Estrangement movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant estrangement movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, sincere, emotional and psychological films and TV shows about / with estrangement, family relations, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, photograph, mother daughter relationship, friendship and father daughter relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as estrangement: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Submarino (2010), Ken Park (2002), Rabbit Hole (2010), Warrior (2011), Instinct (1999), The Outcast (2015), The Forgotten (2004), What a Girl Wants (2003), Marvin's Room (1996).

List of estrangement movies

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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
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: disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience: teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot: psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, depression, mental illness, sociopath, teenager, antisocial behavior, childhood, mother son relationship, boy ...
Time: year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: america, united kingdom, connecticut, usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 12K
Submarino (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story: As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. ...
Style: bleak, gloomy, thought provoking, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot: heroin, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, drug addiction, haunted by the past, redemption, estrangement, loneliness, adaptation, drug addict, family relations ...
Time: year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place: denmark, copenhagen, europe
Is relevant ?
 5.8
 31K
Ken Park (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his ...
Style: disturbing, art house, sexual, rough, explicit ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: coming of age, sex, youth, explicit sex, strong sexual content, underage sex, incest, older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, nude, nudity, teenage sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 51K
Rabbit Hole (2010)
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, crying, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: grief, loss of child, death in the family, marriage, estrangement, tragedy, support group, memory, redemption, family problems, death of child, death of son ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 495K
Warrior (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine ...
Style: emotional, rough, serious, inspirational, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, boxing, courage, brother brother relationship, fight scenes, underdog, muscleman, teacher, brothers, estrangement, father son relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, atlantic city new jersey, el paso texas ...
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 34K
Instinct (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything -- even put his ...
Style: philosophical, psychological, suspense, emotional, touching ...
Plot: prison, murder, estrangement, psychologist, redemption, violence, insanity, greed, survival, corruption, doctors and patients, human animal relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, africa, florida, rwanda, cuba
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 1K
The Outcast (2015)
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, gloomy ...
Plot: friendship, teenage life, family problems, youth, death of mother, life is a bitch, estrangement, love, father son relationship, parent child relationship, death in the family, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, post world war two
Place: england
Is relevant ?
 5.8
 68K
The Forgotten (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: memory loss, conspiracy, psychiatrist, memory, missing child, mind game, delusion, twists and turns, abduction, grief, alien, experiment ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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What a Girl Wants (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is ...
Style: teen, feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, cute ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, teenage girl, teen romance, cinderella story, fish out of water, social differences, teenager, daughter, love and romance, american abroad, high school, father daughter reunion ...
Time: year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, united kingdom, new york ...
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 30K
Marvin's Room (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, teen drama
Plot: terminal illness, dysfunctional family, estrangement, leukemia, family drama, cancer, father daughter relationship, teenage boy, family problems, single parent, siblings relations, sibling relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place: florida, usa, ohio, orlando florida
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I'll Be There (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A comedy about a has-been rock star (Craig Ferguson) that discovers he has a teenage daughter (Charlotte Church), from a long forgotten love affair.
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: estrangement, parents and children, family problems, musician, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, loneliness, teenage daughter, single parent, unfulfillment, singleness, family in crisis ...
Time: 80s
Place: england, europe
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
Style: touching, sentimental, intense, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: dysfunctional family, mental illness, american south, playwright, estrangement, women, mother daughter relationship, friendship, relationships, female protagonist, family relations, family problems ...
Time: year 2002
Place: louisiana, new york, usa
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Compound Fracture (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Michael Wolffsen (Tyler Mane) receives an urgent phone call and takes his nephew and fiancee and makes the journey home to his only other living relative: his estranged, eccentric (and extremely paranoid) father, Gary (Muse Watson), who is obsessed ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot: estrangement, supernatural, family in danger, ghost, mental illness, couple relations, danger, father son relationship, supernatural power, dementia, stalking, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant ?
The Keys to the House (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style: serious, psychological, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: parents and children, single parent, estrangement, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, hopes, redemption, family relations ...
Time: year 2004
Place: germany, italy, europe, berlin germany, milan italy
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My Straight Son (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of Diego, a young and successful photographer that lives in the glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess. A tragic accident turns his world around; his partner is now in a coma. Unexpectedly, and right at this terrible time, ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: gay, gay love, gay couple, gay slur, gay parent, gender, family relations, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, life turned upside down, photograph ...
Time: 21st century
Place: venezuela, iberian peninsula
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Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but ...
Style: touching, psychological, sincere, sad, thought provoking ...
Plot: teacher, mental illness, friendship, children, inspiration, school, introspection, estrangement, imaginary friend, imaginary, imagination, psychology ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 3K
The Guitar (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she throws caution to the wind to pursue her dreams.
Style: emotional, psychological, touching, realistic, romantic ...
Plot: sex, lesbian sex, self discovery, unfulfillment, road not taken, estrangement, terminal illness, cancer, life is a bitch, lesbian, nudity, nude girl ...
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 7K
Fateless (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, UK, Israel, France, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its ...
Style: sincere, emotional, serious, disturbing, gloomy ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi, survival, youth, life is a bitch, orthodox jew, confined, estrangement, world war, danger ...
Time: 1940s, year 2005
Place: hungary, eastern europe, germany, europe, slovakia ...
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The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may ...
Style: depressing, melancholic, psychological, dark comedy, emotional ...
Plot: estrangement, adultery, suicide attempt, siblings, depression, dysfunctional family, gay, lgbt, infidelity, siblings relations, suicide, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain, usa, los angeles, new york
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 848
Aftermath (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter.
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, touching, gloomy
Plot: estrangement, breakdown, family problems, family relations, death in the family, life is a bitch, couple relations, vengeance, unemployment, grief, death of daughter, marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
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This Is Martin Bonner (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two men, at opposite ends of the social spectrum, find themselves starting new lives in the same, small town and form an unlikely friendship.
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: estrangement, rehabilitation, friendship, starting over, redemption, one more chance, haunted by the past, betrayal, dishonesty, society, hopes, gain trust ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nevada, usa, reno nevada
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Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The film centres on a retired, widowed professor living in Paris who develops a special relationship with a younger French woman.
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: elderly, loneliness, estrangement, free spirited, character study, suicide attempt, friendship, odd couple, death of wife, respect, dancer, optimism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, brussels, belgium, europe
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 307
Dam Street (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Loneliness, saving face, and public mores. In 1983 in China, Yun is a bright schoolgirl who gets pregnant. She's expelled, her boyfriend leaves town, and her mother arranges the baby's adoption, telling Yun the child died at birth. Ten ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: estrangement, small town, haunted by the past, unlikely couple, family relations, couples, parents and children, life is a bitch, social misfits, society, pregnancy, secret ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, china
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An Ordinary Family (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: AN ORDINARY FAMILY is a humorous drama about one family, two brothers and a really big problem. Thomas Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation… with his boyfriend.
Style: humorous, emotional, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: gay, family relations, estrangement, family problems, family gatherings, gender, society, brother brother relationship, family vacation, brother brother conflict, friendship, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
Is relevant ?
 4.4
 695
Constellation (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family ...
Style: emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot: interracial relations, family relations, estrangement, death in the family, haunted by the past, family problems, hopes, unfulfillment, society, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, interracial romance ...
Time: 1950s, 21st century
Place: usa, alabama
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Manorama Six Feet Under (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Rajasthan-based Satyaveer Singh Randhawa works as a Junior Engineer with Lahkot Municipality's Public Works Department and lives a middle-class lifestyle with his wife, Nimmi, and son, Raju. Satyeveer also authored a fictional novel ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense thriller ...
Plot: murder, amateur detective, mistress, small town, conspiracy, blackmail, bribery, estrangement, scapegoat, dishonesty, corrupt cop, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 752
Our Sons (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Our Sons is a 1991 made-for-TV movie starring Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret as two mothers of gay sons, one of whom is dying of AIDS. As a small town waitress, Ann-Margret's character must overcome her own homophobia and learn to love her son ...
Style: serious, psychological, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot: aids, gay, estrangement, family relations, hospital, parents and children, family problems, friendship, gays and lesbians, small town, lgbt, gay couple ...
Time: 90s
Place: arkansas, usa, california, san diego california
Is relevant ?
 5.6
 585
Haunting Sarah (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A mother dealing with the death of her young son, learns that her niece is in contact with his spirit.
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot: estrangement, ghost, family problems, opposites attract, love and romance, vengeance, twins, siblings relations, death in the family, pregnancy, sister sister relationship, halloween party ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 4K
The Quack (1982)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives ...
Style: touching, serious, atmospheric, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: memory loss, life is a bitch, surgeon, prodigy, love and romance, daughter, witch doctor, village life, losing-it hero, polish, amnesia, healer ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: poland
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Rites of Passage (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When lawyer DJ Farraday discovers his father has been having an affair, the two drive out to the remote family cabin to talk things over. What neither expects is that DJ's estranged gay brother Campbell will already be there, apparently ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: gay, gay slur, father son relationship, criminal, parents and children, estrangement, hostage, manipulation, family problems, father son estrangement, isolation, family in crisis ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, san francisco
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