20 movies like The Awful Truth, ordered by similarity : That Uncertain Feeling(1941), Divorce American Style(1967), Sandwich(2006), Shall We Dance(1937), Private Lives(1931), My One and Only(2009), Topper Takes a Trip(1939), Ex-Lady(1933), Phffft!(1954), The Guardsman(1931), Dean(2016), The Out-of-Towners(1999) ...
Comedy
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Irene Dunne Cary Grant Ralph Bellamy Alex D'Arcy Cecil Cunningham Molly Lamont Esther Dale Joyce Compton Robert Allen Robert Warwick Mary Forbes
husband wife neighbor heiress music teacher mother amusing charming hilarious madcap new york city apartment marriage reconciliation divorce new love love transformation 1930s
A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Merle Oberon Melvyn Douglas Burgess Meredith Alan Mowbray Olive Blakeney Harry Davenport Eve Arden Sig Ruman Richard Carle Mary Currier Jean Fenwick
psychologist wife husband butler love interest pianist amusing airy cheeky doctor's office art gallery new york city hotel apartment marriage love triangle psychoanalysis divorce love love
A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
Comedy
USA
1967
109 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Debbie Reynolds Jason Robards Jean Simmons Van Johnson Joe Flynn Shelley Berman Martin Gabel Lee Grant Tom Bosley Emmaline Henry
husband wife friend ex-wife marriage counselor car dealer witty engaging fiery los angeles nightclub house suburbia divorce marriage new love reconciliation love rivalry wretched excess
After 17 years, things have become too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
India
2006
180 Minutes
Govinda Raveena Tandon Mahima Chaudhry Mohnish Bahl Shammi Kapoor Mushtaq Khan Kiran Kumar Reema Lagoo Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Shweta Menon Satish Shah
screenwriter wealthy woman wife son father sister amusing cool hilarious lighthearted madcap outlandish house bungalow school coffee shop restaurant street love triangle arranged marriage
Sher Singh lives with his mother and handicapped sister in Punjab but moves to Mumbai, changes his name to Shekhar, meets Nisha and falls in love. When his mother asks him to return, he ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
109 Minutes
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Eric Blore Edward Everett Horton Jerome Cowan Ketti Gallian William Brisbane Ann Shoemaker Ben Alexander Emma Young Sherwood Bailey
dancer fan agent husband wife amusing lighthearted paris new york city ship dance show business love marriage love temptation transformation 1930s
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.
Comedy
USA
1931
84 Minutes
Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Reginald Denny Una Merkel Jean Hersholt George Davis
husband wife ex-husband ex-wife charming madcap switzerland hotel marriage love-hate relationship honeymoon fidelity love pursuit 1930s
Divorced couple unexpectedly meet each other during their honeymoon and rekindle their love.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
108 Minutes
Renée Zellweger Logan Lerman Kevin Bacon Troy Garity David Koechner Eric McCormack Chris Noth Mark Rendall Nick Stahl Steven Weber Robin Weigert
wife unfaithful husband husband son love interest suitor amusing hilarious engaging charming witty playful united states new york new york city unhappy marriage relationships attraction new life happiness
After leaving her philandering husband, an elegant socialite takes her two sons on a road trip across America in search of a better life.
Comedy
USA
1939
85 Minutes
Constance Bennett Roland Young Billie Burke Alan Mowbray Verree Teasdale Franklin Pangborn
ghost husband wife baron dog banker quirky amusing lighthearted french riviera hotel new york city supernatural ghosts divorce reconciliation journey husband/wife relationship quest love
To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Bette Davis Gene Raymond Frank McHugh Claire Dodd Ferdinand Gottschalk Monroe Owsley Kay Strozzi Alphonse Ethier Bodil Rosing Gay Seabrook
illustrator advertising executive married woman ladies' man husband wife amusing unrestrained new york city apartment office havana living together marriage career vs. love infidelity independence separation love temptation
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
Comedy
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Judy Holliday Jack Lemmon Kim Novak Jack Carson Luella Gear Donald Randolph Donald Curtis Arny Freeman Eddie Searles
husband wife best friend woman actor mother hilarious touching apartment club restaurant street city marriage friendship divorce dating dance love rivalry
While pursing new companions, a former married couple keep running into one another all over town.
Comedy
USA
1931
83 Minutes
Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Roland Young ZaSu Pitts Maude Eburne Herman Bing Ann Dvorak
actor actress husband wife amusing lighthearted playful new york city broadway theater infidelity jealousy marriage deception love love forbidden love discovery temptation 1930s
A jealous stage actor disguises himself as a Russian guardsman in order to test his actress wife's loyalty.
Comedy, Drama
2016
94 Minutes
Demetri Martin Kevin Kline Gillian Jacobs Rory Scovel Christine Woods Ginger Gonzaga Briga Heelan Reid Scott Mary Steenburgen Asif Ali Kate Berlant
illustrator new yorker mother son father lover young man young woman moving emotional amusing charming los angeles family home new york city brooklyn love grief new experiences family
An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.
Comedy
USA
1999
92 Minutes
Steve Martin Goldie Hawn Mark McKinney John Cleese Oliver Hudson Gregory Jbara Philip E. Johnson Daniel T. Parker Ernie Sabella Phil Hawn
ad copywriter thief traveler husband wife desk clerk amusing madcap outlandish charming new york city hotel airport ohio big city park new york city interview midlife crisis marriage
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark as they are vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.
Comedy
India
2007
149 Minutes
Om Puri Tusshar Kapoor Rajpal Yadav Arbaaz Khan Kunal Kemmu Sharman Sharman Joshi Tanushree Dutta Sunil Shetty
young man best friend roommate brother-in-law wealthy girl neighbor amusing charming hysterical hilarious lighthearted madcap india city house bank neighborhood cheating lying marriage proposal
Four lazy friends try to woo a rich girl, in order to live a wealthy lifestyle. Their plan, however goes horribly wrong after they get embroiled with a notorious criminal.
Romance, Comedy
UK
1971
89 Minutes
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Barbara Windsor Terry Scott Kenneth Connor Julian Holloway Peter Gilmore Julian Orchard David Davenport
henry viii king queen husband wife amusing charming hilarious lighthearted melodramatic offbeat court castle kingdom bedroom chamber marriage love affair plot
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Lily Pons Gene Raymond Jack Oakie Herman Bing Lucille Ball Mischa Auer Frank Jenks Patricia Wilder Vinton Haworth Gregory Gaye Ferdinand Gottschalk
opera singer fiancée musician girlfriend band member band leader amusing charming cheery ocean liner new york city paris apartment limousine roadhouse escape arranged marriage love music show business
Nikki Martin, a parisian opera star, takes off in search of adventure and true-love leaving her arranged husband to be at the alter. While hitchhiking, Nikki meets handsome American ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Gene Raymond Robert Young Ned Sparks Helen Broderick Vivien Oakland Willie Best Robert Warwick Billy Gilbert Eddie Dunn Wade Boteler
model engineer husband wife business partner millionaire amusing melodramatic new york city city hall police station household marriage poverty ambition love triangle unrequited love love transformation 1930s
Extremely proud, Michael Martin made fashion model Carolyn quit her job, after their marriage. Carolyn quickly, quietly and secretly did get another job, when she realizes Michael cannot successfully make their financial ends meet, alone.
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Comedy
USA
1993
105 Minutes
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Jerry Adler Lynn Cohen Ron Rifkin Joy Behar Marge Redmond Aida Turturro
husband wife son writer amateur sleuth neighbor amusing playful new york city apartment restaurant movie theater city apartment big city murder investigation marriage romance death city life suspicion
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Drama, Comedy
UK|USA
2010
129 Minutes
Jim Broadbent Ruth Sheen Lesley Manville Oliver Maltman Peter Wight David Bradley Martin Savage Karina Fernandez Michele Austin Philip Davis Imelda Staunton
husband friend wife psychiatrist son lawyer amusing moving charming england house family marriage relationships heartbreak matchmaking husband/wife relationship quest love forbidden love
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglas Dumbrille Raymond Walburn Margaret Matzenauer H.B. Warner Warren Hymer Muriel Evans Ruth Donnelly
heir reporter lawyer amusing charming spirited new york city small town vermont fame wealth love small-town life city vs. country love discovery transformation rise 1930s
A simple small-town man inherits a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.