The War of the Roses (1989)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.
Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.
- Released: 1989-12-08
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Runtime: 1h 56m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 1,291 votes
Directed by Danny DeVito.
Top cast
- Michael Douglas as Oliver Rose
- Kathleen Turner as Barbara Rose
- Danny DeVito as Gavin D'Amato
- Marianne Sägebrecht as Susan
- Sean Astin as Josh at 17
- Heather Fairfield as Carolyn at 17
- G.D. Spradlin as Harry Thurmont
- Peter Donat as Jason Larrabee
- Dan Castellaneta as Man in Chair
- Gloria Cromwell as Mrs. Marshall
Where to watch The War of the Roses
- United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
- Canada: stream on Disney Plus, Crave, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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