What To Watch When You’ve Just Been Dumped

You might feel like you’ve hit rock bottom right now, but really you’ve just started a brand new glorious chapter in your life. Take comfort and inspiration from Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones’s Diary. Not only does she get the guy in the end, but more importantly, she gets a cool job and she learns to love herself just as she is. [GoWatchIt]

We’re not advocating violence, but we get it if you feel like you’re consumed by rage and want revenge. Rather than do the deed yourself, live vicariously through Uma Thurman’s vengeful Bride in Quentin Tarantino’s epic Kill Bill. [GoWatchIt]

Maybe you think of it as a buddy comedy, but this lovably zany sitcom started with Jess (Zooey Deschanel) getting ignobly dumped. Start with the pilot, and then, if you’re not in the mood for an epic binge-watching session, pick a few episodes from Decider’s list of essential New Girl episodes.  [Netflix]  [Hulu Plus] 

Fun fact: Jason Segel’s hilarious breakup romcom, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, was actually inspired by his turmoil following his own break up with Freaks & Geeks co-star Linda Cardellini. Yeah, there’s a reason she’s the one Freaks & Geeks alum who seems to have been shelved by the Apatow crew… [GoWatchIt]

Right now you’re probably running through a million “what ifs.” What if you hadn’t been dumped? What if you hadn’t gone out with your ex in the first place? What if you made a train, crashed your boyfriend’s boinkfest, broke up with him, met a charming Scot, started your own PR firm, and got a great haircut? WHAT IF? Sliding Doors answers all these questions by following Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow) as her life takes two courses. One where she made the train, and the other where she didn’t. [GoWatchIt]

Some people call Scarlett O’Hara a bitch, but really she’s the consummate survivor. She’s coming of age in a time when the women aren’t allowed to fight and the men are literally killing themselves and everything she holds dear. If you need a little fire in your belly, then you need a little Scarlett in your life. And never forget: tomorrow is another day.  [GoWatchIt]

Jane Austen wasn’t always rainbows and sunbeams. Sometimes, she was downright mean to her heroines. After their father dies, the Dashwood girls are cut off by their half-brother. They have to struggle to make ends meet, deal with noisy neighbors, and cope with profound heartbreak. [GoWatchIt]  

Kristen Wiig followed Bridesmaids and Saturday Night Live with this quirky gem about a woman whose life is in shambles after she pretends to commit suicide to get her boyfriend back. She’s forced to move back home to Atlantic City, where she learns that the Upper East Side “elite” might not be so superior to her after all. [GoWatchIt]

Hey, things can’t be so bad. You’re not running around suburban Philadelphia wearing a trash bag shirt, right? And if you are, it’s okay. Well, at least everything somehow turns out okay for Bradley Cooper’s mentally fragile Pat in this Oscar-winning film. [GoWatchIt]

Not all love stories are between lovers. Some are between two best friends. In Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig’s titular woman-child must cope with the loss of her best friend and roommate. She does so by traveling to Paris, dancing in the streets, and finally, by growing up. [GoWatchIt]

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