Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "wanting-a-divorce"

1. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Drama

After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein

Votes: 291,346 | Gross: $219.20M

2. Blue Valentine (2010)

R | 112 min | Drama, Romance

The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.

Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, John Doman, Faith Wladyka

Votes: 211,511 | Gross: $9.74M

3. Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Romance

A young woman who has reinvented herself as a New York City socialite must return home to Alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband after seven years of separation.

Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas, Candice Bergen

Votes: 123,701 | Gross: $127.22M

4. He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

PG-13 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Morgan Lily

Votes: 182,353 | Gross: $93.95M

5. A Serious Man (2009)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed

Votes: 150,024 | Gross: $9.19M

6. A Separation (2011)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini

Votes: 258,745 | Gross: $7.10M

7. The Last Emperor (1987)

PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History

Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying

Votes: 111,600 | Gross: $43.98M

8. Home Again (2017)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

Director: Hallie Meyers-Shyer | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen, Pico Alexander

Votes: 35,147 | Gross: $27.02M

9. Silver Bullet (1985)

R | 95 min | Horror

In a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Megan Follows

Votes: 31,534 | Gross: $5.40M

10. Fools Rush In (1997)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After a one-night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.

Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gómez

Votes: 39,657 | Gross: $29.29M

11. Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family

A man learns he has a thirteen-year-old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to New York City, turning his life upside down in the process.

Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich

Votes: 25,872 | Gross: $59.93M

12. The Strays (2023)

TV-MA | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A woman's meticulously-crafted life of privilege unravels when two strangers show up in her quaint suburban town.

Director: Nathaniel Martello-White | Stars: Ashley Madekwe, Bukky Bakray, Jorden Myrie, Samuel Paul Small

Votes: 12,031

13. The Wife (I) (2017)

R | 99 min | Drama

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Director: Björn Runge | Stars: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater

Votes: 42,923 | Gross: $9.60M

14. Rifkin's Festival (2020)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

A married American couple goes to the San Sebastian Festival and gets caught up in the magic of the event, the beauty and charm of the city, and the fantasy of movies.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Damian Chapa, Bobby Slayton, Gina Gershon

Votes: 9,510

15. Happy Hour (2015)

Not Rated | 317 min | Drama

A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura

Votes: 2,958

16. The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.

Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Ann Mitchell, Jolyon Coy

Votes: 16,699 | Gross: $1.12M

17. Barney's Version (2010)

R | 134 min | Comedy, Drama

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Jake Hoffman, Macha Grenon

Votes: 26,261 | Gross: $7.50M

18. Serving Sara (2002)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

A process server tries to serve an elusive female target.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Bruce Campbell, Vincent Pastore

Votes: 18,832 | Gross: $16.93M

19. Love Me or Leave Me (1955)

Passed | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith

Votes: 4,748

20. 10 Items or Less (2006)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

An actor prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk, and together they hit the road to show each other their respective worlds.

Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Jonah Hill, Anne Dudek

Votes: 16,254 | Gross: $0.08M

21. Undefeatable (1993)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Kristi Jones (Cynthia Rothrock) avenges her sister's death at the hands of a crazed martial arts rapist.

Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Cynthia Rothrock, Don Niam, John Miller, Donna Jason

Votes: 2,586

22. The Gay Divorcee (1934)

Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.

Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 8,646

23. Thirteen at Dinner (1985 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An American movie actress, best known for playing dumb blondes, is Scotland Yard's prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered. The great detective, Hercule Poirot, digs deeper into the case.

Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, David Suchet, Jonathan Cecil

Votes: 2,679

24. Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.

Director: Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa | Stars: John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodríguez, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina

Votes: 4,701 | Gross: $7.50M

25. Cinema Verite (2011 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Drama

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first American family to be the subjects of a reality TV show.

Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini, Thomas Dekker

Votes: 4,009

26. Deep Water (1981)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey

Votes: 1,079

27. Tehran Taboo (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Drama

In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Tehran, Iran are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive, islamic society.

Director: Ali Soozandeh | Stars: Jasmina Ali, Hasan Ali Mete, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Milinko Ametovic Beganovic

Votes: 4,989 | Gross: $0.07M

28. Gett (2014)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

After a lukewarm marriage of over twenty years, a woman appeals to her husband's compassion to obtain the desirable divorce document in front of a court, which proves to be more challenging than she would expect.

Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Gabi Amrani, Dalia Beger

Votes: 6,891 | Gross: $0.99M

29. Arrhythmia (2017)

116 min | Drama

A paramedic devoted to his patients struggles to make time for his wife who begins to believe his patients are more important to him than she is.

Director: Boris Khlebnikov | Stars: Aleksandr Yatsenko, Irina Gorbacheva, Nikolay Shrayber, Maksim Lagashkin

Votes: 6,149

30. I Love You Again (1940)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe

Votes: 3,806

31. The Price of a Broken Heart (1999 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

A woman learns that her husband has been having a very open affair with his secretary and has promised marriage. The wife sues for divorce and also sues the secretary based on an obscure ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Park Overall, Laura Innes, Timothy Carhart, Bill Nunn

Votes: 254

32. The Big Picture (2010)

Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Thriller

A successful Paris lawyer is forced to re-invent his life after he makes a fatal mistake.

Director: Éric Lartigau | Stars: Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup, Branka Katic

Votes: 3,735 | Gross: $0.16M

33. The Boss's Daughter (2015)

98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Vital is a 40-years old workshop foreman in a textile factory. He falls in love with the daughter of his boss when she chooses him for an ergonomic study, but their relationship attracts the rage and disapproval of everyone.

Director: Olivier Loustau | Stars: Olivier Loustau, Christa Théret, Florence Thomassin, Patrick Descamps

Votes: 828

34. Let the Game Begin (2010)

110 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Tripp is an average frustrated chump, who comes up with a golden idea. He partners with Gary, a Wall Street wheeler and dealer, and brings his cousin, Rowan, on-board to help with his ... See full summary »

Director: Amit Gupta | Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Adam Rodriguez, Lisa Ray, Stephen Baldwin

Votes: 655

35. Tato (1995)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A father, who is in the middle of a brutal custody battle with his mentally ill wife, fights relentlessly for the right to take care of his 7-year-old daughter.

Director: Maciej Slesicki | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Dorota Segda, Ola Maliszewska, Teresa Lipowska

Votes: 1,661

36. Indian (2001)

178 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Brave Indian policeman Raj beats up, then arrests Muslim terrorist Khan. This gets him promoted, and he is congratulated by none other than his father-in-law, who is also a very high ... See full summary »

Director: N. Maharajan | Stars: Sunny Deol, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Raj Babbar, Danny Denzongpa

Votes: 2,670

37. Mouna Ragam (1986)

146 min | Drama, Romance

Divya, a woman grieving over the death of her lover, is convinced into an arranged marriage with Chandra Kumar. Over a year the couple attempt to adjust to each other's presence and live with each other.

Directors: Ambili, Mani Ratnam | Stars: Revathi, Mohan, Karthik, V.K. Ramasamy

Votes: 4,275

38. Big Bang (2007)

118 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After Park Man-su's wife asks for a divorce, the conservative salesman decides that he'll no longer play by the rules. Though a series of mishaps, Man-su becomes an unwitting fugitive from justice.

Director: Jeong-woo Park | Stars: Kang Seong-jin, Jang Hang-seon, Moon Jeong-Hee, Park Jin-young

Votes: 418

39. Snake's Fang (1990)

105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Reza, the veteran worker of a print house whose sight is adversely affected because of his job, loses his mother. Finding the gloom reigning over the home beyond bearing, he departs to ... See full summary »

Director: Masud Kimiai | Stars: Faramarz Sadighi, Golchehre Sajadieh, Ahmad Najafi, Fariba Kowsari

Votes: 285

40. Le bonheur (1934)

98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Injured by anarchist Philippe Lucher, film actress Clara Stuart falls in love with her attacker and decides to plead in his favor at his trial.

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Charles Boyer, Paulette Dubost, Jean Toulout

Votes: 261

41. The Henpecked Duck (1941)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Mrs. Duck sues Daffy for divorce in Judge Porky Pig's courtroom, charging her husband with losing their egg in an abortive magic trick.

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner

Votes: 355

42. A Reason to Live (1985 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama

When Gus Stewart's wife announces that she wants to divorce him, he starts thinking of committing suicide. Noticing this, his 14-year-old son Alex tries desperately to give his father a reason to live.

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Peter Fonda, Deidre Hall, Tracey Gold

Votes: 66

43. People We Know Are Confused (2021)

99 min | Drama

Set in Vilnius, a modern city still in search for its relation to the past, three parallel stories with three average people marooned in a state of change, looking to the future with hope, ... See full summary »

Director: Tomas Smulkis | Stars: Juozas Budraitis, Milda Noreikaite, Arunas Sakalauskas, Paulius Markevicius

Votes: 105

44. Médecin-chef à la Santé (2012 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama

A woman replaces a co-worker as a medical doctor at La Sante prison in Paris.

Director: Yves Rénier | Stars: Mathilde Seigner, Samuel Labarthe, Youssef Hajdi, Jérôme Robart

Votes: 37

45. Dirty City (1965)

83 min | Drama, Romance

A corrupt and unscrupulous sanitary inspector uses strong-arm tactics to force his long-suffering wife to give him a divorce, bent on going to great lengths to destroy her happiness. Will she ever find peace and a man who truly loves her?

Director: Kostas Andritsos | Stars: Faidon Georgitsis, Giannis Voglis, Alekos Alexandrakis, Niki Triantafillidi

Votes: 34

46. Your Mother and I (2019)

14 min | Short, Comedy

When his parents announce their divorce, ten-year-old Neil believes he's stuck in a dream and sets out on a mission to wake up.

Director: Andy Reid | Stars: Riste Antoniev, Miley Haik, Seth Drabinsky, Lorraine Martelli

47. Mekudeshet (2004)

65 min | Documentary

Three young married women are trapped by the religious courts. They can't get a divorce because for the court to grant one they need their husband's consent. They don't know when they will ... See full summary »

Director: Anat Zuria

Votes: 38

48. Harry Happy (1963)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Harry Happy puts on a bright smile to the world that does him wrong, while barking orders to his terrified wife at home. But a marriage counselor gives him a better idea.

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Martin Taras | Stars: Bob McFadden, Corinne Orr

Votes: 15

49. Doroga (1975 TV Movie)

64 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Lena and Pasha come to the girl's hometown to apply for divorce. Pasha does not understand the motives for the divorce and is very upset about this.

Director: Leonid Popov | Stars: Boris Nevzorov, Natalya Bogunova, Yelena Kozlitina, Vladimir Nikitin

Votes: 12

50. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Death Hits the Jackpot (1991)

TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Columbo questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, Rip Torn, Jamie Rose, Gary Kroeger

Votes: 1,899