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Divorce Rate Cut in Half for Couples Who Discussed Relationship Movies

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  • Judy Garland and James Mason in A Star Is Born (1954)

    1. A Star Is Born

    19542h 34mPG89Metascore
    7.5 (20K)
    A fading matinee idol helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy GarlandJames MasonJack Carson
  • Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Adam's Rib (1949)

    2. Adam's Rib

    19491h 41mApproved87Metascore
    7.4 (24K)
    Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnJudy Holliday
  • Jude Law, Keira Knightley, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Anna Karenina (2012)

    3. Anna Karenina

    20122h 9mR63Metascore
    6.6 (110K)
    In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.
    DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyJude LawAaron Taylor-Johnson
  • Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets (1997)

    4. As Good as It Gets

    19972h 19mPG-1367Metascore
    7.7 (329K)
    A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
    DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsJack NicholsonHelen HuntGreg Kinnear
  • Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Charles Boyer, and Mildred Natwick in Barefoot in the Park (1967)

    5. Barefoot in the Park

    19671h 46mG55Metascore
    7.0 (21K)
    Conservative young lawyer Paul Bratter marries the vivacious Corie Banks. Their highly passionate relationship descends into discord when they rent their first apartment - a rundown five-flight NYC walk-up with eccentric neighbors.
    DirectorGene SaksStarsRobert RedfordJane FondaCharles Boyer
  • William Hurt and Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God (1986)

    6. Children of a Lesser God

    19861h 59mR80Metascore
    7.2 (19K)
    A new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.
    DirectorRanda HainesStarsWilliam HurtMarlee MatlinPiper Laurie
  • Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

    7. Days of Wine and Roses

    19621h 57mApproved74Metascore
    7.8 (15K)
    An alcoholic marries a young woman and systematically addicts her to booze so that they can share his "passion" together.
    DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsJack LemmonLee RemickCharles Bickford
  • Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Desk Set (1957)

    8. Desk Set

    19571h 43mApproved
    7.2 (10K)
    Two extremely strong personalities clash over the computerization of a television network's research department.
    DirectorWalter LangStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnGig Young
  • Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott in Dying Young (1991)

    9. Dying Young

    19911h 51mR
    6.0 (18K)
    A caregiver falls in love with a terminally ill man.
    DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsJulia RobertsCampbell ScottVincent D'Onofrio
  • Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry in Fools Rush In (1997)

    10. Fools Rush In

    19971h 49mPG-1338Metascore
    6.1 (41K)
    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.
    DirectorAndy TennantStarsMatthew PerrySalma HayekJon Tenney
  • Billy Crystal and Debra Winger in Forget Paris (1995)

    11. Forget Paris

    19951h 41mPG-13
    6.5 (13K)
    Mickey, an NBA referee, meets Ellen, an American airline official, in Paris. It develops into a relationship of ups and downs.
    DirectorBilly CrystalStarsBilly CrystalDebra WingerJoe Mantegna
  • Victoria Abril in French Twist (1995)

    12. French Twist

    19951h 44mR
    6.4 (5.5K)
    After learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
    DirectorJosiane BalaskoStarsVictoria AbrilJosiane BalaskoAlain Chabat
  • Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl (1968)

    13. Funny Girl

    19682h 31mG88Metascore
    7.4 (26K)
    The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s: her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld Girl, her subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBarbra StreisandOmar SharifKay Medford
  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    14. Gone with the Wind

    19393h 58mG97Metascore
    8.2 (347K)
    A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas Mitchell
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

    15. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    19671h 48mApproved63Metascore
    7.8 (51K)
    A White couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her Black fiancé.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracySidney PoitierKatharine Hepburn
  • Harrison Ford and Lesley-Anne Down in Hanover Street (1979)

    16. Hanover Street

    19791h 49mPG32Metascore
    6.0 (6.2K)
    Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
    DirectorPeter HyamsStarsHarrison FordLesley-Anne DownChristopher Plummer
  • Husbands and Wives (1992)

    17. Husbands and Wives

    19921h 48mR84Metascore
    7.5 (32K)
    When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowSydney Pollack
  • Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, and Robert Redford in Indecent Proposal (1993)

    18. Indecent Proposal

    19931h 57mR45Metascore
    6.0 (83K)
    A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife.
    DirectorAdrian LyneStarsRobert RedfordDemi MooreWoody Harrelson
  • Jungle Fever (1991)

    19. Jungle Fever

    19912h 12mR78Metascore
    6.6 (20K)
    Friends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.
    DirectorSpike LeeStarsWesley SnipesAnnabella SciorraSpike Lee
  • Nia Long, Larenz Tate, and Isaiah Washington in Love Jones (1997)

    20. Love Jones

    19971h 49mR65Metascore
    7.3 (6K)
    Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Mosley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
    DirectorTheodore WitcherStarsLarenz TateNia LongIsaiah Washington
  • Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal in Love Story (1970)

    21. Love Story

    19701h 40mPG84Metascore
    6.9 (39K)
    A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.
    DirectorArthur HillerStarsAli MacGrawRyan O'NealJohn Marley
  • James Stewart and Carole Lombard in Made for Each Other (1939)

    22. Made for Each Other

    19391h 32mApproved
    6.3 (4.3K)
    While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.
    DirectorJohn CromwellStarsCarole LombardJames StewartCharles Coburn
  • Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury in Mississippi Masala (1991)

    23. Mississippi Masala

    19911h 58mR78Metascore
    6.8 (6.7K)
    An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a Black man.
    DirectorMira NairStarsDenzel WashingtonSarita ChoudhuryRoshan Seth
  • Doris Day, Polly Bergen, and James Garner in Move Over, Darling (1963)

    24. Move Over, Darling

    19631h 43mApproved
    6.9 (6.8K)
    After being lost at sea for several years, a missing wife thought long dead returns just after her husband has remarried.
    DirectorMichael GordonStarsDoris DayJames GarnerPolly Bergen
  • Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

    25. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    19481h 34mApproved
    7.2 (13K)
    A man and his wife decide that they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.
    DirectorH.C. PotterStarsCary GrantMyrna LoyMelvyn Douglas
  • Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, and Gail Patrick in My Favorite Wife (1940)

    26. My Favorite Wife

    19401h 28mApproved
    7.2 (12K)
    Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the very day that her husband remarries.
    DirectorGarson KaninStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRandolph Scott
  • Laura San Giacomo in Nina Takes a Lover (1994)

    27. Nina Takes a Lover

    19941h 38mR
    5.4 (757)
    A lonely young woman decides to kindle her passions in a fling with a married photographer after feeling challenged by her own best friend's affair.
    DirectorAlan JacobsStarsLaura San GiacomoPaul RhysMichael O'Keefe
  • Julianne Moore and Hugh Grant in Nine Months (1995)

    28. Nine Months

    19951h 43mPG-1347Metascore
    5.5 (39K)
    When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
    DirectorChris ColumbusStarsHugh GrantJulianne MooreTom Arnold
  • Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, and Doug McKeon in On Golden Pond (1981)

    29. On Golden Pond

    19811h 49mPG68Metascore
    7.6 (37K)
    Curmudgeon Norman is estranged from his daughter Chelsea. Nevertheless, at Golden Pond he and his wife agree to look after Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.
    DirectorMark RydellStarsKatharine HepburnHenry FondaJane Fonda
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Aldo Ray in Pat and Mike (1952)

    30. Pat and Mike

    19521h 35mApproved79Metascore
    6.9 (6.4K)
    Pat is a women's sports sensation unless her fiancé is around. Her new shady manager Mike keeps them apart and develops feelings for her.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnAldo Ray
  • Cary Grant and Irene Dunne in Penny Serenade (1941)

    31. Penny Serenade

    19411h 59mApproved
    7.1 (8.5K)
    A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unforeseen sadness and unexpected joy.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantIrene DunneBeulah Bondi
  • Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak, Jack Carson, and Judy Holliday in Phffft (1954)

    32. Phffft

    19541h 28mApproved
    6.6 (2.2K)
    While pursuing new love interests, a former married couple keep running into each other all over town.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsJudy HollidayJack LemmonJack Carson
  • Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994)

    33. Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker

    19941h 51mR
    6.8 (519)
    In 1920s China, the wealthy heiress of a fireworks business falls in love with an impoverished painter, but her late father's will prohibits their union.
    DirectorPing HeStarsJing NingGang WuXiaorui Zhao
  • Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern in She's Having a Baby (1988)

    34. She's Having a Baby

    19881h 46mPG-1341Metascore
    6.0 (14K)
    Young newlyweds find out just how unprepared they are for their future together.
    DirectorJohn HughesStarsKevin BaconElizabeth McGovernAlec Baldwin
  • Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, and Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias (1989)

    35. Steel Magnolias

    19891h 57mPG56Metascore
    7.3 (66K)
    A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.
    DirectorHerbert RossStarsShirley MacLaineOlympia DukakisSally Field
  • Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment (1983)

    36. Terms of Endearment

    19832h 12mPG79Metascore
    7.4 (68K)
    Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.
    DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack Nicholson
  • Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves in The Devil's Advocate (1997)

    37. The Devil's Advocate

    19972h 24mR60Metascore
    7.5 (425K)
    An exceptionally adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss - the biggest opportunity of his career to date.
    DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsKeanu ReevesAl PacinoCharlize Theron
  • Claudette Colbert, Percy Kilbride, Fred MacMurray, and Marjorie Main in The Egg and I (1947)

    38. The Egg and I

    19471h 48mApproved44Metascore
    6.9 (3.4K)
    On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.
    DirectorChester ErskineStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayMarjorie Main
  • Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, and Joan Leslie in The Male Animal (1942)

    39. The Male Animal

    19421h 41mApproved
    6.6 (1.5K)
    A college English teacher suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus.
    DirectorElliott NugentStarsHenry FondaOlivia de HavillandJoan Leslie
  • John Cleese, Steve Martin, and Goldie Hawn in The Out-of-Towners (1999)

    40. The Out-of-Towners

    19991h 30mPG-1333Metascore
    5.5 (15K)
    The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark as they are vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.
    DirectorSam WeismanStarsSteve MartinGoldie HawnJohn Cleese
  • The Thin Man (1934)

    41. The Thin Man

    19341h 31mTV-PG86Metascore
    7.9 (34K)
    Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'Sullivan
  • The Way We Were (1973)

    42. The Way We Were

    19731h 58mPG61Metascore
    7.0 (29K)
    During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.
    DirectorSydney PollackStarsBarbra StreisandRobert RedfordBradford Dillman
  • Christian Slater and Marisa Tomei in Untamed Heart (1993)

    43. Untamed Heart

    19931h 42mPG-1359Metascore
    6.8 (16K)
    A waitress hardly notices a shy busboy who secretly loves her; until one night she's attacked and he comes to her rescue. From there a relationship sparks but one secret could mean disaster for these fated lovers.
    DirectorTony BillStarsChristian SlaterMarisa TomeiRosie Perez
  • Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)

    44. When a Man Loves a Woman

    19942h 6mR
    6.6 (24K)
    The seemingly perfect relationship between a man and his wife is tested as a result of her alcoholism.
    DirectorLuis MandokiStarsMeg RyanAndy GarciaEllen Burstyn
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

    45. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    19662h 11mApproved75Metascore
    8.0 (82K)
    A middle-aged New England associate professor and his wife, with the help of alcohol, use their young guests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
    DirectorMike NicholsStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonGeorge Segal
  • Doris Day, Barbara Hershey, Brian Keith, Jimmy Bracken, John Findlater, and Richard Steele in With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

    46. With Six You Get Eggroll

    19681h 35mG
    6.4 (3.2K)
    Two widowed people fall in love and marry, unprepared for the hostile reactions of their children.
    DirectorHoward MorrisStarsDoris DayBrian KeithPat Carroll
  • Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

    47. Yours, Mine & Ours

    20051h 28mPG38Metascore
    5.5 (31K)
    A widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widowed handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of his 8 and her 10 children.
    DirectorRaja GosnellStarsDennis QuaidRene RussoJerry O'Connell

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