Films about dysfunctional families

Films about dysfunctional families
List of the best films about dysfunctional families according to the audience: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Vacation, See You In Valhalla, Hand of God, Hellion, One Winter Weekend, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, The Color Wheel, Once Fallen, The Way Way Back.

In the top there are new films of 2020, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:24

Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out of touch father and her very touchy past.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA

A morally corrupt judge suffers a breakdown and believes that God is speaking directly to him, compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA, Canada

Cara, a women’s magazine writer, who gets burned by her boyfriend on New Years’ Eve, decides to go on a dating detox. Challenged by her employer to write about it, she hopes a spontaneous ski getaway with her best friend will spark inspiration. Complicating matters, they discover they’ve double booked their chalet with two eligible men, including Ben, an entrepreneur. When the share-mates get snowed in, Cara and Ben are thrown together.

Markimdb: 5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA

A marriage counselor's personal and professional life becomes complicated after she enters into a relationship with one of her clients.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA

JR has broken up with her professor. She enlists her nervous and obnoxious younger brother Colin to take a short road trip in order to help move out her belongings. They bicker and fight, with one another and pretty much anybody they encounter, before being brought to a place of togetherness and understanding as a result of being pushed away by everybody in their lives except one another.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrecrime
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

When Chance (Brian Presley) returns home after five years in jail, he is determined to escape his past, start a new life and make peace with his father, (Ed Harris, Golden Globe® winner), who is the head of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang and serving a life sentence for murder. Upon his release, his dreams of a crime-free future begin to disintegrate when he is forced to assume his best friend's outrageous debt to a local mobster. Despite being thrust back into a world of organized fighting, drug dealing and ties to corrupt police agents, Chance falls in love with Pearl (Academy Award® nominee Taraji P. Henson) and the prospect of living a normal life seems almost within reach. But will he be able to escape the crimes of his father and his past?

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live isolated in a big mansion located on the hill overlooking the town, tormented by the memories of a family tragedy occurred six years ago. The arrival of cousin Charles will threaten the fragile equilibrium of their minds, haunted by madness, fear and superstition.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge. His apartment is a viager—an ancient French real estate system with complex rules pertaining to its resale—and the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde Girard, who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé for many years, can by contract collect monthly payments from Mathias until her death.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA

Based on true events (mostly), Freddie, a 15-year-old runaway becomes intimately acquainted with California’s “Murder City” after being released from jail, just shy of midnight. Absurdly self-reliant, completely broke and 120 miles away from her friends she has nothing to depend on but her wit and youthful charm.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Bulgaria
Duration01:27

Kyle (Nicolas Cage) and Sarah Miller (Nicole Kidman) have it all: a huge gated house on the water, fancy cars, and the potential for romance in their relationship. He's just back from a business trip (he brokers diamonds) and their teen daughter Avery (Liana Liberato) is sneaking out to a party, when four thugs in security uniforms and ski masks stage a home invasion. They want what's in the safe: cash and diamonds. As Kyle stalls them, trying to negotiate for Sarah's freedom, the fault lines in Kyle and Sarah's marriage and the pasts of the four robbers come into play. Is there room here for heroism?

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryItaly, Spain, USA, United Kingdom, Sweden
Duration01:50

Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a Tuscan village where she frequented in her younger days. Upon arrival, Maggie runs into Luca a handsome former lover who is still a bachelor and lives with his eighty-year-old mother Carmen. Summer (missing her “bad boy” boyfriend in NYC) and Carmen (secretly planning a wedding against Luca’s wishes to MARCELINO, her one true love in Rome) impulsively steal Luca’s car and race off to Rome. Maggie and Luca quickly pursue allowing the two mismatched couples to spend some time together and develop a new understanding of each other.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountrySerbia, Hungary, USA
Duration01:47

In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

Nearly a decade after a faulty product landed him in prison, an arrogant inventor is determined to restore his reputation and rebuild his fortune. But first, he has to convince his estranged daughter that he's worthy of a second chance.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada, USA
Duration00:30

The third installment in V.C. Andrews’ bestselling series that began with "Flowers in the Attic," "If There Be Thorns" follows Christopher and Cathy Dollanganger as they live together as man and wife with Cathy's two sons who are unaware of the incestuous nature of their parents' relationship. But when a mysterious woman moves in next door and befriends the younger boy, Bart, he begins a strange transformation and displays accusatory behavior towards Cathy and Christopher. When Christopher discovers their mysterious neighbor is, in fact, his mother Corrine Dollanganger, all of the family's long-hidden secrets are revealed in a tragic climax.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Paul is an ordinary man who is at the end of his rope. He hates his job, his beautiful wife has left him, and his mother and gay, Buddhist-monk brother constantly remind him of his shortcomings. Although Paul doesn't know it yet, his life is about to change in a big way.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama
CountryUSA

A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

A mind-bending thriller set in Portland, Oregon about an unspoken tragedy and its effects on a house, its temporary caretakers and the owners, a classical music critic and his wife on a recuperative trip to Italy.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by everyone around her. Enticed by flesh, she retreats into her own fantasies and hopes to become a great surgeon - that is, if she doesn't go insane first.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:01

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: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:31

    Kat Connors is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it...

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:33

    Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short film 'Curfew'. At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    After a one night stand Deb wakes up in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, documentary
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:17

    Funnyman Jim Gaffigan offers up his unique take on everything from Disney World to overweight whales in this live show from Washington, D.C.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered businesswoman and budding novelist; he, a free spirit who keeps things from getting boring. Their only problem is that they have decided to get divorced. Can their perfect relationship withstand this minor setback?

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    A Wall Street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to Aunt Madea's southern home.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    A broken family finds their relationships to one another changed by a new arrival in the household.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    When Seth receives a mysterious letter inviting him to spend the weekend at a secluded mansion in the country, he soon realizes the people inside the house may know him better than he knows himself.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:34

    After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    When their drug abusing mother is released from prison determined to rebuild their family, Rey kidnaps his younger brother Oliver and escapes their desert home for the California coast.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:27

    Intersecting stories with different moms collide on Mother's Day.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:44

    A young Aboriginal boy is torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany
    Duration02:07

    One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada

    While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredocumentary, biography
    CountryUSA, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark

    With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of their American dream. We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles. Since a booming time-share business built on the real-estate bubble is financing it, the economic crisis brings progress to a halt and seals the fate of its owners. We witness the impact of this turn of fortune over the next two years in a riveting film fraught with delusion, denial, and self-effacing humor.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But appearances can be deceiving. In reality, the Jordan’s marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. Through a newly energized faith, Elizabeth and Tony’s real enemy doesn’t have a prayer.




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