6 Best Divorce and Separation Drama Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 2, 2026

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The painful, complicated unraveling of a marriage has powered some of cinema’s sharpest dramas and darkest comedies.

Marriage Story (2019) 01

Marriage Story (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A married couple's amicable separation is complicated and embittered by the divorce process itself.

Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 02

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

IMDb ★ 6.3

A ruthless divorce lawyer meets his match in a woman who has made a career out of marrying and divorcing wealthy men.

The Story of Us (1999) 03

The Story of Us (1999)

IMDb ★ 5.9

A married couple on the brink of divorce reflects on fifteen years of love, resentment, and compromise.

The First Wives Club (1996) 04

The First Wives Club (1996)

IMDb ★ 6.4

Three divorced women reunite to take comic revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.

The War of the Roses (1989) 05

The War of the Roses (1989)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A wealthy couple's bitter divorce escalates into an all-out war over who gets to keep their lavish home.

Divorce Italian Style (1961) 06

Divorce Italian Style (1961)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A bored Sicilian nobleman schemes an elaborate plot to be rid of his wife so he can marry his young cousin.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.