Housewife movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant housewife movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, sexy, captivating, humorous and suspense films and TV shows about / with housewife, family relations, husband wife relationship, marriage, couples, mother daughter relationship, couple relations, suburbs, mother son relationship and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as housewife: Desperate Housewives (2004), Tell Me You Love Me (2007), I Smile Back (2015), The Stepford Wives (2004), Physical (2021), Shirley Valentine (1989), Even After Everything (2018), Hung (2009), Caught (2015), Mildred Pierce (2011).
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List of housewife movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama-mystery series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired Sundays at 9 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Central, on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012. ...
Style:
witty, humorous, sexy, soap opera, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
housewife, female friendship, suburban life, neighbor, family life, social relations, friends, investigation, lifestyle, couple relations, family relations, infidelity ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tell Me You Love Me is an American cable television drama series that premiered on HBO and on The Movie Network on September 9, 2007.
The series was created by Cynthia Mort and originally conceived as Sexlife. The pilot episode was produced and ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, talky, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, sex scene, couple relations, sexual relations, young lovers, sex, housewife, lust, love, couples therapy, marital problem, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next ...
Style:
serious, realistic, erotic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, violence against women, slutty wife, slutty attitude, horny woman, addiction, housewife, alcoholism, knocked up, depressed woman, coitus, no bra ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, black comedy, satanic, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
housewife, gender, women, battle of the sexes, robot, twists and turns, suburban life, transformation, couple relations, cyborgs, androids, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Sheila Rubin is a quietly tortured, seemingly dutiful housewife supporting her smart but controversial husband’s bid for state assembly. But behind closed doors, she has her own darkly funny take on life; she’s battling a complex set of personal ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
aerobics, housewife, cheating wife, adultery, unfaithful wife, character change, lifestyle change, relationship problems, bored housewife, family relations, life philosophy, marital problem ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, clever, offbeat ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
middle aged woman, midlife crisis, housewife, extramarital affair, middle age romance, greek island, women, british, illicit affair, friendship, culture clash, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
greece, england, europe, northern england, new jersey ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wealthy mom of two children catches her husband in an affair and welcomes home his estranged brother, setting the stage for love, war and revenge.
Style:
realistic, dramatic, captivating, satirical, intense ...
Plot:
housewife, marriage, revenge, brother in law, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, infidelity, betrayal, family conflict, wealth, rich woman, rich ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Desperate times call for desperate measures and Ray Drecker's situation couldn't be much tougher. The former high school sports legend turned middle-aged high school basketball coach is divorced and struggling to provide for his kids when ...
Style:
sexual, humorous, erotic, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gigolo, housewife, hot and sexy, sexual relations, lifestyle change, middle aged, adolescence, male escort, male nudity, prostitution, family life, lifestyle ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A desperate housewife discovers her husband is having an affair and kidnaps his unsuspecting mistress, but what starts as a prank quickly spirals out of control.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
housewife, marital infidelity, mistress, teenage girl, unfaithful husband, captive, woman, husband wife relationship, attempted murder, teenager, mother daughter relationship, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A newly divorced, uniquely independent woman struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family in Depression-era California.
Style:
emotional, clever, costume drama, period piece, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
housewife, single parent, tragic event, struggle, divorce, depression, friendship, lovers, ambitious, social differences, heroine, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 2010s, year 2011, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, glendale california, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
love affair, adultery, infidelity, passion, housewife, child abuse, small town, unfaithful wife, dysfunctional family, perversion, temptation, sexual pleasure ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 984 min.
TV show
Story:
Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, witty, erotic, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
marriage, women, crumbling marriage, family in crisis, open marriage, housewife, female protagonist, male female relationship, up and down relationship, adultery, society, strong female lead ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 2010s, 80s, year 1949 ...
Place:
usa, pasadena california, california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with perfect wives and their perfect offspring.
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, thought provoking ...
Plot:
housewife, optimism, marriage, woman, humour, life, lifestyle, province, social problems, family life, women, nerd ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Like most families that settle inside The Gates, the Monahans are unmoored from a complicated life they abandoned in Chicago. There's something very different about this place, almost... haunting. Named the new police chief of The Gates, Nick ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, costume drama, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, werewolf, youth, witch, lifestyle, female werewolf, supernatural power, danger, imaginary, vampirism, neighbor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven kids, three new houses and the opening of his newest hardware store. When disturbing news arrives ...
Style:
melancholic, social, entertaining, light, grindhouse ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
polygamy, housewife, husband wife relationship, couples, mormon, double life, sex, marriage, sex with multiple partners, sister sister relationship, religion, eccentric family ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
utah, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Subversive, darkly comedic drama Big Little Lies tells the tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
Style:
disturbing, surprise ending, enigmatic, saga, sensual ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
domestic violence, mother daughter relationship, female friendship, feminist, husband wife relationship, murder mystery, infidelity, marriage, rape, housewife, gossip and rumors, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
monterey california, syria
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Wealth, beauty, love...the young wife of a powerful attorney seems to have it all until a mysterious man offers her a life of forbidden pleasures. Guided by the mistresses of his secret club, she must choose to either resist and run or give in to ...
Style:
erotic drama
Plot:
sex club, female nudity, housewife, secret, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, relationship problems, marital problem, cheating wife, female protagonist ...
Place:
philadelphia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Style:
sincere, emotional, visually stunning, stylized, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
couples, homosexuality, infidelity, gay husband, racism, lgbtq, crumbling marriage, housewife, closeted homosexual, forbidden love, gay, divorce ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 2000s, year 1958, year 2002 ...
Place:
new england, connecticut, usa, miami, baltimore ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lincoln Heights is an American family drama television series about Eddie Sutton, a Mission Vista police officer who moves his family back to his old neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, to start a new life and to help out his old neighborhood. It is a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, crime drama ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school student, african american, homecoming, family relations, workplace, parents and children, new job, marital problem, family values, love and romance, siblings relations, black ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style:
touching, sexy, sad, independent film, surreal ...
Plot:
loss of child, grief, death in the family, estrangement, tragedy, death of child, support group, memory, death of son, marriage, relationships, redemption ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India, France, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sweet, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
food, cooking, happy ending, housewife, relationships, unlikely relationship, destiny, chef, unconventional romance, retirement, cooking and food, honest ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 21st century
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
suburbs, murder, relationship vs career, family life, couples, family relations, friends, social relations, couple relations, parents and children, suburban life, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On the day before their holiday trip to Dubai, a wife who believes her husband is unfaithful enlists the help of Roohi, a young woman sent by an agency to clean the house. She asks Roohi to make an appointment and gather information at the salon of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
housewife, marital problem, maid, marital infidelity, social differences, iranian, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, couple relations, dishonesty, wedding preparations and rituals ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, dubai
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
In 1692 Salem an accused witch is rescued at the last moment by the Sisterhood of Witches and transported to the modern day where she assume the life of a Plain Jane suburban housewife. When the Witch Hunter is accidentally transported through time ...
Style:
sex comedy, humorous, sexy, erotic, not serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time travel, threesome, imaginary, sent to the future, disorder, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, suburbs, suburban life, danger, wizards and magicians, housewife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, salem massachusetts
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Behind every prisoner, there's a wife, girlfriend or mother doing time on the outside. For some it's a nightmare, for others a liberation. Prisoners' Wives - it's time to tell their stories.
Style:
emotional, tense, psychological, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, couples, housewife, social relations, family relations, parents and children, women, female protagonist, relationships, family drama, betrayal, motherhood ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her begin. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.
Style:
sweet, feel good, touching, romantic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fall in love, housewife, love and romance, self discovery, marriage, destiny, friendship, relationships, food, florist, hopes, life philosophy ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
italy, venice, rome italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, psychedelic, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
housewife, women, undercover, social satire, feminism, passionate sex, orgasm, male female relationship, family life, oral sex, egg, captive ...
Time:
1950s, 2020s, 50s
Place:
palm springs california, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries ...
Style:
retro, humorous, sad, laugh out loud, sex comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
misunderstanding, marriage, love, husband wife relationship, best friend, doctor, housewife, farce, false confession, hypochondriac, marital problem, nightmare ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 60s
Place:
tokyo, california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
This 1970s period dramedy inspired by the real life Kyle Richards and set amid the sexual revolution and the rise of second-wave feminism follows Bonnie, an unconventional mother struggling to raise her two daughters after leaving her husband. With ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, ironic, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
sexual revolution, single mother, housewife, crumbling marriage, changing lives, female empowerment, mother daughter relationship, independence, female friendship, child care, topical humor, personal growth ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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