La Notte (1961), The Good Father (1985), Loveless (2017), Provoked (2007), The Lovers (1972), Divorce American Style (1967), The Happy Ending (1969), Marriage on the Rocks (1965) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Marriage Breakdown movies.
Storyline: In Milan, after visiting dear friend Tommaso Garani that is terminal in a hospital, the writer Giovanni Pontano goes to a party for the release of his last book, and his wife Lidia Pontano visits the place where she lived many years ago. In the night, they go to a night-club, and later to a party in the mansion of the tycoon Mr. Gherardini. Along the night, Giovanni flirts with Valentina Gherardini, the daughter of the host, and then he receives a proposal to work for him in the area of communication and write the history of his company. Meanwhile, Lidia flirts with the playboy Roberto.
Plot Keywords: italian cinema, marital crisis, alienation, upper class, existentialism, black and white, literature ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After his divorce, Bill Hooper (Anthony Hopkins) is a shattered man; the biggest blow was losing custody of his son. So when he meets Roger (Jim Broadbent), a man whose wife has also left him and taken their son, Bill takes up Roger's cause as his own -- agreeing to pay all his legal fees. Yet, as the custody battle heats up, Bill makes gestures to reconnect with his ex-wife, Emmy (Harriet Walter), that show that their divorce -- and Bill's anger -- may be more complex than they appear.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, british film, 1980s, divorce, legal, courtroom ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Still living under the same roof, the Moscow couple of Boris and Zhenya is in the terrible final stages of a bitter divorce. Under those circumstances, as both have already found new partners, the insults pour down like rain in this toxic familial battle zone, always pivoting around the irresolvable and urgent matter of Alyosha's custody, their 12-year-old only son. Unheard, unloved, and above all, unwanted, the introverted and unhappy boy feels that he is an intolerable burden, however, what his parents don't know is that he can hear every single word. As a result, when Boris and Zhenya finally realize that Alyosha has been missing for nearly two days, it is already too late. But is this a simple case of a runaway teenager?
Plot Keywords: emotional alienation, social critique, psychological trauma, domestic violence, social alienation, urban loneliness, family conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire while he is sleeping, two hours after another scene of domestic violence. He succumbs to the injuries and she is sentenced to life in prison for premeditated murder. However the Southall Black Sisters, an NGO organization which fights against domestic violence, helps her get justice. And after spending 3 1/2 years in jail, she is set free and reunited with her two children.—A. Bose
Plot Keywords: based on a true story, domestic violence, women's rights, social issue, indian cinema, cultural clash, female empowerment ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A former getaway driver from Chicago (George C. Scott) has retired to a peaceful life in a Portuguese fishing village. He is asked to pull off one last job, involving driving a dangerous crook and his girl-friend to France. However, the job turns out to be a double-cross and the trio are pursued back to Portugal where they make one last stand on the coast while the enemy assassins attempt to gun them down.—Jonathon Dabell <J.D.@pixie.ntu.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, marriage, betrayal, french cinema, emotional conflict, midlife crisis ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After 17 years, things have become too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, they are re-united at a night club where they realize that their marriage was better than their divorce.
Plot Keywords: comedy, marriage, divorce, american, 1960s, marital relationship, social satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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 life. She feels cheated by an older generation that taught her to settle for nothing less than storybook finales, people who are disillusioned and restless and don't know why, people for whom life holds no easy answers. Great supporting cast includes John Forsythe, Teresa Wright, Lloyd Bridges, Shirley Jones, Bobby Darin, Tina Louise, Dick Shawn, and Nanette Fabray.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, marriage, midlife crisis, female perspective, american film, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ad-agency president Dan Edwards who, when he goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary, winds up getting divorced by mistake - whereupon his wife Valerie marries his best friend Ernie Brewer by mistake. Frank's future pop star daughter Nancy Sinatra has a featured role.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: comedy, marriage, romance, drama, american, 1960s, couple ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A couple seeks out Judy Small, a marriage counselor; but the counselor is more than what meets the eye.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, black comedy, marital crisis, deception, mystery, crime, betrayal ...
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