‘The Roses’ is now on OTT, and so is peak dysfunctional TV

The film tracks Ivy and Theo from a meet-cute in London to a full-blown marital demolition derby in coastal California. She is an aspiring chef who puts her dreams on hold for the family, he is an architect who thinks kale and discipline can fix anything, and together they raise twins while quietly building a volcano of resentment. Once her restaurant takes off and his career collapses, their roles reverse, their egos flare, and their picture-perfect life turns into competitive chaos. What follows is an escalating war of pranks, sabotage, therapy attempts, broken appliances, near-death dessert incidents, and one very unfortunate stove. It is a sharp, chaotic, laugh-through-your-cringe portrait of a couple who love each other almost as fiercely as they drive each other up the wall.

Marriage Story brings together Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. Driver has a long history of playing questionable boyfriends thanks to his chaotic tenure on Girls. Here, he graduates to questionable husband as the couple navigates a coast-to-coast divorce filled with sharp arguments, tender moments, and lawyers who treat minor grievances like Olympic sport. What makes the film hit hardest is the unmistakable love that still lingers between them even as everything falls apart. It is honest, darkly funny, and unafraid to show how breakups can be both devastating and strangely human.

Scenes from a Marriage takes inspiration from Ingmar Bergman’s original 1973 series, the one so emotionally raw it was literally blamed for a spike in divorces. This newer adaptation keeps all the intensity but adds the irresistible magnetism of Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, whose red-carpet chemistry once had the entire internet in a gentle chokehold. On screen, they play a couple dissecting a long relationship that is fraying at every edge, navigating desire, resentment, ambition, and the slow unravelling of trust. If you want to see that viral chemistry weaponised for art, this is the version to watch.

This Is Us follows the Pearson family through decades of love, loss, and beautifully chaotic growing pains, and if you are not watching with a full box of tissues nearby, you are either fearless or lying. At its heart are Jack and Rebecca, a couple whose devotion endures every curveball life throws at them as they raise their three kids. Through flashbacks, flash-forwards and emotional sucker punches, the show explores how family can break you open and then gently put you back together. It is tender, cathartic storytelling that reminds you why messy, complicated love is always worth holding onto.

Modern Love, adapted from the beloved The New York Times column, turns real-life romance into an eclectic anthology, and a few episodes dive delightfully into the quirks of married life. One features Tina Fey and John Slattery as a couple whose partnership hinges on therapy, tennis, and finally admitting that someone has been wildly cheating at both. Another follows an ex-Marine who bonds with his therapist’s other heartbroken client, creating an unexpected second chance after both endure marital implosions. The series captures how relationships can shift in surprising, oddly charming directions.

All Her Fault is a gripping series that opens with every parent’s worst nightmare: a child vanishes during what should have been a simple playdate, pulling two women into a spiralling mystery that exposes far more than a kidnapping. As they hunt for the truth, their already-fragile marriages begin to crack under pressure, revealing secrets, blame, and the complicated ways relationships can fracture when fear takes over. Recently released on Prime Videos, this thriller blends domestic tension with high-stakes suspense, making it a binge that keeps you guessing about everyone’s motives.

The Four Seasons is the perfect palate cleanser if all the marital chaos has you craving something breezier. This 2025 comedy follows three married couples who reunite every year for a group vacation, only to realise that sun, scenery, and shared itineraries cannot stop real life from intruding. As careers shift, resentments bubble, and relationships quietly evolve, their annual tradition becomes a mirror for everything they are trying to avoid at home. With a charming ensemble cast that includes Steve Carell and Tina Fey, and plenty of warm humour, the show offers an easy, uplifting look at long-term love in all its awkward glory.

Revolutionary Road is basically the glossy suburbia version of “we need therapy.” Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Frank and April Wheeler look like the perfect 1950s couple. But behind the lawn and the cocktails is a marriage cracking under ambition, boredom, and spectacular miscommunication. Every conversation feels like a Cold War summit, every dream turns into an argument, and their grand plan to “escape it all” only exposes how deeply out of sync they are. It’s a beautifully acted portrait of love turning into disillusionment.