Best movies like The Secret Lives of Second Wives
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Plot Summary:
Lynn Hughes finds that marriage the second time around is far from idyllic when the ex wife and her children return to manipulate her husband Jack.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Unexpected You (2012)
Plot Summary:
My Husband Got a Family centers on a working woman named Cha Yoon-hee as her husband, who was put up for international adoption, reunites with his biological parents. Yoon-hee faces the unexpected burden of having to build a relationship with her new-found in-laws.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Affairs of a Married Couple (2012)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 5
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Case of Unfaithful Klara (2009)
Plot Summary:
In contemporary Prague a young musician is obsessed by jealousy for his beautiful girlfriend Klara. He engages a private detective to spy on Klara but this starts an uncontrollable series of accidents, misunderstandings and traps culminating in an unusual Venice.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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The Good Life (2012)
Plot Summary:
Christopher Nolen's "The Good Life" is the story of Jacques and Marianne Vandelay, a highly successful African American couple. They are happy but both are keeping dark secrets from each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, suspense, dark
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Sex Life of Plants (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a head injury makes a dimwit stranger out Barbara's beloved Guille, she ceases to feel desire for him. Nearing 35, and longing for motherhood, she settles with a new partner, while the memory of lost love harrows her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Hirugao (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet again and their love story continue.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: captivating, romantic, romantic drama
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The Other Mother (2017)
Plot Summary:
A divorcee is surprised to learn her ex-husband has suddenly remarried a much younger woman; and even more surprised to discover her dark and treacherous past.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Gul-e-Rana (2015)
Plot Summary:
Adeel who is a complete Casanova wants a simple and introvert wife. He finds Gul e Rana to be the right fit and starts to act possessively towards her. Does Gul feel the same way about him?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Silent Storm (2014)
Plot Summary:
An enigmatic outsider living on a remote Scottish island finds herself caught between her minister husband and the delinquent who is sent to live with them.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, enigmatic
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Five Moments of Infidelity (2006)
Plot Summary:
A true to life sensual drama showing intense moments of infidelity across five different worlds in the same city; the sexy young things, who think they have nothing to lose; the upwardly mobile thirty-something couple bored with their perfect careers, house and family life; the gay pair in an open relationship with hidden rules; the frustrated urban duo mistaking familiarity for love; and the suburban family full of secrets and lies about to lose it all.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Monique (2002)
Plot Summary:
Suffering from depression and marital problems, Alex mistakenly orders a life-size doll, whom he names "Monique". With the help of Monique, Alex turns his life around; however she soon becomes the envy of his friends and wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Habit of Beauty (2016)
Plot Summary:
Elena and Ernesto are a couple who are bitterly torn apart by the death of their only child. Three years later they have both somehow managed to start a new life. Until destiny forces them to reconnect and understand, they never really stopped loving one another other.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, disturbing
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Pendular (2017)
Plot Summary:
The trajectory of a romantic couple of contemporary artists reveals how the limits, contradictions and obsessions of a romantic relationship are reflected in each of their artistic endeavors.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, Argentina, France, Germany
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Teraz albo nigdy! (2008)
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Rosita (2015)
Plot Summary:
Johannes lives together with his father, the middle-aged widower Ulrik in a small fishing town in the northern part of Denmark. They live a quiet routine life, each minding their separate jobs in the fishing industry. Ulrik misses the love and tenderness of a woman and arranges for the young, beautiful, Filipino Rosita to come to Denmark - just as many other men in the town have done before him. Johannes is reluctantly drawn into this as Ulrik's translator. However, over the following weeks Johannes and Rosita are getting more and more attracted to each other which forces Johannes to take responsibility for his dreams and his future.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama
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Making Family (2016)
Plot Summary:
An independent career woman who wants a family without a husband and a man who has no interest in a family of his own, one day go through something unexpected and become a family.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Romance Doll (2020)
Plot Summary:
It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie. Sonoko does not know that Tetsuo makes sex dolls or Dutch wives. Sonoko has a secret too. She is about to tell Tetsuo what she has been hiding. Their marriage is already sexless. Will they make it?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sensual
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My Husband's Tutor (2017)
Plot Summary:
Who's going to let down their guard first? A pretty art tutor VS a muscular and young personal trainer? This sex-less couple's secret tutoring starts now between a pretty art tutor VS a muscular and young personal trainer. Baek-seon and Soo-kyeom are sex-less couple who have been living with each other for 20 years out of loyalty. The two decide to find a hobby for some fun in their lives. Soo-kyeom decides to get personal training and Baek-seon decides to get some art tutoring. Oh dear, they meet handsome and young personal trainer In-hak and pretty art teacher Ji-won! The couple is soon more interested in getting action than getting lessons. What will be the end of their secretive lessons?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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You Can't Save Yourself Alone (2015)
Plot Summary:
Gaetano and Delia, a separated couple, try to pick up the pieces of their broken love, recalling all the faults and the mistakes which led them to where they are now.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Lead with Your Heart (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ben and Maura have been married for years, and they are in a rut…so much of a rut that they are contemplating if it would be better to live separate lives. That’s when their two teenage children step in and scheme to try to get them back together and make them realize how much they still need each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, emotional, entertaining
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Tempting Fate (2019)
Plot Summary:
Gabby's picture perfect marriage to Elliott is jeopardized when she meets Matt, a handsome younger man who ignites a fire and desire within her. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Yes, I Do (2018)
Plot Summary:
Busy chocolatier Charlotte has left her boyfriend James at the altar three times and now she needs to prove to him that she really does want to marry him. Things are complicated when James’ ex-girlfriend Nicole, who is also the owner of Chocolate Monthly Magazine, arrives on the scene and says she wants him back.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional
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With/In: Volume 2 (2021)
Plot Summary:
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directors to first-timers, all provided with the same iPhone and basic gear to bring their visions to life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, anthology
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Secrets (2017)
Plot Summary:
Secrets: Tarron is a successful, married businessman who risks losing it all when a sexy new hire comes to his company. As his wife struggles to keep her family together by all means necessary, Tarron’s world is tested and shaken to its core.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020)
Plot Summary:
Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Ever After (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion photographer puts him in dangerously tempting situations. When trauma strikes, they must confront their innermost vulnerabilities to recover their disintegrating marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Black Rose (2013)
Plot Summary:
A married women has to fight for the things she lost because of the revealed secrets of her husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Inborn Pair (2011)
Plot Summary:
Betrothed while in utero, a resort group president enters into an arranged marriage with a legal assistant. Despite their bickering, love blooms.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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365 Days (2015)
Plot Summary:
This film tracks a hasty marriage through its first 365 days.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Wilde Wedding (2017)
Plot Summary:
After a whirlwind courtship, retired movie star Eve Wilde prepares to marry her fourth husband, the renowned English writer Harold Alcott. Sparks soon begin to fly when Eve's first ex and other guests arrive at her estate for a weekend get-together.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, light