Dysfunctional family movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant dysfunctional family movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, melancholic, weird, talky, complex and emotional films and TV shows about / with dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, dialogue, mother son relationship, storytelling, family drama, runaway, relationships and parenthood plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, Germany, Canada and other countries.
dysfunctional family
TOP 10 movies tagged as dysfunctional family: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), This Is Where I Leave You (2014), Shameless (2011), Mommy (2014), Dogtooth (2009), Eulogy (2004), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Death at a Funeral (2007), Ordinary People (1980), Miss Violence (2013).
Best films
List of dysfunctional family movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style:
melancholic, touching, emotional, depressing, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
disability, dysfunctional family, mentally challenged, self discovery, small town, mental illness, responsibility, coming of age, brothers, family problems, life philosophy, countryside ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
iowa, usa
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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, emotional, melancholic, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family gatherings, infidelity, homecoming, death of father, children, jewish, family relations, loneliness, life & death, last wish, eccentric family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
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249K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. ...
Style:
emotional, erotic, entertaining, biting, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, gay, bipolar disorder, gay teenager, family problems, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, siblings relations, life is a bitch, drinking problem, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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59K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Style:
melancholic, touching, depressing, emotional, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
oedipus complex, dysfunctional family, mother son relationship, mentally unstable, juvenile delinquent, incest overtones, single mother, violence, teenager, stuttering, youth, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2015, near future, 2010s, year 2010, year 1982 ...
Place:
canada, quebec, montreal
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, art house, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, isolated house, brother sister incest, child abuse, eccentric family, family problems, overprotective father, cat, confined, greek ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
Style:
absurd, stylized, cynical, funny, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family secret, funeral, eccentric family, death in the family, lesbian, family reunited, family life, parents and children, fall in love, family feud, generation gap ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of ...
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, melancholic, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, eccentricity, eccentric family, siblings relations, writers, dark humor, forbidden love, parents and children, extramarital affair, incest, deadpan, uptight character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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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:
humorous, tragicomedy, funny, light, absurd ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, funeral, farce, dark humor, death, secret, british, sarcasm, secrets, adultery, foul language, multiple storylines ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, realistic, depressing, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, depression, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, suicide, father son relationship, grief, therapy, coming of age, loss of son, alienation, mental illness ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, houston texas, texas, illinois
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
On the day of her birthday, eleven-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony and falls to her death with a smile on her face. While the police and Social Services try to discover the reason for this apparent suicide, Angeliki's family keep ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, serious, controversial ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, child prostitution, incest rape, suicide, perversion, incest, child abuse, family problems, parents and children, investigation, child suicide, birthday ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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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:
thought provoking, melancholic, sexy, sexual, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
existentialism, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, suburbs, obsession, coming of age, loneliness, age difference, teenager, youth, older man younger woman relationship, older man young girl relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Married... with Children is an American sitcom that aired for 11 seasons. It featured a dysfunctional family living in a fictional Chicago, Illinois, suburb. The show, notable for being the first prime-time television series to air on Fox, ran from ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, parody, light, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, promiscuous daughter, family life, family problems, struggle, parents and children, misfit, working class, suburbs, family relations, couples, adult humor ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, mental disorder, obsession, motel, hotel, dysfunctional family, family problems, insanity, murder, small town, half brother, incestuous desire ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s
Place:
oregon, usa
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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, emotional, melancholic, stylized, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, suicide, family secret, mother daughter relationship, cancer, drugs, incestuous relationship, family in crisis, drug addiction, pills, addiction, funeral ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oklahoma, california, midwest, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, honest, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, nothing goes right, coming of age, parenthood, drugs ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, new mexico, arizona, albuquerque new mexico ...
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115K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless ...
Style:
funny, humorous, not serious, realistic, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, family vacation, dysfunctional family, vacation, amusement park, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, grand canyon, brother sister relationship, family relations, on the road, family bonds ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, san francisco, arizona, memphis
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Georgia Rule follows a rebellious, uncontrollable teenager who is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her grandmother. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding ...
Style:
melancholic, stylized, sincere, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, teenager, dysfunctional family, small town, family problems, parents and children, redemption, family relations, honest, secrets, confession, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
idaho, san francisco, new jersey, california, usa ...
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113K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style:
bleak, emotional, depressing, rough, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, child abuse, teacher, poverty, illiteracy, social misfits, aids, african american, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", ...
Style:
road movie, touching, emotional, surreal, talky ...
Plot:
train, dysfunctional family, introspection, journey, suicide attempt, reconciliation, travel, melancholy, complex characters, writers, eccentricity, train travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, himalaya, asia, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Style:
depressing, touching, serious, gloomy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
childhood, poverty, dysfunctional family, innocence lost, young kid, children, child abandonment, boy, tragedy, coming of age, family relations, greed ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, india, asia, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Style:
touching, depressing, thought provoking, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
infidelity, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, teenage daughter, marriage, dying mother, family relations, cheating wife, bittersweet, greed, parenthood, estate ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the ...
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dysfunctional family, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, pregnancy, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, single mother, family relations, little girl, husband wife relationship, little boy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
missouri, st. louis missouri
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. Ned also brings his young aspiring actress fiancee who struggles with the isolation. When home he starts having memories ...
Style:
stylized, realistic, psychological, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
brother sister incest, forbidden love, dysfunctional family, incest, past, brother sister sex, taboo sex, siblings relations, homecoming, haunted by the past, secret, memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Style:
surreal, stylized, disturbing, cynical, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, hollywood, mental illness, aspiring actor, child star, obsession, actress, mother daughter relationship, satire, threesome, haunted by the past, menage a trois ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, canada, usa, beverly hills
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her ...
Style:
realistic, depressing, sexy, visually appealing, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, swinger, thanksgiving, extramarital affair, coming of age, mate swapping, adultery, suburbs, snow, infidelity, sexual awakening, family relations ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, connecticut, usa, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin (Ben Stiller) decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and an inept yet ...
Style:
humorous, road movie, witty, funny, light ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, road trip, mistaken identity, farce, adoption, twists and turns, plot twist, family relations, visceral, crime gone awry, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, new york, michigan, california, san diego california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After losing her job, making out with her soon to be ex-boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson has to face spending the holiday with her family. She wonders if she can survive their ...
Style:
humorous, touching, intense, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, christmas, thanksgiving, holiday, gay, weekend, family relations, female protagonist, nothing goes right, family life, eccentric family, family conflict ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
baltimore, turkey
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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" ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, erotic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal, crime family, heist, dysfunctional family, gay brother, escapades, family conflict, brother brother relationship, twists and turns, friendship, antisocial personality disorder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, southern california, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed ...
Style:
talky, cynical, depressing, stylized, melancholic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, nude, complex characters, family relations, jealousy, secrets, greed, character study, confession, family problems, family gatherings ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, long island, vermont, harvard university
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72K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.
Style:
controversial, depressing, bleak, art house, cynical ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pedophilia, rape, dark humor, depression, obsession, relationships, loneliness, multiple storylines, sexual abuse, suburbs, phone sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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