Family secret movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant family secret movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, psychological, touching and emotional films and TV shows about / with family secret, family relations, secret, family problems, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, mother daughter relationship and father son relationship plots mostly in Drama, Mystery and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Denmark and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as family secret: The O'Briens (2013), Inheritance (2020), The Celebration (1998), The Daughter (2015), Take Me to the River (2015), Angels and Insects (1995), Ray Donovan (2013), Incendies (2010), If There Be Thorns (2015), Ida (2013).
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List of family secret movies
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two years after the death of his beloved wife, Pat O'Brien (Tommy O’Neil) summons his children back to their homestead in the west of Ireland. Fionn (Liam McMahon) travels from New York, Gareth (Emmett Hughes) from London, and daughter Una ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, semi serious, sincere, humorous
Plot:
family relations, family gatherings, family secret, scandal, love triangle, death of mother, family reunited, rejection, father son relationship, secret, family home, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, new york, london
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.
Style:
enigmatic, suspense, atmospheric, period piece, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
family secret, twists and turns, dark secret, daughter, young girl, father daughter relationship, bribery, interracial romance, death of father, childhood memory, riddles and clues, conspiracy ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech ...
Style:
black comedy, cerebral, dark comedy, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
dogme 95, family secret, incest, child abuse, hotel, haunted by the past, pedophile, suicide, birthday party, drunkenness, birthday, party ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, denmark
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with his childhood friend Oliver, who has stayed in town working at Henry’s timber mill and is now ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, sincere, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
family secret, illicit affair, unemployment, friend, husband wife relationship, wedding, family relations, uncover truth, relationship problems, changing lives, getting home, small town life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A naive California teen plans to remain above the fray at his Nebraskan family reunion, but a strange encounter places him at the center of a long-buried family secret.
Style:
ambiguous ending, psychological, suspenseful, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
child abuse, river, family secret, farm, injustice, suspicion, children, threat, summer, child sexual abuse, lgbt, gay teenager ...
Place:
nebraska
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, erotic, stylized, thought provoking ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister sex, sex with brother, brother sister incest, erection, male nudity, sex with sister, nudity, female pubic hair, sex, family secret, victorian england ...
Time:
1860s, victorian era, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
identity crisis, hollywood, violence, family feud, nudity, power relations, cover up, blackmail, trauma, brother sister incest, relatives, family problems ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, chicago, south america ...
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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:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, psychological, inspirational, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, rape, last will and testament, unwanted pregnancy, incest, twists and turns, civil war, pregnant from rape, incest rape, torture, lebanese civil war, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2009, year 1970, y2k ...
Place:
middle east, lebanon, quebec, nebraska, montreal ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
The third installment in V.C. Andrews’ bestselling series that began with "Flowers in the Attic," "If There Be Thorns" follows Christopher and Cathy Dollanganger as they live together as man and wife with Cathy's two sons ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, emotional
Plot:
brother sister incest, brother sister sex, incest, sex with brother, youth, family in crisis, family secret, sibling rivalry, secret, diary, orphan, hidden identity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style:
art house, emotional, visually stunning, cerebral, melancholic ...
Plot:
nun, family secret, faith, world war two, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, suicide, character study, confronting the past, orphan ...
Time:
60s, post world war two, 2010s, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, israel, europe, denmark
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, UK, France, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by step she remembers her childhood spent within a severe ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
nightmare, incest, pregnancy, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, abuse, family secret, family relations, introspection, self discovery, father daughter incest, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
usa, los angeles, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Kilian is a young man who has never left the mountains of Huesca which saw him grow up. In 1953 he will travel to the exotic island of Fernando Poo to work in a cacao field alongside his father and his brother. During 20 years in this island he will ...
Style:
sexy, touching, multicultural, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
interracial couple, interracial relations, plantation, colonialism, unrequited love, interracial, family secret, forbidden love, black man white woman sex, racism, colony, ancestry ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
spain, africa, iberian peninsula, west africa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.
Style:
suspense, gothic, psychological, romantic drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
estate, second wife, investigation, housekeeper, obsession, mysterious death, manipulation, haunted by the past, widower, incest, family secret, secret relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 2020s, victorian era
Place:
england, french riviera, cornwall, monte carlo
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A teenager finds out she was abducted as a toddler and returns to her biological family.
Style:
touching, emotional, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
missing child, family reunited, parents and children, life turned upside down, teenage life, introspection, family secret, self discovery, starting over, uncover truth, dysfunctional family, therapy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell ...
Style:
sexy, touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gay, gay son, gay friend, happy ending, father son relationship, lifestyle, family secret, family disapproval, parents and children, love affair, family life, gay interest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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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
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia. A sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s rural Australia following the lives of the Blighs, a wealthy and complicated pastoralist family, ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
love and romance, country estate, gay lead character, love affair, forbidden love, starting over, social differences, family relations, family secret, family life, male female relationship, medical profession ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, post world war two, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Margaret Lea, a young biographer, attempts to interview writer Vida Winter, whose health is deteriorating. Vida has previously denied access to the secrets of her life and childhood home. Vida tells her story to Margaret, helping Margaret to ...
Style:
gothic, captivating, serious, touching, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family secret, childhood trauma, twins, family relations, writer's life, sister sister relationship, haunted by the past, sibling relationship, writers, aging, unsupportive parent, storytelling ...
Place:
england, united kingdom
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Shelby is devastated after her father's death. Curious about her family connections, she decides to look up the DNA-based family tree, and is surprised to find out that her father had another daughter. She goes on a mission to find her sibling ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
death of father, stepsister stepsister relationship, family secret, half sister, inheritance, dysfunctional family, double life, sister sister relationship, family problems, family relations, social problems, heiress ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Davis Green's (Joseph Cross) alluring young cousin Alexis (Adelaide Clemens) appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from him. Against his father’s wishes, Davis travels to rural, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, mumblecore, f word
Plot:
sex between cousins, cousins incest, cousin cousin relationship, brother sister relationship, skinny dipping, family secret, overheard conversation, brother sister incest, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, brother brother conflict, dark secret, sister sister relationship ...
Place:
new york state, boston
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, art house, feel good ...
Plot:
family relations, family secret, injustice, family life, hidden identity, innocence lost, workplace, boss and employee, life is a bitch, hidden truth, minimalism, politics ...
Place:
turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey, maghreb, balkan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
While the dirty secrets of the two families are revealed one by one, the love of Kadir and Ayliz has to pass this test.
Style:
romantic drama, tense, captivating, emotional, family saga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family secret, forbidden love, relationship problems, love interest, relationships, marital problem, family relations, husband wife relationship, love story, secret, family problems, male female relationship ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The daughter of the Li family has been missing for many years - suddenly she appears causing a turmoil in the town. The secrets hidden in the Li family gradually surface...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family reunited, family secret, missing daughter, family problems, dysfunctional family, parent child relationship, family drama, family conflict, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, undercover, mysterious disappearance ...
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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, melancholic, black comedy, independent film, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
suicide, dysfunctional family, cancer, funeral, mother daughter relationship, family secret, family in crisis, incestuous relationship, family drama, suicide of father, pills, addiction ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma, peru, oklahoma city, southern usa, midwest ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The story is centered on the stubborn farmer Ernst and his wife Louise who are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a traditional Danish gold wedding for friends and family. However, the family carries several secrets and Ernest holds on to the ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, thrilling, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family secret, marriage, farmer, village life, family drama, revelation, family relations, marital crisis, couple relations, life is a bitch, problem, relationships ...
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Alma lives a humble and secluded life behind the walls of a contemporary Catholic convent in Denmark. As she prepares for her perpetual vows as a nun, her older brother Erik unexpectedly shows up. He is a recovering alcoholic and clearly depressed, ...
Style:
religious drama, disturbing, suspenseful, dramatic, serious ...
Plot:
family secret, family tragedy, brother sister relationship, convent, alcoholic, catholic, siblings, catholicism, nun, undercover, monastery, brother ...
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Ji Eun finds out her sister Hee Jung is the daughter of a famous fashion designer and takes over her place as a real daughter. Ji Eun loses her sense of morality as gets into deeper sin out of jealousy toward Hee Jung who also steals both Jun Ho and ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, soap opera
Plot:
family secret, deception, sisterhood, family drama, sibling rivalry, jealousy, family problems, step siblings, half sister, secret, relationship problems, competitor ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Set in the port town of Dover in the South-East of England, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, spiritual, independent film ...
Plot:
death of husband, widow, double life, secret, family secret, family life, family relations, family drama, family problems, husband wife relationship, european, women ...
Place:
dover england
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ellie Carter is recently graduated and has it all. While celebrating with friend and boyfriend, she comes across a milk carton with a picture of a missing child that looks a lot like her. As a prank, they call the toll free number and she realizes ...
Style:
enigmatic, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
family secret, businessman, revelation, secret, kidnapped, kidnapped girl, kidnapping, hostage, father daughter relationship, kidnapped woman, abduction, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During a stormy night in the Scottish Highlands, two criminal brothers on the run seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. But after taking the resident family captive, they find the house holds even darker secrets of its own.
Style:
bleak, psychological thriller, psychological horror, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
criminal, family secret, stormy night, mother, matriarchy, held captive, hostage situation, brother, dark secret, storm, fugitive, home invasion ...
Place:
scottish highlands, scotland, highlands
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