Dysfunctional movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant dysfunctional movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, cult classic, suspense, independent film and touching films and TV shows about / with dysfunctional, profanity, family relations, murder, bare chested male, violent content, dysfunctional family, sexual content, kiss and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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dysfunctional movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as dysfunctional: American Beauty (1999), Who's Harry Crumb? (1989), The Fisher King (1991), Hot Shots! (1991), American Heart (1992), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Wayne's World (1992), Falling Down (1993), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Spy Hard (1996).

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 8.3
 1.2M
American Beauty (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: 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.
Style: melancholic, thought provoking, dark comedy, sexual, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot: midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, nymphet, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, older man young girl relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place: usa, america, los angeles, iran
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Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Style: humorous, absurd, light, detective, not serious ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: kidnapping, private detective, investigation, justice, law enforcement, stupidity, dysfunctional family, multiple storylines, father daughter relationship, cons and scams, family business, clumsiness ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: santa monica california, california, los angeles
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The Fisher King (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Style: psychological, touching, compassionate, inspirational, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: self discovery, friendship, insanity, mental illness, redemption, transformation, homelessness, holy grail, tragic event, radio, guilty conscience, medical ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
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 6.7
 116K
Hot Shots! (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience: kids, date night, family outing, teens
Plot: airplane, goofy hero, satire, stupidity, aviation, heroic mission, air force, save the day, disorder, military base, love and romance, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1971, year 1975
Place: iraq, mediterranean sea, california
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American Heart (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Jack is now out of jail and he meets Nick, his adolescent son. Their relationship will be complicated, because Jack has a problem with alcohol. But his love for Nick will help him to get over the past and reach his dreams.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, rough ...
Audience: manly
Plot: father son relationship, adaptation, complex characters, boy, starting over, prison, going straight, estrangement, family relations, prisoner, society, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place: seattle, usa, alaska, washington state
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: obsession, nanny, vengeance, sexual abuse, psychopath, malice, suicide, female psychopath, breast feeding, rivalry, haunted by the past, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa
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 7.0
 170K
Wayne's World (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When a sleazy TV exec offers Wayne and Garth a fat contract to tape their late-night public access show at his network, they can't believe their good fortune. But they soon discover the road from basement to big-time is a gnarly one, fraught ...
Style: funny, humorous, hilarious, spoof, slapstick ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, date night
Plot: buddy, rock and roll, heavy metal, music, rock, stoner, musician, basement, hard rock, dumb, satire, stupidity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, seattle, wisconsin, milwaukee wisconsin ...
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 7.6
 205K
Falling Down (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. ...
Style: psychological, rough, suspense, disturbing, black comedy ...
Audience: manly, date night
Plot: rage, vigilante, anger, violence, midlife crisis, alienation, heat wave, social commentary, character study, traffic jam, urban decay, obsession ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, persia, usa
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Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Style: depressing, disturbing, melancholic, sexual, sad ...
Audience: adult
Plot: addiction, loneliness, alcoholism, prostitute, prostitution, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, depression, self destructing, tragedy, medical, suicide ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: las vegas, los angeles, usa, nevada
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 5.3
 40K
Spy Hard (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: farce, spy, james bond spoof, spy spoof, kgb, spying, heroic mission, goofy hero, save the world, disorder, danger, race against time ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style: disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience: teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot: psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, depression, mental illness, sociopath, teenager, antisocial behavior, childhood, mother son relationship, boy ...
Time: year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: america, united kingdom, connecticut, usa, new york
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 8.3
 197K
Incendies (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, heartbreaking, bleak, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, rape, civil war, incest, last will and testament, torture, pregnant from rape, unwanted pregnancy, unknown father, incest rape, twin brother and sister, psychology ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, y2k, 70s, year 1970 ...
Place: middle east, lebanon, quebec, nebraska, montreal
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 8.1
 495K
Warrior (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine ...
Style: emotional, rough, serious, inspirational, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, boxing, courage, brother brother relationship, fight scenes, underdog, muscleman, teacher, brothers, estrangement, father son relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, atlantic city new jersey, el paso texas ...
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 5.6
 14K
A.C.O.D. (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and is enlisted in a follow-up years later, which wreaks new havoc on his family.
Style: humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, family saga ...
Plot: parents separation, dysfunctional family, remarry, parents and children, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, family feud, siblings relations, couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, wedding ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.2
 60K
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style: tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: gangster, interrogation, violence, complex characters, justice, investigation, drug dealer, character study, vengeance, law enforcement, bad mother, power struggle ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania, peru
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 6.6
 51K
The Beaver (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black (Mel Gibson) begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter (Anton Yelchin) pushes for his ...
Style: touching, depressing, emotional, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot: depression, mental illness, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, family drama, psychology, mental disorder, solitude, adaptation, happy ending, family relations, losing-it hero ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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August: Osage County (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: 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.
Style: touching, melancholic, independent film, stylized, depressing ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, suicide, cancer, family secret, mother daughter relationship, incestuous relationship, family in crisis, drug addiction, pills, addiction, funeral, brother sister incest ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: oklahoma, peru, midwest, usa
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 6.6
 287K
The Other Guys (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: NYPD detectives Christopher Danson (Johnson) and P.K. Highsmith (Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos, other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit detectives Allen Gamble ...
Style: funny, hilarious, buddy comedy, humorous, parody ...
Audience: teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot: police, stupidity, buddy, misfit partners, partners against crime, buddy cop, farce, hotshot, dumb, reluctant partners, car chase, corruption ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, las vegas, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, tense, independent film, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sexual abuse, rape, female protagonist, religion, hippie, mind control, paranoia, brainwashing, family drama, manipulation, character study, obsession ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: connecticut, new york, new york state, usa
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 7.2
 15K
Broken (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
Style: psychological, touching, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: innocence lost, mental illness, dysfunctional family, neighbor, youth, friendship, au pair, single father, arrest, diabetes, single parent, false accusation ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: england, london
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 5.1
 2K
Sweet Karma (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A mute Russian girl infiltrates Toronto's underground sex trade to avenge the death of her sister.
Style: serious, rough, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sexploitation, woman fights a man, sex trafficking, rape and revenge, strip club, russian mafia, vigilante, vengeance, mute, life is a bitch, voyeur, mute or deaf ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, russia
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 5.6
 47K
MacGruber (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ex-special operative MacGruber (Forte) is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Kilmer), who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.
Style: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, satirical ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: sarcasm, undercover, hotshot hero, danger, escapades, chases and races, uninhibited rivalry, stoner, dumb, satire, secret agent, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa, las vegas, salt lake city utah ...
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 2.8
 307
Tomboys (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Five girls kidnap a serial rapist... to seek revenge.
Style: suspense, independent film
Plot: rape and revenge, rape, castration, murder, revenge, rape victim, bad girl, violent, suicide, anal rape, male rape, police ...
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 6.5
 21K
Blood Ties (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: family relations, police, family problems, love, dishonesty, betrayal, family reunited, police detective, rivalry, honest law enforcer, gang, mobster ...
Time: 70s, year 2013, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.0
 33K
Danny Collins (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An ageing rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.
Style: sentimental, touching, inspirational, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: aging, rock star, musician's life, elderly, midlife crisis, transformation, musician, family relations, introspection, starting over, cancer, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 70s, year 2014, year 1971, 21st century
Place: new jersey, los angeles, usa, new york
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 6.1
 137K
The Campaign (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Style: parody, funny, political, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: congressman, politics, election, campaign, farce, campaigning, twists and turns, profanity, satire, election campaign, mentor, political corruption ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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 7.4
 19K
Rudderless (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
Style: touching, heartbreaking, compassionate, lyrical, melancholic ...
Plot: redemption, visceral, life philosophy, loss of son, intergenerational friendship, parent child relationship, family problems, down on your luck, coping, death in the family, life turned upside down, life is a bitch ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Style: harsh, captivating, psychological, stylized, neo noir ...
Audience: date night, family friendly
Plot: motorcycle, haunted by the past, bank robbery, corruption, family relations, money problems, robbery, loner, father son relationship, bank robber, parenthood, police ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, y2k, future, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 21K
Chained (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
Style: disturbing, psychological, scary, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, captivity, slave, misogynist, kidnapping, serial rapist, psychopath, abuse, childhood trauma, escape attempt, isolated house, slavery ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Trouble with the Curve (2012)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: 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.
Style: inspirational, touching, melancholic, entertaining, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, baseball, aging, blind character, lawyer, pitcher, kids and family, good versus evil, parents and children, ambitious, accident, career ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
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