Family problems movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant family problems movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, psychological, touching, thought provoking and emotional films and TV shows about / with family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, family drama, storytelling, death, parents and children, husband wife relationship, teenager and mother daughter relationship plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
family problems
TOP 10 movies tagged as family problems: Brothers (2009), Georgia Rule (2007), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Breaking Bad (2008), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Mad Men (2007), Dogtooth (2009), Olive Kitteridge (2014), Shameless (2011), Bates Motel (2013).
Best films
List of family problems movies
133K
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic ...
Style:
touching, psychological, emotional, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
war, family problems, adultery, military, marital infidelity, presumed dead, american soldier, brothers, dysfunctional family, soldier, suspicion, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, iraq, usa
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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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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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1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
criminal, life turned upside down, family problems, peril, drug dealing, meth lab, drug lord, unlikely partners, master criminal, cancer, life is a bitch, ambition ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, depression, high school, guilt, mother son relationship, mental illness, prison visit, school shooting, family problems, childhood, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa, new york
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244K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 ...
Style:
captivating, serious, atmospheric, stylized, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
advertising, family problems, workplace, boss and employee, career, advertising agency, businessman, womanizer, workplace intrigue, ambition, office, ambitious ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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99K
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: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 239 min.
TV show
Story:
The story focuses on a middle-school math teacher Olive and her relationship with Henry which spans 25 years over the four parts. It is based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Style:
meditative, realistic, atmospheric, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, family problems, maturity, small town life, dysfunctional family, loneliness, elderly, couple relations, childhood, marriage, psychology ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, maine, usa, new england
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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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110K
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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111K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspenseful, gothic, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
antisocial behavior, mysterious character, under the surface, psychopath, parents and children, family problems, estate, family relations, lolita, masturbation, youth, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, pennsylvania
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1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
There are two of them: a mother and a girl. They have no names. And they are in a constant run. The mother runs away from the daughter in an attempt to start new life, and the girl runs after her mother as she has no idea how to live without her. ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, tense, neorealism ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, family problems, alcohol abuse, little girl, parents and children, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, negligence, loneliness, family relations, ex convict, werewolf ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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28K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sentimental, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, school, rape, depression, teenage girl, teenage life, youth, innocence lost, family problems, bullying, unsupportive friend, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, life is a bitch, youth, teenage life, society, high school life, family problems, dysfunctional family, social relations, family relations, parents and children, friends ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted twins, Mariana and Jesus. Their ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, melancholic, sincere, anime ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, adoption, foster child, teenage life, foster home, gays and lesbians, troubled teen, adolescence, lesbian mother, supportive parent, siblings relations, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san diego california, usa, california
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102K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
halloween, murder, mysterious character, psychopath, soldier, twists and turns, suspense, grief, family relations, family problems, dishonesty, ex soldier ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
bad ending, depressing, heartbreaking, bleak, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
adultery, marriage, abortion, mental illness, infidelity, dysfunctional family, depression, death of wife, under the surface, suburbs, family problems, existentialism ...
Time:
50s, year 1955, 1940s, 20th century, year 1948
Place:
california, usa, paris france, new york, connecticut
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah Solloway and Alison Lockhart after the two meet in the resort town of Montauk in Long Island. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher with one novel published (book ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
crumbling marriage, infidelity, sex scene, adultery, husband wife relationship, sexual relations, writers, family problems, parents and children, life turned upside down, dishonesty, strong sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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236K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
orphan, suspense, adoption, killer child, murder, twists and turns, female psychopath, mysterious character, parents and children, fear, serial killer, family in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, sexual, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbianism, lesbian mother, lesbian couple, gays and lesbians, lesbian relationship, coming out, family problems, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 179 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in post-war Britain, ten year-old Lewis Aldridge is grief-stricken as he struggles to cope with the death of his beloved mother. Left under the care of his emotionally distant father Gilbert, whom he barely knows and who quickly remarries, Lewis ...
Style:
touching, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, family problems, teenage life, youth, estrangement, life is a bitch, death of mother, love, father son relationship, parent child relationship, dysfunctional family, death in the family ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, post world war two
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The ...
Style:
sad, touching, sentimental, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, lawyer, parenthood, mother daughter relationship, sisters, sick child, life is a bitch, family life, relationships, childhood, leukemia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa, los angeles, montana
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Wanting to escape city life for the countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Quaid), his wife Leah (Stone) and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
haunted house, family problems, country house, psychopath, suspense, twists and turns, police investigation, hospital, supernatural, family relations, haunted by the past, countryside ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, feel good, uplifting
Audience:
girls' night, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
dancing, ballet, family problems, against the odds, follow your dream, ambition, youth, siblings relations, family relations, orphan, hopes, talent ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
london, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot:
investigation, murder, family in crisis, law enforcement, family problems, uncover truth, family relations, police investigation, murder mystery, child killer, protagonist as suspect, child murder ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sexy, compassionate ...
Plot:
loss of child, death in the family, marriage, grief, estrangement, tragedy, memory, redemption, support group, family problems, unlikely relationship, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, romantic, psychological, feel good ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay lead character, teenage boy, adolescence, coming of age, boarding school, teenager, heir to the throne, social problems, school, gay youth ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A depressed housewife who learns her husband was killed in a car accident the day previously, awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home, and then awakens the day after to a world in which he is still dead.
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
time travel, alternate reality, destiny, time loop, death, parallel world, dealing with death, memory loss, twists and turns, foreknowledge, family problems, couples ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, tense, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, twists and turns, manic, torture, family in danger, youth, murder, uncover truth, hidden identity, dishonesty, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, oregon, portland oregon, salt lake city utah
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A city where suicide is the only growing business. A shop where you can get everything to cater this urge. In the hand of one family for centuries.. till they get a happy baby. And he has to power to make all around him happy as well.
Style:
adult animation, humorous, realistic, semi serious, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicide attempt, family business, dark humor, suicidal thoughts, family problems, changing lives, life turned upside down, depression, family relations, dysfunctional family, workplace, hopes ...
Place:
france
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