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Movies Like The Therapist

If you liked The Therapist (2021), a movie directed by Kayode Kasum, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Roses

    The Roses (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while…

  2. 2Safe Haven

    Safe Haven (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

  3. 3Revolutionary Road

    Revolutionary Road (2008)

    ★ 7/10

    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.

  4. 4She-Devil

    She-Devil (1989)

    ★ 6/10

    A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

  5. 5The First Wives Club

    The First Wives Club (1996)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a…

  6. 6The People We Hate at the Wedding

    The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family…

  7. 7It's Complicated

    It's Complicated (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect…

  8. 8Diary of a Mad Black Woman

    Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seem to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American Dream. However, as Helen prepares to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary, her life takes an…

  9. 9Petulia

    Petulia (1968)

    ★ 6/10

    Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's…

  10. 10Die My Love

    Die My Love (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10

    After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace…

  11. 11Eat Pray Love

    Eat Pray Love (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

  12. 12Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10

    After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty…

  13. 13The Lonely Guy

    The Lonely Guy (1984)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

  14. 14The Other Woman

    The Other Woman (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10

    After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.

  15. 15Cousins

    Cousins (1989)

    ★ 6/10

    When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the tables on them by pretending to have an affair. However, they soon find themselves falling in love.

  16. 16Dream Lover

    Dream Lover (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman…

  17. 17The Pumpkin Eater

    The Pumpkin Eater (1964)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

  18. 18Young Adult

    Young Adult (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10

    A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

  19. 19Mildred Pierce

    Mildred Pierce (1945)

    ★ 7.6/10

    A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

  20. 20Boyhood

    Boyhood (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10

    The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his…

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