Failed marriage movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant failed marriage movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic, touching, romantic and disturbing films and TV shows about / with failed marriage, husband wife relationship, love and romance, family problems, infidelity, marriage, unfaithful husband, relationships, couple relations and love triangle plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as failed marriage: None Like Us (2018), The Door in the Floor (2004), Swinger Club (2006), Amongst Bees (2015), Tchaikovsky's Wife (2022), Rifkin's Festival (2020), You and Me (1971), Autumn Days (1963), Faithless (2024), Appena un minuto (2019).
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List of failed marriage movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A divorced woman finds sexual liberation through online dating.
Style:
romantic, captivating, sincere, sexy, hot
Plot:
abusive husband, older woman younger man sex, sex scene, sexual desire, sex club, single mother, failed marriage, seductive behavior, sexually frustrated woman, milf, ambition, horniness ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The imperfections of love and its bitter consequences in Turin, Italy, during the ‘80s, before the social networks and smartphones. What happens to your heart when you discover that you're madly in love with your best friend? What happens to ...
Style:
romantic drama, thought provoking, sexy, romantic, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, unhappy marriage, friendship, love triangle, coming of age, heartbreak, school teacher, high school life, new love, teenage boy, crumbling marriage, failed marriage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Alternately tragic and comic, an exploration of the complexities of love in both its brightest and darkest corners. Adapted from John Irving's best-selling novel A Widow for One Year, the film is set in the privileged beach community of East ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, erotic, melancholic, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, unfaithful wife, sex scene, writers, unfaithfulness, masturbation, female nudity, writer's life, dysfunctional family, older woman younger man sex, cheating wife ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An ihrem 5. Hochzeitstag haben Albert und Birgit ihre drei engsten Freunde zu einem Festessen in ihr Haus auf dem Land eingeladen. Die Idylle entpuppt sich als schwer vermintes Gelände. Ungeahnte amouröse Verwicklungen kommen nach und nach auf den ...
Style:
captivating, tense, dramatic, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
cuckold, adultery, swingers, failed marriage, unfaithful husband, infidelity, extramarital affair, party, marital problem, marriage crisis, family problems, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Bruno is a young film editor who has just broke up his marriage with Regina, and returned living in his mother's house. Drowned in deep sorrow, something very weird happens in his life: people around him are gradually disappearing. But only for ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
blindness and impaired vision, failed marriage, loneliness, isolation, loss, grief, character study, relationship problems, satire, blindness, director, family problems ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia, France, Switzerland
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Antonina Miliukova is a beautiful and bright young woman, born in the aristocracy of 19th century Russia. She could have anything she'd want, and yet her only obsession is to marry Pyotr Tchaikovsky, with whom she falls in love from the very ...
Style:
period drama, interesting
Plot:
unhappy marriage, homosexuality, female pubic hair, gay, gay interest, gay crush, male full rear nudity, music teacher, sexual tension, death, lack of money, lust ...
Time:
1890s, 1870s, 19th century
Place:
st. petersburg russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and ...
Style:
romantic, light, sincere, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
adultery, adulterous husband, troubled marriage, failed marriage, love triangle, love and romance, marital problem, romantic relationship, crumbling marriage, family relations, adulteress, marital infidelity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
basque country, spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A neurosurgeon returns back to the USSR from Sweden and has to deal with rejection - both at work and at home.
Style:
existential, melancholic, emotional, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
regret, identity crisis, midlife crisis, guilt, love triangle, friendship, alienation, failed marriage, self discovery, nostalgia, sacrifice, scientist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, siberia, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house ...
Style:
poignant, psychological, art house, black and white
Plot:
loneliness, widower, female protagonist, melancholy, doomed romance, small town, provincial life, failed marriage, character study, isolation, marriage, unrequited love ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the twilight of his life, a filmmaker reunites with a woman who was once his best friend's partner and confronts the story of their affair.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, art house, touching
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, black ops, memory, nostalgia, bittersweet, lost love, regret, longing, midlife crisis, character study, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
stockholm sweden
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Claudio is 50 years old and tired of his job as an real estate agent. He is also separated from his wife who left him for the "King of Zumba".
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, male protagonist, slice of life, social problems, lifestyle, divorced man, family problems, satire, separation, self discovery, divorce, everyday life ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, serious, powerful, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, police officer, gay interest, gay, closeted homosexual, love, gay affair, relationships, lost love, secret relationship, male male relationship, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1957, 50s, year 1958, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
venice, brighton, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four Weddings And A Funeral is a British comedy about a British Man named Charles and an American Woman named Carrie who go through numerous weddings before they determine if they are right for one another.
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, funeral, friendship, unrequited love, multiple storylines, wedding ceremony, love, love and romance, marriage, love story, hotel, divorce ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
england, scotland, london, united kingdom, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jonah (Paul Simon) is an aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
rock music, rock star, rock concert, music industry, musician, failed marriage, talk show host, rock and roll, music business, rising to stardom, starting over, performer's life ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Serial killer Keith Jesperson murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
Style:
disturbing, crime drama, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, murder, true crime, murderer, homicidal maniac, serial murder, taunting, killing, crime solving, investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
north america, oregon
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yemen, France, United Arab Emirates, USA, Sweden, Jordan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Nojoom was forced to marry a 30-year-old man. The dowry offered the family a small income and 'one less mouth to feed'. Nojoom discovers that her life will take a turn for the worse. Her husband is indifferent to her age. ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, touching, thought provoking
Plot:
child bride, marital abuse, rape, forced marriage, sexualized violence, tradition, sheik, divorce, courtroom, judge, family honor, marital separation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A charismatic, self-absorbed Indian writer, who discovers he may not have long to live, tries to mend a neglected relationship with his young daughter from a broken previous marriage, while his life slowly falls apart around him. When they discover ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, unusual plot structure, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, family relations, obsession, love, education, compromise, writers, selflessness, asian indian, lego, father, failed marriage ...
Place:
india, taj mahal
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons), a woman who believes that ultimate reality exists above and beyond the routine procedures of conscious, uninspired, everyday ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, couples, unfulfillment, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, love and romance, unsupportive spouse, crumbling marriage, couple relations, impossible love, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
bahamas, denver colorado, colorado
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, sweet, romantic, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
happy ending, divorce, marriage, relationships, writers, long term relationship, bittersweet, family drama, husband wife relationship, breakup, fall in love, grief ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
italy, venice
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Frances Ferguson, the eponymous character at the center of Bob Byington’s new film, is discontent. Like a lot of us, she does a bit of “acting out” and pays the price —an arrest, a trial, incarceration. And then a new identity, one that’s ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
scandal, changing lives, lifestyle change, new identity, female protagonist, small town life, accusation, personality change, small town, lifestyle, satire, framed for a crime ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Style:
realistic, stylized, sentimental, cult classic, captivating ...
Plot:
jazz, musician, music, american football, doomed romance, saxophonist, dancing, fall in love, world war two, composer, jazz musician, orchestra ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, post world war two, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.
Style:
touching, serious, sentimental, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
driving lesson, love and romance, couples, family problems, elderly, crumbling marriage, friendship, driving school, husband wife relationship, adultery, taxi, teacher ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
america, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, vermont
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Omameda Towako recently become the president of the construction company "Shirokuma Housing". She has experienced three divorces and is currently living with her 15-year-old daughter, Uta. Although Towako has been divorced thrice, she ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
ex husband ex wife relationship, ex husband, food, family relations, husband wife relationship, family problems, relationship problems, divorced woman, ex couple relations, relationships, divorced man, satire ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
Chu Zhi He who's a goodie two shoes and Wang Da Shu who has a personality that is rigid and sturdy like a tree learn to grow together as they fall in love. Like the show's namesake, animal behavior is quite representative of human nature. ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, romantic, captivating
Plot:
love triangle, bachelor, relationship problems, romantic relationship, love and romance, couple relations, love interest, lifestyle, relationships, love affair, male female relationship, opposites attract ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A couple on the brink of divorce attempts to hide their crisis at a grand wedding, but it turns out they are not the only ones with false appearances.
Style:
comedy drama, satirical, psychotronic
Plot:
wedding, relationship problems, marriage crisis, family secret, celebration, divorce, family drama, deception, infidelity, satire, dark humor, betrayal ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Follows the lives of different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic few days before Christmas in Frankfurt, Germany.
Style:
captivating, romantic, entertaining, light
Plot:
christmas, husband wife relationship, brother sister relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, family problems, marital problem, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, romantic relationship, couple relations, relationship problems, love affair ...
Place:
frankfurt germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.
Style:
art house, sexual, talky, aesthetic, experimental ...
Plot:
architect, artist, cancer, art, male nudity, dialogue, infidelity, obsession, painting, painter, melancholy, tragedy ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 18th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.
Style:
philosophical, existential, depressing, poignant, disturbing ...
Plot:
mental disorder, arson, midlife crisis, self discovery, jazz, nudity, male nudity, insurance fraud, arsonist, one night stand, world war two veteran, businessman ...
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles, pacific ocean, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the ...
Style:
sad, thought provoking, romantic drama, touching, period piece ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian interest, lesbian attraction, lesbianism, lesbian couple, lesbian romance, female doctor, lesbian sex, love interest ...
Time:
year 1952, 50s, 1950s
Place:
austin texas, scotland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story:
Naz who is a paediatrician loses her baby during pregnancy. Even though her husband wants another baby, she refuses to go through the same thing all over again. She goes to Italy for a conference and meets Ali Nejat there.
Style:
suspense, touching, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
single father, friendship, passion, businessman, friends, plan, danger, youth, car, society, racecar driver, father son relationship ...
Place:
italy
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