The Best Break Up Movies Are Here When Your Misery Needs a Little Company

When it comes to healing from a bad breakup, humans have a tendency to form a mental narrative surrounding the event. Whether that’s a reminaging or just erasure of the whole thing, it’s how we make do, and it’s often a pretty effective coping mechanism. However, when the wound is still fresh, it’s easy to have some emotional writer’s block while penning that redemption arc on your love life.Luckily, there are plenty of stories from the breakup canon to come before yours: hilarious, heart-warming, and tear-jerking.

So, if you’re still in the archetypal “lay in bed and binge on snacks” chapter of your breakup story, why not find some inspiration (and company) in a fellow forlorn lover flick? Even if you don’t plan to pull an Elle Woods and get a Harvard law degree to piss off your ex, watching her do it might restore some of your resilience. So, take it easy, let your heart heal, and, until you’re ready to peel yourself off the couch and reenter the world, throw yourself a moving-on movie marathon. These are the best breakup films of all time.