Dysfunctional Family Movies

A recently widowed single mother, struggling to raise her depressed son alone, finds hope when her son’s best friend asks him out.

Loosely based on 1957's "Our Sister Hedy" and 1961's "The Greatest Civil War on Earth", this romantic comedy follows the Wong household, where the...

"This singular, bleakly funny, R-rated vision of Kiwi life clinches King's position as the most distinctive new voice in NZ film, as insistent and...

A dysfunctional family lives mother's death without possibility of going forward. A father, who feels guilty about it, is unable to lead a broken...

Grace, Daniel and Eamon, their hyperactive son, spoiled by his mother, envied by his father, go on vacation to an Irish coastal town for a few days,...

Based on the musical and Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, "Fun Home" concerns Bechdel's discovery of her own sexuality, her relationship with her gay...

A nuclear family sits in front of the television. The phone rings.

In 1983, the director's 24-year-old sister developed symptoms of schizophrenia. Her parents couldn't accept it—refusing to seek treatment for...

The film examines the painful relationship between fathers and sons through the eyes of one family. Four generations of men are featured in the film....

Lucy has a complicated relationship with her dysfunctional family, but when her mother disappears on Christmas Eve, she must bring her family back...

After the inexplicable appearance of a second daughter in her house, a demanding mother will have to choose what kind of child she wants to have.

Ignacio Costa is a tyrannical businessman with a conflictive personal life. He has a large family, a woman he abuses and humiliates and five children...

Actor Val Kilmer narrates this powerful film exploring the methamphetamine epidemic that's ravaged blue-collar America. Putting a human face on the...

A girl accompanies his older brother on a night of drug dealing.

An introverted office drone tries to navigate through corporate America, and one tragic day he meets his match. He then realizes he needs to play the...

The memory of a little girl's first communion day gone down the sh*tter.

A father with his younger son moves to Canada along with his family to live with his Canadian son and his family. Instead of adopting Canadian...

To chase her dream of going to school in her remote Himalayan village, a feisty paraplegic girl locks horns with her tradition-bound grandfather.

Interpersonal relationships in a dysfunctional family under the microscope of the camera.