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Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
How do you find lasting love in today's world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe, swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr. Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath's dismay. For Zoe's childhood friend and neighbor Kaz, the answer is to follow his parents' example and opt for an arranged (or "assisted") marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry...
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Two married couples; one decimating extramarital love affair. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher and novelist who is happily married, but resents his dependence on his wealthy father-in-law. Alison is a young waitress trying to piece her life and marriage back together in the wake of a tragedy. The provocative drama unfolds when Alison and Noah meet in Montauk at the end of Long Island
3) Brightwood
Publisher
Cinephobia Releasing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
At times both surreal and frightening, this American Indie sci-fi/horror film follows a bickering couple who find themselves trapped in a confusing and dangerous time loop. The marriage of Jen and Dan has seen better times, with Jen now barely tolerating her whiny husband. While out on a daytime jog around a lake the thirtysomething couple begin to talk about their failing marriage but soon find themselves lost as the hiking trail seem not to have...
4) Iris
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris, ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal, to the elder Iris, slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's
Publisher
Distributed by] Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
An honest, moving and uninhibited love story. The uncompromising portrait of Dean and Cindy, a young married couple who have grown apart, taking one night away from their daughter to try to save their relationship. Highlighted by provocative scenes alternately intimate and intense, the film captured audiences and critics alike
6) Fire
Series
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage and falls into the supple embrace of Radha
7) Lady Macbeth
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Rural England, 1865. Katherine is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, whose family are cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband's estate, a force is unleashed inside her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants
10) Brief encounter
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever
11) Maybe I do
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michelle and Allen are considering the "big" next step in their relationship, marriage. When they invite their parents to finally meet, it turns out the parents already know one another quite well, which leads to wildly differing opinions about the value of tying the knot
13) The lightkeepers
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The year is 1912. Vowing to swear off women for good, curmudgeonly Seth Atkins takes refuge tending a remote Cape Cod lighthouse. Then, a mysterious stranger literally washes ashore in Seth's life, with a past full of secrets and a similar aversion to females. But the arrival of two beautiful, spirited women will test the men's resolve
14) His Girl Friday
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A remake of "The Front Page," this is the story of a conniving newspaper editor who does not want to let his ex-wife retire from reporting just to marry someone else. He tricks her into covering the hottest story in town, the execution of a murderer
15) Meet the parents
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
Greg is in love with Pam, and views their upcoming trip to her parents' house as a perfect opportunity to ask her to marry him. Once Greg is introduced to Pam's parents, however, things slide steadily downhill. Pam's dad, Jack, takes an instant and obvious dislike to Greg, remarking constantly about the fact that he is a male nurse. The weekend goes from bad to worse when Greg manages to, almost, destroy the house and the wedding
16) Loving Leah
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When his brother dies, Jake, a 30-year-old cardiologist, is called upon to marry the widow, Leah, under orthodox Jewish law. While initially just going through the motions to satisfy their mothers, the two soon find themselves in love
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing news about their lives and relationships. But their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sheila's ex-husband, Mike, who hopes to break up her new marriage with Troy and win her back. With their relationships hanging in the balance when they return home, each couple must choose between blame and forgiveness...
18) Monsoon wedding
Publisher
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Pub. Date
c[2002]
Language
English
Description
You are invited to join the festivities as one colorful and eclectic family gathers from all over the world for a traditional wedding--a non-stop four-day celebration as unpredictable as the monsoon season itself. Anything goes when love, lust, hope and happiness take them by storm and bring them ever closer. With this family, when it rains, it pours
19) Ugetsu
Series
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
2005
Language
日本語
Description
In sixteenth century Japan a village potter and his brother-in-law set out for the city to seek their fortunes in the spoils of war. Their neglected wives suffer the bitter consequences of their husbands' ambition as one is murdered by soldiers and the other is raped and becomes a prostitute
20) Loving
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court
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