20 movies like The Macomber Affair, ordered by similarity : Wreckers(2011), Ismael's Ghosts(2017), The Return of Martin Guerre(1982), Anything for Her(2008), Woodpeckers(2017), They Were Sisters(1945), The Woman on the Beach(1947), Mary Queen of Scots(2018), With or Without You(1999), Witness for the Prosecution(1957), Raazi(2018), Too Late for Tears(1949) ...
Drama
USA
1947
89 Minutes
Gregory Peck Joan Bennett Robert Preston Reginald Denny Jean Gillie Carl Harbord Earl Smith Frederick Worlock Vernon Downing
husband wife tour guide tense suspenseful madcap kenya jungle courtroom marriage love triangle safari wealth temptation rivalry adventure 1940s
In British East Africa, a fatal triangle develops involving a frustrated wife, a weak and coward husband, and an English big-game hunter who comes between the couple.
Drama
2011
85 Minutes
Claire Foy Benedict Cumberbatch Shaun Evans Peter McDonald Sinead Matthews June Watson Nicola Green Georgie Smith
wife husband brother soldier intense emotional suspenseful touching brooding village house secret life brother relationship marriage trust love metamorphosis quest rescue rivalry
A man moves back to his childhood town with his wife to start a family, but a surprise visit from his brother exposes lies from the couple's past.
Romance, Drama
France
2017
114 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Marion Cotillard Charlotte Gainsbourg Louis Garrel Alba Rohrwacher Laszlo Szabo Hippolyte Girardot Jacques Nolot Catherine Mouchet Samir Guesmi
filmmaker girlfriend former lover wife missing wife husband emotional tense intricate sultry passionate france beach house beach office filmmaker going home love relationships marriage
The story follows a filmmaker whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
Drama, History
France
1982
122 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Nathalie Baye Roger Planchon André Chaumeau Maurice Barrier Stéphane Pean Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Sylvie Meda
wife husband villager magistrate veteran impostor fascinating gripping emotional suspenseful france countryside village courtroom family home impersonation court battles husband/wife relationship con game war aftermath
In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama
UK
1945
110 Minutes
sibling abused wife abusive husband husband wife sith lord disturbing melodramatic emotional small town house hotel unhappy marriage relationships love infidelity father/daughter relationship adultery fall discovery
The story of three sisters who marry men of widely different character as their individual and widely-different married lives unfold. One sister (Phyllis Calvert) is happily married but ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1947
71 Minutes
Joan Bennett Robert Ryan Charles Bickford Nan Leslie Walter Sande Irene Ryan Frank Darien Jay Norris Glen Vernon Hugh Chapman Carl Faulkner
coast guard officer fiancée wife husband painter blind man brooding melodramatic suspenseful dreamy beach cliff boat house coast love triangle jealousy paranoia deception infidelity
A Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2018
124 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Margot Robbie Jack Lowden Joe Alwyn David Tennant Guy Pearce Gemma Chan Martin Compston Ismael Cruz Cordova Brendan Coyle Ian Hart
queen widow rival husband leader friend tense intense gripping brash uneasy france scotland england castle mansion queen elizabeth i queen mary power royalty
Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Drama
UK
1999
90 Minutes
Christopher Eccleston Dervla Kirwan Yvan Attal Julie Graham Alun Armstrong Lloyd Hutchinson Michael Liebmann Doon Mackichan Gordon Kennedy Fionnula Flanagan
wife husband pen pal first love hairdresser father engaging touching ireland car golf course family home marriage pregnancy infidelity jealousy relationships love triangle love rivalry
Rosie and Vincent know each other for ten years, and are married for five. She doesn't like her job, he isn't too pleased working with her dad. They're trying to have a baby. One morning ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Action, Crime, Drama
India
2018
138 Minutes
Alia Bhatt Vicky Kaushal Jaideep Ahlawat Amruta Khanvilkar Arif Zakaria Rajit Kapoor Soni Razdan Shishir Sharma Pallavi Batra Ashwath Bhatt
agent beautiful woman father military officer indian fighter thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping intense charming india pakistan secret service fight for justice family traditions marriage military intelligence danger
A Kashmiri woman agrees to marry a Pakistani army officer in order to spy on Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
99 Minutes
Lizabeth Scott Don DeFore Dan Duryea Arthur Kennedy Kristine Miller Barry Kelley Denver Pyle Virginia Mullen Richard Irving George Mann Harry J. Vejar
wife husband brother brother-in-law sister-in-law private investigator creepy disturbing shocking suspenseful tense uneasy hollywood hollywood hills apartment car train station money murder greed
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
73 Minutes
Steve Brodie Audrey Long Raymond Burr Douglas Fowley William Challee Jason Robards Sr. Freddie Steele Lee Frederick Paul E. Burns Ilka Gruning Larry Nunn
truck driver wife gangster brother private investigator detective dark gripping melodramatic tense chicago road police station wedding interrogation room warehouse fugitives ultimatum husband/wife relationship murder
A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1933
81 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Laurence Olivier John Halliday Michael Farmer Genevieve Tobin Nora Swinburne Charles Collum Peter Gawthorne Rosalinde Fuller O.B. Clarence Mary Jerrold
husband wife newlywed mistress lord lady melodramatic emotional engaging passionate amusing witty cannes, france london france newlyweds troubled marriage agreement divorce jealousy
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
Drama
France|Italy|Germany
1996
105 Minutes
Emmanuelle Béart Michel Serrault Jean-Hugues Anglade Charles Berling Daniele Lebrun Michael Lonsdale Michel Albertini Michèle Laroque Claire Nadeau Francoise Brion Jean-Pierre Lorit
wealthy man publisher secretary husband wife middle-aged man emotional engaging apartment coffee shop france household paris office helping others love triangle marital problems financial troubles new job jealousy
When Nelly, a woman being just divorced, meets by chance M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired, begins a strange and special relationship between the two personalities.
Drama
USA
1949
103 Minutes
Jeanne Crain Linda Darnell Ann Sothern Kirk Douglas Paul Douglas Barbara Lawrence Jeffrey Lynn Connie Gilchrist Florence Bates Hobart Cavanaugh
wife child adulterer husband maid emotional intense suspenseful westchester, n.y. river household suburbia infidelity marriage mystery 1940s
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
Drama
Austria|France|Germany
2012
127 Minutes
Jean-Louis Trintignant Emmanuelle Riva Isabelle Huppert Alexandre Tharaud William Shimell Ramón Agirre Rita Blanco Carole Franck Dinara Droukarova Laurent Capelluto Jean-Michel Monroc
husband wife elderly person daughter janitor tender sad intense france apartment aging husband/wife relationship illness physical disability death sacrifice love 2010s
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
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.
Romance, Drama
France
1972
93 Minutes
Bernard Verley Zouzou Francoise Verley Daniel Ceccaldi
husband wife beautiful woman emotional france paris marriage adultery infidelity love triangle love forbidden love temptation 1970s
Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.
Drama
2016
100 Minutes
Bérénice Bejo Cédric Kahn Marthe Keller Jade Soentjens Margaux Soentjens Catherine Salée Philippe Jeusette Pascal Rogard
wife husband child ex-partner mother father amusing emotional melodramatic heartwarming intense engaging france house relationships love family unhappy marriage money discovery
Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.