Dysfunctional marriage movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant dysfunctional marriage movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, erotic, sexy, psychological and melancholic films and TV shows about / with dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, female nudity, couples, infidelity, nude, cheating wife, extramarital affair, sex and male female relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dysfunctional marriage: Elective Affinities (1996), Monamour (2005), Forbidden (2001), Monika (1974), Angst (2003), The Other End (2016), Det mest f?rbjudna (2016), Satisfaction (2014), Such Is Life (2000), Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989).
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List of dysfunctional marriage movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After an architect (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is invited to the home of his associate, the harmony of the place comes undone with the visitor's attraction to someone.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
cheating wife, childbirth, dysfunctional marriage, extramarital affair, unfaithful wife, infidelity, husband wife relationship, divorce, adultery, sex, female nudity, death of husband ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
africa, europe, italy, tuscany, venice ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Marta is a young housewife, married to Dario, a successful book publisher. Although she still loves her husband, Marta hasn't been able to achieve sexual satisfaction for months due to their dull and predictable love life. While staying in ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, erotic drama, sensual, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
unfaithful wife, erotica, lust, dysfunctional marriage, sensuality, unhappy marriage, erotic fantasy, promiscuous woman, sexual promiscuity, female masturbation, infidelity, sexual pleasure ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
At his bachelor party, Jason has a one-night fling with Nikki, a radiant beauty with whom he forms an immediate bond. They agree to keep their secret locked away forever. Two years later, Jason, his wife, Andy and his fiancee plan a reunion weekend. ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, realistic, semi serious, sexual
Plot:
adultery, threesome, cheating wife, one night stand, infidelity, dysfunctional marriage, unfaithful wife, lovers reunited, female nudity, public sex, cheating fiancee, extramarital affair ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Monika is young, beautiful and a virgin. She is only 16 years old, and, beside getting the attention of all her classmates, she also attracts older men. She has a relationship with a boy, Leo, but she doesn't know that he uses to pimp the girls ...
Style:
sex comedy, sexy, freeze frame, crying, erotic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
nudity, virgin, sexy teenager, teenage prostitute, skinny dipping, dysfunctional marriage, sexual pleasure, female nudity, erotica, prostitution, coming of age, cheating wife ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Oskar Roehler's drama Der Alte Affe Angst (Angst) is about the dissolution of a couple. Robert (Andre Hennicke) and Marie (Marie Baumer) have little in common other than their sex life. Since Robert is going through a bout with impotency, they ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
dysfunctional marriage, terminal illness, lifestyle, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems, crumbling marriage, infidelity, husband wife relationship, depression, father son relationship, loss of father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Diogo (17) has a little quirk: he likes to call his mother's female therapy patients and masturbate while listening to them on the phone. One of these patients is Angela (43), a woman who was just left by her husband When Diogo calls Angela, ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, single woman, male female relationship, dysfunctional marriage, anonymous telephone call, relationship problems, lgbt, love affair, troubled marriage, relationships, love story, fall in love ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story:
Freely adapted from the novel by Swedish writer Kerstin Thorvall.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
neglected wife, dysfunctional marriage, mental illness, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, family problems, mental patient, family life, lifestyle, husband wife relationship, family relations, marital problem ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1959, year 1976, year 1968
Place:
havana cuba
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A provocative drama that explores modern marriage at its midpoint. Through the lens of one couple, Neil Truman and his wife, Grace, this series answers the question, “What do you do when having it all is not enough?” by delving into their ...
Style:
tense, sexy, realistic, erotic, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, marriage, husband wife relationship, adultery, under the surface, infidelity, marital problem, couples, cheating wife, dating, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, France, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on the Greek tragedy MEDEA, this is a present day Mexican version, set in the seediest possible milieu of Mexico City. A woman abandoned by her husband, is thrown out of her apartment by her landlord - who is also her husband's new ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, captivating, romantic, suspense ...
Plot:
unrequited love, forbidden love, revenge, tragedy, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, betrayal, infidelity, family relations, boy, father son relationship, divorce ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
Style:
independent film, sexy, black comedy, controversial, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, voyeurism, infidelity, husband wife relationship, therapist, dysfunctional marriage, sister sister relationship, adultery, voyeur, sibling rivalry, impotence, sex scene ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
louisiana, usa, los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Abruptly abandoned by her husband in a country completely foreign to her, Colombian native Mariana (Paola Mendoza) struggles to take care of herself and her two young children on the unforgiving streets of New York City. Sebastian Villada, Laura ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
poverty, immigrant, family relations, urban setting, human spirit, starting over, family problems, working class, hopes, life is a bitch, american dream, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, new york, colombia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Jay, a failed musician, walked out of his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day Jay follows her and finds out about the ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, bleak, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, explicit sex, couple relations, cheating wife, sex scene, strong sexual content, obsession, erotica, sexual relations, sensuality, dysfunctional marriage, erection ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, humorous
Plot:
marital problem, marriage, love affair, dysfunctional marriage, sexual relations, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, love triangle, love interest ...
Place:
finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Vic and Melinda Van Allen are a couple in the small town of Little Wesley. Their loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers ...
Style:
dark, sexy, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, cheating wife, infidelity, sex scene, cuckold, unfaithful wife, promiscuous woman, dysfunctional marriage, relationships, erotica, small town, marriage ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. He is involved ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, heartbreaking, depressing, suspense ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, family in crisis, age difference, dysfunctional family, grief, family drama, revenge, roman empire, small town, marriage, jealousy, family relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
maine, detroit, new england, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, sweet, light, intense ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
referee, basketball, restaurant, flashback, american abroad, dysfunctional marriage, marriage proposal, marital separation, marital reconciliation, husband wife relationship, love, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, usa, new york, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Set in an anonymous Japanese metropolis, the film tells the tale of shy career woman, Rinko and Shigehiko, her hygiene-obsessed, workaholic husband. The couple explore their sexuality in a number of ways, causing their lives to be disrupted.
Style:
sexy, surreal, psychological, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
couple relations, dysfunctional marriage, power relations, stalking, sexual relations, female masturbation, sex, surrealism, erotica, photograph, sexual blackmail, pink film ...
Place:
japan, europe, asia, italy, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Joseph and Maria are married for six months and Maria still has never had an orgasm with her husband. They begin to visit mysterious doctor Baltazar who teaches them how to reach ecstasy in sex.
Style:
erotic, sexy, psychological, sensual, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
sex therapist, marriage, sexual arousal, sexualized violence, sex, intimacy, couples therapy, father daughter incest, psychology, male nudity, dysfunctional marriage, frigidity ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
vancouver, seattle, australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Drama - A career woman stuck in an unhappy marriage struggles to find happiness. - Chuti Tiu, Kipp Shiotani, Dana Lee
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, tense ...
Plot:
unfaithful wife, sex scene, culture clash, crumbling marriage, unsupportive spouse, couple relations, immigrant, sexual content, rebellion, unfulfillment, relationship vs career, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A brilliant and neurotic attorney goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil, who turns him into a complete wreck... Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard will step in and put ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
love triangle, lawyer, femme fatale, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, nudity, sexual attraction, wife leaves husband, nothing goes right, birthday present, road accident, blonde ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
monaco, riviera, europe, french riviera, south of france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dog, dysfunctional marriage, depression, eccentricity, grief, travel, writers, loss of son, death of son, loneliness, dysfunctional family, breakup ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
usa, paris france, maryland, london, baltimore ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
John has inherited a castle and Italy and he moves there with his wife Susan and their blind daughter Rebecca. What they don't realize is that there is somebody else in the castle. An abused child left to die in the basement who has now become ...
Style:
lovecraft, scary, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, haunted house, cannibalism, violence, blindness, brutality, freak, monster, inheritance, macabre, murder, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
Style:
serious, realistic, period piece, costume drama, sad ...
Plot:
girlfriend girlfriend relationship, marriage of convenience, dull life, suburban life, unfulfillment, female protagonist, bourgeoisie, women in society, depression, envy, deception, forbidden love ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A wealthy man (played by former James Bond villain Adolf Celli) suffers from impotence whenever he tries to make love to his wife (Carroll Baker). Since Viagara hadn't been invented yet, his swinging liberal doctor (Luigi Pistilli) instead ...
Style:
sex comedy, crying, erotic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, impotent husband, stepmother stepson relationship, neglected wife, erotica, dysfunctional marriage, females talking about sex, sex with stepson, older woman teenage boy sex, incestuous relationship, swinger party, voyeur ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, milan italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with her because she "isn't particularly ...
Style:
semi serious, sexual, realistic, sincere, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, cuckolded husband, cuckold, male female relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, family problems, love affair, self discovery, love triangle, sexual relations, gay husband, hot and sexy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Adrian plans to marry Wanda and, with that intention, visits his fiancee's family house by the lake. Tensions rise when he is faced not only with Wanda's sisters but also with their mother's expectations.
Style:
captivating, disturbing
Plot:
sex with brother in law, dysfunctional marriage, unfaithful boyfriend, family relations, sexual tension, husband wife relationship, family problems, mother and daughter, male female relationship, relationship problems, sexual relations, attempted seduction ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are ...
Style:
feel good, funny, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, kids
Plot:
dysfunctional family, death, children, dysfunctional marriage, vacation, family drama, breakup, family problems, parents and children, amor, coming of age, nothing goes right ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, scotland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Danila is sixteen. Katya is twice his age. He spends hours watching her from an old shed on the forest. He does not even think about trying to be with her until Danila's father shows up on Katya's doorstep in an attempt to run away from ...
Style:
erotic, melancholic, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
older woman teenage boy relationship, sexuality, older woman younger man relationship, older woman teenage boy sex, illicit affair, age difference, villager, obsessive love, obsession, father son relationship, dysfunctional marriage, mature woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, France, Germany, Belgium, Cyprus
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, psychological, heartbreaking, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
divorce, missing child, disappearance, search party, dysfunctional family, sex scene, broken family, dysfunctional marriage, anger, selfishness, abandoned building, missing boy ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, year 2015, year 2012
Place:
moscow russia, soviet union, russia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.
Style:
grindhouse, erotic, slasher, psychotronic, sexual ...
Plot:
female nudity, tarantula, serial killer, lesbianism, dysfunctional marriage, woman in jeopardy, sadistic psychopath, serial murder, whodunit, psychopath, obsession, maniac ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
italy, europe
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