Movies dramas about dysfunctional families

List of the best films dramas about dysfunctional families according to the audience: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Animal Kingdom, Captain Fantastic, Manchester by the Sea, Mid90s, Birdman, The Judge, Revolutionary Road, August: Osage County, Boyhood.

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

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: 8.2
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:57

The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:29

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
Duration02:33

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. He finds it at the Motor Avenue skate shop.

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: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

    A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:54

    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: 7.2
    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: 7.9
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:46

      The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:32

      A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:32

      A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
      CountryUSA

      A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:30

      An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryItaly, France, USA, Brazil
      Duration02:09

      Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryGermany, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:05

      A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

      A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

        Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

          The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:43

          A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

          Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
          CountryUSA

          Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryAustralia, USA
          Duration02:23

          An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

          Markimdb: 8.4
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:02

          Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA, India
          Duration01:43

          A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:52

          Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:13

          Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:32

          After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:45

            An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrecomedy, drama, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:53

            When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:56

            Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control -- all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genredrama, western, crime
            CountryFrance, Spain, Romania, Belgium, USA
            Duration01:56

            Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genredrama, crime
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:35

            After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genredrama
            CountryRussia, France, Belgium, Germany
            Duration02:08

            Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears...

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:49

            Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

            A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:32

            The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genredrama, military
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration02:11

            While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genredrama, family
            CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
            Duration02:15

            The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, crime, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:56

            Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genredrama, adventure, crime, biography
            CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Spain
            Duration01:00

            Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genredrama, crime, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:33

              In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:43

                A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genredrama, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:12

                A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genredrama, music, biography, history
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
                Duration02:05

                Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genredrama, biography
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India

                Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA

                Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genrecomedy, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:41

                  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: 7.7
                  Genredrama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:38

                  A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

                  Markimdb: 8
                  Genredrama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:26

                  Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.




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