Are you dealing with a broken heart? We at Comingsoon.net have compiled a list of our own favorite films to watch while we are going through a break-up. Check out our specially-curated slideshow below! Did we miss any of your favorites? Do not forget to let us know down in the comment section!
A parting of ways between lovers is bound to happen now and again. Does true love exist? Is that question ever truly knowable? Perhaps not. Either way, it is messy work finding someone you can share your life with. In any case, many of us will keep searching for a significant other in the hopes of spending our lives with them until we shed this mortal coil. We are soulful beings, humans. People have a lot of love to give, and they will wander continually searching for an outlet for their affection. Maybe you yourself are between relationships as you read this.
It is a well-trodden subject in film. Many a film character is motivated by the search to find a partner to fill their life with love—even outlandish characters like the Hulk or Kylo Ren desire love in their own strange ways. There is nothing more sympathetic than a search for someone to support and someone to receive support from. It is a long, arduous task, but to live without hope of finding love is not a life we want to live. If you find yourself picking up the pieces after a breakup, this list is for you. Maybe one of the films will help salve your emotional wound, at least for a brief moment.
7 Movies to Watch While Getting Over a Breakup
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'Jesse and Celeste Forever'
Jesse and Celeste Forever illustrates distinctly how holding onto a relationship after it has served its purpose may not be healthy. Andy Samberg and Rashida Jones give some of their best performances to date as the couple in question.
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'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'
Charlie Kaufman's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is quintessential. He shows that fulfilling the age-old desire to forget your past mistakes may not solve anything at all.
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'Kill Bill'
Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2 are easily the bloodiest films on this list. Better to watch a violent revenge fantasy on the screen.
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'Lost in Translation'
Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation draws heavily from her own failing relationship with filmmaker Spike Jonze. The semi-autobiographical film ponders the value of passing relationships.
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'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'
With Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segel channeled his own breakup into a hilarious script. With a beautiful Hawaiian island locale to boot, it is a thoroughly enjoyable film about moving on from your ex.
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'Her'
Her is in many ways a companion piece to Lost in Translation. They are two sides of the same relationship coin, as it were. Spike Jonze's side of the story is as moving as Coppola's.
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'In the Mood for Love'
No one illustrates the beauty of a brief—even momentary—love affair like Wong Kar-Wai. With In the Mood for Love, he shows two people in whose paths briefly cross in midcentury China. Better to have loved and lost and all that.
