While the former received an Academy Award nomination, the latter was inexplicably shut out, but not to worry, “Blue Valentine” is hardly an awards-driven picture, opting instead for an emotionally hectic, complex and naturalistically acted record of spouses fighting to reignite a passion that has tragically eluded them. The 15 Best Movies about Failed Love Posted on April 13, 2016 April 13, 2016 by Emilio Martínez Frausto There are many things that define us as human beings, but the world we live in cannot really be understood without remembering the fact that we are deeply emotional beings. Eventually her humiliating capitulation turns into paranoia and then near-derangement that ends tragically. Chasing Amy (Your reaction) Thank you! The Kramers, after the separation, fight a legal battle for the guardianship of their child, triggering the worst moments of their lives. The directorial debut of Mike Nichols, this movie was adapted from the play by Edward Albee. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. Also featuring appearances by Bibi Andersson and Jan Malmsjö, when the series hit the U.S. it was cut down for an almost three-hour theatrical release where it won several plaudits including a Golden Globe nomination for Ullmann and a Best Foreign Language Film nod. Still – it was fun while it lasted, and the documentary, embroidered with a rollicking, kitschy energy (elaborated upon and refined, years later, by Errol Morris in “Tabloid“), sweeps you up in its singular, drunk-on-love sentiment. The ensemble all perform brilliantly, in particular Davis as the brilliant and uber-neurotic Sally who was nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar for her excellent turn in the film (Woody was also nominated for his writing). Swedish auteur Ingmer Bergman documents the disintegrating bond of Marianne and Johan, through their marriage and beyond the divorce, with a ruthless impartiality. Perhaps slightly behind the times now, but it is still one of the most amazing films on failed marriages. The two romanced but after Riss found out Pugach had a wife and child, she left him. While dealing with family matters in his movies, he ever so subtly comments upon the social restraints. Perhaps slightly behind the times now, but it is still one of the most amazing films on failed marriages. Yet haunted by the special connection they have, Paula and Roger eventually recognize their mistake, reuniting and leaving Perkins — who won the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his animated and passionate portrayal — in the dust. Failed/dysfunctional relationships Movies. The Kramers, after the separation, fight a legal battle for the guardianship of their child, triggering the worst moments of their lives. Beginning with the divorce hearing of Gilles (Stéphane Freiss) and Marion (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi), after which they go to a hotel for one final fuck, we track back through a dinner party that shows their relationship in its final fractures, the birth of their child, their wedding night, and their first meeting, each sketched out with the director’s fine ability to say a lot with a little, and never feeling gimmicky in its structure. The parents are played by Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney. The film was nominated for 13 Oscars, and both the female actors won for their outstanding performances. Cutting between the youthful past of promise and possibility and a crushing present where even the air feels hesitant to intrude on some of the conversations, Cianfrance lays bare all the things people choose not to talk about until you beg him to stop. After all, it’s one of the more universal human experiences; unless you get very lucky, everyone who falls in love will at some point have the wrenching experience of falling out of it, or being fallen out of love with. 15 Great Films About Failing Relationships. — Oliver Lyttelton, RP, Kevin Jagernauth, Drew Taylor, Mark Zhuravsky, Sam Chater. Perhaps the movie drew inspiration from the life of the director himself, who was married five times. It is not, however, recommended as a date movie, fitting into a long cinematic tradition of painful examinations of broken, decaying, collapsing or dead relationships. Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner star in this black comedy as Oliver and Barbara Rose, an apparently ideal couple whose marriage slowly disintegrates as they get wealthier. Something of a mainstream breakthrough for Paul Mazursky, one of American cinema’s more underrated talents (the man behind “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” “Down and Out in Beverly Hills” and “Enemies: A Love Story,” among others). A Separation ranks second in our list of top films on failed marriages.