Top Marital Crisis Movies & TV Shows

Black Sheep (2021)

7.1 24 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Poland

Duration: 107 min.

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Plot: husband wife relationship, marriage crisis, pregnancy, man woman relationship, divorce, family, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, father son relationship, ...

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Kate Winslet

Kathy Bates

Michael Shannon

Revolutionary Road (2008)

7.0 4.1K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Style: bleak

Plot: adultery, infidelity, career, jealousy, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, marriage crisis, american dream, ...

Time: 1950s

Cast

Keira Knightley

Ralph Fiennes

Charlotte Rampling

Dominic Cooper

The Duchess (2008)

7.0 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Country: Italy, United Kingdom

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Plot: adultery, infidelity, london, england, husband wife relationship, politics, marriage crisis, gambling debt, ...

Time: 18th century

Cast

Simone Simon

Kent Smith

Tom Conway

Jane Randolph

Cat People (1942)

6.9 675 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 73 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

Plot: work, jealousy, love triangle, isolation, cat, smoking, office, zoo, ...

Time: 1940s

Cast

Bob Odenkirk

Connie Nielsen

John Ortiz

Colin Hanks

Nobody 2 (2025)

6.9 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: R

Story: Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss.

Plot: dark comedy, black humor, sequel, one man army, family vacation, marital tensions, celebratory, russian mafia, ...

Cast

Emmanuelle Bu00e9art

Franu00e7ois Cluzet

Nathalie Cardone

Andru00e9 Wilms

Torment (1994)

6.9 279 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: France

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Working extremely hard to keep his hotel afloat, Paul begins hearing voices in his head. Convinced that his wife has been unfaithful, he begins to see every male guest as a potential threat. What follows is Paul's downward spiral into the madness of deranged jealousy where he finally discovers that hell is not a state of mind – hell is himself.

Plot: adultery, jealousy, marriage crisis, paranoia, violent husband, descent into madness, psychological thriller, failing marriage, ...

Cast

Kevin Kline

Joan Allen

Sigourney Weaver

Jamey Sheridan

The Ice Storm (1997)

6.9 750 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France, United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

Plot: infidelity, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, thanksgiving, dysfunctional family, connecticut, family relationships, ice storm, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat

Gong Li

Jay Chou

Liu Ye

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

6.9 826 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy

Country: China, Hong Kong

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: R

Story: During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

Plot: empire, plan, secret love, martial arts, swordplay, fight, toxication, marriage crisis, ...

Time: 7th century

Place: china

Cast

Mark Duplass

Elisabeth Moss

Ted Danson

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Kiana Cason

The One I Love (2014)

6.9 784 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacation house for the weekend.

Style: surreal

Plot: infidelity, therapist, marriage crisis, married couple, marriage, dilemma, dysfunctional marriage, magic realism, ...

Fatal Attraction (1987)

6.8 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Style: absurd

Plot: new york city, sexual obsession, marriage crisis, obsession, married couple, deceived wife, one-night stand, stalker, ...

Spencer (2021)

6.7 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Chile, Germany

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.

Plot: princess, marriage crisis, royal family, biography, based on true story, psychological abuse, norfolk, christmas, ...

Time: 1990s

Made for Love (2021) TV Show

6.7 208 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Thirty-something Hazel Green tries to escape a suffocating marriage — until she realizes her tech billionaire husband has implanted a revolutionary tracking device, the Made for Love, in her brain.

Plot: based on novel or book, dark comedy, sex doll, marital problem, tracking device, father daughter relationship, tech company

Cast

Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt

Vince Vaughn

Adam Brody

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

6.7 11.3K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama

Country: Switzerland, United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.

Plot: assassin, bomb, hitman, marriage crisis, gun, secret identity, married couple, assault rifle, ...

Cast

Anthony LaPaglia

Geoffrey Rush

Barbara Hershey

Kerry Armstrong

Lantana (2001)

6.7 228 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Germany, Australia

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.

Plot: sydney, australia, infidelity, husband wife relationship, police, therapist, marriage crisis, loss of loved one, ...

Cast

Steffi Ku00fchnert

Gabriela Maria Schmeide

Thorsten Merten

Axel Prahl

Grill Point (2002)

6.6 34 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Germany

Duration: 111 min.

Story: Christian is a presenter at a small radio station. His wife Katrin directs traffic in a car park. Both are friends with Uwe, who runs a fast food kiosk, and Ellen, who works in a perfume shop. Their four lives are stuck in a rut. Until the day Chris and Ellen sleep together and upset the balance of the two couples...

Plot: adultery, friendship, secret love, husband wife relationship, marriage crisis, skyscraper, radio station, eastern germany, ...

Cast

Lady Gaga

Adam Driver

Al Pacino

Jeremy Irons

House of Gucci (2021)

6.6 3.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, History

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 158 min.

Audience: R

Story: When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

Plot: marriage crisis, biography, based on true story, fashion designer, murder, fashion, failing marriage, rich family, ...

Time: 1980s, 1990s

Place: italy

Cast

John Travolta

Debra Winger

Scott Glenn

Madolyn Smith Osborne

Urban Cowboy (1980)

6.5 274 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance, Western

Country: United States of America

Duration: 132 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who believes the sexes are equal. They eventually marry, but their relationship is turbulent due to Bud's traditional view of gender roles. Jealousy over his rival leads to their separation, but Bud attempts to win Sissy back by triumphing at Gilley's mechanical bull-riding competition.

Plot: adultery, country music, houston, texas, slice of life, blue collar, gender roles, newlywed, ...

Place: texas

Cast

Tim Robinson

Paul Rudd

Kate Mara

Jack Dylan Grazer

Friendship (2025)

6.4 301 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor Austin, and his attempts to make an adult male friend threatens to ruin both of their lives.

Style: absurd

Plot: drug dealer, jealousy, husband wife relationship, marriage crisis, obsession, florist, dark comedy, male friendship, ...

Cast

Clive Owen

Jennifer Aniston

Vincent Cassel

Melissa George

Derailed (2005)

6.4 1.2K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.

Plot: hotel room, chicago, illinois, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, blackmail, anonymous letter, family's daily life, ...

Cast

Linda Griffiths

Jane Hallaren

Jon DeVries

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Jo Henderson

Lianna (1983)

6.4 35 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: Lianna's life is a succession of domestic errands and boring faculty parties, however her heaviest cross to bear is dealing with her waning marriage to Dick. In order to find intellectual stimulus, Lianna takes a college extension child-psychology course taught by Ruth. When Lianna catches Dick having an affair with a young coed, she finds comfort and eventually true love in the arms of Ruth. However, this comes with a price as everything in her life is turned upside down.

Plot: coming out, new jersey, self-discovery, female friendship, lesbian relationship, extramarital affair, teacher student relationship, lgbt, ...

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