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Movies Like The Rules of Marriage

If you liked The Rules of Marriage (1982), a drama and tv movie movie directed by Milton Katselas, 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. 1Cheaters

    Cheaters (2000)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

  2. 2Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

    Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and tv movie

    A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young…

  3. 3Girl in the Box

    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.

  4. 4Hello Sister, Goodbye Life

    Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and tv movie

    A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.

  5. 5Hello

    Hello (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    An emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…

  6. 6The Neighbor in the Window

    The Neighbor in the Window (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    A suburban wife finds herself and the security of her family threatened by another seemingly friendly neighborhood mom.

  7. 7The Christmas Shoes

    The Christmas Shoes (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie

    Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second…

  8. 8TalhotBlond

    TalhotBlond (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

  9. 9Deep Water

    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.

  10. 10Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding

    Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and tv movie

    Mitch Buchannon, believed to have died in a boating accident survived and only has amnesia, he has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford, resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden…

  11. 11A Bramble House Christmas

    A Bramble House Christmas (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and drama

    While settling his father’s estate, Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to why the man left a nurse $100,000. His dad knew her for less than two months before he died. Just before Christmas, Finn wants what to reclaim…

  12. 12I Am Elizabeth Smart

    I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie

    The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.

  13. 13...First Do No Harm

    ...First Do No Harm (1997)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie

    When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she…

  14. 14Burton and Taylor

    Burton and Taylor (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and tv movie

    Legendary acting duo and married couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play "Private Lives."

  15. 15The Perfect Cheerleader

    The Perfect Cheerleader (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and tv movie

    When college freshman Cassie earns a spot on the cheerleading squad, she is overjoyed about the new friendships, status, and access to social events that come along with being on the team. When she meets Terry, the…

  16. 16Seeds of Yesterday

    Seeds of Yesterday (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and drama

    The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.

  17. 17Inherit the Wind

    Inherit the Wind (1999)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

  18. 18Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

    Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and tv movie

    "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place inside the tight-knit Parton family as…

  19. 19Death of a Salesman

    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.

  20. 20Normal

    Normal (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movie

    A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

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