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Relationship Drama movies

A bond under stress (partners, friends, exes), driven by trust, betrayal, negotiation, and emotional cost.

This Beautiful Fantastic

1. This Beautiful Fantastic

Drama Romance Comedy Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.9
20161h 40min

Overview

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young woman and a cantankerous old widower. Bella Brown is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. After she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her match, nemesis, and unlikely mentor in Alfie Stephenson, a grumpy, loveless, old man who lives next door who happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.

Themes

Creative ambition under constraint, Caregiving through collaboration, Class and property tension, Mentor dynamic across generations, Romance as catalyst, Growth through cultivation

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Blue Jay

2. Blue Jay

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Bittersweet Romance
7.3
20161h 21min

Overview

Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.

Themes

Family dynamics under strain, Past relationship tension, Honesty vs hurt, Revisiting youth memories, Memory versus present, Unresolved emotional risk

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Certain Women

3. Certain Women

Drama Relationship Drama
6.4
20161h 47min

Overview

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

Themes

Loneliness and isolation, Self-determination under constraint, Land ownership and labor, House-building as ambition, Affair and professional boundaries, Female agency in a small town

Available on

Amazon Video
fuboTV
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
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Paris Can Wait

4. Paris Can Wait

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
5.8
20161h 32min

Overview

Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with Jacques, a business associate of her husband. What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance - reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life.

Themes

Self-discovery through travel, Temptation vs commitment, Simple pleasures vs obligations, Marital neglect and attention, Sensory reawakening, Agency and independence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Tramps

5. Tramps

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.5
20161h 22min

Overview

A young man and woman find love in an unlikely place while carrying out a shady deal.

Themes

Romance under pressure, Dual loyalties, Urban anonymity, Crime and deception, Misplaced trust, Covert exchange

Available on

Netflix
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Catfight

6. Catfight

Comedy Drama Adult Comedy Relationship Drama
5.9
20161h 36min

Overview

The rivalry between two former college friends comes to a head when they both attend the same glamorous event.

Themes

Fame vs family, Rivalry drives conflict, Trauma reshapes ambition, War hardens art, Amnesia and memory gaps, Loss redefines loyalties

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Distinguished Citizen

7. The Distinguished Citizen

Comedy Drama Satire Relationship Drama
7.5
20161h 58min

Overview

After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometown in Argentina, which has been the inspiration for all of his books. It turns out that accepting this invitation is the worst idea of his life. Expect the unexpected when you have used real people as characters in your novels!

Themes

Belonging and alienation, Prestige and local life, Public recognition and scrutiny, Hometown expectations, Cultural contrast, Homecoming tension

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
Amazon Prime Video
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Maudie

8. Maudie

Drama Romance Relationship Drama Passionate Romance
7.6
20161h 55min

Overview

Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.

Themes

Economic dependency, Public gaze and privacy, Art as livelihood, Romantic stigma, Disability and resilience, Secret adoption

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Elle

9. Elle

Drama Thriller Mind Game Thriller Relationship Drama
7.1
20162h 11min

Overview

When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Trauma and coping, Autonomy under threat, Gendered workplace power, Intimate boundary testing, Professional versus personal life conflict

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Untamed

10. The Untamed

Science Fiction Drama Thriller Horror Monster Horror
6.1
20161h 38min

Overview

Desperate to flee but consumed by fear, Alejandra, a young mother and working housewife, is trapped in a violent and unsatisfying relationship with her husband, Angel. She leans on her brother Fabián for support, but he has secrets of his own. The troubled couple locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction. A rag-tag collection of people also addicted to having mind-blowing sex with the monster come in and out...Alejandra’s gay brother, Fabian has sex with Ángel, his abusive, cheating brother-in-law. Eventually, for the second time, Ángel is tossed aside once Fabian discovers the Joy of (Squid) Sex. ...

Themes

Gendered power dynamics, Domestic coercion, Secret affairs, Alien seduction, Wealth and leverage, Desire and dependency

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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