Sham marriage

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows sham marriage

poster I Was a Mail Order Bride
I Was a Mail Order Bride
(3.0/5)
92mn - Comedy, Short, Romance
On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assign…
poster Vows of Deception
Vows of Deception
(2.9/5)
94mn - Short, Drama, Thriller
When a prominent lawyer is found murdered, his wife is promptly arrested and charged with the crime. She swiftly accuses her stepson, with whom she claims to be having an affair. This sheds enough reaso…
poster Story of a Cloistered Nun
Story of a Cloistered Nun
(2.8/5)
97mn - Drama
Refusing an arranged marriage, young aristocrat Carmela is sent to a convent. Her arrival intensifies the power struggle between the debauched nun Elizabeth and the stern Mother Superior, as both are smit…
poster No Other Love
No Other Love
(3.6/5)
97mn - Drama, Short, Romance
A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- despite attempts by the girl's parents to separate them.
poster Guilty Conscience
Guilty Conscience
(3.3/5)
104mn - Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Amid acrimonious divorce proceedings, Louise (Blythe Danner) unwittingly puts her life in danger when she contests the prenuptial agreement she signed before marrying attorney Arthur Jamison (Anthony Hopk…
poster Children of the Bride
Children of the Bride
(3.1/5)
105mn - Drama, Short, Comedy
A middle-aged woman tries to get married to her younger finance but is hindered by her four grown children who come bearing grudges.
poster Every Woman's Dream
Every Woman's Dream
(3/5)
100mn - Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man suffering from borderline personality disorder is married to two women, who don’t know the other exists. As bills pile up and cracks start to show, the women independently start to suspect something…
poster A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
(2.9/5)
95mn - Drama, Short
When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.
poster A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
(3.6/5)
96mn - Short, Thriller, Drama
After sixteen years of marriage and four children, Betty Broderick's high-powered attorney husband decides to leave her for a younger woman with whom he's been having an affair. Hurt by his betrayal and f…
poster Sexting
Sexting
(2.9/5)
8mn - Drama, Comedy
Fed up with her relationship with a married man, a young woman decides to meet his wife for coffee.
poster Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
(2.9/5)
100mn - Crime, Drama, Short
Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a …
poster The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(3.7/5)
116mn - Drama, Thriller
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorne…
poster Scared to Death
Scared to Death
65mn - Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving a…
poster Chained for Life
Chained for Life
81mn - Drama
A Siamese twin kills the husband who left her. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime?
poster Sex Madness
Sex Madness
57mn - Drama
A young beauty queen travels to New York to further her modelling career, but contracts syphilis after being tricked into a sexual encounter. She is torn between the prospect of a slow, intensive but prov…
poster Deadly Family Secrets
Deadly Family Secrets
95mn - Thriller
A New York executive, Martha, witnesses a murder and discovers that the killer is her new brother-in-law. When her sister is nearly killed and her sister's children kidnapped to silence her, she must unra…
poster The Proposition
The Proposition
0mn - Romance, Drama, Adventure
In early 19th century Wales, Catherine Morgan, a widow with two daughters, must endure the bumpy road to a distant market in order to sell her cattle to save her farm and family.
poster Life's an Itch
Life's an Itch
94mn - Comedy, Romance
A married man reaches the point where he questions everything: career, creativity and even his marriage. Hilarious complications and temptations arise when his wife invites her open-minded (and very sexy)…
poster Hi Diddle Diddle
Hi Diddle Diddle
(5/5)
72mn - Comedy, Romance, Music
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placati…
poster Sin Takes a Holiday
Sin Takes a Holiday
(3.1/5)
81mn - Romance, Comedy
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 contem…
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