Dysfunctional Families
Perhaps because it's something nearly all of us can relate to (apart from The Bradys), messed-up families have always been a popular subject for filmmakers in all genres. Whether you're playing it for laughs ('Arrested Development', 'Go For Zucker'), drama ('Kramer vs Kramer', 'Nil By Mouth'), or thrills ('The Quiet Family', 'Olivier, Olivier') the family dynamic is a deep well of ready-made love/hate relationships, seething resentments and hidden secrets. What more could a filmmaker, or a film-watcher, ask for!
Marie and Bruce (2004)
4.7/10
Director: Tom Cairns
Starring: Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Bob Balaban, Tom Riis Farrell, Julie Hagerty,...
Marie (Julianne Moore) and Bruce (Matthew Broderick) are embarking on the end of their marriage. And it's not going to be pretty. Based on a play by... Read more
Married With Children: Season 1 (1987)
8.1/10
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Amanda Bearse, Dav...
The Bundy Family has to be one of the most dysfunctional families in television and here they are in all their first season glory. 13 hilarious episo... Read more
Married With Children: Season 2 (1987)
8/10
Starring: Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate, Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, David Faustino, Dav...
Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal. Although the first season made quite a splash, the second season showed an improvement in storytelling and an emphasis in set... Read more
Married With Children: Season 3 (1988)
7.6/10
Starring: Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate, Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, David Faustino, Dav...
Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal. The third season presented an even more twisted look at the Bundy gang, TV's dysfunctional family of malcontents. Al, Peg and... Read more
Married With Children: Season 4 (1990)
8/10
Starring: Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate, Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, David Faustino, Dav...
Loud-mouthed. Obnoxious. More vulgar than ever. We wouldn't have them any other way. Make room on the couch for Married With Children: The Complete Fo... Read more
Meantime (1983)
7.2/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Marion Bailey, Phil Daniels, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Alfred Molina
From one of Britain's finest directors comes this witty, compelling black comedy of life on the dole. For the permanently unemployed Pollack family, e... Read more
Mental (2012)
6.2/10
Director: P J Hogan
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Caroline Goodall, Deborah Mailman, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney,...
"Mental" reunites writer-director P.J. Hogan with his original leading lady Toni Collette for the first time since "Muriel's Wedding". The film follow... Read more
Milou en Mai ( May Fools ) (1989)
7.2/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Dominique Blanc
An entertaining comedy of manners set against the backdrop of the 1968 student uprising in Paris, the film follows the Vieu-sacs as they converge on t... Read more
Minor Mishaps (2001)
6.6/10
Director: Annette K Olesen
Starring: Jorgen Kiil, Maria Wurgler Rich, Jannie Faurschou
Annette K Olesen's entertaining comedy drama combines filmmaking elements from the Dogme manifesto with Mike Leigh's improvisational method. Following... Read more
Miss Firecracker (1989)
6.1/10
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Starring: Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins
Playwright Beth Henley adapts her acclaimed serio-comedy set in a small southern town gearing up for its annual beauty pageant. With Holly Hunter and... Read more