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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.

  1. 1Funny Girl

    Funny Girl (1968)

    ★ 7.1/10

    The 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.

  2. 2One Fine Day

    One Fine Day (1996)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Melanie 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…

  3. 3Celeste & Jesse Forever

    Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Celeste 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…

  4. 4Under the Tuscan Sun

    Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Frances 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…

  5. 5The Marriage Circle

    The Marriage Circle (1924)

    ★ 6.4/10

    An 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.

  6. 6The Last Five Years

    The Last Five Years (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10

    In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.

  7. 7Made for Each Other

    Made for Each Other (1939)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

  8. 8Life As We Know It

    Life As We Know It (2010)

    ★ 6.9/10

    After 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…

  9. 9Yours, Mine & Ours

    Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Admiral 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…

  10. 10It Takes Two

    It Takes Two (1995)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Identical 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…

  11. 11Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Puppy 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…

  12. 12The Courtship of Eddie's Father

    The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Although 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.

  13. 13A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby

    A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Christmas 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.

  14. 14Alpha and Omega

    Alpha and Omega (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Two 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.

  15. 15Enough Said

    Enough Said (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Eva 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…

  16. 16Husbands and Wives

    Husbands and Wives (1992)

    ★ 7/10

    When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.

  17. 17PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue

    PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020)

    ★ 7.1/10

    A 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.

  18. 18A Guide for the Married Man

    A Guide for the Married Man (1967)

    ★ 6/10

    A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.

  19. 19Fireproof

    Fireproof (2008)

    ★ 7.7/10

    A 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.

  20. 20Kramer vs. Kramer

    Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

    ★ 7.6/10

    Ted 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…

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