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The Taming of the Shrew (1592) is a comedy by William Shakespeare. Written between 1590 and 1592, The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest works. Frequently critiqued by scholars for its demeaning portrayal of Katherina and for Petruchio's violence, the play has also been considered as an ironic treatment of the inequality experienced by women in marriage. The Taming of the Shrew has served as source material for countless film and...
2) Hedda Gabler
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Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler was first published in 1890. Despite premiering the next year to negative reviews, the play since been hailed as a classic work of realism, with the character Hedda being considered by some critics as one of the great dramatic roles; a female Hamlet. Gabler is actually the character's maiden name rather than her name by marriage (which is Hedda Tesman); on entitling it this Ibsen wrote:
...3) Cymbeline
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Performed as early as 1611 and published in the "First Folio" in 1623, Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" weaves an elaborate tale of palatial envy and power in Ancient Britain. Cymbeline, King of Britain, commands that his lovely young daughter Imogen marry Cloten, the violent and callous son of the current Queen by her former husband. With her heart already promised to the poor yet heroic Posthumus, Imogen refuses. Disgusted at the prospect of his daughter...
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Wild jealousy. Unfounded accusations. Death and rebirth. And, of course, Exeunt, chased by a bear - one of Shakespeare's most famous stage directions. Leontes, King of Sicily, suddenly becomes insane with jealousy, believing his pregnant wife has been unfaithful to him. Acting upon his rage, he sets a tragedy in motion that will cost him, his family, and his friends dearly.
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Koch Vision
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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A successful middle-aged barrister feels trapped in both a marriage and a career that no longer feed or fulfill him. He finds himself falling between the bedsheets of a rich and politically connected young woman--a move that sets into motion forces that will shatter his entire world.
10) Red knot
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Kimstim
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[2015]
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English
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A stunningly shot meditation on love and loss, New York newlyweds peter and Chloe fall into marital crisis while on a research vessel en route to Antarctica. As romantic bliss sours, Chloe takes comfort in the company of the ship's captain, a man who has good reason for setting himself adrift. As they sail towards the end of the Earth, filmmaker Scott Cohen's astonishingly assured, elegantly shot debut passes into troubled, Polanski-indebted waters....
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Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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With their youngest son leaving for college in the fall, happily married couple Ben and Maura prepare for their upcoming chapter as empty nesters. The couple faces an even larger change when Maura takes a temporary position, and big promotion, in Minneapolis. Ben and Maura miss one another while living apart, but the distance also shines a light on their differences like never before.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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Joy is dumped by her boyfriend and her friends recommend she take a vacation to Las Vegas to get him out of her mind. After Jack gets fired by his dad from the family business, he ends up in Vegas too. After a night of drinking, the two wake up the following morning to discover they have gotten married. One of them wins a $3 million jackpot - using the quarter of the other. Both want to end the marriage and keep the money. The unhappy pair tries to...
13) Date night
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20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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An ordinary couple is in the right place, on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' 'date night' turns into a wild ride they'll never forget!
14) Penny serenade
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Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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A young couple experience a series of misfortunes, which puts a strain on their marriage.
15) Fay Grim
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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When the CIA asks Fay to travel to Paris to retrieve notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband, her mission turns into a sprawling con-game in a world of international espionage. Sequel to Henry Fool.
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Paramount
Pub. Date
2004
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English
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After a nervous breakdown, a former television executive Joanna moves with her husband from New York City to Stepford, Conn., but finds little in common with the other wives in town who all seem strangely passive and content in their domestic, housewife lifestyles.
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2015]
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Once happily married, Connor and Eleanor suddenly find themselves as strangers longing to understand each other in the wake of tragedy. The film explores the couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
18) The intervention
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Four couples convene for a booze-filled weekend, but the true intention for their vacation is an intervention for one of the marriages they believe to be toxic.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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From the network that brought you The Real Housewives, and inspired by the best-selling Girlfriends' Guide book series, comes Bravo's highly anticipated first scripted series. After self-help book author and guru, Abby McCarthy, publicly admits that she has separated from her husband Jake, America's once-favorite girlfriend finds her career and marriage in a free fall.
20) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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John and Jane Smith are a married couple who are beginning to get bored with their quiet domestic life. What they don't know, however, is that they are both assassins, secretly traveling around the world and killing for hire. But their separate lives are about to collide when the discover they are each other's next target.
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