| The Venture Bros. (2003) | 8.6 | |
| Raising Hope (2010) | 8.1 | |
| Khichdi (2002) | 8.6 | |
| Daria (1997) | 8.1 | |
| Grey Gardens (2009) | 7.4 |
Eccentric family movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant eccentric family movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, dark comedy, black comedy, funny and feel good films and TV shows about / with eccentric family, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, satire, father daughter relationship, dark humor, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship and family plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as eccentric family: Dogtooth (2009), Mockingbird Lane (2012), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Dark Shadows (2012), Addams Family Values (1993), Transparent (2014), Greedy (1994), Malcolm in the Middle (2000), Blandings (2013), Knives Out (2019).
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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: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
Story:
Grandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a sexy vamp. Lily's niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and Lily and Herman's only child, Eddie, has his werewolf ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, humorous, captivating, gothic ...
Plot:
werewolf, eccentric family, vampire, imaginary, parents and children, dragon, old mansion, supernatural, family relations, freak, suburbs, dracula ...
Place:
usa
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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:
witty, funny, dark comedy, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, eccentricity, dark humor, eccentric family, writers, sex, forbidden love, incest, dalmatian, satire, parents and children, uptight character ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, seattle
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293K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, humorous, black comedy, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
vampire, witch, eccentric family, immortality, dark humor, witchcraft, curse, vengeance, lost love, old mansion, supernatural, werewolf ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 70s, 19th century ...
Place:
new england, usa, liverpool, england, maine ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, horror for children ...
Plot:
goth, eccentric family, halloween, nanny, farce, satire, dark humor, summer camp, dysfunctional family, childhood, thanksgiving, parenthood ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, erotic, sensual, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, gay interest, transgender, lesbian love, dark humor, gender, selfishness, secret, eccentric family, life turned upside down, family secret ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, idaho, california, indiana, usa
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, surprise ending, light ...
Plot:
wealth, greed, millionaire, uncle nephew relationship, eccentric family, disorder, private detective, family relations, last will and testament, farce, deception, cousin cousin relationship ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
siblings relations, social satire, eccentric family, teenage life, teenager, suburban life, youth, dysfunctional family, prodigy, family life, sibling relationship, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, nova scotia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P.G. Wodehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One from 13 January 2013, and stars Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders and Mark Williams. The ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, sitcom, captivating, light ...
Plot:
eccentric family, lord, butler, english countryside, master and servant, family relations, pig, power relations, aristocrat, estate, castle, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
867K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, exciting, witty, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, death, mystery killer, murder, mansion, murder investigation, eccentric family, large family, private detective, suspect ...
Time:
year 2019, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north america, usa, new england, massachusetts, seattle
Is relevant?
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:
dark comedy, black comedy, funny, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farce, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, eccentric family, death, profanity, blackmail, husband wife relationship, african american, gay father, hallucinogenic drug, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children, teen drama ...
Plot:
goth, halloween, dark humor, childhood, eccentric family, supernatural ability, fantasy world, husband wife relationship, family relations, uncle, supernatural, witch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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29K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Daria Morgendorffer lives with her stressed-out, career-fixated parents, Helen and Jake, and her relentlessly cute and popular little sister, Quinn. Daria and her fellow outcast and best friend, Jane Lane, attend Lawndale High School where they are ...
Style:
clever, witty, cynical, adult cartoon, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
sarcasm, loner, social misfits, everyday life, teenage life, high school life, antisocial behavior, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, teenage girl, teen angst, school ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of ...
Style:
touching, witty, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, couple relations, marriage proposal, fall in love, proposal, couples, hopes, eccentric family, marriage, arrest, wedding planning, jail ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s
Place:
atlantic city, new jersey, atlantic city new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls.
Style:
black comedy, humorous, rom com, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
eccentric family, dysfunctional family, satire, hitchhiker, strong female presence, dark humor, nanny, suburbs, family life, youth, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2012, y2k, 21st century
Place:
australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they ...
Style:
gothic, sitcom, dark fantasy, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, toddlers, pre-teens, horror for children ...
Plot:
eccentric family, satire, dark humor, supernatural, goth, society, living with parents, couple relations, supernatural ability, culture clash, family life, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
20th century, future, 60s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 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, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
wedding, couples, family gatherings, twists and turns, parents and children, marriage, farce, family relations, family reunited, couple relations, family feud, in-laws ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A student moves in with a family that lives in an underground house in the middle of the forest, far from civilization. His hopes of peace and quiet are soon shattered, when it becomes apparent that both the parents and their son have a screw loose.
Style:
surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, horror comedy, funny ...
Plot:
isolation, teacher student relationship, abused child, eccentric family, dysfunctional family, family problems, dark humor, prodigy, parents and children, mental disorder, sexual abuse, bunker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Wall Street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to Aunt Madea's southern home.
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
hopes, eccentric family, dysfunctional family, danger, family relations, parents and children, farce, madea, witnessing a crime, hidden identity, family problems, fish out of water ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer who lives off of the generosity of others. When Hannah forces her ...
Style:
serious, sad, erotic, sensual, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
traumatic childhood, mother daughter conflict, pedophilia, innocence lost, art, eccentric family, mother daughter relationship, female nudity, macabre, making love, sex scene, adult film industry ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, ironic, not serious, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teens
Plot:
small town, gay, lgbtq, motel, couple relations, gay relationship, riches to rags, real life father and son playing father and son, class differences, siblings living together, businessman, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
canada, seattle
Is relevant?
122K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan. The central character is Nancy Botwin, a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling cannabis to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a heart attack. Over the ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, sensual, witty, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
single mother, marijuana, dysfunctional family, drug dealing, drug dealer, dark humor, family life, single parent, eccentric family, smuggling, sexual activity, widow ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining, realistic
Plot:
social differences, lottery, life turned upside down, fish out of water, eccentric family, culture clash, society, misfit, family life, family relations, disorder, wealth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
french riviera, france, monaco, europe, cote d'azur ...
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36K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.
Style:
black comedy, satirical, dark comedy, talky, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dysfunctional family, multiple suspects, women, lgbtq, eccentric family, christmas, twists and turns, who done it, lesbian, estate, suicide, hot and sexy ...
Time:
1950s, year 2002, 20th century, 50s
Place:
france, europe, paris france, argentina
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
"The Haunted Hathaways" follows the adventures of a not-so-typical blended family. When Michelle Hathaway relocates to New Orleans, LA., to open a bakery with her daughters Taylor and Frankie, they quickly learn that life in the “Big ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, semi serious, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, eccentric family, family life, youth, parents and children, paranormal activity, haunted, spirit, siblings relations, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa
Is relevant?
10K
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:
black comedy, dark comedy, absurd, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family secret, funeral, family life, eccentric family, death in the family, sarcasm, family feud, parents and children, fall in love, generation gap, lesbian ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Is relevant?
534K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, funny, saga, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
everyday life, family relations, generation gap, gay, adolescence, gay adoption, family life, parents and children, couple relations, couples, mother daughter relationship, blended family ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, southern california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
193K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, children, elementary school, supernatural ability, school, parents and children, mischievous children, teachers and students, disorder, childhood, child prodigy, adoption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
america
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Style:
sexy, witty, period piece, costume drama, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
family relations, culture clash, high society, dysfunctional family, fish out of water, dishonesty, female nudity, love and romance, manipulation, father in law daughter in law relationship, country house, meet the parents ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2008, future, 1930s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, france, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA, UK, Vietnam
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Plot unknown
Style:
gothic, humorous, funny, 3d animation, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children
Plot:
halloween, goth, dark humor, eccentric family, family relations, eccentricity, strange person, father son relationship, butler, addams family, large family, mischievous children ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
new jersey
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