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11	Examples of {{Love Triangle}}s in {{film}}s.
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16	* ''Anime/AppleseedExMachina'': Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires are the OfficialCouple of the ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' franchise in all incarnations. In this film they're teamed up with Tereus, a Bioroid clone of Briareos who, like the original, is attracted to Deunan. [[spoiler:They're {{Ship Tease}}d a little, but at the end of the film Tereus admits he can't and shouldn't compete with Briareos and decides to "find my own girl."]]
17	* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': Gaston pursues Belle, but she and the Beast fall for each other, leaving Gaston as a GreenEyedMonster.
18	* Between Manolo, Maria and Joaquin in ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife''. Manolo and Joaquin are both in love with Maria, but she only is in love with Manolo.
19	* ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie'' has one in the form of [[ShrinkingViolet PJ]], [[PluckyComicRelief Bobby]], and [[NoNameGiven Beret Girl]]. Bobby tries to use a pick-up line on Beret Girl, and she rejects him [[BrutalHonesty as bluntly as possible]], only to start flirting with PJ, whom she asks out after he basically says "[[InsecureLoveInterest no one would ever notice someone]] who looks like [[FatBestFriend me]]" (but in such a way that it manages to [[HiddenDepths surprise both of his friends]]). Bobby is not too pleased about this. But PJ is, enough to go through major CharacterDevelopment.
20	* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': Kristoff falls for Anna, who is engaged to Hans. [[spoiler:But Hans never loved Anna, only using her to get the throne of Arendelle.]] In the end, [[spoiler:Anna and Kristoff get together, and [[WesternAnimation/FrozenII eventually marry]]]], while [[spoiler:Hans is deported in disgrace for attempted regicide]].
21	* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' has Fishlegs, Ruffnut and Snotlout.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama'': Ron wants WesternAnimation/KimPossible, who is already in a relationship with [[RomanticFalseLead Erik]]. Ron refuses to let Kim be aware of his growing feelings with Erik still around because he is a [[ThisLoserIsYou loser]] compared to the 'perfect' Erik, and Kim is too happy with Erik to think about Ron.
23	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'' pulls off a ''Friendship'' Triangle when Alberto gets jealous of Luca's deepening friendship with Giulia. The heated emotions are there(especially on Alberto's side), but the film plays the relationships as completely platonic otherwise.
24	* ''WesternAnimation/MyMoon'': Earth is in a relationship with Moon and genuinely enjoys his company, but also needs Sun to help her keep thriving, alongside nourishing her planet with sunlight. [[DoggedNiceGuy Moon wants to be there for Earth as much as he can]], but he's forced to watch from the sidelines as Earth's and Sun's relationship blossoms, while Earth has to balance the time she spends with Moon and Sun.
25	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'': Pocahontas and John Smith love each other, but Kocoum also loves Pocahontas. [[spoiler:The triangle is resolved when [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse Kocoum is shot and killed]].]]
26	* In ''WesternAnimation/RankinBassJackFrost,'' [[ToBecomeHuman Jack]] is in love with [[TheIngenue Elisa]], who loves him back in a strictly platonic way. (This could even be an odd sort of TwoPersonLoveTriangle, since she "loves" Jack Frost as well.) [[KnightInShiningArmor Sir Raveneau]], however, is the one she loves romantically, [[spoiler:and marries when spring comes]].
27	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' contains one of these when [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Tulio]] starts ignoring HeterosexualLifePartner [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Miguel]] in favour of FemmeFatale [[NubileSavage Chel]]. Miguel is jealous of Chel for stealing Tulio's affections, although by the end of the film, they've seemed to become friends, possibly making this a Type 8.
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31	* ''Film/AnchorsAweigh'' had the triangle between Clarence, Susan, and Joe. [[spoiler:Clarence eventually finds another girl, and Joe and Susan end up together.]]
32	* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' features this setup, with George pursuing Lorraine, and Lorraine pursuing Marty. But unbeknownst to George and Lorraine, Marty is actually their son from the future. It can also be considered a LoveDodecahedron if you count Biff's VillainousCrush on Lorraine, and the fact that Marty has Jennifer back in his own time.
33	* ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'': The Black Queen wants both Barbarella and Pygar, who reject her. Barbarella and Pygar have already had sex, and while it's dubious to call their relationship romantic (it's a sex comedy), they do feel some loyalty for each other.
34	* The relationship between the main characters in ''Film/BeingJohnMalkovich''. Maxine gains the affections of both Craig and Lotte who are married to each other but she doesn't care for either of them nearly as much as they do for her, treating Craig with disgust and Lotte with indifference unless one of them is inhabiting John Malkovich's body... [[MindScrew long story there]].
35	* ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'': Jules adores Joe who only has eyes for Jess. Multiple supporting characters mistake Jess and the boyish Jules for a couple, an artifact of [[WhatCouldHaveBeen when the film was going to be a lesbian romance instead of a straight one]].
36	* There's a brief one in ''Film/BeyondTheLights''. Main character Noni (A) begins the film in a semi-relationship with rapper Kid Culprit (B). However, after Officer Kaz Nicol (C) stops her from [[DrivenToSuicide jumping to her death]] from her balcony, she quickly finds herself developing feelings for HIM. As soon as Noni realizes that it is with Kaz that her heart lies, she breaks things off with Kid Culprit. How does he take it? [[TookALevelInJerkAss Badly]]. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything VERY badly]].
37	* In ''Film/BlackPatch'', Hank Danner's wife Helen used to be in love with Clay Morgan. When Hank is shot InTheBack trying to escape from Clay's jail, Helen suspects Clay may have done it to MurderTheHypotenuse.
38	* ''Film/BrandUponTheBrain'' gets bonus points for ''diagramming this onscreen''. Guy and Sis fall in love with Chance, and also with Wendy. The individual they think is Chance is actually Wendy in drag, so both triangles resolve in Sis's favor. (Guy faints when he realizes precisely what's going on.)
39	* ''{{Film/Bridesmaids}}'' has the HeterosexualLifePartners version where the vertex is Lillian and the partners are Annie and Helen trying to be Lillian's BFF.
40	* ''Film/BullDurham'': {{Reconstructed}}. Annie's practice is to pick one member of the Durham Bulls to be her lover every baseball season, and she decides that this year it's between [[InSeriesNickname Nuke and Crash]]. Crash, however, balks, declaring that after twelve years in professional baseball he doesn't "try out" for things anymore, leaving Nuke with Annie by default for the majority of the film. However, Crash is still attracted to Annie, and Annie eventually realizes that her attitude drove away the man actually worth keeping. [[spoiler:The film ends with Nuke leaving for the major leagues, and Crash starting a relationship with Annie and planning to move to coaching.]]
41	* ''Film/CanyonPassage'' has two overlapping love triangles. Lucy Overmire is engaged to George Camrose, whose best friend is Logan Stuart. As a result of spending a prolonged length of time in each other's company, Lucy and Logan develop feeling for each other, but neither will act for fear of hurting George. Meanwhile, Logan is engaged to Caroline Marsh. Vane Blazier is in love with Caroline and, noting Logan's interest in Lucy, warns him not to do anything that would hurt Caroline. Ultimately everything is resolved when [[spoiler:George commits murder and goes on the run before being shot by the posse chasing him. Caroline realises that she doesn't share Logan's ambitions, and releases him from him promise so he can leave to pursue his dream. Logan and Lucy ride off together to rebuild Logan's fortune, and Vane proposes to Caroline, with the two of them planning to settle down and start a farm]].
42	* ''Film/{{Carefree}}'': Stephen loves Amanda, who loves Tony. Eventually, Tony returns Amanda's feelings.
43	* In the movie ''Film/{{Carny}}'', a member of the road crew of a circus or amusement park (which is what the term Carny refers to) strikes up a romance with one of the customers. She decides she also likes his brother, and has sex with him, too. Apparently this doesn't bother or affect any of them, it's as if they have no jealousy at all, and have simply decided that both of them are going to share her with each other.
44	* ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'':
45	** A classic, with Victor loving Ilsa who still loves Rick but whose duty lies with Victor. Ilse also thought her old lover Laszlo was dead, and [[ItWasHisSled the ending]] resolves it with Rick bowing out.
46	* ''Film/{{Challengers\|2024}}'' follows the complicated relationship between Tashi, a former tennis prodigy-turned-coach, her husband Art, a renowned tennis player, and Patrick, Art's former childhood best friend and Tashi's ex-boyfriend, and how their love triangle threatens to implode again after Patrick and Art end up competing against each other in a low-level challenger event. Patrick and Art both met Tashi when they were teenagers and competed for her affections, and though Patrick dated her for a while in college, Art was the one who ended up marrying her. When they meet again thirteen years later, Art remains a devoted husband to Tashi, though she and Patrick still have significant sexual tension. [[spoiler:It's ultimately left ambiguous as to which man ends up with her.]]
47	* ''Film/Charly2002'': The film begins with Charly almost engaged to her boyfriend, Mark. While on an extended trip to Utah she meets Sam. She then has to choose between them.
48	* A rather strange, and even squick-worthy one to some in ''Film/TheConstantNymph'', between Lewis (adult), Florence (adult), and Tessa (14 years old).
49	* ''Film/DeadOfNight'': In "The Golfing Story", Potter and Parratt are both in love with Mary, who loves each of them equally. They eventually agree to break the deadlock by playing a round of golf: the winner to receive Mary's hand in marriage. Mary enthusiastically agrees to this proposal.
50	* ''Film/DoctorSeries'':
51	** ''Film/DoctorInLove'': Drs. Hare and Hinxman are both in love with Sally and resent the other for getting in their way.
52	** ''Film/DoctorInDistress1963'': Physiotherapist Iris Marchant is desired by both Sir Lancelot and Tommy, which drives Sir Lancelot crazy with jealousy.
53	** ''Film/DoctorInClover'': Symington is crazy about Jeannine, but Dr. Grimsdyke wants her all to himself.
54	** ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'':
55	*** Both Dr. Burke and Basil would do anything to end up with Ophelia and try to win her before the other can.
56	*** Wendover has a thing for Dawn, only for Dawn to chase after Captain Spratt.
57	* The twins in ''Film/TheDreamers'' (based on the novel ''Literature/TheHolyInnocents'') begin an incestuous triad relationship with an American exchange student.
58	* ''Film/ElectricDreams'' goes the [[TheEighties very 80's]] route with a love triangle that involves [[InstantAIJustAddWater a sentient home computer]].
59	* ''Film/FarewellMyQueen'': The Queen loves Gabrielle, but she doesn't appear to [[ObliviousToLove even notice]]. Sidonie, meanwhile, is attracted by both but seems to love the Queen, who also appears unaware of this.
60	* ''Film/FeastOfLove'': Diana is TheMistress for David, a married men. After she meets Bradley, a much nicer man who's newly single, she gets involved with him as well. She doesn't reveal this initially to either. Diana leaves David for Bradley after he proposes, with them marrying before long. Then after they meet again, David leaves his wife and still wants her. Soon she begins cheating on Bradley with him.
61	* ''Film/FightClub'' features one with the narrator, Tyler and Marla. Although things start to get... Complicated.
62	* ''Film/{{Filibus}}'': Leo is in love with Leonora, who is in love with the Count de Brive. When the Count turns out to be Filibus, they decide the natural course of action is for Leo and Leonora to get engaged.
63	* In ''Film/TheFly1986'', journalist Veronica falls in love with reclusive scientist Seth, much to the dismay of her editor and ex-lover Stathis. When Stathis attempts to force her into a CareerVersusMan decision, PoorCommunicationKills leads to Seth believing she's cuckolding him...and drunkenly deciding to use his teleporter on himself, unaware that there's a fly in the transmitter pod with him. He proceeds to undergo a SlowTransformation into a HalfHumanHybrid, and Stathis unexpectedly becomes TheConfidant to Veronica as she struggles with Seth's decay ''and'' the realization that she's pregnant with a probably-mutant child. In the end, [[spoiler: Stathis saves Veronica from the crazed Seth's attempt to force Romantic Fusion upon her, and she ends up having to slay Seth by his request in the aftermath. This event ends the film; the sequel establishes that the survivors do not end up together]].
64	* ''Film/FlyingDownToRio'': Julio is engaged to Belinha, and they love each other. Unfortunately, Belinha falls for Roger, who adores her back
65	* ''Film/Godzilla1954'' is a ''very tragic'' one-sided example of this. You have the three characters Emiko Yamane, Hideo Ogata, and Daisuke Serizawa. Emiko and Ogata were already together when the film starts, but Serizawa knew about their relationship. In contrast, Serizawa revealed his horrible secret while Emiko's affair was hidden from her father's eyes. Then Godzilla came and destroyed Tokyo twice over, to the point Emiko felt she had no choice but to reveal his secret weapon: The Oxygen Destroyer. Another character contrast is also revealed: Ogata wanted to use the Destroyer to kill Godzilla, but Serizawa does not. After a scuffle, Serizawa knew the weight of Japan's fate is on his shoulders, and voluntarily uses it. How does it end? He [[HeroicSacrifice gave up his own life so they can be together]]. But if ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' is anything to go by, they didn't get married after 1954.
66	* In the silent comedy film ''Film/HandsUp'', the protagonist, a Confederate spy in TheWildWest, falls in love with each of a pair of daughters. Each daughter nobly offers to step aside for the other one. He resolves this dilemma by ''[[MarryThemAll marrying them both]]''.
67	* In ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'', Blakey has fallen for Joan, which causes trouble when Jack starts to sweep her off her feet.
68	* ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers'' with Leo, [[CuteBruiser Mei]], and [[TheCharmer Jin]]. [[spoiler: It does NOT end well.]]
69	* ''Film/TheHungerGames'' movies play up the barely-even-there-at-all love triangle from the books into a much bigger thing, presumably to cash in on the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' fad. The first movie isn't so bad but [[Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire the second]] manages to make it seem like Katniss is in a relationship with the guy she never has romantic feelings for in the book, while her relationship with the other boy is very downplayed. Suzanne Collins, who wrote the books, has stated that she didn't plan a love triangle of any kind but her publisher insisted that she add one.
70	* ''Film/IShotJesseJames'': Both Robert Ford and John Kelley have feelings toward Cynthy Waters, and work toward earning her affection. Bob's reputation as the killer of UsefulNotes/JesseJames makes the triangle even more intense. In the end, she chooses to [[spoiler: stay with John]].
71	* ''{{Film/IQ\|1994}}'': Catherine is engaged to James, a psychology professor. But she develops romantic feelings for Ed, the neighborhood mechanic.
72	%%* ''Film/TheIncredibleMrLimpet'' has two mild examples: a relationship between Henry, Bessie, and George; and another between Bessie, Henry, and Ladyfish. Both are resolved by the end of the film.
73	* ''Film/IndiaSweetsAndSpices'': Everyone perceives Alia and Rahul as basically engaged, though she just sees him as her friend. After she begins to date Varun however, it gets between them as Varun's intimidated by this. He breaks up with her partly over it. [[spoiler:The ending doesn't have her with Varun, but it implies they may get together again.]]
74	* ''Film/JulesAndJim'' deals with two best friends and the woman with whom they're both in love. The relationship between the men doesn't seem to be romantic, just HeterosexualLifePartners. They end up in {{polyamory}}.
75	* In ''Film/LastVegas'', Billy and Paddy both loved Sophie. She ended up marrying Paddy after [[spoiler:initially choosing Billy, who told her that she belonged with Paddy.]] A year after her death, when the movie takes place, Billy and Paddy again end up falling for the same woman, [[spoiler:and again, Billy tries to be selfless, but this time, Paddy won't let him and insists that Billy pursue his own happiness.]]
76	* ''Film/LoveSongs'': the main character and his girlfriend of several years start a three-way relationship with a co-worker of his.
77	* In ''Film/TheManFromColorado'', Owen and Del are both in love with Caroline. When they return from the war, she has to decide which of them she is going to marry. She chooses Owen, but it is obvious that she still has feelings for Del.
78	* At the beginning of ''Film/TheManFromLaramie'', Barbara is engaged to Vic and begs him to run away with her. But as time passes she is increasingly drawn to Will. Vic never actually even seems to suspect that Barbara is attracted to Will and the matter never becomes a point of contention between the three of them. By the end, Vic's dead and Will leaves Barbara behind ([[MaybeEverAfter though with a vague invite to maybe look him up one day]]).
79	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
80	** ''Film/{{Eternals}}'':
81	*** Ikaris is Sersi's ex-lover, whom she even married centuries in the past, but after he left and didn't return for over a century, she moved on from him and got together with Dane instead. She does sincerely love Dane, but after Ikaris returns, it's clear she still has lingering, unresolved feelings for him, too. This is resolved by the end [[spoiler:when Ikaris, after betraying both sides and feeling wracked with guilt because of it, commits suicide, and Sersi and Dane are still together.]]
82	*** Sprite has unrequited love for Ikaris, who has had a romance going on with Sersi for millennia; even in the present day, when they've broken up and Sersi has a different boyfriend, the two still have UnresolvedSexualTension, while Ikaris clearly isn't interested in Sprite that way at all (if he's even aware of her feelings). [[spoiler:This seems to be one of the reasons Sprite resents Sersi and pulls a FaceHeelTurn.]]
83	** ''Film/{{Thor}}'' series:
84	*** While this was averted for the most part in [[{{Film/Thor}} the first movie]] (although it implied that [[ShipTease Sif was interested in Thor]]), it was advised that there would be a love triangle between Thor, Sif, and Jane in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. But Thor still clearly loves Jane, and while Sif tried to show her affections for Thor, he remains [[ObliviousToLove oblivious to her]]. [[ShipperOnDeck Odin]] wants Thor and Sif together, like in the comics. The only real moment in the finished film is when Sif passes Jane and glares at her, to which Jane glares a little back.
85	*** ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' has a hilarious CargoShip example between Thor, Jane, and [[EmpathicWeapon Thor's axe Stormbreaker]], which he spends several scenes arguing with about his now-OldFlame Jane (who wields Thor's old weapon Mjolnir).
86	* ''Film/MenWithBrooms'' starts off as this, with A=Chris, B=Julie, and C=Amy. Eventually, Julie and Amy sit down to [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry hash out their differences]], and it is [[SubvertedTrope clarified]] that there is really no love triangle to speak of, due to Julie pretty effectively hating Chris ever since he left her at the altar years previously.
87	* In ''Film/MonsoonWedding'', Aditi had an affair with a man, but his refusal to leave his wife has caused her to accept an ArrangedMarriage instead.
88	* ''Film/MyFatherTheHero'', where a girl tells the boy she likes that her father, who has taken her on a holiday, is actually her lover. Wackiness ensues.
89	* The controversial film ''Film/TheNightPorter'' by Liliana Cavani. Ex-Nazi officer Max has a very visceral attraction with ex-inmate Lucia (never mind her husband, who isn't in the picture). The hypotenuse is [[spoiler: a homosexual ex-SS colleague of Max, whose unrequited love eventually drives him to murder.]]
90	* ''Film/OnceAThief'' revolves around a trio of thieves, Joe, James and Cherie, all of them orphans raised by their adoptive AbusiveDad, a cruel and ruthless mob leader, into becoming his personal lackeys. Inevitably, both Joe and James ends up falling for Cherie, but being blood brothers are unable to see each other as true rivals. By the end of them film, having defeated the mob, and with the mob leader arrested, Cherie ends up with James, [[BabiesEverAfter having two babies together]], and Joe becomes their HonouraryUncle.
91	* The premise of ''Film/TheOtherWoman2014'', where not one, not two, but ''three'' love triangles [[spoiler:and a possible fourth in the Bahamas]] take place. CorruptCorporateExecutive Mark King cheats on his wife, Kate with two other women: lawyer Carly Whitten and swimsuit model Amber, then the three women then join forces to expose his womanizing ways [[spoiler:as well as his schemes to defraud his company and [[FrameUp frame Kate]] for it]].
92	* ''Film/PaintYourWagon'': Ben wins Elizabeth at auction but the Stranger longs for her as well. Rectified temporarily when Elizabeth proposes.
93	* The Chinese film ''Film/PaintedSkin'' is just one big love triangle pileup. With certain supernatural elements. But no, it's mostly a bunch of love triangles (pick a main character, any main character).
94	* In ''Film/PearlHarbor'', we have Evelyn torn between her boyfriend Rafe, who was believed to be dead, and his best friend Danny, who befriended her after Rafe was reported to be dead.
95	* ''Film/PerfectAddiction'': Sienna falls for Kayden while still having lingering feelings for her ex Jax. He wants her back, while he's seeing her sister Beth (having cheated on Sienna with her). Once she and Kayden do admit their feelings for each other, they get involved.
96	* ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'', as well as many other classic screwball comedies.
97	* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' turns this into more of a Love Pyramid, with [[TheHero Will]] and [[RomanticRunnerUp Norrington]] in love with [[ActionGirl Elizabeth]], and [[HandsomeLech Jack]] attracted to Elizabeth. Elizabeth loves Will and is also attracted to Jack. HilarityEnsues many times over.
98	* ''Film/PlanB'' has a love triangle between Laura, her ex-boyfriend Bruno, and her new boyfriend Pablo that starts out simple enough with Bruno wanting to get back together with Laura who's willing to spend some nights with him but refuses to dump Pablo for him. But then things get a lot more complicated when Bruno starts suspecting that Pablo -- who doesn't know that he's Laura's ex or that Laura is cheating on him with Bruno -- [[AmbiguouslyBi may be attracted to him]] and decides that the best way to encourage him to dump Laura is to [[FauxYay seduce him away from her]]. Long story short, [[spoiler:Bruno and Pablo [[PairTheSuitors end up together]] after Bruno realizes that he [[RomanticFakeRealTurn fell in love with Pablo for real]], and Laura is left in the lurch]].
99	* ''Film/PrimeCut'': Lee Marvin's character has two love interests, a teenage prostitute and the middle aged wife of the BigBad.
100	* ''Film/ThePromise2016'' is about a love triangle that develops between Mikael, an Armenian medical student, Ana, a French-Armenian woman, and her boyfriend Chris, an American journalist, something that's complicated by the impending arrival of the Armenian genocide and fall of the Ottoman Empire. [[spoiler:Neither of them end up getting together with Ana as she tragically dies before she can escape Turkish oppression.]]
101	* In ''Film/TheQuietEarth'' between Api, Joanne and Zac. They ''are'' the only known people left, so it's not surprising.
102	* ''Film/RoadHouse1948'': Jefty is in love with Lily while she’s in love with Pete. Jefty, however, won't take this lying down.
103	* ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties1939'' has one between Eddie, Jean and Lloyd. [[spoiler:Jean and Lloyd end up getting married during a TimeSkip.]]
104	* Played for (very uneasy or extraordinarily guilty) laughs in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', in which Dr. Frank-N-Furter seduces both Brad and Janet with practically the same dialogue in back-to-back scenes. [[SoBadItsGood Yes, it's that kind of movie.]]
105	* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307401/ Sabu]]'': Osue is pursued by both Sabu and Eiji, two friends from childhood.
106	* ''Film/SaintLaurent'': Yves Saint Laurent and the devoted Pierre have been business partners/lovers for 18 years, but Yves falls in love with the younger Jacques and has a torrid affair with him. Despite the long-time couple's open relationship, Yves's intense feelings for Jacques cause Pierre much hurt.
107	* ''{{Film/Sam}}'': Samantha/Doc/Cynthia. This is revolved by Doc dumping Cynthia (his girlfriend) who didn't treat him well, and ending up with Samantha.
108	* The first trap in ''Film/Saw3D'' is actually ''called'' "the Lover's Triangle". Two men (Brad and Ryan) are placed on opposite sides of a triangular circular saw, with the woman they're both involved with (Dina) suspended above it. To win, one of the men has to kill the other by shoving the saw all the way over to their side; if neither does before the time limit expires, Dina will be dropped on the saw and killed. Initially, the men duke it out... but then Dina makes a fatal mistake by cheering on whichever man seems to be winning. Brad and Ryan realize that she doesn't actually give a damn about ''either'' of them (else she would only have cheered on the one she preferred), and the two mutually lock the saw upright so it kills her.
109	* ''Film/TheSecretGarden1993'': You can almost feel the U(non)-ST coming off of Dickon and Mary (swing scene particularly), and Colin flat out says he wants to marry her.
110	* In ''Film/ShallowHal'': Hal is initially interested in his neighbor Jill, but she rejects him for finding him shallow. So he falls in love with Rosemary, and that's where Jill falls in love with Hal. She tries to win him over when Hal and Rosemary's romance has problems.
111	* ''Film/ShallWePlay'': Stacy was into Matt, until he mistreated her terribly. However, then it turns out Jess also likes him, and dates Matt after this, which is why she took his side against Stacy.
112	* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'': Dianne and David have a relationship but [[spoiler:it turns out that David has an unrequited crush for Shaun's girlfriend Liz]].
113	* ''Film/ShesTheMan'': Viola becomes Sebastian, and falls in love with Duke. Duke then falls in love with Olivia, and Olivia falls in love with Viola disguised as Sebastian. There's a bit more to it than that--the real Sebastian, Viola's brother, is dating Monique so she hates Olivia, but Olivia goes out with Duke to make Viola jealous. Coupled with the reason why Viola crossdresses in the first place, it's also a LoveDodecahedron.
114	* Writer/Director Creator/RonShelton is fond of this trope:
115	** ''Film/BullDurham'': Annie, who sleeps with and mentors one ball player per season, gets involved with Nuke, even though Crash - who is also mentoring Nuke, as it turns out - is in love with her. Over the course of the movie, we see Annie also is in love with Crash.
116	** ''Film/TinCup'': Roy, a golfer, is in love with Molly, a psychologist, but she's involved with his hated rival, David, and Roy spends most of the movie trying to win her over.
117	** In ''Film/UnderFire'', while Alex and Claire have gotten divorced early in the movie (she thinks they're BetterAsFriends), he still has feelings for her, but she develops feelings for Russell, a colleague of theirs (they're all journalists).
118	* ''Film/SnackShack'': HeterosexualLifePartners AJ and Moose are smitten by Brooke. She dates Moose because he makes the first move but is more interested in AJ, who CannotSpitItOut.
119	* ''Film/SomeKindOfWonderful'' has this sort of triangle with Watts as A, Keith as B, and Amanda as C.
120	* ''Film/SomebodyIUsedToKnow'': Ally returns home and reconnects to her ex-boyfriend Sean, but learns he's engaged to Cassidy. She's convinced he still has feelings for her though, and wants Sean back. [[spoiler:Ally eventually realizes that this is wrong, and Sean marries Cassidy with them being happy together.]]
121	* ''Film/SophiesChoice''--Stingo loves Sophie and Nathan dearly, even if not sexually in the case of Nathan.
122	* ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/ANewHope'' sets up a minor rivalry between Han Solo and Luke Skywalker over Princess Leia, which ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' follows up on: Han and Leia's relationship goes full on into BelligerentSexualTension, with Leia at one point kissing Luke on the mouth in front of Han to piss him off, but then she and Han make an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove to each other [[spoiler:before Han is turned into a HumanPopsicle]]. Upended by ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' with the {{retcon}} that [[spoiler:[[SurpriseIncest Luke and Leia are fraternal twins]] who were SeparatedAtBirth]], which was not originally planned by the filmmakers; by the time of the sequel trilogy, Han and Leia have married and then separated, while Luke remains a bachelor.
123	* ''Film/{{Stoker}}'' has this with India, Charlie, and Evelyn. Evelyn wants Charlie, but Charlie only has eyes for India, and India gradually becomes infatuated with him over the course of the movie. Oh... did we mention that Evelyn is India's mother and Charlie is her ''uncle''? [[{{Squick}} Family fun,]] all around.
124	* In this nasty little noir, ''Film/TheStrangeLoveOfMarthaIvers'', there's two: between Sam, Martha, and Walter & between Sam, Martha, and Toni.
125	* ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': Johanna is loved by Anthony Hope and Judge Turpin (though the latter is more lust than anything else). Will she chose the beautiful young man who might help her break free - or the creepy old man who has the power to hurt her if she defies him? Simple, she chooses the sailor willing to help her. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome After all, why would she marry some creepy old man that treated her like a prisoner and was her guardian since infancy?]]
126	* ''Film/TheTheoryOfEverything'' depicts a real-life example. Stephen who has severe health problems, implicitly gives his wife Jane permission to have an affair with Jonathan. For a time, they form (with the children) a big, happy family. [[spoiler:Eventually, Stephen divorces Jane and marries his nurse, while Jane & Jonathan marry.]]
127	* ''Film/ThingsToDoInDenverWhenYoureDead'': Jimmy is seeing Dagney at the same time as she's dating another man, Alex. [[spoiler:He ends things, knowing that he's going to die, near the end.]]
128	* ''Film/TombstoneRashomon'': During his interview, Johnny Behan makes the SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that he and Wyatt Earp were not rivals for the affections of an actress from San Franciso (i.e. Joesephine Earp née Marcus); adding that she had only lived in his house because she was acting as governess to his son.
129	* ''Film/TooManyHusbands'': Vicky loves both Bill (her first husband, who returns after being declared LegallyDead) and Henry (her second husband, Bill's business partner). They both love her, and they are best friends with each other, but each wants Vicky exclusively.
130	* In ''Film/TopHat'': Jerry loves Dale, who also has Alberto madly in love with her. Dale believes that Jerry is the husband of her best friend, but slowly finds herself falling for him.
131	* In ''Film/{{Tron}}'' between main character Flynn, ex-girlfriend Lora and her current boyfriend Alan, writer of the eponymous program. This carries over into the computer world with Alan and Lora's program expies, Tron and Yori (with whom Flynn shares a LastKiss).
132	* In ''Film/TwoForTheRoad'', there's a minor one, before Mark and Joanna get together, and a major one later, almost leading to divorce.
133	* The film ''Film/VickyCristinaBarcelona'' revolves around two friends who fall in love with someone else, then accept their feelings for each other and live as a triad.
134	* In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Raven and Hank hit it off almost instantly, but the moment he refuses to accept his mutant form (and ''her'' mutant form) drives her to attempt to seduce Magneto, who prefers her natural appearance just the way it is.
135	* The two lead characters both lust after the older woman Lucias in ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'', a road trip film about two 17-year-old boys discovering their sexualities. In the third act of the film, [[spoiler: the two boys have a love scene together, which they avoid discussing afterwards.]]
136	* ''Film/YvesSaintLaurent'': The film portrays Yves as being romantically but not sexually attracted to his muse/model Victoire when he meets Pierre. He is both sexually and romantically attracted to Pierre but still gets artistic inspiration from Victoire. Pierre is both romantically and sexually attracted to Yves but jealous of Yves's romantic inclinations toward Victoire. Pierre develops a sexual attraction to Victoire and they have an affair. Eventually, it is Victoire who walks out and the two men stay together.
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