Movies about family life

Movies about family life
List of the best films about family life, selected by visitors to our site: Father of the Bride, Love and Pigeons, Gone with the Wind, The Notebook, Yours, Mine & Ours, It Takes Two, Leave No Trace, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Inkheart, Marley & Me.

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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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:45
PlotWedding, Life, Growing up, Family life
PlaceLos Angeles
StyleTo cry, Touching

George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 21 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. He becomes slightly insane, but his wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony.

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySoviet Union
Duration01:47
CharactersFamily, Neighbors
PlotRelationship, Love triangle, True love
PlaceSea, Village, Russia, USSR
StylePopular, Light, To cry, Soulful, Vital signs

Shown a life in the remote siberian village. Vasia, who never leave his family, village, comes to pass summer holiday on the Black Sea. New world, new people - so, hi's temted by a half-crazy woman (Raisa Zaharovna). And after short time Vasia returns to his wife and children.

Duration03:42
CharactersPoor
PlotLove triangle, Jealousy
PlaceEstate
StyleTo cry, Soulful, For girls, By books, Fascinating

An American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:04
PlotLove, Relationship, Death, Love triangle, Intrigue
PlaceHospitals
StyleRomantic, Sad ones, To cry, Touching, Serious

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

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: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:41
CharactersFamily, Twins, Friends, Orphans, Parents
PlotLove, Adventure, Relationship, Life, Family life
PlaceSummer camp, USA
StyleCute, Touching

Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:34
CharactersDogs, Horses, Family, Photographers, Hermits
PlotSurvival, Dancing, Chess, Money, Religious
PlaceNature, Trains
StylePsychological problems, Soulful, By books, Philosophical, Fascinating

A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:00
CharactersCIA, Spy, Hired assassins, Partners
PlotTravel, Passion, Double life
StyleExciting

After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.

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: 7.1
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:55
CharactersDogs, Animals, Family, Writers, Journalists
PlotOn real events, Life, Friendship, Divorce, Moving
StyleSad ones, To cry, Heavy, Touching, Sad ones

A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

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: 6.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:59
CharactersTerminally ill
PlotLove, Relationship, Death, Cancer, True love
PlaceUSA
StyleInteresting, Romantic, To cry, Touching

Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:08
PlotLove triangle, Birthday, Love with age difference
PlaceNew York
StyleRomantic, Light, Cute, For girls, Touching

Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother, Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersSpouses
PlotLove, Family life, False accusations, Sects, Blackmail

A couple experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery. As their journey to clear their names takes them from one extreme – and hilarious - circumstance to the next, they must figure out how they, and their relationship, can survive the night.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:55
CharactersDogs, CIA, Teachers, Jews, Family
PlotLife, Family life

Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man, Jack Byrnes and his wife, Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker's parents. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.

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: 6.3
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: 9.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration00:24
PlotLove, Friendship

There are five families living in the same neighbourhood of Ssangmundong, Dobong District, Northern Seoul. The neighbourhood is filled with warmth and love because everyone shares and cares for each other. Being the second daughter in the family with an elder sister and a younger brother, Sung Deok Sun often feels that she is being neglected by her parents. She finds out later that family is her only source of support when she is being harmed.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:29
CharactersDogs, Family, Lawyers, Friends, Parents
PlotMartial Arts, Success

Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountrySweden
CharactersSnipers, Family
PlotSurvival, Hiking trip, Family life, Snow, Cold
PlaceSweden
StyleTense, Serious, Disturbing

On a hiking trip to rekindle their marriage, a couple find themselves fleeing for their lives in the unforgiving wilderness from an unknown shooter.

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Genrethriller
CountryRussia
CharactersTeens
PlotFamily life
PlaceRussia
StyleWomens in main roles

Tenth-grade Tanya, being in a difficult life situation, is torn between love for mother and hatred of her stepfather. A decision matures in her mind that can fatally affect not only her life, but also the lives of her closest people.

Markimdb: 6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:57
CharactersRich guys and poor girls, Rich, Millionaires, Architects, Lovers
PlotLove, Money, Gambling, Treason, Seduction
StyleUnexpected ending, Psychological problems, Makes me think, Serious

Robert Redford stars as billionaire John Gage, who offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband (Woody Harrelson) $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife (Demi Moore).

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:15
CharactersGangsters, Spy, Gangsters, Terrorists, Family
PlotLove, Racing, Adventure, Skirmishes, Fight
PlaceUSA
StyleExciting

Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by them.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:09
CharactersFamily, Mothers
PlotLove, Dancing, Treason, Passion, Relationship
PlaceRussia, St. Petersburg
Time19th century
StyleRomantic, To cry, By books, Atmospheric

Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30
PlotWedding, Divorce, Adoption
PlaceUSA

To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:05
CharactersDogs, Family, Lawyers, Brothers, Fathers
PlotLove, Adventure, Abduction, Flooding, Chase
TimeWorld War II
StyleFor children, Kind, Light, Soulful, Atmospheric

In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:11
CharactersFamily, Autistic, Babysitting, Large families, Babies
PlotSplit personality, Friendship, Mental disorders, Depression, Fear
PlaceParty
StylePsychological problems, Twisted plot

Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.

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: 5.6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43
CharactersWomanizers, Terminally ill
PlotLove, Passion, Love with age difference, True love, Fate
PlaceNew York
StyleTo cry, Gloomy, Touching

Autumn in New York follows the sexual exploits of Will Keane - New York restaurateur, infamous verging-on-50 playboy, master of the no-commitment seduction - until he runs into an unexpected dead end when he meets Charlotte Fielding. Charlotte is half Will's age and twice his match, a 21 year-old free spirit yearning to get out and taste the excitement of adult life.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:19
CharactersDogs, Writers, Artists
PlotFriendship, Mental disorders, Love with age difference
PlaceNew York
StyleTo cry, Cute, Fascinating, Touching

New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.





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