Movies Like When Mom and Dad Break Up
If you liked When Mom and Dad Break Up (1987), a movie directed by Ron Kantor, 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.
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Funny Girl (1968)
★ 7.1/10The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
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One Fine Day (1996)
★ 6.5/10Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets…
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Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)
★ 6.4/10Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered…
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Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
★ 6.9/10Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to…
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The Marriage Circle (1924)
★ 6.4/10An unhappily married couple moves to Vienna, where the wife’s married best friend lives, and soon, sparks fly between the wife and the best friend’s husband.
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The Last Five Years (2014)
★ 5.8/10In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.
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Life As We Know It (2010)
★ 6.9/10After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all…
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Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
★ 6.2/10Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and…
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It Takes Two (1995)
★ 6.5/10Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker…
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
★ 5.9/10Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when their human owners end up in trouble, the…
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
★ 5.9/10Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.
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A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019)
★ 6.3/10Christmas brings the ultimate gift to Aldovia: a royal baby. But first, Queen Amber must help her family and kingdom by finding a missing peace treaty.
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Alpha and Omega (2010)
★ 5.9/10Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack's social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.
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Enough Said (2013)
★ 6.7/10Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a…
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Husbands and Wives (1992)
★ 7/10When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
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PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020)
★ 7.1/10A royal relative steals a gem with the power to make things fly, the Paw Patrol takes to the skies to stop him and save Barkingburg.
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A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
★ 6/10A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
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Fireproof (2008)
★ 7.7/10A heroic fire captain values dedication and service to others above all else, but the most important partnership in his life, his marriage, is about to go up in smoke.
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
★ 7.6/10Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself…