. Her father Kemimichi (Arata) once ...
Style: romantic, shoujo, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: first love, boy, pretty girl, love at first sight, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, wedding, professor, dreaming, breakup, determination, begging ...
Place: nova scotia, japan, hokkaido, canada, tokyo
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Don't Think Twice (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Style: entertaining, funny, emotional, talky, touching ...
Plot: friendship, hospital, interracial friendship, audition, breakup, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, flash forward, father son relationship, death of father, gift, restaurant, showbiz ...
Place: philadelphia, new york
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 6.3
 3K
Dean (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A freelance illustrator in New York suffers a quarter-life crisis and leaves his home for the west coast.
Style: humorous, disturbing, romantic, independent film, semi autobiographical
Plot: death of mother, death of wife, drawing, breakup, death, grief, friend, father son relationship, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, jealousy, wedding ...
Place: new york, los angeles, brooklyn new york city
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Gone, But Not Forgotten (2003)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Melodrama concerning a 40-year-old man coming out.
Style: serious, captivating, suspense, cute, sensual ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, rock climbing, lgbtq, husband wife relationship, lie, rescue, breakup, brother brother relationship, spoken inner thoughts, unconsciousness, lgbtqi ...
Place: california
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Sidewalks of New York (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a ...
Style: stylized, witty, sexy, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, divorce, life philosophy, multiple storylines, lifestyle, love triangle, love affair, looking for love, human nature, couple relations, crumbling marriage, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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 7.2
 143K
Chasing Amy (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Style: funny, talky, independent film, touching, romantic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: bisexuality, lesbian, jealousy, friendship, sexuality, jay and silent bob, comic book, twists and turns, philosophy, superhero, happy ending, bisexual ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa, new york
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Blonde Ambition (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young professional woman (Simpson) unwittingly becomes the pawn of two business executives in their bid to oust the head of a mega-conglomerate.
Style: realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, rom com ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: couples, workplace, rise to the top, love and romance, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, love triangle, workplace romance, ambition, couple relations, fish out of water, breakup ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, oklahoma
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Friends with Benefits (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Finding that they have much in common, the two become fast friends. Feeling jaded by a number of ...
Style: romantic, sexy, sweet, romantic comedy, light ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: relationships, love, best friends in love, sex scene, friendship, love and romance, sexual relations, lovers, sexual activity, sex, looking for sex, friends ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, california, usa
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Confessions of an American Bride (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Young career woman Samantha 'Sam' Hoyt gets swept off her feet by Benjamin 'Ben' Rosen, who romances her better then anyone before, so she jumps at the offer of becoming his fiancée. If Ben thought a girls typical obsession with ...
Style: humorous, realistic, feel good, semi serious, rom com
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: wedding, true love, rabbi, disorder, obsession, nothing goes right, love and romance, couples, culture clash, love triangle, breakup, love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: 16 Years of Alcohol is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his 1987 novel. The film is Jobson's first directorial effort, following a career as a television presenter on BSkyB and VH-1, and as the vocalist for the ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Plot: skinhead, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, addiction, society, family problems, life is a bitch, racial slur, couples, gang, misfit, youth ...
Place: europe, scotland, edinburgh scotland
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Chungking Express (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Style: artsy, art house, atmospheric, visual, surreal ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: loneliness, multiple storylines, femme fatale, serendipity, food, breakup, storytelling, relationships, love story, life philosophy, fall in love, dating ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, california, asia, taiwan
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