The Best Intentions (1992), Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015), Red Desert (1964), The Things of Life (1970), Blackmail (2018), La Pointe Courte (1956), Thursday's Game (1974), Fireproof (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Failing Marriage movies.
Storyline: The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. In 1909, poor, idealistic theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna Åkerbloom, the intelligent, educated daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After their wedding Henrik becomes a priest in the north of Sweden. After a few years Anna can't stand living in the rural county with the uncouth people. She returns to Uppsala, Henrik stays in the north.—Robert Stroetgen <stroetgen@rrz.uni-hamburg.de>
Plot Keywords: priest, wife, mother, father, townsperson, brooding, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Tanu and Manu's marriage collapses. What happens when Manu meets Tanu's lookalike Kusum - and when Tanu returns?
Plot Keywords: young man, young woman, husband, wife, look-alike, hilarious, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In a bleak rundown industrial area a young woman, Giuliana, tries to cope with life. She's married to Ugo the manager of a local plant but is soon having an affair with one of his co-workers, Corrado Zeller, who is visiting. Giuliana is unstable, not quite knowing anymore just what her role is, whether that be a wife, a mother or just another person. Her escape from life is short-lived however as Zeller is simply using her to satisfy his own needs and desires.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: wife, husband, old friend, businessman, son, maid, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Pierre, a successful engineer in building highways has a traffic accident. Being seriously wounded, he is lying waiting for death and remembering his past in flashbacks.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords: husband, wife, mistress, son, father, brooding, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Dev Kaushal is a full time working man with an unexcited life on the requests of his friend Anand.He decides to surprise his wife Reena in order to make it exciting.But when he reaches home to surprise her he is shocked to see his wife with her boyfriend Ranjeet.Dev then decides to blackmail him and extort money from or else he will tell about his secret affair to his wife Dolly.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com
Plot Keywords: husband, wife, friend, boyfriend, thrilling, shocking, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: There are two parts to this film: sequences of life in the fishing village of La Pointe Courte (a government inspector's visit, the death of a child) alternate with others following a couple - He is from La Pointe Courte, she is Parisian - coming to terms with their changing relationship.—Alison Smith <mla22@cc.keele.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: husband, wife, fisherman, child, government official, teen girl, creative ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Harry Evers (Gene Wilder) and Marvin Ellison (Bob Newhart) are part of a regular Thursday night poker game that provides them a much needed respite from the drudgery of their daily lives. But when Harry and Marvin are kicked out of the group over an argument, they decide not to tell their wives, but rather to find other diversions. Over the course of a few outings together, the men find themselves growing close -- until their wives discover the deception.
Plot Keywords: television producer, fashion designer, wife, poker player, amusing, playful, new york city ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Albany, the marriage of Caleb and Catherine Holt is in crisis and they decide to divorce. However, Caleb's father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and follow a procedure called "The Love Dare" to make them love each other again.
Plot Keywords: firefighter, wife, father, co-worker, best friend, melodramatic, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sanjana and Aditya retreat to Ooty to give a last chance to their crumbling marriage. But the break turns into a nightmare when Sanjana starts hearing screams. A spirit is haunting Sanjana, while Aditya is hiding a secret that could steer him from life to death.—Kaif Mahmood <aristotles_disciple@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: young man, young woman, husband, wife, spirit, chilling, frightening ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: RETURN TO ZERO is based on the true story of a successful couple preparing for the arrival of their first child. Just weeks before their due date they discover that their son has died in the womb and will be stillborn. Lives and relationship forever altered by the loss, they try to cope through denial, escape, alcohol and an affair, but nothing can save their marriage. And that's when they discover that they're again pregnant (from a last ditch 'save the marriage' getaway to Las Vegas), and must come together to face a turbulent and terrifying pregnancy.
Plot Keywords: expectant father, expectant mother, doctor, adulterer, nurse, couple, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Julie Messinger has it made. She is a New York housewife whose husband, Richard, is an editor for a prominent photography magazine. They have a small circle of friends, including well-meaning, but inept Dr. Timothy Spector, photographer Cal Whiting and Cal's live-in girlfriend Miranda. Julie's mother spends her days getting pedicures and manicures, applying make-up and fake eye-lashes and buying expensive clothes, all the while criticizing her daughter for her looks and behavior. When Richard goes into the hospital for a minor mole-removal surgery, Julie gets more than she bargained for. Richard suffers from complications and goes into a coma, supposedly caused by a rare surgical factor, and she gathers friends and family together, culminating in a hilarious "quasi-cocktail-party" scene in the blood donation center of the hospital. While dealing with red tape, hospital bureaucracy and clueless doctors, Julie discovers her husband's "little black book," which contains the names of her friends. She confirms that her husband had been sleeping around and proceeds to make a fool out of him by getting it on with his male friends. When the complications get more ominous, guilt opens the door to her liberation as a woman. A scathingly funny examination of the dirty rich partying while one of their number lies on the brink of death.—thustlebird
Plot Keywords: housewife, mistress, magazine editor, doctor, mother, sad, unrestrained ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sophie and Otto Bentwood are set in their ways. And unsettled in their hearts. They're Desperate Characters, trapped in a marriage that no longer works... yet unable to break free. In a performance widely cited as a career breakthrough, Shirley MacLaine portrays Sophie in this compelling grown-up drama that, in its own jolting way, is a love story.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: housewife, lawyer, old friend, activist, police chief, emotional, disheartening ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In London, stuffy statesman Carter Harrison meets Toni, a Bohemian artist with a hot Italian temper. The two impulsively marry and then find that they disagree on everything. Shortly afterward they separate. We then meet them seven years later on the eve before their divorce becomes final. After seeing each other again, sparks are reignited and they spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on, until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married. He schemes to win back Toni and eventually succeeds. But can he keep her from destroying his career by posing as Lady Godiva in a protest movement?
Plot Keywords: artist, pr person, boss, executive, friend, amusing, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend of his to deal drugs for a short time--enough time to get out of debt and buy some nice things for the family. Three years later, Angel is still dealing, and has not saved any money, instead spending it on crack. His addiction grows, straining his friendship and his family life, and he gradually loses control.—James Meek <james@oz.net>
Plot Keywords: computer programmer, co-worker, drug dealer, wife, daughter, mother-in-law, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals regarding worker happiness and meat purity. He begins supporting the musical career of singer Laura. During the Spanish American war he sells the Army tainted meat. Martha puts detectives on him and Laura. Indicted for fraud, he flees to Greece.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: business owner, theodore roosevelt, mother, wife, opera singer, socialite, melodramatic ...
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