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P.O. Box Tinto Brass(1995)

1h 21min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 37 votes)

This film is a series of letters, photos and video cassettes which women often send in to certain newspapers. By visualizing their story-telling (the name given by the psychologists to their fantasies) the film portrays the confessions, the secret longings, the adventures, recollections, dreams, desires and fantasies of these women. It is an open secret that most women dream of forbidden affairs, secret lovers and hasty encounters but when it comes down to it they lack the courage to pursue their dreams.

Revolutionary Road(2008)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 1,707 votes)

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Serial Mom(1994)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 280 votes)

She's the perfect all-American parent: a great cook and homemaker, a devoted recycler, and a woman who'll literally kill to keep her family happy.

The Stepford Wives(2004)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 33min | Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 575 votes)

What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.

The Bridges of Madison County(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 15min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 979 votes)

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

Little Children(2006)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 16min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 406 votes)

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.

Dark Spell(2021)

3.4/5 (with 64 votes)

Terror strikes when a heartbroken woman uses black magic to get her husband back.

Life of the Party(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 452 votes)

When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college... landing in the same class and school as her daughter, who's not entirely sold on the idea. Plunging headlong into the campus experience, the increasingly outspoken Deanna – now Dee Rock – embraces freedom, fun and frat boys on her own terms, finding her true self in a senior year no one ever expected.

Wonder Wheel(2017)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 41min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 607 votes)

The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

The Stepford Wives(1975)

3.3/5 (with 127 votes)

Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.

Far from Heaven(2002)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 263 votes)

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.

The Lunchbox(2013)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 44min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 297 votes)

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

Directed by Ritesh Batra - With Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey, Nakul Vaid, Denzil Smith, ...
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Alice(1990)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 42min | Fantasy, Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 133 votes)

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut.

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio(2005)

1h 39min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies, while dealing with abuse from her alcoholic husband. Based on a true story.

Mr. Mom(1983)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 31min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 127 votes)

Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...

Safe(1995)

1h 59min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 114 votes)

Carol, a typical upper middle-class housewife, begins to complain of vague symptoms of illness. She "doesn't feel right," has unexplained headaches, congestion, a dry cough, nosebleeds, vomiting, and trouble breathing. Her family doctor treats her concerns dismissively and suggests a psychiatrist. Eventually, an allergist tells her that she has Environmental Illness.

A Special Day(1977)

1h 46min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 279 votes)

In Rome, fascist supporter Emanuele attends a parade commemorating Adolf Hitler's historic meeting with Italian leader Benito Mussolini, leaving his apolitical wife, Antonietta, to tend to household duties. Antonietta encounters a man, Gabriele, who appears surprisingly nonplussed by the political event. Over the course of the day, the two forge a close friendship that will forever change their perceptions of life, love and politics.

While She Was Out(2008)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 65 votes)

A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs.

Call Jane(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 1min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 62 votes)

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

Brief Encounter(1945)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 26min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 253 votes)

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her(1967)

1h 28min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 73 votes)

As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.

Swallow(2020)

1h 36min | Drama, Thriller, Horror
3.3/5 (with 323 votes)

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

Directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis - With Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche, Denis O'Hare

Act of Violence(1949)

1h 22min | Thriller
3.5/5 (with 37 votes)

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.

English Vinglish(2012)

FSK: 0+ years
| 2h 14min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 110 votes)

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

What Have I Done to Deserve This?(1984)

1h 42min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 88 votes)

A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.

A Raisin in the Sun(1961)

3.9/5 (with 50 votes)

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.

Directed by Daniel Petrie - With Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Stephen Perry, Ivan Dixon, ...

Lemming(2005)

2h 10min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 52 votes)

After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of his own wife, seemingly possessed by the soul of the deceased...

All's Well, Ends Well(1992)

3.4/5 (with 23 votes)

A romantic Chinese New Year comedy about the three Shang brothers. Eldest brother Shang Moon is a philandering businessman who treats his hideous yet hard-working wife like dirt. Middle brother Shang Foon is a disc jockey/playboy who tries to score with as many girls as possible. Youngest brother Shang So is an obviously gay dance instructor. Moon soon gets the tables turned on him as his wife leaves to become a glamorous karaoke hostess, and Foon gets into a bizarre relationship with a fan so obsessed with movies that she constantly acts out characters on dates, until he suddenly becomes temporarily mentally ill. And So is continually at odds with obvious butch lesbian family cousin. Hilarity ensues.

The Thrill of It All(1963)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 48min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 27 votes)

A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.

Switch(2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Crime, Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 45 votes)

In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they change apartments. Sophie arrives in Paris on Saturday morning. The next morning, policemen break in the apartment and arrest Sophie while she is having a bath. Detective Damien Forgeat interrogates Sophie believing that she is Bénédicte and she learns that a beheaded body was found in her room and all evidence of her life has been deleted.

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