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    20 Movie Couples Who Shouldn't Have Gotten Together At The End Of The Film

    No, your favorite couples aren't canon.

    Abha Ahad
    by Abha Ahad

    BuzzFeed Contributor

    Growing up watching rom-coms, I have always romanticized the idea of finding the one true love, you know, finding one's soulmate. I wanted the Hollywood-style love — over the top gestures, running after them to the airport, and all that. Now that I am an adult, I realize that real life starts after the movie ends.

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    While it is the norm for the lead couple to get together at the end of a romantic movie, the truth is some of them really shouldn't have. In this Reddit thread by u/SalaciousDumb, people are pointing out couples who would have broken up after the movie ended — and I agree with most of them.

    1. Nate and Andy from The Devil Wears Prada

    Nate and Andy reading a magazine together
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    "Anne Hathaway and Adrian Grenier were probably going to stay separated — her ambition would have probably carried her off into some other adventure, whereas his move to Boston was likely going to become the final nail in the coffin." —/xVIRIDISx  

    2. Andrew and Sam in Garden State

    Andrew and Sam sitting in the center of a vacant seating area
    Fox Searchlight / ©Fox Searchlight/Courtesy Everett Collection

    "That was one of the most shallow, idealistic onscreen relationships I think I’ve ever seen. Give it like a month, and I bet they realize they severely dislike each other." —u/Jeff___Lebowski

    3. Bruce and Selina in The Dark Knight Rises

    Warner Bros.

    "Bruce and Selina from The Dark Knight Rises don't seem like a particularly stable couple to me." —u/emcoffey3

    4. Claire and John in The Breakfast Club

    Claire and John
    Universal Pictures

    "Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club. All he is to her is someone to annoy Daddy. He’s also mentally scarred and a loose cannon that will probably end up in jail within a couple of years." —u/BojackStrowman

    5. Joel and Clementine from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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    "My girlfriend and I constantly disagree about the ending of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I agree they will certainly just go through the same breakup and loss over again and look at the movie as having a tragically sad ending." —u/jfstompers

    6. Bill and Jo in Twister

    Ben and Jo looking at each other
    Warner Bros. / Everett Collection

    "Disaster films like Twister, where a divorced couple reconnect during a crisis, I bet wouldn't last a year before they'd break up again." —u/MovieMike007

    7. Benjamin and Elaine in The Graduate

    Universal Artists

    "That last scene really says it all." —u/HeyyyJayyy

    8. Diane and Lloyd in Say Anything

    Diane and Lloyd in the outdoors looking at each other
    ©20thCentFox / Courtesy Everett Collection

    "Their relationship was already troubled. Taking that to a foreign country is probably going to add more pressures to an already strained relationship, not make it better." —u/TeamStark31

    9. Sandy and Danny in Grease

    Singer and actor Olivia Newton-John and co-star John Travolta attend the premiere of the film 'Grease'
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    "Sandy deserves better." —u/Hedrigall

    10. Kirk and Molly in She's Out of My League

    Paramount Pictures Studios

    "Because she's out of his league and he'll sooner or later mess it up for that very reason." —u/Aesop-Ben

    11. Ben and Allison in Knocked Up

    Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen at the premier of the movie
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    "Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl in Knocked Up. He is too immature, and she’s too stuck up, LOL."

    12. Tom and Violet in The Five Year Engagement

    Universal Pictures

    "They brought out the worst in each other, and I was actively hoping that they would stay apart at the end of the movie." —u/nayapapaya

    13. Nick and Catherine in Basic Instinct

    Catherine and Nick looking into each other's eyes
    UGC / Everett Collection

    "Pretty sure Nick and Catherine had a messy breakup shortly after the events in Basic Instinct." —u/Obi_Wan_Benobi

    14. Truman and Sylvia from The Truman Show

    Paramount Pictures Studios

    "I could imagine that falling apart pretty quickly. They'd probably be blissfully happy at first, but Truman's major trust issues would cause some serious problems." —u/HowPrude  

    15. Henry and Lucy in 50 First Dates

    Henry and Lucy smiling at the camera
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    "What a sweet idea and plot that in reality wouldn't work after a few weeks because having to go through the same routine every fucking day would grind you down to nothing in short order.

    I don't care if you were a saint; after a while, you would just walk away, and honestly because she wouldn't remember anything, you wouldn't be the bad man at all." —u/Love_To_Burn_Fiji

    16. Tianna and the Prince from The Princess and the Frog

    Disney

    "They were bickering with each other throughout most of the film. I don't see how that's going to end up as a happy marriage." —u/muffle64

    17. John and Melora in Magnolia

    John and Melora standing in the corridor of a house
    New Line Cinema / ©New Line Cinema / Courtesy Everett Collection

    "Their relationship was beautiful. But I can’t see it working out at all long-term with the amount of emotional baggage she was still carrying at the end of the film. Not to mention she’s a drug addict, and he’s a very law-abiding cop. That would be bound to create complications eventually. I feel like they’d try their best to make it work, but it would ultimately end in them splitting up." —u/KrillinDBZ363

    18. Victor Laslo and Ilsa in Casablanca

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    "I think she'd get sick of him and go back to Rick after a few years." —u/albandero

    19. Debra and Baby in Baby Driver

    Debra and Baby looking at each other
    Wilson Webb / ©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Colle / Everett Collection

    "Debra and Baby from Baby Driver 100% would not make it long. The only reason she was there after he got out of jail is that she was single at the time, in my mind anyway." —u/Alwynson

    20. Pat and Tiffany in Silver Linings Playbook

    Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence smiling at the camera
    David M. Benett / Getty Images

    "Dancing won't cure their mental illnesses; they're right back to screaming at each other five minutes after the credits roll." —u/ScreamingGordita