22 Most Depressing Movie Couples

Relationships with a case of the blue valentines

By Simon KinnearJan 12th 2011
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William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)

The Couple: Romeo Montague (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet Capulet (Claire Danes).
 
The Issues: He's a Montague.  She's a Capulet.  Seriously, you didn't study this in school?
 
How To Fix The Relationship: Their plan to run away is a sensible one.  However, all those fussy details are asking for trouble.  Fake suicide?  Maybe not.

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    • Hadouken76

      Jan 12th 2011, 13:44

      Carrie Bradshaw? Really? An unemployed shoe-addict living in swank NY apartment? Hardly Angela's Ashes is it? ( AA should of been number 1, not some posh couple who are too repressed to get their leg over) ... and where's George and Martha from Whose afraid of Virginia Wolff?

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    • DanRose

      Jan 12th 2011, 15:22

      Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in Gigli.... that was depressing.

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    • MarkHooson

      Jan 12th 2011, 15:30

      I'd add Joel and Clementine from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. After playing out their break-up in Joel's memories, they decide to give their relationship another go, despite knowing it'll all fall apart again!

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    • BarnOwl53

      Jan 12th 2011, 23:10

      Good grief, what about George and Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wool? Henry and Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter? They should be WAY up there!

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    • BarnOwl53

      Jan 12th 2011, 23:10

      Good grief, what about George and Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wool? Henry and Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter? They should be WAY up there!

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    • starwars4life

      Jan 29th 2011, 17:44

      American Beauty. Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. Nuff said.

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