Breakup Movies on Netflix Streaming

1 Mr. Roosevelt

Noël Wells stars as a comedian who finds herself staying with her ex and his seemingly perfect new girlfriend in the quirky 2017 comedy Mr. Roosevelt.

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2 Blue Is the Warmest Colour

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Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a French coming-of-age film that follows a 15-year-old girl and her unexpected lover through the years of self-exploration and heartbreak.

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3 Sliding Doors

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In Sliding Doors, a woman's life forever changes based on the timing of the subway and whether or not she catches her boyfriend cheating.

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4 The Last Five Years

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Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan sing about their failed onscreen marriage in The Last Five Years, a romantic musical.

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5 Newness

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Newness, set in Los Angeles, tells the story of two millennials trying to tackle the complexities of an open relationship in the app-driven dating world.

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6 Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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In the raunchy romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Peter (Jason Segel) jet-sets to Hawaii to get over his famous girlfriend (Kristen Bell), only to find out that she's staying at the same resort. He develops feelings for the hotel concierge (Mila Kunis) but can't ignore Sarah and her new paramour (Russell Brand).

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7 Happy Anniversary

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Comedy darlings Noël Wells and Ben Schwartz play lovers in a long-term relationship in the Netflix original Happy Anniversary. It's a clever, relatable romantic comedy about what happens after the honeymoon phase.

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8 I Give It a Year

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This 2013 movie beats the rule that recent romantic comedies aren't good by completely bending the rules. I won't give it away, but I Give It a Year is totally unpredictable but still very cute, and Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne are a gut-busting pair of newlyweds.

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9 America's Sweethearts

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Julia Roberts costars in America's Sweethearts as an awkward personal assistant (Kiki) to a stunning star named Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones). In the process of helping Gwen and her estranged husband, Eddie, survive one last public appearance, Kiki unexpectedly develops a romantic relationship with him.

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10 Leap Year

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Amy Adams plays a woman who travels to Ireland with plans to propose to her boyfriend in the romantic comedy Leap Year.

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11 Frances Ha

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In the black-and-white comedy-drama Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig plays an aspiring dancer named Frances who lives with her best friend Sophie in New York. Things stir up when Sophie decides to move into a more expensive neighbourhood, which forces Frances to learn how to figure things out on her own.

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12 6 Years

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The indie romantic drama 6 Years follows a young couple who have been together since high school as they face the future of their relationship after college.

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13 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

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Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson are irresistible to each other (and in general) in the modern screwball comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days about trying not to fall in love.

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14 The Incredible Jessica James

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Jessica Williams is effervescent in the indie romantic comedy The Incredible Jessica James about a young woman who's struggling in the aftermath of a breakup and in her aspirations as a playwright when she meets a guy who seems all wrong for her (Chris O'Dowd).

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15 Drinking Buddies

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Jake Johnson and Olivia Wilde portray coworkers at a brewing company in the understated romantic drama Drinking Buddies. During a weekend trip to a lakeside retreat with their significant others, sparks fly between them.

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