| Bates Motel (2013) | 8.1 | |
| Betrayal (2013) | 7.0 | |
| Mad Men (2007) | 8.7 | |
| The One I Love (2014) | 7.0 | |
| The Fosters (2013) | 7.9 |
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, sexy, suspense and clever films and TV shows about / with family problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family drama, storytelling, family, mentor and nude plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as family problems: Locke (2013), Indecent Proposal (1993), Sex with Love (2003), Brothers (2009), Betrayal (2013), Bates Motel (2013), I Killed My Mother (2009), Dogtooth (2009), My Happy Family (2017), Shameless (2011).
Best films
New films
| Malu (2024) | 7.5 | |
| Salitan (2024) | 5.2 | |
| Victoria Must Go (2024) | 5.8 | |
| The Signal (2024) | 6.0 | |
| Rita (2024) | 5.5 |
List of family problems movies
168K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his ...
Style:
clever, atmospheric, captivating, neo noir, talky ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
on the road, driving, destiny, dead father, adultery, character study, life turned upside down, family problems, dialogue, mobile phone, family man, night ...
Time:
y2k, 90s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, ethiopia, usa, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Robert Redford stars as billionaire John Gage, who offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband (Woody Harrelson) $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife (Demi Moore).
Style:
sexy, sexual, emotional, erotic, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
adultery, sexual relations, gambling, sex, husband wife relationship, love triangle, infidelity, love story, money problems, casino, moral dilemma, cuckold ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, los angeles, california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In Santiago, Chile, the schoolteacher Luisa proposes a debate about sex with the parents of her students with the intention of giving classes about sex education to the youngsters.
Style:
sexy, semi serious, humorous, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sex, polyamory, infidelity, love and romance, looking for sex, family problems, sexual relations, sex in office, lust, sex education, adultery, love triangle ...
Place:
santiago chile, chile
Is relevant?
170K
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, tense, melancholic, clever, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, presumed dead, war, american soldier, adultery, marine, marital infidelity, brothers, released from prison, murder, dysfunctional family, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Centers on Sara, a beautiful but unhappily married female photographer who begins a torrid affair with Jack, a lawyer for a powerful family.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, heartbreaking
Plot:
betrayal, family problems, cheating wife, infidelity, love affair, extramarital affair, family in crisis, husband wife relationship, murder, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
125K
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, motel, mental disorder, obsession, hotel, insanity, murder, family problems, half brother, dysfunctional family, small town, incestuous desire ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, usa, hawaii
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay son, lgbt, gay teenager, coming of age, family problems, youth, gay love, lgbt teen, gay relationship, single mother ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009
Place:
france, europe, canada
Is relevant?
122K
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, black comedy, sexy, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, isolated house, brother sister incest, paranoia, sadism, brother sister sex, child abuse, overprotective father, eccentric family, abuse, isolation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Tbilisi, Georgia, 2016: In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents’ home and live alone. Without her family and ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
family problems, family life, lifestyle change, lifestyle, changing lives, patriarchy, relationship problems, parents and children, husband wife relationship, post soviet, problem, woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
middle east, indiana, tbilisi, georgia
Is relevant?
329K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 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:
sexy, emotional, offbeat, entertaining, biting ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, gay teenager, bipolar disorder, gay, teenage life, family problems, siblings relations, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, drinking problem, dark humor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, idaho
Is relevant?
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, captivating, emotional, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
infidelity, crumbling marriage, sex scene, adultery, sex, husband wife relationship, female nudity, nudity, writers, sexual relations, strong sexual content, love affair ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A provocative drama that explores modern marriage at its midpoint. Through the lens of one couple, Neil Truman and his wife, Grace, this series answers the question, “What do you do when having it all is not enough?” by delving into their ...
Style:
tense, sexy, realistic, erotic, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, marriage, husband wife relationship, adultery, under the surface, infidelity, marital problem, couples, cheating wife, dating, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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:
teen, sincere, stylized, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
small town, mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, teenager, family problems, parents and children, rebellious daughter, redemption, drinking, honest, secrets, confession ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
idaho, usa, salt lake city utah, san francisco, new jersey ...
Is relevant?
276K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, 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, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, serial killer, evil child, female psychopath, fear, mysterious character, creepy child, children, parents and children, family in danger ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
Is relevant?
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, sexual, dark comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, dysfunctional marriage, youth, adultery, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
usa, america, los angeles, iran
Is relevant?
46K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
Style:
teen, sexy, controversial, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, bullying, teenager, father daughter relationship, child abuse, teenage life, youth, rape, innocence lost, child sexual abuse, rape and revenge, pedophile ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, cleveland ohio, chicago ...
Is relevant?
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:
realistic, rough, tense, neorealism, disturbing ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, family problems, little girl, werewolf, loneliness, negligence, parents and children, family relations, ex convict, alcohol abuse, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Is relevant?
120K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, 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, gothic, suspenseful, bleak, twisted ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
danger, mysterious character, under the surface, antisocial behavior, fatal attraction, psychopath, attempted rape, family relations, masturbation, estate, family problems, death ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, connecticut
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15K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection ...
Style:
scary, emotional, serious, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, mentally unstable, illicit affair, domineering mother, female nudity, oedipus complex, borderline personality disorder, parents and children, family problems, pregnant wife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
kentucky, new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two ...
Style:
surreal, emotional, tricky, cerebral, suspenseful ...
Plot:
marriage, couples, twists and turns, character study, family problems, doppelganger, infidelity, swimming pool, husband wife relationship, therapist, relationships, moral dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
32K
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, independent film, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage girl, rape, bullying, youth, rape victim, school, teenage life, innocence lost, teenager, unsupportive friend, high school life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family, 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, teen, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, adoption, foster child, teenage life, foster home, troubled teen, gays and lesbians, lesbian mother, teenage girl, parenthood, supportive parent, step siblings ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
san diego california, usa, california
Is relevant?
286K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 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:
atmospheric, sexy, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
advertising, career, boss and employee, family problems, workplace, housewife, womanizer, advertising agency, workplace intrigue, career woman, drinking, ambitious ...
Time:
60s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, syria
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55K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
loner, grief, antisocial behavior, depression, trauma, arson, life is a bitch, family problems, rebelliousness, youth, family drama, dealing with death ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Style:
scary, psychological horror, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
child as adult, psychopath, baby, evil child, killer child, boy, creepy kid, family relations, family problems, parents and children, manipulation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of Dulce, a mother who has encounters with apparitions inside her old house. She must decipher a mystery that could trigger a prophecy: the death of her family.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, frightening, mind bending ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted by the past, haunted house, twists and turns, murder, time travel, danger, family in danger, elderly, missing child, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venezuela
Is relevant?
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, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, home invasion, nanny, suicide, vengeance, sexual abuse, malice, female psychopath, parenthood, breast feeding, rivalry, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.
Style:
scary, serious, spooky, atmospheric, suspenseful
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, elevator, supernatural, black magic, halloween, family problems, haunted, journalism, danger, supernatural ability, rivalry, media ...
Time:
90s, year 1939, 1930s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, christmas special, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, winter, christmas season, parents and children, vacation, dysfunctional family, rottweiler, christmas eve, family gatherings, squirrel, creativity ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Is relevant?
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, suspenseful, mind bending, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
time travel, destiny, death, alternate reality, time loop, memory loss, parallel world, dealing with death, deja vu, couples, family problems, housewife ...
Time:
year 2007, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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