Happiness
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda's most provocative films, 'Le bonheur' examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.
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My Week with Marilyn
2011★ 6.7
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
Lady Chatterley
2006★ 6.2
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
Unfaithful
2002★ 6.7
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Summertime
2015★ 6.7
In 1971, a young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader.
Je Tu Il Elle
1974★ 6.5
A woman suffers a subdued psychological breakdown in the wake of a devastating breakup.
Madame Bovary
1949★ 6.8
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
Clash by Night
1952★ 6.7
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
Certain Women
2016★ 6.0
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.
The Married Woman
1964★ 6.9
A superficial woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.
The Woman Next Door
1981★ 7.1
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Below Her Mouth
2017★ 6.8
An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
Revolutionary Road
2008★ 7.0
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.
Careful What You Wish For
2015★ 6.1
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
The Souvenir
2019★ 6.1
A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.
Black Bear
2020★ 6.4
At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.
Two Moon Junction
1988★ 6.0
A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
2022★ 6.7
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
The Mother
2003★ 6.0
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
Emmanuelle
1974★ 6.0
An employee at the French Embassy in Bangkok invites his wife to join him – and enjoy the benefits of their open marriage.
The Outsider
2002★ 5.9
Montana sheep farmer Rebecca Yoder offers sanctuary to an on-the-lam outlaw, Johnny Gault, who is suffering from a gunshot wound. Yoder is a recent widow, and her decision to help the outsider doesn't sit well with her Quaker community. As a romance brews between her and Gault, it puts in jeopardy her standing among her devout neighbors. But when an evil rancher makes a play for the community's land, Gault's sharpshooting skills might prove his worth after all.