Films and TV shows that feel like Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood
A gleefully vengeful revenge fantasy: a woman wrecks her cheating boyfriend's truck with a mix of fury, swagger and cathartic humour.
- The First Wives Club (1996): Betrayed women turn heartbreak into gleeful, coordinated payback.
- Gone Girl (2014): The darkest, most extreme version of a wronged partner getting even.
- Fried Green Tomatoes (1991): Southern women reclaim power from wrongdoing men with defiant humour.
- Thelma & Louise (1991): Female fury against men spills into an exhilarating, rebellious rampage.
- Big Little Lies (2017): Women close ranks against men who wrong them, with simmering rage and coastal-town drama.
- Nashville (2012): Country music world of betrayals, feuds and big emotional showdowns.
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015): Turns breakup fury and obsession into comic, catchy musical numbers.