Breaking up can be hard to do, but watching films where break-ups turn out to be okay sometimes make the pain a little bit less severe.
Whether you're a lovestruck teenager who is just trying to move on before college but after prom or a full-blown adult who might have to use the word "divorce" instead of the more manageable "break-up," relationships ending and mending are a huge part of what drives most of the content on silver screens and HDTV sets alike.
But not all break-ups have to make you cry and feel bad about yourself.
Here are seven great break-up movies that are more enjoyable to watch from the comfort of your own home.
The best place to start with anything involving relationships? John Cusack, of course.
He's held boom boxes and managed a record store, but if it comes to break-ups, his best performance yet was in "Better Off Dead," where he is moping about dealing with getting rejected for the captain of the ski team.
His reward for getting over it? A totally adorable French foreign exchange student.
Definitely a happy ending, and one of those 80s movies that seems to be on satellite TV at least once a week on some channel.
Sometimes, you might be wondering about what could have been, and there's no better break-up movie that delves into that than the underrated "Sliding Doors," starring Gwyenth Paltrow.
A little bit sci-fi with its parallel universe approach to whether or not she manages to catch her cheating boyfriend or not, the point is definitely that true love is worth the heartache of ending something inferior.
Usually Jude Law is attractive and confident, so you won't be expecting to see him literally break into tears as he is raked over the coals in "Closer," a film that truly manages to make being in any sort of relationship look like one of the most hellish experiences possible.
Based on a play that is dialogue-heavy, the film itself manages to draw viewers in if only because the sick, Shakespearean twists will have you thinking, "oh no!" Oh yes.
If all of the drama and heavy-hitters have you wishing for something more lighthearted on satellite TV instead, look no further than Luke Wilson in "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," where an ex-girlfriend turns out to be a little bit more than one has bargained for.
A bit more campy and enjoyable, this is one instance where an ex turns out to have a bit more power than the person doing the dumping might have anticipated at first.
Ladies in particular will find it empowering, while guys might find it a little bit intimidating.
It seems like either the first or second "Bridget Jones's Diary" is in perpetual repeat on many channels available on satellite TV, so if you've somehow managed to not see it until this point, then you might not know the premise: Bridget is initially lured by the caddish charms of her boss (Hugh Grant), but settles down with the attractive but sweet lawyer who respects her (Colin Firth) instead.
Not a film about settling, but rather, one about learning what you're worth, and what you deserve.
The sequel only drives that point home further, with Bridget enjoying a stint in jail after being abandoned by her caddish boss and being mistaken for a drug runner (seriously).
Whether you're a lovestruck teenager who is just trying to move on before college but after prom or a full-blown adult who might have to use the word "divorce" instead of the more manageable "break-up," relationships ending and mending are a huge part of what drives most of the content on silver screens and HDTV sets alike.
But not all break-ups have to make you cry and feel bad about yourself.
Here are seven great break-up movies that are more enjoyable to watch from the comfort of your own home.
The best place to start with anything involving relationships? John Cusack, of course.
He's held boom boxes and managed a record store, but if it comes to break-ups, his best performance yet was in "Better Off Dead," where he is moping about dealing with getting rejected for the captain of the ski team.
His reward for getting over it? A totally adorable French foreign exchange student.
Definitely a happy ending, and one of those 80s movies that seems to be on satellite TV at least once a week on some channel.
Sometimes, you might be wondering about what could have been, and there's no better break-up movie that delves into that than the underrated "Sliding Doors," starring Gwyenth Paltrow.
A little bit sci-fi with its parallel universe approach to whether or not she manages to catch her cheating boyfriend or not, the point is definitely that true love is worth the heartache of ending something inferior.
Usually Jude Law is attractive and confident, so you won't be expecting to see him literally break into tears as he is raked over the coals in "Closer," a film that truly manages to make being in any sort of relationship look like one of the most hellish experiences possible.
Based on a play that is dialogue-heavy, the film itself manages to draw viewers in if only because the sick, Shakespearean twists will have you thinking, "oh no!" Oh yes.
If all of the drama and heavy-hitters have you wishing for something more lighthearted on satellite TV instead, look no further than Luke Wilson in "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," where an ex-girlfriend turns out to be a little bit more than one has bargained for.
A bit more campy and enjoyable, this is one instance where an ex turns out to have a bit more power than the person doing the dumping might have anticipated at first.
Ladies in particular will find it empowering, while guys might find it a little bit intimidating.
It seems like either the first or second "Bridget Jones's Diary" is in perpetual repeat on many channels available on satellite TV, so if you've somehow managed to not see it until this point, then you might not know the premise: Bridget is initially lured by the caddish charms of her boss (Hugh Grant), but settles down with the attractive but sweet lawyer who respects her (Colin Firth) instead.
Not a film about settling, but rather, one about learning what you're worth, and what you deserve.
The sequel only drives that point home further, with Bridget enjoying a stint in jail after being abandoned by her caddish boss and being mistaken for a drug runner (seriously).