Marriage Story

Marriage Story

Where there's a love, there's a way.

Directed by Noah Baumbach

Produced by Heyday Films

2019137 min7.7 / 10

An intimate, emotionally bruising portrait of a marriage's dissolution that finds both tenderness and devastation in the legal and personal wreckage of divorce.

A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Marriage Story sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Marriage Story scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Marriage Story violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Marriage Story end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Marriage Story easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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79/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity77

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise68

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love93

How much audiences actually like it

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Everything like Marriage Story, and what each one shares →

Like Marriage Story

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Marriage Story

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Marriage Story, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Marriage Story, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Marriage Story, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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