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As Redditor ImaginaryAI recently pointed out, breakups are “almost like a withdrawal from a drug,” but most movies are “very, very unrealistic” in their depictions of dumped men. And so, they asked r/Movies, “What are good movies that go through the emotions and feelings of isolation, grief and dread after a breakup from a long relationship?” Reddit recommended cinematic retreats into other countries, into art and occasionally into science-fiction dystopias.
500 Days of Summer
The Wedding Singer
The Break-Up
Marriage Story
High Fidelity
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Swingers
The Five-Year Engagement
Don Jon
Blue Valentine
Manchester by the Sea
Mallrats
Everything Must Go
Cashback
London
Modern Romance
Blue Jay
Closer
Shaun of the Dead
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