Whatever one may say, but life is not an easy thing, and cloudless happiness is a great rarity. Often, relationships are overshadowed by infidelity and various intrigues on the side. We've put together a list of the best cheating movies to showcase the different sides of love triangles and what they can lead to. The selection contains both foreign and Russian films that will help viewers understand the nature of human infidelity.
Unfaithful 2002
- Genre: romance, drama, thriller
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 7.5 / 6.7
- Now it is already difficult to imagine that the role of the deceived spouse could be played by someone other than Richard Gere, but initially it was assumed that his character would be played by George Clooney.
The Summer family can be considered the most real embodiment of the "American dream", and their life from the outside looks like an absolute idyll. Edward and Connie live comfortably in a quiet suburb of New York, raise a son, they have a housekeeper and a dog, but their whole fragile world can be destroyed with one awkward movement. Bored Connie runs into a handsome young Frenchman on the street, with whom their passion flares up. Edward's guesses, Connie's betrayal, the behavior of her lover - all this leads to a tragedy, after which the life of the Summer family will never be the same.
Cheating (2015)
- Genre: melodrama
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 8.1 / 7.3
- Russian TV series about infidelity not only exist, but also have their fans. Vadim Perelman's project received TEFI and the Award of the Association of Film and Television Producers in the category "Best Television Series" in 2016.
TNT TV channel shot a series that will appeal to viewers, and especially viewers. From the outside, Asya's life looks like "the unbearable lightness of being." She is a successful woman who takes everything from life. In addition to the fact that the heroine has a loving husband, she also has three lovers. Her friend Dasha asks to teach her to live as fully and easily, without even realizing what it is like to deceive several people dear to you every day.
Café de Flore 2011
- Genre: romance, drama
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 7.7 / 7.4
- The audience cannot help but exclaim: “What a good film!”, Having watched the picture from this list of films about the wife’s betrayal to her husband “Cafe de Flore”. The main character in the film was played by Vanessa Paradis, and the role of the boy with Down syndrome went to Marina Zhirie, who was really born with this disease.
The leitmotif of the picture is two stories at once, which at first glance are completely unrelated to each other. The first is the story of a woman abandoned by her husband raising a son with Down syndrome. The events in it take place in Paris in 1969. The second storyline is based on the life of a successful Canadian DJ, who, in pursuit of a new love, makes a woman suffer, who has gone by the wayside for him. Two different and dissimilar stories turn out to be unexpectedly connected with each other.
Fatal Attraction 1987
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 7.2 / 6.9
- It is not without reason that this chic retro thriller starring Michael Douglas made it to our list of films and TV series about betrayal and treason. The picture was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and for many years the audience approached the actress Glenn Close with the words: "Thank you, you saved my marriage."
Just two days of complete freedom can break the idyll of long years. Successful lawyer Dan Gallagher sends his wife and daughter for a weekend in the suburbs, and he decides to have an affair with a certain Alex Frost. They spend a passionate weekend, after which Dan plans to return to the bosom of the family. Intoxicated with victory, the man does not yet realize that he has fallen into the trap of a love maniac. The mistress alternates suicide attempts with sophisticated psychological violence, turning Gallagher's life into hell, and no one knows whether Dan will be able to escape from it.
Sweet Life (2014) 3 seasons
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 7.9 / 6.9
- Marta Nosova, who played the role of Alexandra, is not an actress at all, the girl is professionally engaged in dancing and even took part in one of the seasons of the TV show "Dancing" on the TNT channel.
Six indigenous middle-aged Muscovites lead ordinary metropolitan life. Everything is changed by a chance meeting with the girl Sasha. Alexandra is raising her son alone, and she came to Moscow from Perm to earn money by dancing in the city's nightclubs. The girl is forced to send the child to her grandmother after an unpleasant incident in the house of one of the local majors. Now Sasha is one-on-one with the cynical society of the metropolis, but her appearance in this alien environment can change the lives of her new acquaintances by 180 degrees.
Derailed 2005
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 7.5 / 6.6
- It is a pleasure to watch the adaptation of James Siegel's novel Derail, directed by the Swedish director Mikael Hofström. Jennifer Anniston, Clive Owen and Vincent Cassel played the main roles in the film.
Charles Schein has lived every day on a knurled basis for many years - every day he goes by the same express to Manhattan, where he works for an advertising agency. He has long known all the passengers by sight, and he also knows that his wife Diana and her daughter Amy, who have diabetes, are waiting for him at home. But one day he is late for his train and meets with a charming stranger Lucinda. The woman helps him and makes him remember what passion is. Charles does not yet know the cost of treason, but soon realizes that it is very high.
Fatal Attraction (Éperdument) 2015
- Genre: Biography, Romance, Drama
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 5.7 / 5.9
- Do not confuse the two films of the same name about adultery in 1987 and 2015. The second picture is not a remake, in addition, it is based on the real story of Florent Gonçalves.
Jean is the head of the women's prison and a good family man. Together with his wife, they are raising a daughter. Everything changes overnight when Jean meets a new prisoner who has arrived at the colony. Emma is convicted of high-profile murder, but before him appears an innocent victim of circumstances. The man loses his head, and a whirlwind romance ensues between them. Cheating destroys his family, career and personality, but he can no longer stop.
Chloe 2009
- Genre: detective, romance, drama, thriller
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 6.9 / 6.3
- During the filming of the film, the leading actor Liam Neeson lost his wife - his wife Natasha Richardson received an injury incompatible with life at a ski resort and died a few days later. After the funeral, the actor decided to return to the set.
"Chloe" has firmly taken its place in the TOPs of films about the infidelity of a spouse, wife or husband. At first glance, the family of Katherine and David is strong and indestructible, but the woman's suspicions of the faithful's infidelity force her to take a desperate step - she hires a call girl, Chloe, to check. At first, Katherine receives detailed reports on David's behavior, but, unexpectedly for herself, enters into a relationship with Chloe. Now all the members of the love triangle will have to figure out themselves, and Katherine will also find out if the meetings of her mistress with David were just a farce to lure the woman into a trap.
Loyalty (2019)
- Genre: Drama
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 6,2 / 6,3
- Fidelity is a modern take on relationship problems, filmed by a talented young director Nigina Sayfullaeva. The film became a participant in the main competition program "Kinotavr 2019".
The relationship of the main characters can be called close and tender. The couple has an understanding, but sex is completely absent. Lena begins to suspect Sergey of infidelity, but believes that it is beneath her to show her jealousy. The woman decides to take an unusual path and, instead of explaining to her husband, begins to cheat on him. The random men in her bed at first seem to Lena to be something fake, she does not even know what danger her secret unfaithful life conceals.
Lovers (Тhe Affair) 2014 - ...
- Genre: Drama
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 7.5 / 7.9
- The series was nominated for three Golden Globe nominations and won two of them in 2015.
Adultery in movies is a common thing, and some TV shows, such as Lovers, reveal to us all the facets of adultery. Noah is happily married; he and his wife are raising four children. The main character wrote a novel at one time and is experiencing a creative crisis, he works as a teacher at school. His well-ordered life comes to an end after he meets a married woman named Alison. She mourns the loss of her child, and Noah, wanting to support her, falls in love.
Closeness (Closer) 2004
- Genre: romance, drama
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 7.2 / 7.2
- Cate Blanchett agreed to participate in the film, but at the beginning of filming it turned out that the actress was pregnant and she had to give up the role of Anna.
Human destinies are sometimes intertwined in the most unexpected ways, and the characters in the movie "Intimacy" perfectly prove this. Young writer Dan likes stripper Alice, but he also has some feelings for the photographer Anna. Until Dan can decide, a gloomy macho named Larry starts a relationship with Anna. Gradually, a love square, in which no one can understand what he wants, turns into a confusion of passions, suspicions and betrayals.
Why Women Kill 2019
- Genre: Crime, Comedy, Drama
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 8.4 / 8.3
- One of the main roles in the series was played by Lucy Liu, known to viewers for such projects as "Kill Bill", "Shanghai Noon" and "Elementary".
Why Women Kill is a new series for viewers who love love triangles. One mansion and three different eras. What connects three women who lived in a Californian posh house at different times? Adultery.
In the 60s, happy housewife Beth finds out that her husband has an affair with a waitress. In the 80s, a socialite living in a mansion discovers that her husband is gay, and she herself has a young lover. In the new century, a married couple has a passion for the same woman. All stories are about treason, the outcome of which is murder.
Triad (2019)
- Genre: romance, comedy
- Rating KinoPoisk / IMDb: 6.4 / 6.4
- Our list of the best films about infidelity is completed by the comedy series "Triada", in which Boris Dergachev played the main role.
The life of the protagonist Tolya is a constant doubt. With whom is it better for him to stay: with his wife, with whom they cannot have a child, or with his mistress? On the advice of a friend, the main character decides to cheat on both women in order to understand which of them he will be ashamed of. But everything is not going according to plan - all three women inform him a month later that they are expecting a child from him. Tolik's life turns into hell, more precisely, into three hells. In order not to go crazy, the man decides that all his pregnant women should live in harmony under one roof.