Movies like The War of the Roses (1989)
The best movies like The War of the Roses (1989) are Blume in Love (1973), Divorce American Style (1967) and Scenes from a Marriage (1974). If The War of the Roses hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Apartment (1960)8.2/10 from 2,848 votes
- NewestThe Roses (2025)Released 2025
Blume in Love (1973)
Lawyer Stephen Blume, who specializes in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Divorce American Style (1967)
After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHusbands and Wives (1992)
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIntolerable Cruelty (2003)
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManhattan (1979)
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlind Date (1987)
When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeartburn (1986)
She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNew York Stories (1989)
Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSee You in the Morning (1989)
Two divorcees who fall in love must help their children cope with the changes in their families as they try to learn how to make own relationship survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Moonstruck (1987)
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWho's That Girl (1987)
An uptight New York City tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down one day when he's asked to escort a feisty free-spirited ex-convict who asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnnie Hall (1977)
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhen Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like this10 (1979)
A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNine Months (1995)
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSerious Moonlight (2009)
After her adulterous husband asks for a divorce, a high-powered attorney takes him captive, refusing to release him until he commits to working on their marriage together. When his impatient mistress shows up, not to mention an opportunistic gardener, things start to get seriously complicated.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThey All Laughed (1981)
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky follow Dolores Martin, the beautiful young wife of a jealous husband. Their respective cases are complicated when John falls for Angela, and Charles falls for Dolores.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarriage Story (2019)
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Roses (2025)
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Apartment (1960)
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his overly devout Catholic mother Beatrice. Also, Susan's father is carrying on an affair and her sex starved older sister Wilma is going through her troubles with her husband Johnny. All this is going on while Mike's best friend Jerry is trying to bed the maid of honor, Susan's cousin Brenda.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
It's Complicated (2009)
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life—just when she thought she had it all figured out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaby on Board (2009)
The story of Angela, an ambitious, image-conscious businesswoman working for over-demanding boss Mary. When Angela becomes unexpectedly pregnant at the peak of her career, her life with her divorce attorney husband, Curtis, is turned upside-down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhatever Works (2009)
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe First Wives Club (1996)
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Love You to Death (1990)
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The War of the Roses?
The closest matches to The War of the Roses are Blume in Love (1973), Divorce American Style (1967) and Scenes from a Marriage (1974). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The War of the Roses?
People who watched The War of the Roses most often go on to Blume in Love (1973), Divorce American Style (1967) and Scenes from a Marriage (1974).
What is the highest-rated movie like The War of the Roses?
The Apartment (1960), rated 8.2/10 by 2,848 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The War of the Roses?
The Roses (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The War of the Roses?
Yes: Blume in Love (1973), Divorce American Style (1967) and Husbands and Wives (1992).
How are movies similar to The War of the Roses chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The War of the Roses, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.