It seems like one of the side effects of our modern society is that we’re hearing more and more about relationships that aren’t exactly Disney-levels of awesome. Domestic abuse, be it physical or mental, is at an all-time high in many countries and the statistics show no sign of going down anytime soon. Hollywood has picked up on that societal trend and has also started making more and more movies about these kinds of dysfunctional relationships. Granted, most of the people working in Hollywood are bumping those statistics up somehow but that’s a different issue.
Let’s take a look at some movies that manage to almost perfectly encompass what it is like to be in a dysfunctional or toxic relationship. Because yes, they do still make movies that don’t involve superheroes.
Marriage Story
Speaking of superheroes, this movie is about Black Widow and Kylo Ren being a part of a toxic relationship. It’s definitely not a movie for the faint-hearted but the acting and writing is top shelf and it’s definitely worth a watch if you have the time.
Natural Born Killers
When your entire relationship is built around a mutual desire to cause as much mayhem as humanly possible, there’s bound to be something going wrong, right? It’s an older movie, but it has Woody Harrelson in it and there’s been no era where he wasn’t one of the greats.
