17 Movies You Should Watch To Cheer You Up After A Break Up

It’s an emotionally challenging time when you break up. The tumultuous storm of feelings and memories make it difficult to even breathe and everything feels meaningless and desolate. And these are the times you need your support systems most.

And what’s better than getting all your support systems together! Your friends, A large tub of ice cream and movies! Romantic Comedies, Ballbuster movies, Action and even Horror! 😛

So here are a few movies that can help you mend your broken heart and like your friends, assist you in bouncing back!

1. 500 Days Of Summer

“This is not a love story. it’s a story about love.” this movie teaches us  how some people come in your life not to stay, but to change your life forever. And for the best.

 

2. Bridget Jones’ Diary

This movie is all about the pros and cons of being in a sticky  situation. And which girl doesn’t fantasize about two super hot guys fighting over her? 😛

 

3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

This movie is all about forgetting. forget him/her, there’s always something better coming your way. This movie lets you in on the secret of keeping the special people in your life, close.

 

4. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Who doesn’t want to forget the past? But the past is there for a reason, it keeps you sane. And it teaches you all the bittersweet memories make you who are at this present moment.

 

5. Annie Hall

This movie is about being in anything but love. It’s a hard-hitting comedy about relationships and Woody Allen doesn’t disappoint in making you laugh in his quintessential manner.

 

6. Silver Linings Playbook

It’s all about finding the silver lining of the clouds that are temporarily around you. Wait for the silver lining, the Sun isn’t far behind.

 

7. High Fidelity

This guy recounts his top five breakups in the search of the one he truly fell in love with. This movie everything about what happens when we break up with someone, and when someone has us on the other side of the rope.

 

8. My Super Ex- Girlfriend

Uma Thurman, the superhero, falls in love with Luke Wilson who breaks up with her and she tries to exact revenge on him.

Getting ideas eh? 😛

 

9. The Break-Up

This comedy sure will have you in splits from the tears in an instant when you see these two bickering their throats out! 😀

 

10. Magic Mike

To heck with the story, it has Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum dancing! DANCING!

 

11. Breaking Up

This movie is the closest to depicting a real break-up. You may laugh or cry, and also feel mighty awful. But the movie is such an eye-opener on relationships that it’s an absolute must for everyone to watch it.

 

12. He’s Just Not That Into You

Relationships are hard, and you’re not alone. Everyone is making mistakes, cut yourself some slack. 🙂

 

13. The Holiday

Two girls who have recently broken up and have crossed out love for themselves, exchange houses and find that the love isn’t what they thought it would be.

 

14. Legally Blonde

She get’s broken up with and she ends up in Harvard. Now that’s something, right? 😛

 

15. John Tucker Must Die

This is a typical teenage High School movie which has three vengeful girls taking it out on the guy who broke their hearts.

 

16. The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer Is  all about a guy finding out about a different life he could have had just because he get’s left at the altar. So, breaking up may actually end up bringing you the happiness you hadn’t dreamed of before.

 

17. Amelie

This may not be a fit the breakup movie category by definition, but it teaches you an important life lesson. Being alone and being lonely are two very different things, and this movie teaches you to feel the joy of being alone while enjoying your own company.

Did you like these? Let us know in the comment section. 🙂

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