These movies are just what you need when your heart is broken
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Lovesickness is never easy. No matter how bad the pain, sometimes just a good movie can make you feel a little better. That’s why we show you five perfect movies to watch when your heart is broken.
Eat, pray, love
Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) truly has everything she could ask for. A husband, a house and success at work. Despite this, she finds no real fulfillment in her life. After the divorce, she leaves her previous life behind and embarks on a long journey to Italy, India and Indonesia, which she turns into a search for herself. There she unexpectedly discovers the power of true love.
Why the movie is perfect for lovesickness: As cheesy as it sounds, you may lose your partner after a breakup, but often you find yourself.
Die fabelhafte Welt der Amélie (The Fabulous Fate of Amélie)
Parisian Amélie (Audrey Tautou) grows up as a lonely girl without friends, which is why she creates her own fantasy world in which she withdraws more and more. When one day she finds a box, she decides to return it to the owner and she decides to make it her mission to play the lucky fairy and improve the lives of others. She until one day she falls in love with Nino (Mathieu Kassovitz) and suddenly she needs help.
Because the movie is perfect for lovesickness: The film shows that the world can be a magical place and that a new beginning is sometimes just around the corner.
Stupid, crazy love
Cal (Steve Carell) is really happy with his life. He is married, has wonderful children, a good job and a nice house. But then he discovers that his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) has been cheating on him and wants a divorce. Due to his decades of marriage, Cal has completely forgotten how to act on dates. So womanizer Jacob (Ryan Gosling) takes him under his wing: he wants to help Cal forget his wife and start a new life.
Why the movie is perfect for lovesickness: A star-studded film that proves that being single isn’t all bad and that offers many opportunities.
Silver linings
Pat (Bradley Cooper) has spent months in a mental hospital after catching his wife with her lover and brutally beating him. Then he meets the mentally unstable Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who has been suffering from depression since her husband’s death. During joint dance lessons, the two grow closer and work through their problems together.
Why the movie is perfect for lovesickness: Sometimes you have to let the person who broke your heart walk away to realize how incredible the person who is right in front of you is.
Revenge is sexy (John Tucker must die)
After three students Beth (Sophia Bush), Carrie (Arielle Kebbel) and Heather (Ashanti) discover they’ve all been taken advantage of by John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe), the hottest kid in school, they vow revenge and beg misfit Kate (Brittany Snow) to break his heart. To do this, they endow Kate with all the qualities that John found attractive in the three students. Of course, everything turned out very differently than expected.
Why the movie is perfect for lovesickness: This cheeky teen comedy is just what you need when you’re really mad at your ex after a painful breakup and want to hit him too.
