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!
Six Feet Under: Season 2 (2002)
8.7/10
Starring: Peter Krause, Michael C Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez,...
When death is your business, what is the meaning of your life? For Nate, David, Ruth and Claire, the world outside the Fisher and Sons Funeral Home co... Read more
Six Feet Under: Season 3 (2003)
8.7/10
Director: Daniel Attias, Jeremy Podeswa, Nicole Holofcener, Daniel Minahan, Rodrigo Garcia, Karen Moncrieff, Michael Cuesta, Michael Engler, Alan Poul, Kathy Bates, Alan Ball
Starring: Peter Krause, Michael C Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez,...
Life. Death. Guilt. Afterlife. For the Fishers, the more things stay the same, the more they change. Get ready to break new emotional ground with the... Read more
Six Feet Under: Season 4 (2004)
8.2/10
Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Kathy Bates, Patricia Clarkson, Frances Conroy, James Cromwell,...
Alan Ball's acclaimed funeral home drama continues as Nate faces a deeply personal burial, Claire explores her sexuality at Art School, and new partne... Read more
Six Feet Under: Season 5 (2005)
9/10
Director: Kathy Bates, etc
Starring: Peter Krause, Michael C Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Mathew St Patrick,...
The fifth and final season of this award-winning show, provides a fitting finale to a well-loved and decidedly earth-bound family. With its usual pit... Read more
Skins (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Chris Eyre
Starring: Eric Schweig, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, Noah Watts, Lois Red Elk, Michelle Thr...
A dire, though poignantly humourous, tale of two Native American brothers, living on one of the poorest reservations in the country. Rudy (Eric Schwe... Read more
Smart People (2008)
6.2/10
Director: Noam Murro
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page, Ashton Holm...
Dennis Quaid stars as an intellectually self-absorbed and embittered widower who, despite his fierce intelligence, has managed to completely mess up h... Read more
Smash Palace (1981)
7.2/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Anna Jemison, Greer Robson, Keith Aberdein
Bruno Lawrence delivers an unforgettable performance as Al Shaw, a former pro racer who now operates an auto salvage yard in hicksville. When his wif... Read more
Snow Angels (2006)
6.4/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Michael Angarano, Jeanetta Arnette, Kate Beckinsale, Griffin Dunne, Tom Noonan,...
Another well-crafted drama from David Gordon Green ('Undertow', 'George Washington'), based on Stewart O'Nan's novel. Set in the snowbound suburbs of... Read more
Soap: Season 1, Episodes 1 - 10 (1977)
8.2/10
Starring: Katherine Helmond, Cathryn Damon, Robert Mandan, Richard Mulligan, Diana Canova,...
The controversial sitcom that defined the late '70s and became an instant classic, "Soap" took viewers into the quirky lives of the Tates and the Camp... Read more
Sordid Lives (2000)
6.8/10
Director: Del Shores
Starring: Olivia Newton-John, Rosemary Alexander, Delta Burke, Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridge...
The death of a dysfunctional Texas family's matriarch, and the jealousies and revelations that accompany her funeral, make for country-fried comedy in... Read more