Family gatherings movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant family gatherings movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, feel good and touching films and TV shows about / with family relations, family gatherings, parents and children, couples, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, family problems, love and romance, reunion and mother daughter relationship plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as family gatherings: This Is Where I Leave You (2014), The Inheritance (2011), The Big Wedding (2013), Four Christmases (2008), This Christmas (2007), Holiday Engagement (2011), Death at a Funeral (2010), Skylab (2011), Death at a Funeral (2007), What's in a Name (2012).

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This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: touching, humorous, independent film, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, family drama, infidelity, family gatherings, homecoming, childhood home, death of father, children, family relations, loneliness, life & death, last wish ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, new england
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The Inheritance (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Five ambitious cousins set out on a family reunion during the dead of winter. The purpose of the retreat is to secure their inheritance, a fortune that dates back many generations. Upon their arrival, Uncle Melvin (Keith David) welcomes them with ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric, slasher ...
Plot: family gatherings, haunted by the past, family relations, survival, supernatural, escapades, danger, gory, estate, curses spells and rituals, murder, black ...
Time: 21st century
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The Big Wedding (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, funny, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, family gatherings, couples, marriage, family relations, parents and children, family reunited, family feud, in-laws, eccentric family, couple relations, adoption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Four Christmases (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is ...
Style: humorous, funny, feel good, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: christmas, holiday, dysfunctional family, family relations, couple relations, in-laws, family bonds, brothers, marriage, family drama, love, christmas season ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
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The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The siblings of the Fitzgerald family must decide if the dad who abandoned them 20 years ago can come home for Christmas. Can the big Irish clan get past their grievances to be a family again?
Style: sincere, serious, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: christmas, family gatherings, holiday, family relations, estranged father, homecoming, sibling relationship, parents and children, brother sister relationship, xmas, siblings, family reunited ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, ireland, long island
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 6.4
 10K
This Christmas (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are ...
Style: light, sweet, black comedy, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, family relations, christmas season, family problems, divorce, black, human nature, redemption, estrangement, family life ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, los angeles, san francisco, chicago
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Holiday Engagement (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents, most specifically her judgmental mother, Meredith Burns, thus far without success. Part of that approval for Hillary is to marry the right man. That's ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, pretend relationship, thanksgiving, wedding, family gatherings, fall in love, deception, couples, fake relationship, disorder, unlikely couple, cons and scams ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Death at a Funeral (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New ...
Style: funny, black comedy, dark comedy, talky, melancholic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: eccentric family, death, dysfunctional family, family relations, black, family gatherings, death in the family, male nudity, silly humor, dishonesty, gay father, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 2K
Skylab (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: It is 1979 and Albertine, 10, and all her family members have gathered in Brittany to celebrate the birthday of her grandmother. Everyone thinks that the Skylab space station from NASA will fall on their heads this summer. The meeting turns into a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: nudist, family relations, nudist camp, nude beach, family gatherings, innocence lost, humour, summer vacation, coming of age, youth, family life, parents and children ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, france, brittany
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Death at a Funeral (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, slapstick, tragicomedy ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: dysfunctional family, funeral, farce, dark humor, secret, sarcasm, gay, adultery, british, multiple storylines, family gatherings, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, europe, london
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What's in a Name (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Vincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a symphony orchestra, is also present. Vincent brings news from the ...
Style: cynical, talky, thought provoking, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: dinner party, under the surface, joke, friendship, pregnancy, family secret, family gatherings, siblings relations, couple relations, prank, friends, family problems ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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 6.6
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The Dinner (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Story about two brothers and their wives, and the interactions between them and their two high school age children. When the kids get into serious trouble together, how will the parents relationships change with and among each other? Will the ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, biting, talky ...
Plot: family gatherings, life turned upside down, family life, parents and children, couples, under the surface, family problems, couple relations, siblings relations, family in crisis, disorder, suspicion ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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The Wedding Date (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be ...
Style: romantic, feel good, sweet, light, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: wedding, fall in love, love story, love and romance, marriage, looking for love, opposites attract, unlikely couple, sisters, couples, family gatherings, happy ending ...
Place: europe, england, london, united kingdom
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 5.6
 1K
Mariages! (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Ils ont 25 ans et se marient aujourd'hui.Ils ont 35 ans, se sont unis il y a dix ans et se déchirent aujourd'hui.Ils ont 45 ans, se sont déchirés il y a dix ans et tentent aujourd'hui de se réconcilier...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: family gatherings, midlife crisis, obsession, parents and children, love and romance, wooing, crumbling marriage, lifestyle, couples, lovers reunited, impossible love, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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David's Birthday (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two couples are enjoying their summer at the beach, but when the grown son of one couple arrives, it surprisingly stirs something in the husband of the other couple, will the forbidden feelings end badly?
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, sentimental, cute ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay teenager, midlife crisis, opera, doctors and patients, unfulfilled love, family problems, obsession, family gatherings, ocean ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, venice
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Another Happy Day (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.
Style: semi serious, feel good, witty, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot: wedding, estate, family gatherings, eccentric family, nothing goes right, disorder, parents and children, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, ex husband ex wife relationship, wedding ceremony, family reunited ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maryland, usa
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Making Plans for Lena (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ever since she broke up with Nigel, Lena soldiers on through life as best she can with her two kids. She valiantly overcomes the obstacles put in her way. But she has yet to confront the worst of them: Her unstoppable family has decided, by any ...
Style: emotional, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, divorce, family gatherings, family problems, parents and children, love and romance, human nature, couples, family relations, countryside, siblings relations, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, rome italy, europe, brittany
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 6.5
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The O'Briens (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two years after the death of his beloved wife, Pat O'Brien (Tommy O’Neil) summons his children back to their homestead in the west of Ireland. Fionn (Liam McMahon) travels from New York, Gareth (Emmett Hughes) from London, and daughter Una ...
Style: humorous, captivating, sincere, semi serious, realistic
Plot: family relations, family gatherings, family secret, scandal, love triangle, death of mother, family reunited, rejection, father son relationship, secret, family home, dysfunctional family ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
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The Perfect Wedding (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Christmas is approaching, and Paul's adopted sister Alana is coming home for the holidays. This won't be just a regular family celebration, as she's recently engaged and the weekend will be spent planning her June wedding with her ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, family gatherings, lgbtq, gender, couples, homecoming, cons and scams, christmas, gay wedding, geography, happy ending ...
Time: 21st century
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Meet the Browns (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street.But when she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, realistic, not serious, black comedy ...
Plot: female protagonist, family relations, single parent, death in the family, family gatherings, family life, eccentric family, siblings relations, black, parents and children, small town life, madea ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, georgia
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 5.5
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Treading Water (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Casey (Angela Redman) has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives a cozy life with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex (super sexy Nina Landey) until her stuffy family demands that she come home for ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, eccentric family, culture clash, fish out of water, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, couples, society, addiction, family life, family relations ...
Place: new england, usa
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A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, entertaining, christmas classics ...
Plot: christmas, family relations, nothing goes right, eccentric family, family gatherings, on the road, parents and children, disorder, escapades, race against time, road trip, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Inheritance (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than a spacious apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles – from the apartment’s sale to splitting ...
Style: humorous, realistic, serious, emotional
Plot: lesbian couple, family relations, family gatherings, inheritance, family problems, parents and children, estrangement, death in the family, sister sister relationship, strained relationship, death of mother, funeral ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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Wedding Daze (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jack and Audrey Landry are a middle-aged couple who have barely gotten the hang of being a pair of "empty nesters" when their three grown daughters -- Teri, Nora, and Dahlia -- end up tumbling back home again. That's not so hard to ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Plot: wedding, event planner, starting over, parents and children, family gatherings, love and romance, disorder, couples, midlife crisis, sister sister relationship, engagement, beautiful scenery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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 5.7
 916
American Son (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of a young Marine, fresh from Camp Pendleton, who is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during a four-day Thanksgiving leave.
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere, hispanic ...
Plot: fall in love, family relations, thanksgiving, family gatherings, marine, soldier, self discovery, love and romance, society, homecoming, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq, usa, california
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Around the Bend (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years old. When the oldest member passes away, the trio heads out on the ...
Style: touching, sentimental, road movie, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot: family relations, self discovery, family gatherings, human nature, parents and children, estrangement, death, road trip, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, aging, van ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century
Place: new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, los angeles, arizona ...
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 7.1
 8K
Summer Hours (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
Style: enigmatic, atmospheric, lyrical, stylized, sincere ...
Plot: art, summer, irreverent, life philosophy, family problems, family gatherings, parents and children, uncover truth, artist, family drama, family relations, loneliness ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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 5.9
 740
Checking Out (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A famed stage actor reunites his family for a party, and plans to commit suicide after-wards, unless they are able to convince him not to.
Style: touching, realistic, humorous, sincere, spoof ...
Plot: elderly, family life, family gatherings, lifestyle, siblings relations, homecoming, family problems, actor's life, parents and children, life & death, aging, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Madea's Family Reunion (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Just as the southern matriarch, Madea buries her older sister, Irene. (There is no mention of Helen and Charles Jr. at all during the play). Her granddaughter Lisa is getting married to a very successful rich man name Ronnie at the house, but ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
Plot: family life, wedding, eccentric family, family gatherings, family problems, disorder, family relations, dysfunctional family, death in the family, funeral, black, madea ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
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What's Cooking? (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In LA's Fairfax district, where ethnic groups abound, four households celebrate Thanksgiving amidst family tensions. In the Nguyen family, the children's acculturation and immigrant parents' fears collide. In the Avila family, ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: lesbian, dysfunctional family, food, culture clash, cooking, divorce, family bonds, pregnancy, family problems, family life, family gatherings, couple relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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