5 Inspiring Movies About Life After Divorce

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Curling up on the couch in your fuzzy slippers to enjoy a classic movie about how to live

life after divorce can be a very worthwhile form of self-therapy. Have some tissues handy,

because it’s likely to be cathartic and inspiring. At the very least, it can be a comforting

reminder that millions of other people share your experience. You may even find yourself

on a binge of these emotionally cleansing films. Below are some recommendations of

timeless classic movies about life after divorce, to get you started.

What? Me? Spend Valuable Time Watching a Movie?

Yes, you’re definitely functioning beyond a normal rate after a divorce. You’re now filling

double roles in many areas — performing every task of household management and

operations, and all daily parenting responsibilities, and still exceeding expectations at

your job. These are actually all important reasons to take necessary downtime.

You can expect to perform better and manage a hectic life in a higher-quality and more

sustainable way by incorporating downtime for self-rejuvenation. So, carve out a couple of

hours and order a movie that delivers a relaxing, fun experience and even slips in some

helpful reflections on aspects of the post-divorce experience. Try one or a few of these:

It’s Complicated

A decade after their divorce, Jake and Jane are the most “worked out” divorced couple

ever, by all observers’ accounts. They begin a clandestine trial romantic affair, while dad is

remarried to the woman he cheated on mom with. Mom is also in a new relationship as

she begins the affair with her ex. It becomes amusingly complicated. Jane has long

accepted that her marriage wasn’t working even before the infidelity, and she has let go of

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the pain of the past betrayal. But, the divorced pair rekindle old feelings and then have to

face their disillusioned current mates and their stunned kids, who were still healing from

their parents’ divorce. This is a sweet and hilarious cautionary tale about trying to

recapture past love. (2009, Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin)

First Wives’ Club

Elise, Annie, and Brenda feeling a little vengeful toward their unfaithful husbands, whom

they supported as the men climbed their respective professional ladders to success. The

three resourceful, revenge-seeking ex-wives put their heads together and devise clever

and costly strategic plans to hit their former unfaithful husbands where it hurts, in the

wallets. They do it all, from emptying the exes’ accounts, to seizing their businesses, and

much worse. Of course, as you would expect, the scheme for ultimate retaliation is fraught

with mishaps and pitfalls, each funnier than the last. (1996, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton,

Bette Midler)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

This movie focuses on the big question: When is it time to start dating again? Stella

questions whether she is really ready for it. She’s successful professionally but can’t help

wondering in the wake of divorce if she actually has the potential for a successful

relationship. She worries about the risk of negative impact to the kids. Stella’s pal Delilah

helps persuade her to get away on a trip to Jamaica. There, she finds herself confronted

with tempting feelings, but is torn by her concerns. (1998 Angela Bassett, Whoopi

Goldberg, Taye Diggs)

Stepmom

This movie brings an overwhelming combination of post-divorce difficulties cascading

down on a nice, newly married couple Isabel and Luke and on the husband’s ex-wife

Jackie, who is nice too, but resentful and also fatally ill. The film explores some painful

realities of parenting and step-parenting across broken homes and hearts in the bitter

aftermath of divorce. Luke’s and Jackie’s two children and all three adults are trying to

adapt to the remarriage. Jackie is utterly devoted to ensuring every facet of her children’s

lives is ideally managed, leading to tensions with the new, younger, attentive yet career-

driven step-mom. Phases of natural fear and jealousy give way to emotional growth and

transcendent strength of character in the emotionally devastated Jackie. (1998 Julia

Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris)

Under the Tuscan Sun

After her husband leaves her for another woman and she then gets a divorce, Frances, a

writer, takes on renovation of a deteriorated villa in Tuscany. She is grieving the loss of

the married life she had assumed would always be hers. A friend sponsors a bus tour

through Italy as a therapeutic post-divorce gift. Frances discovers the crumbling house

and is captivated by its potential for revitalization. She undertakes rebuilding of the home,

and in the process rebuilds her life after divorce. The project inspires her to write. This

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uplifting story of overcoming the shock and pain of betrayal and the deep loss in divorce,

leads on to an inspired tale of self-discovery and the excitement and wonder of a new

beginning with new places and people. (2003, Diane Lane)

More Great Inspiring Life-After-Divorce Movies

For a veritable movie marathon of uplifting post-divorce films, here are some additional

masterworks of cinematic entertainment from the life-after-divorce genre, all well worth

the time for the healthy, cathartic belly laughs they generate and the often forgotten

insights into life after divorce that are tucked around the comedic themes:

Crazy, Stupid

Love (2011)

Life of the Party

(2018)

Enough Said

(2013)

Marriage Story

(2019)

Sisters

(2015)

Book Club

(2018)

Bad Moms

(2016)

Heartburn

(1986)

Eat, Pray,

Love (2010)

Joy (2015)

Hope Floats

(1998)

Bye Bye Love

(1995)

Waiting To

Exhale (1995)

Mrs. Doubtfire

(1993)

War of the

Roses (1989)

What Can You Accomplish By Just Watching a Movie?

Well, admittedly, it’s unlikely that you will escape all the difficult realities of dealing with

your divorce for long by watching movies about fictional people going through creatively

crafted divorce scenarios. But, a little downtime escape into an uplifting story can

sometimes offer a few laughs and help make a start on the road back to a more hopeful

frame of mind. That can actually be a very good self-prescription for help in taking the

first steps toward moving on to happier times. A mere movie may present the moment

when you start to ask yourself, “Is life after divorce better?”

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