# The best movies about divorce

From Divorce Italian Style and Scenes from a Marriage to Kramer vs. Kramer, A Separation and Marriage Story: films about couples splitting up chosen by Sky TG24 and Movieplayer.

- 31 votes · 13 items
- Nov 28, 2024 · Salvatore Sala
- https://even.best/en/l/4595/the-best-movies-about-divorce

## Top 13

1. **A Separation (2011)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Asghar Farhadi. An Iranian couple before the judge. Golden Bear and Oscar.
2. **Divorce Italian Style (1961)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Pietro Germi. Marcello Mastroianni schemes to get rid of his wife when divorce doesn't exist.
3. **Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Chris Columbus. Robin Williams dresses up as a nanny to be with his kids.
4. **Intolerable Cruelty (2003)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Joel and Ethan Coen. A divorce lawyer and a woman who hunts rich husbands.
5. **Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Robert Benton. Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep fight over their son. Best Picture Oscar.
6. **Marriage Story (2019)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Noah Baumbach. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson between New York and Los Angeles.
7. **Scenes from a Marriage (1973)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Ingmar Bergman. Ten years of a marriage falling apart.
8. **Interiors (1978)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Woody Allen. Three sisters and their parents' separation.
9. **An Unmarried Woman (1978)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Paul Mazursky. Jill Clayburgh starts again after her husband leaves her.
10. **The War of the Roses (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Danny DeVito. Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner tear their house apart.
11. **It's Complicated (2009)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Nancy Meyers. Meryl Streep has an affair with her remarried ex-husband.
12. **After Love (2016)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Joachim Lafosse. A separated couple forced to live under the same roof.
13. **The First Wives Club (1996)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Hugh Wilson. Three ex-wives take revenge on their husbands.

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