THEME EXPLORATION

secret marriage

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005 · Doug Liman
Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now?
1934 · Frank Borzage
Hope Springs
Hope Springs
2012 · David Frankel
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920 · Ernst Lubitsch
Not on the Lips
Not on the Lips
2003 · Alain Resnais
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Robert Siodmak
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Men in Black
Men in Black
1997 · Barry Sonnenfeld
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pedro Almodóvar Spain

His films frequently explore hidden relationships and clandestine unions as catalysts for emotional revelation and social transgression.

 Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist works powerfully examine secret marriages and forbidden unions within rigid social hierarchies and moral constraints.

 John Lee Hancock Taiwan

He masterfully depicts concealed marriages and double lives, particularly in how characters navigate between public propriety and private desire.