Movies Like Necessary Parties

If you liked Necessary Parties (1988), a drama and tv movie movie directed by Gwen Arner, 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
Marriage Story (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
2
The Killing of Two Lovers (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
In a rural Utah town, David, a father of four, grapples with his separation from wife Nikki as she pursues a new relationship.
3
Faces (1968)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the…
4
Marshall (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
5
...And Justice for All (1979)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.
6
Death of a Salesman (1985)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and tv movie
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
7
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
8
Deep Water (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also drama
A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
9
Normal (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movie
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
10
Dream Lover (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
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…
11
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
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…
12
The Judge (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
13
Sleuth (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman both are sleeping with.
14
Wah-Wah (2005)
★ 5.8/10Also drama
Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14.
15
Gone Girl (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
16
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect…
17
Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movie
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
18
The Children Act (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.
19
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Ava, a young bank professional is devastated when her husband Dallas abandons a marriage she is determined to fight for until fate intervenes, revealing Dallas' wicked deeds that have trashed their marriage, and once…
20
Shirley (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.