Family Movies

Family Movies
List of the best movies about family and family relationships, selected by visitors to our site: Life As We Know It, Yes Day, Inkheart, Captain Fantastic, Kramer vs. Kramer, Knives Out, A Quiet Place Part II, Awake, The Story of Us, CODA.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:55
CharactersOrphans, Babies, Parents
PlotLife, Death, Birthday, Family life, Adoption
StyleRomantic, Light, To cry, Cute, Touching

After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
CharactersFamily, Parents
PlotAdventure, Family life
StyleBy books

A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids' wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantasy, adventure, family
CountryGermany, United Kingdom, USA, Italy
Duration01:46
CharactersHeroes, Family, Wizards
PlotAdventure, Supernatural
StyleExciting, Action, Touching, Serious, Disturbing

The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:29
CharactersFamily, Scientists, Hermits, Parents
PlotDancing, Travel, Cars, Loneliness, Mental disorders
PlaceNature, Forest
StylePhilosophical, Touching, Intellectual, Sad ones

A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:45
CharactersFamily, Lawyers
PlotDepression, Divorce, Justice
PlaceCourt, New York
StyleAction, To cry, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersDogs, Family, Writers, Lawyers, Detectives
PlotInvestigation, Intrigue, Inheritance, Death, Chase
PlaceMansions, Country houses, Estate
StyleExciting, Atmospheric, Fascinating, For men

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersAliens, Family, Monsters
PlotSurvival, The escape, Multi-part
PlaceUSA
TimePost apocalypse
StylePopular, Tense, Creepy

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
CharactersFamily, Single mothers
PlotSurvival, End of the world, Apocalypse, Insomnia
PlaceUSA

After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:35
PlotLove, Divorce
StyleRomantic, Psychological problems, To cry, Cute, Soulful

Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, drama, music
CountryUSA, France, Canada
CharactersFamily, Deaf and Mute
PlotFirst love, Dreams, Difficult choice

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:40
PlotSeduction
StyleRomantic, Light, Cute, Soulful, Touching

After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersDogs, Family, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Growing up, Mental disorders, Experiments, Vacation
PlaceIslands, Beach, Ocean, Sand
StyleUnexpected ending, Makes me think

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Markimdb: 3.7
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
CharactersFamily, Childrens, Demons, Psychologists
PlotSupernatural, Ghosts, Evil spirits
StyleTense, Serious, Disturbing

Gail is forced to come to terms with Josh, her new stepson, at a remote country home. After stealing an evil talisman from a mysterious neighbor, Josh has sinister dreams of his dead mother, who commands Josh to murder Gail. When Josh's dad returns, he and Gail suspect that their son has been possessed by an ancient, bloodthirsty spirit. Is it too late to save Josh's life — or their own?

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama
CountryAustralia, USA
CharactersFamily, Disabled people
PlotOn real events, Vacation, Overcoming difficulties
StyleSoulful, Fascinating

When an unlikely ally enters the Bloom family's world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin, the bird’s arrival makes a profound difference in the struggling family’s life.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, family
CountryRussia
Duration02:21
CharactersBrownies, Family, Wizards, Cats, Single mothers
PlaceRussia
StyleAtmospheric, Fascinating

In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an independent mother with a charming 8-year-old daughter Alina comes to this “nice” apartment, new tenants will find out that their living space is not easy, and the real Boggart lives in it. Only here the keeper of the hearth has long been offended by the entire human race and will do all imaginable nastiness, just to be left alone in the ill-fated apartment. But everything changes when the evil witch challenges Homeovy ...

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:28
CharactersFamily

Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:54
CharactersFamily, Housewives
PlotLoneliness, Depression, Jealousy, Fate, Moving
PlaceParis, Party
StylePsychological problems, Heartbreaking, Serious, Retro

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:30
CharactersChildrens, Losers, Orphans, Sheriffs
PlotTravel, Loneliness, First love, Depression
PlaceIslands, Summer camp
StylePsychological problems, To cry, Cute, Soulful, Atmospheric

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:05
CharactersAngels, Friends, Losers, Businessmen, Brides
PlotLove, Life, Fate, Family life
TimeNew Year
StyleTo cry, Cute, Inspirational, Soulful, Touching

Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:51
CharactersTeens, Mafia, Gangsters, Family, Writers
PlotLove
PlaceVillage, School, France, Small cities
StyleExciting, By books, Black humor, For men

The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:01
CharactersPoets
PlotCancer, Jealousy, Funeral
StyleTouching

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy, family, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:27
CharactersFamily, Friends
PlotMusic, Friendship
PlaceLos Angeles
StyleExciting, Light, Touching

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:14
CharactersManiacs, Serial killers, Psychopath, Family
PlotTravel, Survival, Death, Fear
TimeNight
StyleUnexpected ending, Action, Tense

A family’s road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle to survive.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:00
CharactersFamily, Friends, Terminally ill, Lovers, Parents
PlotLife, Friendship, Jealousy, Divorce, Family life
PlaceSchool, New York
StyleTo cry, Inspirational, Touching, Sad ones

Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, family
CountryRussia
Duration01:40
CharactersFriends
PlotFulfillment of desires
PlaceHospitals
TimeNew Year
StyleTwisted plot, To cry, Touching

And again a heroes of "Yolki" series are ready and prepared for a New Year.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryBelgium, Canada, France
Duration02:30
CharactersPhotographers, Guests
PlotWedding, Divorce
PlaceParty, France, Castle
StyleLight, Soulful

Max is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. His latest — and last — gig is a hell of a fête, involving stuffy period costumes for the caterers, a vain, hyper- sensitive singer who thinks he's a Gallic James Brown, and a morose, micromanaging groom determined to make Max's night as miserable as possible. But what makes the affair too bitter to endure is that Max's colleague and ostensible girlfriend, Joisette, seems to have written him off, coolly going about her professional duties while openly flirting with a much younger server. It's going to be a very long night… especially once the groom's aerial serenade gets underway.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:50
CharactersDogs, Terminally ill, Child Prodigies, Accountant
PlotDepression, Tennis, Divorce
PlaceNew York
StyleBlack humor

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:43
CharactersDogs, Animals, Heroes, Family, Friends
PlotAdventure, Friendship, Chase
PlaceEngland, London
StyleExciting, Cute

The Live action adaptation of a Disney Classic. When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41
CharactersTeachers, Childrens, Family, Businessmen, Investigators
PlotTravel, Contests
StyleFancy

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
CharactersLawyers, Sisters, Cats, Actors, Singers
PlotDivorce
PlaceUSA, New York, Los Angeles
TimeHalloween
StylePsychological problems, Fascinating, Heavy, Makes me think, Touching

A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.





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