Movies to Get Over a Breakup Fast: TOP 10 on Netflix

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Last Updated on April 29, 2024 by Isabelle Dias

Breakups are hard, messy, and filled with days where you just want to stay in bed and watch Netflix. So why not use those moments to help you cope and watch movies to get over a breakup?

In this list, you will find ten of the most powerful movies on Netflix to get over a breakup FAST. Grab your Ben & Jerry’s and pick your favorite!

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Films to get over a breakup

#1 Someone Great

Jenny is just a girl, becoming a woman, who is absolutely in love with her career and lives a pretty awesome life in NYC surrounded by her besties and boyfriend. But her world turns upside down when she gets an offer for her dream job! What to do when everything you ever know can go away in the blink of an eye?

It’s a perfect match if: you really thought your old relationship was going to be forever. You are looking for something fun, sassy, and with all the #girlpower vibes.

Best movies to help get over a breakup

#2 He’s Just Not That Into You

Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. They like each other, don’t make things complicated and live happily ever after, right? We were taught it was supposed to be this way, but real life is way more complicated.

This movie is a full dive in all the wrong advice and choices we got used to accepting in romantic relationships. It’s like a real, fun, and utterly relatable look in the mirror.

It’s a perfect match if: you are a hopeless romantic and everyone around you says: “I just can’t understand why you are still single!”.

Funny movies to get over a breakup

#3 Ready to Mingle

Ana was ready to get married to her boyfriend, but outta nowhere, they broke up. Now she has to deal with all the shame of her friends and family expectations about her love life. Desperate, she enrolls in a school that supposedly helps desperate single women get a husband.

It’s a perfect match if: you forgot how to be single! If, after all the hurt, you just want to get better and jump right back into the dating pool for something serious, just watch this.

Movies about getting over a breakup

#4 Marriage Story

Nicole and Charlie were one of those couples you are sure it’s going to last forever. After years of a relationship full of passions, friendship, and partnership, one of them wants a divorce.

But how did they get there? And where are they going from here? This movie is a beautiful and real portrait of a marriage, becoming a family, breakup, and the path to a new version of life after the hurt.

It’s a perfect match if: you just ended a long serious relationship, and it’s having to restructure your whole life, plans, and dreams.

#5 Isn’t It Romantic

Natalie used to be a romantic, but life threw so much stuff in her way that she started to despite the whole happy ever after thing. Her worst nightmare becomes real after a mugger renders her unconscious. She wakes up to find out her life just turned into the most Hallmark-y romantic comedy of all!

It’s a perfect match for you if: you just don’t think this “romantic” thing it’s for you anymore, and it has a hard time believing in love again. Also, if you need some good laughs.

Movies to help get over a breakup

#6 Legally Blonde

Elle Woods’ life seems to be happening just like she planned: she graduated from college, and now her boyfriend is finally going to propose… Hm, maybe not!

After being dumped by her college sweetheart for not being serious enough, Elle decides to prove him wrong and get to Harvard Law School. Well, also to get him back (at first). But with so many new challenges, she discovers new love and a new life calling.

It’s a perfect match if: you have decided to do a do-over in your life and prove all those naysayers wrong!

#7 Nappily Ever After

Violet Jones seems to have everything figured out: a perfect job, relationship, hair, body… life! But after an incident in the hairdresser, everything she was so sure of started to fall down one by one. That’s when she is forced to see that perfect life was someone else’s script of happiness, not hers…

It’s a perfect match if you feel like you need to evaluate your priorities, values, and whom you are before moving on.

#8 How to Get Over a Breakup

María tried everything to get over her long term long distance boyfriend breaking up with her after without notice: Tinder, lots of alcohol, crazy girls night out… But nothing seemed to work! The solution to her heartbreak was to start a blog about being single.

It’s a perfect match if: you tried everything, but still feel a little haunted and attached to your ex. Plus, if you need to laugh and ultimately take your mind out of it, this is the one to go for!

The best movies to get over a breakup

#9 Seriously Single

Dineo knows what she wants: fall in love and live happily ever after. But the guys she dated don’t seem to get the memo, and she always ends up being dumped. After her most messy breakup ever, her best friend comes to the rescue and becomes her guide to a commitment-free single life. Would Dineo be able to protect her hopeless romantic heart?

It’s a perfect match if: you crave commitment, and it was sure your ex was the love of your life.

#10 The Incredible Jessica James

Everyone loves and wants Jessica. Her confident self has a lot of dreams that seem too big to become a reality. Even with so many guys desperate to have her, the one she loves left her with a broken heart.

It’s a perfect match if: you are a strong, confident woman who just had her heartbroken, but needs to remember her awesomeness.

How to become stronger after a breakup?

Now that you found your perfect match with movies to help you get over a breakup, what to do next?

When you are ready to take the next step (all the “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” Kelly Clarkson vibes), do this:

• Check these life-changing personal development books
• Go for my 30-day journaling self-love baddie challenge

They will guide you towards your next season, dear!

Now, I would love to know: what movie you are most excited to watch? Let me know in the comments below!

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