Movie romances have one major advantage over real relationships: they can end at exactly the right moment. Once the couple finally gets together, the music starts playing and the credits roll before anyone has to figure out whose apartment they’re keeping or whether they actually have anything in common. Some cinematic couples absolutely earn their happy endings. Others seem to benefit enormously from the fact that we never get to check on them six months later. Maybe they fell for each other during an unusually intense few days, ignored some fairly obvious incompatibilities, or made a life-changing romantic decision before really getting to know each other. We hope these couples made it work, but we wouldn’t necessarily bet on it.©IMDbAndie and Ben: How to Lose a Guy in 10 DaysTheir relationship begins with two completely different schemes, and both spend most of it manipulating the other. The chemistry is undeniable, but once the adrenaline wears off, Andie and Ben still have to build an actual relationship without secretly trying to win something.©IMDbSophie and Charlie: Letters to JulietSophie meets Charlie while she’s already engaged, spends a whirlwind trip through Italy with him, and ends the movie choosing her new romance. Beautiful setting, excellent balcony kiss, but perhaps not the strongest foundation for deciding you’ve found your forever person.©IMDbAnna and William: Notting HillWilliam wants a quiet life in London, while Anna is one of the most famous actresses in the world. The ending assures us they’ve found happiness together, but absolutely none of the practical problems that complicated their relationship have disappeared.©IMDbJamie and Aurelia: Love ActuallyJamie proposes after knowing Aurelia for a relatively short time, despite the small complication that they can barely communicate. Learning each other’s languages helps, but marriage might reveal that mutual attraction isn’t quite the same thing as actually knowing someone.©IMDbMelanie and Jake: Sweet Home AlabamaMelanie abandons her wedding to another man after realizing she’s still in love with Jake. Romantic? Sure. But she and Jake already tried marriage once, and the movie doesn’t spend much time showing that the problems that separated them have actually been resolved.©IMDbHarper and Charlie: Set It UpHarper and Charlie spend most of the movie manipulating their bosses into falling in love, only to realize they’ve developed feelings for each other instead. They’re adorable together, but discovering mutual attraction during an elaborate workplace conspiracy isn’t exactly ideal groundwork.©IMDbKat and Patrick: 10 Things I Hate About YouPatrick initially dates Kat because he’s being paid to do it, which she understandably doesn’t love discovering. She eventually forgives him, but they’re still teenagers whose romance began as someone else’s scheme. Their post-graduation survival odds aren’t exactly spectacular.©IMDbViola and Duke: She’s the ManDuke spends much of the movie believing Viola is actually his male roommate Sebastian. Once every disguise and misunderstanding is cleared up, they become a couple, but their romantic history consists mostly of deception, soccer, and Duke talking to her about another girl.©IMDbMary and Steve: The Wedding PlannerMary falls for Steve before discovering he’s the groom in the wedding she’s planning. By the end, both of their previous relationships have conveniently disappeared and they’re free to be together. That certainly solves the immediate problem, although the road there was impressively messy.©IMDbLucy and George: Two Weeks NoticeLucy quits working for George because his constant dependence on her has become unbearable. Then they realize they’re in love. Hopefully romance somehow fixes the fact that one of their defining relationship dynamics was George being incapable of functioning without her.©IMDbAlex and Sophie: Music and LyricsTheir creative partnership turns romantic after they write a song together under an extremely tight deadline. It’s sweet, but Sophie has also just emerged from another damaging relationship with a successful writer. Maybe everyone should take a month before making any major decisions.©IMDbRobbie and Julia: The Wedding SingerRobbie and Julia are unquestionably cute, but their relationship develops while both are dealing with disastrous engagements to other people. They end the movie ready to start a new life together approximately five minutes after escaping all that emotional chaos.©IMDbMargaret and Andrew: The ProposalMargaret blackmails her assistant into pretending they’re engaged so she can avoid deportation. Somehow, the fake relationship becomes real. Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds can sell almost anything, but Andrew explaining their origin story at parties is going to be interesting.©IMDbAlex and Isabel: Fools Rush InAlex and Isabel barely know each other when an unexpected pregnancy leads them to get married. They spend the movie discovering just how different their lives and families are before reconciling, but “we worked it out eventually” doesn’t erase how incredibly fast everything happened.©IMDbJonathan and Sara: SerendipityJonathan and Sara spend years wondering whether fate wants them together, despite both building relationships with other people in the meantime. They finally reunite after abandoning those relationships to chase each other. Fate did its job. Now they have to discover whether they’re actually compatible.The post 15 Movie Couples Who Probably Broke Up Right After the Credits Rolled appeared first on Den of Geek.