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A Good Marriage (1982)
, 1h37Directed by Éric Rohmer
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Féodor Atkine, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory, Sophie Renoir
Sabine, a student in art history, is growing tired of the part of the mistress of a painter and family man, Simon. She meets Edmond, beautiful, young, rich and free, and declares that she is going to marry him.
The Butcher (1970)
, 1h33Directed by Claude Chabrol
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Films about marriage
Actors Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Dominique Zardi
Dans le petit village de Trémolat, dans le Périgord, on célèbre le mariage de l'instituteur Léon Hamel avec une jeune femme du village. Parmi les invités de la cérémonie, la jeune collègue de l'enseignant, Hélène David, qui est également la directrice de l'établissement scolaire et Paul Thomas, surnommé « Popaul », le boucher du village.
The Wedding Song (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Karin Albou
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Feminist films, Politique, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Le désert, Guerre du désert, Films about marriage
Actors Lizzie Brocheré, Simon Abkarian, Karin Albou, Hichem Rostom, Dalila Meftahi
Tunis, 1942. Muslim Nour (Olympe Borval) and Jewish Myriam (Lizzie Brocheré), both sixteen years old, have been friends since childhood. They live in the same building in a humble neighbourhood where their communities live in harmony. Each secretly desires the other’s life. While Nour regrets not going to school like her friend, Myriam dreams of love. In November 1942, the German army enters Tunis. Following the French Vichy government’s policy, the Nazis subject the Jewish population to harsh tax penalties. Tita (Karin Albou), Myriam’s mother, is forbidden work. Overcome by debt, she decides to marry her daughter Myriam to the rich doctor Raoul (Simon Abkarian). Myriam dreams of love vanish in one blow.
Betsy's Wedding (1990)
, 1h34Directed by Alan Alda
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Molly Ringwald, Alan Alda, Ally Sheedy, Madeline Kahn, Joe Pesci, Joey Bishop
Eddie Hopper is a construction contractor from Long Island, New York, with two grown daughters. One of them, Betsy, is about to be married.
The Best Man (1999)
, 2hDirected by Malcolm D. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Regina Hall, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Terrence Howard
Harper Stewart (Diggs) is a young man living in Chicago with his beautiful and devoted girlfriend Robin (Lathan). However, Harper, whose professional life is on the verge of a major breakthrough is hesitant about committing to a woman. Harper's debut novel, Unfinished Business, has been selected by Oprah's Book Club, a seal of approval that pretty much guarantees him a best seller.
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
, 2hDirected by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, War
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Political films, Films about marriage
Actors Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Gisela Uhlen, Ivan Desny, Gottfried John, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The film starts in Germany in 1943. During an Allied bombing raid Maria (Hanna Schygulla) marries the soldier Hermann Braun (Klaus Löwitsch). After "half a day and a whole night" together, Hermann returns to the front. Postwar, Maria is told that Hermann has been killed. Maria starts work as a hostess in a bar frequented by American soldiers. She has a relationship with an African-American soldier Bill (George Byrd), who supports her and gives her nylon stockings and cigarettes. She becomes pregnant by Bill.
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
, 1h45Directed by Paul John Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco, M. Emmet Walsh
Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts), a 27-year-old New York restaurant critic, receives a call from her longtime friend Michael O'Neal (Dermot Mulroney). In college, the two made an agreement that if neither of them were married by the time they turned 28, they would marry each other. Three weeks before her 28th birthday, Michael tells her that in four days, he will marry Kimmy Wallace (Cameron Diaz), a 20-year-old University of Chicago student from a wealthy family.
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
, 1h54Directed by Mira Nair
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about marriage
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vasundhara Das, Vijay Raaz, Tillomata Shome
The film's central story concerns a father, Lalit Verma (Naseeruddin Shah), who is trying to organize an enormous, chaotic, and expensive wedding for his daughter, Aditi (Vasundhara Das), for whom he has arranged a marriage with a man, Hemant Rai (Parvin Dabas), she has known for only a few weeks. As so often happens in the Punjabi culture, such a wedding means that, for one of the few times in each generation, the extended family comes together from all corners of the globe, including India, Australia, Oman, and the United States, bringing its emotional baggage along.
Marriage of the Century (1985)
, 1h44Directed by Stéphane Clavier, Philippe Galland
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about marriage
Actors Anémone, Thierry Lhermitte, Martin Lamotte, Michel Aumont, Jean-Claude Brialy, Dominique Lavanant
La princesse Charlotte, héritière d'un petit royaume d'opérette, est de passage à Paris avec son royal père et toute la suite de ce dernier. Dans la capitale, ils donnent un dîner prestigieux, à la veille du mariage de Charlotte et du grand-duc Guillaume de Spartz-Hohenburg. Lors de cette soirée, Charlotte est remarquée par Paul, un play-boy noceur. À la suite d'un pari avec sa bande de copains, il use de son charme et attire la princesse jusque dans son lit. Alors que cela ne devait être qu'une passade, Paul tombe amoureux de la princesse, et dévoile malgré lui les photos du scandale dans la presse afin de régler une importante dette de jeu…
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
, 1h56Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Lana Turner, James Craig, John Hodiak, Hugh Marlowe, Keenan Wynn, Frances Gifford
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, which causes Theo to fear commitment. Without much thought, Theo accepts a proposal of marriage from Tom West, an Air Corps lieutenant. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom accepts a job in the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to return to being a party girl. However, Tom is working constantly and Theo turns to her friends who are having their own problems, including her old flame, Captain Lancing. To decide what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must learn to grow up.
Black Really Suits You (2012)
Directed by Jacques Bral
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Islam, Films about marriage
Actors Sofiia Manousha, Julien Baumgartner, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Élise Lhomeau, Salim Kechiouche, Souad Amidou
Une famille orientale émigrée, en Europe. Moncef, le père, porte en lui la souffrance du déracinement et le poids de « l’ailleurs ». Sauvegarder sa culture, vivre dans le respect des traditions, c’est pour lui, plus qu’une règle de vie, une manière de rester fidèle à son passé, à son origine et surtout… à lui-même.
The Godfather (1972)
, 2h55Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Tommy Wiseau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, La précarité, Gangster films, Films about marriage
Actors Marlon Brando, Megan Fox, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall
On the occasion of his daughter Connie's wedding, Vito Corleone hears requests in his role as the Godfather, the Don of a New York crime family. Vito's youngest son, Michael, wearing a Marine Corps uniform, introduces his girlfriend, Kay Adams, to his family at the reception. Johnny Fontane, a famous singer and godson to Vito, seeks his help in securing a movie role; Vito dispatches his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to Los Angeles to talk the abrasive studio head, Jack Woltz, into giving Johnny the part. Woltz is unmoved until he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his prized stallion.
The Wedding Party (1969)
, 1h32Directed by Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Jennifer Salt, Jill Clayburgh, William Finley, Robert De Niro, Jared Martin
Charlie se rend sur l'île familiale de sa fiancée afin d'y préparer leur mariage. Peu à peu, ses convictions s'effritent lorsqu'il prend conscience de l'ampleur et des répercussions de son engagement.
Father of the Bride (1950)
, 1h32Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about marriage
Actors Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Leo G. Carroll
Following the wedding of his daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor), Stanley T. Banks (Spencer Tracy), a suburban lawyer, recalls the day, three months earlier, when he first learned of Kay's engagement to Buckley Dunstan (Don Taylor). At the family dinner table, Kay's casual announcement that she is in love with Buckley and has accepted his proposal makes Stanley feel uneasy, but he soon comes to realize that his daughter has grown up and the wedding is inevitable. While Ellie (Joan Bennett), Kay's mother, immediately begins making preparations for the wedding, Stanley lies awake at night, fearing the worst for his daughter.
Father of the Bride (1991)
, 1h45Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about marriage
Actors Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Martin Short, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern
George Banks (Steve Martin) is the owner of an athletic shoe company in San Marino, California, whose 22-year-old daughter, Annie (Kimberly Williams), returns from Europe, telling them she is engaged to Bryan MacKenzie (George Newbern), a man from an upper-class family from Bel-Air, despite them only having known each other for three months. The sudden shock turns the warm reunion into a heated argument between George and Annie, but they quickly reconcile in time for Bryan to arrive and meet them. Despite Bryan's good financial status and likeable demeanour, George takes an immediate dislike to him while his wife, Nina (Diane Keaton), accepts him as a potential son-in-law.