Best Divorce Comedy
“Divorce, Italian Style” offers a sharply satirical look at Sicilian society through the lens of 1960s Italian cinema. Directed by Pietro Germi and starring Marcello Mastroianni, the film examines rigid traditions and legal loopholes surrounding divorce. It’s notable for its comedic portrayal of a m...
Marriage Story is a 2019 drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Noah Baumbach, distributed internationally by Netflix. The narrative offers an intimate, semi-autobiographical examination of a couple navigating divorce and their subsequent co-parenting dynamic across bicoastal legal systems...
The Awful Truth is a 1937 Columbia film starring Cary Grant and Jean Harlow. This screwball comedy explores mistaken identity and romantic complications surrounding a wealthy heiress’s impending divorce. Its sharp dialogue and performances highlight the genre's unique blend of wit and social comment...
"Divorçons!" is a French comedy written by Victorien Sardou and Émile de Najac that premiered in 1880. The play centers on a married couple who decide to divorce, with the wife initially scheming to end the marriage before ultimately reassessing her feelings for her husband. It is a classic example...
Divorce is a television series exploring the complexities of a marriage dissolving between Peter and Fiona Gallagher. The show follows their evolving relationships with their children and extended family as they navigate legal proceedings and personal adjustments in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Cre...
Celeste and Jesse Forever is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama directed by Lee Toland Krieger and written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. Jones and Andy Samberg play a separated married couple who attempt to preserve their close friendship while moving toward divorce and new relationships....
