Great Movies About Secret Love Affairs
There is nothing quite as tantalizing as seeing a secret love affair dramatized on the big screen. The top love affair movies feature private trysts, broken hearts, and steamy romances. This is a list of the greatest movies about secret love affairs including everything from Brokeback Mountain to The English Patient.
What films will you find on this list of the best secret love affair movies? In The Graduate, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has a fling with an older, married woman, but soon finds himself falling in love with her daughter. Mike Nichols took home an Oscar for directing this critically beloved film. American Beauty is another acclaimed movie about secret love affairs, both real and imaginary. The twisty Closer - also directed by Mike Nichols - is a film about an affair within an affair. Other good movies featured on this list include Unfaithful, The Good Girl, and Notes on a Scandal.
It's up to you to decide which of these affair movies deserves the top spot on this list. Vote your picks up to number one, and add any great films that are missing.
- 1Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez
- 2Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza
- 3Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch
- 4Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
- 5Emma Corrin, Jack O'Connell, Matthew Duckett
- Released: 2022
- Directed by: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
After falling out of love with her husband, Lady Chatterley pursues a torrid affair with the gamekeeper on their estate. - 6Nicole Kidman, Ozzy Osbourne, Kylie Minogue
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
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