Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

Inside Daisy Clover

1965

English

6.1

♡ 8

31%

marriage of convenience

Robert Mulligan Director

Merv Griffin as Radio Announcer

Myrna Loy as Self

Robert Redford as Wade Lewis / Lewis Wade

Roddy McDowall as Walter Baines

A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.

Not as a Stranger

1955

English

6.7

♡ 4

10%

marriage of convenience

Stanley Kramer Director

Gloria Grahame as Harriet Lang

Juanita Moore as Mrs. Clara Bassett

Irene Tedrow as Nurse Snow

Dorothy Neumann as Patient

Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.

Bambina

1974

Italian

5.5

♡ 3

marriage of convenience

Alberto Lattuada Director

Teresa Ann Savoy as Clotilde Spina

Lina Polito as Concetta

Bruno Cirino as Peppe Colizzi

Irene Papas as Raimonda Spina

In order to convince Raimonda, a wealthy noble woman, to finance his project for a holiday resort, Saverio gets engaged to Clotilde, her mentally-disturbed and sex-obsessed adolescent daughter. He plans to have her kidnapped and raped by an accomplice so she won't be a virgin anymore and he'll have an excuse to get out of the impending marriage. But what he doesn't plan is to fall in love with the girl...

Queen Margot

1994

French

7.4

♡ 8

82%

88%

Action

based on novel or book

marriage of convenience

Patrice Chéreau Director

Asia Argento as Charlotte of Sauve

Daniel Auteuil as Henri de Navarre

Grégoire Colin as Jeune Egorge

Isabelle Adjani as Marguerite de Valois dite La Reine Margot

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

The Man in Grey

1943

English

6.5

♡ 2

62%

marriage of convenience

Leslie Arliss Director

Phyllis Calvert as Clarissa Richmond / Clarissa Rohan

Diana King as Jane Seymour

James Mason as Lord Rohan

Stewart Granger as Swinton Rokeby / Peter Rokeby

After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930

English

6.1

♡ 3

54%

marriage of convenience

paris, france

Romance

secretary

Paul L. Stein Director

Zasu Pitts as Annie

Richard Carle as Minister

Louis John Bartels as Richards

Constance Bennett as Sylvia Brenner

Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from ugly duckling to uninhibited swan and even contemplates having an affair with a man she meets during a trip to Paris.

Marriage is a Crazy Thing

2002

Korean

6.9

♡ 9

83%

based on novel or book

marriage of convenience

Romance

Ha Yoo Director

Seo-jeong Yun as

Hyeon-kyeong Ryu as Female student part-time worker

So-Jeong Kang as Se-eun

Uhm Junghwa as Yeon-hee

Joon-yeong is a Korean professor of English literature and confirmed bachelor. But when he meets Yeon-hee on a blind date, his days of bachelorhood seem numbered.

Hobson's Choice

1954

English

7.7

♡ 14

91%

Action

based on play or musical

marriage of convenience

northern england

parent child relationship

Romance

David Lean Director

Shirley Stelfox as

Daphne Anderson as Alice Hobson

Julien Mitchell as Sam Minns

Prunella Scales as Vicky Hobson

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.

Man Is a Woman

1998

French

6.1

♡ 4

marriage of convenience

Jean-Jacques Zilbermann Director

Gad Elmaleh as David

Elsa Zylberstein as Rosalie Baumann

Antoine de Caunes as Simon Eskanazy

Lee Delong as (uncredited)

Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will receive ten million francs and inherit his uncle's luxurious mansion. After meeting Rosalie Baumann at his cousin David's wedding, and with some convincing on his mother's part, Simon sees an opportunity to fulfill his uncle's wishes and the pair go ahead and get married, but not before traveling to New York to meet Rosalie's Orthodox Jewish family. As Simon tries to develop real feelings for Rosalie, he struggles with his feelings for his newlywed cousin David.

Casatoria

2024

Romanian

6.3

♡ 2

Comedy

degenerate

gambling

marriage of convenience

Mihai Bendeac Director

Vlad Dragulin as Arsenie

Gloria Gaitan as Lidocika

Mihai Bendeac as Paguba

Liviu Pintileasa as Temistocle Krecinski

A degenerate gambler and his two idiot friends come up with an elaborate plan to pay down their colossal gambling debts by marrying the dysfunctional daughter of an upstart billionaire.

Love Comes Softly

2003

English

7.3

♡ 6

87%

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

Family

marriage of convenience

Michael Landon Jr. Director

Corbin Bernsen as Ben Graham

Dale Midkiff as Clark Davis

Katherine Heigl as Marty Claridge

Jaimz Woolvett as Wagon Train Scout

Nineteen year old pioneer woman Marty has recently married. She goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. But Clem unexpectedly dies, and Marty finds herself alone, two months pregnant. Widower Clark offers her a marriage of convenience: she needs food and money, and he needs someone to take care of his daughter Missie. She accepts his proposal as a temporary solution.

The Cranes Are Flying

1957

Russian

8.3

♡ 21

96%

marriage of convenience

Mikhail Kalatozov Director

Daniil Netrebin as (as D. Netrebin)

Valentina Ananina as (as V. Ananina)

Valentin Zubkov as Stepan

Pyotr Merkurev as (uncredited)

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.

Stromboli

1950

Italian

7.2

♡ 11

67%

marriage of convenience

Roberto Rossellini Director

Mario Vitale as Antonio

Ingrid Bergman as Karin

Mario Sponzo as The Man from the Lighthouse

Renzo Cesana as The Priest

After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.

Tristana

1970

Spanish

7.4

♡ 13

97%

marriage of convenience

Luis Buñuel Director

Leonardo Scavino as (as Leo Lenoir)

Vicente Soler as Don Ambrosio

Fernando Rey as Don Lope

Catherine Deneuve as Tristana

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horatio is doomed.

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The Wedding Banquet

Inside Daisy Clover

Not as a Stranger

Bambina

Queen Margot

The Man in Grey

Sin Takes a Holiday

Marriage is a Crazy Thing

Hobson's Choice

Man Is a Woman

Casatoria

Love Comes Softly

The Cranes Are Flying

Stromboli

Tristana