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The Best Movies About Marriage

Updated January 8, 2021 4.0k votes 382 voters 42.4k views92 items

List RulesMovies about the institution of marriage.

The best movies for married couples are often movies about marrited couples and they can show both sides of the coin: Marriage can be hard; spending all of your waking time with the same person, day after day can be exhausting. But at the same time it can be the best, sweetest, decision you’ll ever make. Since marriage is for life it makes perfect sense that so many movies would look at the drama (and comedy) and unfolds in so many marriages. In fact, some of the film industry’s greatest movies are about marriage, second marriages, or finding romance after marriage.

The movies featured on this list sometimes provide great inspirational messages, like the idea of never giving up on the one you love the most, no matter the cost. Others are comedies, looking at how difficult the first few years of marriage really are, as in the Just Married. No matter what kind of genre you’re craving (like Christian movies about marriage) there’s sure to be a movie on this list that you and your significant other will love.

This list has the best movies about marriage, including: The Notebook, Gone With the Wind, A Walk to Remember, and Father of the Bride. Vote up your favorite marriage movie below to help determine the bestm ovies about married couples and their relationships with family and friends.

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Father of the Bride
Steve Martin, Diane Keaton
Released: 1991
Directed by: Charles Shyer
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On Golden Pond
Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn
Released: 1981
Directed by: Mark Rydell
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The Notebook
Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Released: 2004
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Nia Vardalos, Andrea Martin
Released: 2002
Directed by: Joel Zwick
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Meet the Parents
Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller
Released: 2000
Directed by: Jay Roach
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Steel Magnolias
Sally Field, Dolly Parton
Released: 1989
Directed by: Herbert Ross
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Shrek 2
Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy
Released: 2004
Directed by: Kelly Asbury, Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon
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Gone with the Wind
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh
Released: 1939
Directed by: Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming
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The Way We Were
Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford
Released: 1973
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
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Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Emma Stone, Julianne Moore
Released: 2011
Directed by: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
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Sweet Home Alabama
Reese Witherspoon, Matthew McConaughey
Released: 2002
Directed by: Andy Tennant
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Fools Rush In
Salma Hayek, Matthew Perry
Released: 1997
Directed by: Andy Tennant
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The Family Man
Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni
Released: 2000
Directed by: Brett Ratner
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Kill Bill Volume 2
Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu
Released: 2004
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana
Released: 2009
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt
Released: 2005
Directed by: Doug Liman
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Funny Girl
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
Released: 1968
Directed by: William Wyler
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Meet the Fockers
Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand
Released: 2004
Directed by: Jay Roach
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Terms of Endearment
Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
Released: 1983
Directed by: James L. Brooks
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The Money Pit
Tom Hanks, Shelley Long
Released: 1986
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
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Date Night
Mila Kunis, Olivia Munn
Released: 2010
Directed by: Shawn Levy
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Unfaithful
Diane Lane, Richard Gere
Released: 2002
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
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Yours, Mine and Ours
Miranda Cosgrove, Dennis Quaid
Released: 2005
Directed by: Raja Gosnell
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Untamed Heart
Marisa Tomei, Christian Slater
Released: 1993
Directed by: Tony Bill
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Couples Retreat
Kristen Bell, Malin Åkerman
Released: 2009
Directed by: Peter Billingsley