Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "unconsummated-marriage"

1. Lady Macbeth (2016)

R | 89 min | Drama, Romance

In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.

Director: William Oldroyd | Stars: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie

Votes: 27,309 | Gross: $1.13M

2. Marie Antoinette (2006)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History

The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan

Votes: 121,972 | Gross: $15.96M

3. On Chesil Beach (2017)

R | 110 min | Drama, Music, Romance

In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

Director: Dominic Cooke | Stars: Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Andy Burse, Rasmus Hardiker

Votes: 12,499 | Gross: $0.75M

4. The Joy Luck Club (1993)

R | 139 min | Drama

The life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin

Votes: 18,255 | Gross: $32.86M

5. Three Colors: White (1994)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr

Votes: 79,665 | Gross: $1.46M

6. Cyrano (2021)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters.

Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn

Votes: 14,891

7. Easy Money (1983)

R | 95 min | Comedy

To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.

Director: James Signorelli | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Candice Azzara

Votes: 10,148 | Gross: $29.31M

8. Ironclad (2011)

R | 121 min | Action, Drama, History

In thirteenth-century England, a Knights Templar and a few of the Barons men fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John.

Director: Jonathan English | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng, Brian Cox, James Purefoy

Votes: 43,663

9. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring

Votes: 12,722

10. Cat People (1942)

Not Rated | 73 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph

Votes: 26,012 | Gross: $4.00M

11. Something's Got to Give (1962)

37 min | Short, Comedy | Announced

Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Cyd Charisse, Tom Tryon

12. Effie Gray (2014)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge).

Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, Emma Thompson

Votes: 6,842 | Gross: $0.34M

13. Devdas (I) (2002)

Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jackie Shroff

Votes: 46,974 | Gross: $3.50M

14. Maria's Lovers (1984)

R | 109 min | Drama, Romance

At the end of WWII, Ivan returns home to Pennsylvania from the nightmares of a brutal Japanese POW camp, to his childhood friend, Maria. But he has rivals for her love.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Keith Carradine, Robert Mitchum

Votes: 2,911

15. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Not Rated | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi

Votes: 14,033

16. Lisa and the Devil (1973)

Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery

A tourist spends the night in a derelict Spanish villa seemingly held in the supernatural grip of an eccentric butler, who resembles a depiction of the Devil she had seen on an old fresco.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Alessio Orano

Votes: 5,349

17. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Romance

In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlqvist

Votes: 14,686

18. The Family Way (1966)

Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, whose marriage has yet to be consummated.

Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Avril Angers, John Comer

Votes: 1,878

19. The Scarlet Empress (1934)

Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance

A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.

Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser

Votes: 7,240

20. Levantate Papito (2018)

84 min | Comedy

A mature man suffers impotence with his teenage wife Dionisia. She will use a thousand and one ways for the flame of passion to rise. When her husband resorts to her own methods, Dionisia turns to her stepson for attention.

Director: Fabrizio Prada | Stars: Cesar Manjarrez, Andrea Portugal, Felipe Diaz, David Eduardo

Votes: 14

21. This Thing Called Love (1940)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy

A woman insists to her new husband that they must remain celibate for the first three months of their marriage, which he tries desperately to get around.

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas, Binnie Barnes, Allyn Joslyn

Votes: 212

22. I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)

94 min | Drama

Tensions arise in a Gypsy community when a local feather seller falls in love with a much younger girl.

Director: Aleksandar Petrovic | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Katarina, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Mija Aleksic

Votes: 2,608

23. Humraaz (2002)

Not Rated | 173 min | Romance, Thriller

Karan decides to cheat Raj, a businessman, by getting his lover Priya married to Raj so that they can claim his wealth. However, when Priya falls in love with Raj and leaves Karan, he seeks revenge.

Directors: Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla | Stars: Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Ameesha Patel, Johny Lever

Votes: 3,835

24. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente

Votes: 4,328

25. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, Romance

A free-spirited yet naive country girl is caught between her wealthy, manipulative "cousin" Alec and the handsome, educated farmer Angel Clare in this Victorian tragedy from novelist Thomas Hardy.

Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Justine Waddell, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Milburn, John McEnery

Votes: 2,097

26. The Terrible Children (1950)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

The dangerously obsessive relationship between a psychologically manipulative brother and sister who isolate themselves and draw others into their mind games.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Jacques Bernard

Votes: 4,330

27. Susan Slept Here (1954)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis, Glenda Farrell

Votes: 2,168

28. Too Much Flesh (2000)

110 min | Drama

A 35-year-old married virgin has a fling with a passing stranger which shocks the community.

Directors: Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Élodie Bouchez, Jean-Marc Barr, Ian Brennan

Votes: 778

29. Summer Storm (1944)

Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 676

30. Anubhav (1986)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Based in a small village, Gauri, who lives with her widowed mother, Ganga, has matured and her marriage is arranged with Bombay-based Ramesh. When Ramesh comes to wed her, he is shocked to ... See full summary »

Director: Kashinath | Stars: Shekhar Suman, Padmini Kolhapure, Padma Khanna, Sujit Kumar

Votes: 207

31. Bell' Antonio (1960)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

A newly wedded and extremely handsome young bourgeois Antonio faces a scandal in a city of Sicily in 1950's when the public and her family hears that his beautiful wife is still "untouched" after their 12-month long marriage.

Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur, Rina Morelli

Votes: 1,865

32. The Scandalous Four (2011)

Unrated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, History

When you marry for status be prepared for unsuspected consequences.

Director: Christianne van Wijk | Stars: Chris Butler, Meredith Colchester, Nicola Dane, Gayle Dudley

Votes: 311

33. Beloved Sisters (2014)

Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, Romance

The 18th century literary genius Friedrich Schiller falls in love with the sisters Charlotte and Caroline von Lengefeld. After a passionate summer together in a menage a trois, jealousy and rivalry endanger their union.

Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Claudia Messner

Votes: 1,599 | Gross: $0.05M

34. Tukaram (2012)

Not Rated | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History

This is the story of Tukaram's transformation into a extremely compassionate spiritual saint.

Director: Chandrakant Kulkarni | Stars: Jitendra Joshi, Radhika Apte, Vrishasen Dabholkar, Padmanabh Gaikwad

Votes: 356

35. Madame Solario (2012)

93 min | Drama

Lake Como, September 1906. Aristocrats enjoying a vacation beside the lake in a luxury hotel must welcome into their midst Madame Solario. Young and beautiful but also bankrupt and divorced... See full summary »

Director: René Féret | Stars: Marie Féret, Cyril Descours, Salomé Stévenin, Harry Lister Smith

Votes: 72

36. Prince of Pirates (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Adventure

In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda, Whitfield Connor

Votes: 137

37. Suhagan (1964)

Drama, Romance

Sharda (Mala Sinha) is the only daughter of a wealthy educationist and founder of Sharda College, Dubeyji (Nazir Hussain), where she studies. Dubeyji hires a young man as a Professor in ... See full summary »

Director: K.S. Gopalakrishnan | Stars: Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Om Prakash, Indrani Mukherjee

Votes: 26

38. Jaag Utha Insan (1984)

135 min | Drama, Family

Mahant Chaturvedi did not approve of his daughter marrying outside of their caste to Gopi, and as such breaks off all relations with them. Years later, Gopi attempts to make amends by ... See full summary »

Director: K. Viswanath | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Sridevi, Rakesh Roshan, Deven Verma

Votes: 117

39. The Virgins (2014)

PG | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

A comedy about a young Christian couple who has a wild adventure on their wedding night, as one surprise after another foils their attempts to consummate the marriage.

Director: Matthew Wilson | Stars: Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sonya Davis, Phillip Keiman, Conner Marx

Votes: 98

40. Lucrezia Borgia (1935)

93 min | Drama, History, Romance

At the end of the 15th Century, Rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexander VI. Following the advice of his chief adviser Niccolo ... See full summary »

Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Gabriel Gabrio, Maurice Escande, Roger Karl

Votes: 278

41. Shaheed (1948)

Not Rated | 164 min | Drama, Romance

Circa 1940s India, a young freedom fighter faces opposition from his own father as well as an ambitious police officer, who is also his rival for affection of a mutual childhood sweetheart.

Director: Ramesh Saigal | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Chandra Mohan, Prabhu Dayal

Votes: 91

42. Ils étaient neuf célibataires (1939)

85 min | Comedy, Romance

Fast-thinking Guitry contrives a scheme to earn easy money from rich women with expiring visas by marrying them with clochards and at the same time to win the charms of beautiful Polish ... See full summary »

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Max Dearly, Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher

Votes: 283

43. Badha (2006)

Drama

A young girl is forced to live apart from her family because of suspicions that she is a witch.

Directors: Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar | Stars: Amruta Subhash, Rajesh More, Devika Daftardar, Renuka Daftardar

Votes: 34

44. Confessions of a Newlywed (1937)

80 min | Comedy

A timid young man marries the daughter of the entomologist he works for. On the train for their honeymoon, he takes his young wife in his arms when a customs officer suddenly enters the compartment. The groom is now inhibited.

Director: Léo Joannon | Stars: Raimu, André Alerme, Pierre Brasseur, Germaine Aussey

Votes: 79

45. Tinerete franta (1991)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Two parallel stories about unhappy marriages that take place during inter-war period in the Banat village within Romanian minority in Serbia.

Director: Marija Maric | Stars: Radu Amzulescu, Iova Dalea, Lavinel Dudic, Silvia Pincu

Votes: 31

46. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: Married Love (1972)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

The strained Kirbridge marriage has yet to be consummated, causing Elizabeth great unhappiness in her quest to make a happy life with Lawrence and her great desire to start a family. As it happens, Lawrence's interests lie elsewhere.

Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Jean Marsh, John Alderton, Nicola Pagett, Rachel Gurney

Votes: 99

47. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: Whom God hath Joined... (1972)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama

When Elizabeth arrives at Eaton Place for tea, it becomes increasingly evident that she's left Lawrence after their six-month marriage.

Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Rachel Gurney, Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley, Nicola Pagett

Votes: 102

48. The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode: Protestant Anne of Cleves (2009)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, History, Romance

Henry settles on Anne Of Cleves as his fourth wife but is disappointed with her attractiveness and blames Cromwell for his unhappy situation.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Joss Stone

Votes: 576

49. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode: Master of the Moor: Part 2 (1994)

TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stephen Whalby has found the bodies of two women on the moor.. Even his wife questions his innocence. His mother reappears after a 20 year absence, spurring him to search the moor for answers.

Director: Marc Evans | Stars: Colin Firth, George Costigan, Emma Croft, John Michie

Votes: 134

50. Hotel Portofino (2022– )
Episode: First Impressions (2022)

TV-14 | 54 min | Drama

Bella Ainsworth has moved to Italy to set up a quintessentially British hotel in the town of Portofino.

Director: Adam Wimpenny | Stars: Carolina Gonnelli, Olivia Morris, Natascha McElhone, Louisa Binder

Votes: 209