20 movies like The Secret Life of an American Wife, ordered by similarity : The Guardsman(1931), A Guide for the Married Man(1967), The Palm Beach Story(1942), Another Year(2010), The Heartbreak Kid(1972), Sandwich(2006), Shall We Dance(1937), Straight-Jacket(2004), Lovers, Happy Lovers!(1954), Topper Takes a Trip(1939), The Out-of-Towners(1999), Divorce American Style(1967) ...
Comedy
USA
1968
92 Minutes
Walter Matthau Anne Jackson Patrick O'Neal Edy Williams Richard Bull Paul Napier Christian Brando Albert Carrier
wife husband movie star agent call girl amusing lighthearted new york city hotel household infidelity marriage celebrity self-esteem sex deception forbidden love discovery 1960s
A bored housewife poses as a call girl for a movie star sex-symbol, hoping she can prove to her husband, the star's agent, that she is still desirable to other men and thereby, rekindle the spark in their marriage.
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
USA
1967
89 Minutes
Walter Matthau Robert Morse Inger Stevens Sue Ane Langdon Jackie Russell Claire Kelly Linda Harrison Elaine Devry Jason Wingreen Heather Carroll Robert Patten
husband wife pretty woman adulterer amusing cheeky lighthearted playful los angeles household motel adultery infidelity marriage sex love forbidden love discovery 1960s
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on his wife without being caught.
Comedy
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee Mary Astor Sig Arno Robert Warwick Arthur Stuart Hull Torben Meyer Jimmy Conlin Victor Potel William Demarest
husband wife architect millionaire sister amusing madcap lighthearted palm beach, fla. yacht new york city train mansion deception romance love triangle wealth marriage love pursuit
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
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
1972
104 Minutes
Charles Grodin Cybill Shepherd Jeannie Berlin Eddie Albert Audra Lindley William Prince Mitchell Jason Augusta Dabney Art Metrano Marilyn Putnam Doris Roberts
wife husband father sexy woman amusing hilarious uneasy beach miami hotel new york city car affair forbidden love marriage regret forbidden love pursuit 1970s
A newlywed man on his honeymoon has second thoughts about his marriage and falls for a different woman.
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, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Matt Letscher Carrie Preston Adam Greer Veronica Cartwright Victor Raider-Wexler Michael Emerson Jack Plotnick David Burke Sam Pancake
actor agent wife writer love interest lighthearted witty hollywood, calif. movie set bar household homosexuality show business sexual taboo sham marriage deception forbidden love discovery 1950s
In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. Then he falls in love.
Comedy, Drama
France|UK
1954
85 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Natasha Parry Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Margaret Johnson Germaine Montero Julie Anslow Mae Bacon
husband wife boss best friend young woman wealthy woman witty amusing emotional london apartment household bus office england infidelity marriage romance deception sexual conquests
A philanderer fakes suicide with unexpected consequences.
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
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
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 »
Comedy
USA
1931
87 Minutes
lawyer womanizer comedian wife mother-in-law beautiful woman amusing crafty outlandish law office bedroom nightclub house stage infidelity marriage sex look-alikes impersonation deception
A lonely husband whose wife has been away hires a lookalike impersonator to fill his place and fool his mother-in-law while he plays around with a pretty coquette. Confusion prevails when his wife returns that evening.
Comedy
India
2015
128 Minutes
Kangana Ranaut Madhavan Eijaz Khan Jimmy Sheirgill Deepak Dobriyal
young man young woman husband wife look-alike hilarious lighthearted engaging gripping emotional moving india city town house husband/wife relationship failing marriage midlife crisis trust loyalty
Tanu and Manu's marriage collapses. What happens when Manu meets Tanu's lookalike Kusum - and when Tanu returns?
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 »
Comedy, Drama
India
2017
140 Minutes
Vidya Balan Neha Dhupia Manav Kaul Vijay Maurya Santanu Ghatak Trupti Khamkar Malishka Mendonsa Sindhu Shekharan Uday Lagoo Abhishek Sharma Seema Taneja
wife husband son friend boss confident spirited passionate emotional inspiring lighthearted india city house restaurant school love chasing dreams couples love
Sulu is an ambitious housewife with a loving husband and a happy family. Things start changing for her when she accidentally lands a job as a radio jockey and her show becomes an instant hit.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1963
100 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson Keenan Wynn Tommy Kirk Elliott Reid Joanna Moore Leon Ames Ed Wynn Charles Ruggles Paul Lynde
professor scientist wife student loan shark government official amusing lighthearted outlandish emotional college classroom house laboratory football field inventions weird science government secrets marriage debt
When Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1986
100 Minutes
Dominique Michel Dorothée Berryman Pierre Curzi Rémy Girard Yves Jacques Daniel Brière Louise Portal Genevieve Rioux Gabriel Arcand
husband wife divorcée homosexual bachelor girlfriend cheeky sultry moving hedonistic montreal university country house gym infidelity monogamy sex passion party marriage
Sexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Ernst Lubitsch Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Roland Young George Barbier Josephine Dunn Richard Carle Charles Judels Barbara Leonard
cheater husband wife mistress doctor intricate hedonistic disheartening profound paris house dinner party infidelity husband/wife relationship friendship secret seduction forbidden love wretched excess discovery
An unhappily married couple try to come between a happy one.
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.