After watching these movies, you will be even more convinced that it is cheating
When we look at cheating from an ethical point of view, it is never pretty, it has nothing positive in it, and in its absolute raw form is something deplorable. What about from a moral point of view? Here it is covered by a layer of ambiguity. What if you really love two people? What if you prefer one over the other and it's outside of your romantic relationship? What if your true love is someone you're not with? Isn't the pursuit of love morally conscious? Or is it immoral to want someone we cannot have? Cheating is never okay, but the road to getting there is almost always inevitably filled with innocent and strong emotions.
And like all complex things in human lives that cannot be imagined through introspection, cheating comes in the form of a cultural manifestation. Just like those movies that deal with the deepest, most nuanced aspects of infidelity. These movies kill you from the inside because you recognize the despair that infidelity causes to others, but especially to yourself!
Closer relationships (Closer, 2004)
Dan is a journalist who writes obituaries and lives with a young stripper Alice. He falls in love with photographer Anna, who is married to doctor Larry. The love story is about sex, jealousy, revenge, male whims, female capriciousness and the lies we tell each other.
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Happily married New York lawyer Dan takes advantage of the absence of his wife and child to spend the night with Alex. Although this is supposed to be a one-time fling, Alex insists that their relationship continues. Since Dan doesn't agree, Alex makes up that she's pregnant. But this is only the beginning of the real hell that the obsessed Alex is preparing for him...
American Beauty (1999)
Lester, a publicist in midlife crisis, falls for his insecure and alienated teenage daughter's best friend, while at the same time realizing the hopelessness of his small-town life in typical American suburbia and his relationship with his upstart, equally alienated wife.
Last Night (2010)
Joanna, a writer, and Michael, a businessman, are seemingly happily married young couples whose marriage is slowly being strained by Joanna's jealous nature. When Michael goes on a business trip with his sexy co-worker Laura, Joanne's jealousy turns out to be quite justified. But Joanna isn't completely innocent either. When she accidentally meets her former crush, the writer Alex, who invites her to dinner, Joanna quickly succumbs to his charm.
Unfaithful (2002)
Edward and Connie Summer are a wonderful middle-aged couple living the American dream. They live an enviable life in the suburbs of New York with their eight-year-old son, dog and housekeeper. But no life passes without upheavals. Their happy marriage, drowning in abundance, is threatened outsider, as Connie has a fateful encounter with a stranger on Soha Street. It is an encounter that surprises her with mystery, spontaneity, charm and risk. Connie becomes involved in a relationship that becomes her obsession. When Edward accidentally catches his wife in a lie, suspicion prompts him to uncover the devastating details of her infidelity. This does not give him peace, so he confronts her lover and discovers an unsuspected rage in himself.
Notes On A Scandal (2006)
The shrewd and cynical teacher Barbara is about to retire when her life is turned upside down by the arrival of a new colleague, Sheba. Barbara quickly gains her trust, but is shocked to discover that Sheba is having a romantic relationship with one of the students. As the lies become more and more destructive and the scandal becomes public knowledge, Sheba can only rely on Barbara's friendship, but she does not realize that the whole event is connected by a dark and creepy conspiracy.
Derailed (2005)
Businessman Charles becomes involved in a relationship with the pretty Lucinda on the train, which turns dangerous when the evil LaRoche starts blackmailing them. Charles and Lucinda soon find themselves in a vicious circle of lies, deceit, blackmail and crime, and their once carefree life is but a distant memory.
Indecent Proposal (1993)
David and Diana Murphy are a married couple who head to Las Vegas in hopes of winning enough money to fund David's real estate project. When they lose their money and savings at roulette, they meet billionaire John Gage, who takes an instant liking to Diana. John offers the couple a million dollars for one night with Diana and the couple, although initially resentful, accept the offer the next morning.
He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Recognizing the signs of love is anything but an easy task, as romantic Gigi finds out when she tries to hook up the handsome Connor, but ends up with his friend Alex. Connor is more interested in the fatal singer Anna, but she flirts with Ben, who has not been happy in his marriage with Janine for a long time. Neil also has problems with his marriage, who is afraid of the proposal of his long-time partner Beth, so they break up, while on the contrary, the editor Mary longs for a new relationship, which crosses the paths of everyone involved in a chaotic whirlwind of romantic misunderstandings.
The Notebook (2004)
Noah is 80 years old and has come to visit Allie, who has Alzheimer's. At her request, he begins to tell her a story that took place 49 years ago when Allie returned to New Bern to find Noah. Events intertwine and Noah then realizes that his feelings for Allie haven't died down yet. Allie is also aware of her feelings, but since she is engaged, she tries to suppress her feelings for Noah. So she has two options: she can marry a man she doesn't love but will take care of her, or she can take her chances with Noah, who has nothing but loves him anyway.
Gone Girl (2014)
In the center of the story are former New York writer Nick Dunne and his wife Amy, once a "cool babe", who are now trying to get through the recession in the American Midwest. But on their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy disappears - and that curve splits into a maze of cracks. Nick becomes the prime suspect, behaving strangely and suspiciously. Amy finds herself at the center of a media frenzy, and the search for her - whether she's alive or dead - unfolds before the eyes of a world clamoring for revelations.
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Wealthy industrialist and respected businessman Steven Taylor has everything except what he wants most - the love and loyalty of his own wife. However, she cannot be satisfied with just a solid status. When the husband finds out about the relationship between his wife and the artist, he doesn't even flinch. He is planning a murder that will be so perfect that it will not only solve his unfavorable marital situation, but will also significantly increase his assets with the influx of opaque sums of money from his wife's fund.
Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina, 2012)
At the end of the 19th century, many ideas about a new social order begin to flood the Russian Empire, but the nobility remains locked in its own world of intrigue, deception and love scandals. The wife of an influential but estranged minister, Ana, falls in love with a handsome cavalry officer, and it doesn't take long for their affair to blossom into a fatal love. When her cheating husband disowns her, Ana is ostracized from high society, leading to a series of irresistibly disastrous consequences.
