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!
Sorry!: Series 1 (1981)
6.8/10
Director: David Askey
Starring: Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott, William Moore
Ronnie Corbett's solo series ran for seven years and features him as the 41-year old Timothy Lumsden. He has a good job as a librarian, plenty of int... Read more
Sorry!: Series 2 (1982)
7.4/10
Director: David Askey
Starring: Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott, William Moore
Ronnie Corbett (The Two Ronnies) plays Timothy Lumsden, a part specially written for him, and has turned him into one of the best-loved comic figures... Read more
Sorry!: Series 3 (1982)
7.4/10
Director: David Askey
Starring: Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott, William Moore
Series Three finds Timothy embarking on a treasure hunt for a golden rabbit; planning to go to the Gobi Desert with his girlfriend; starring in the am... Read more
State's Evidence (2006)
6/10
Director: Benjamin Louis
Starring: Alexa Vega, Douglas Smith, Kris Lemche, Majandra Delfino, Cody McMains, Drew Tyl...
Teenager Scott (Douglas Smith) has made the decision to commit suicide, and goes about documenting his last day on film. As he encounters his friends... Read more
Step Brothers (2008)
6.9/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Will Ferrell, John C Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Adam Scott, Kath...
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly had so much fun on 'Talladega Nights' they decided to re-team in this goofball gross-out comedy. They play a couple of... Read more
Step Brothers (Blu-ray) (2008)
6.9/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Will Ferrell, John C Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Adam Scott, Kath...
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly had so much fun on 'Talladega Nights' they decided to re-team in this goofball gross-out comedy. They play a couple of... Read more
Stephanie Daley (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Hilary Brougher
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Denis O'Hare, Jim Gaf...
Stephanie (Amber Tamblyn) is a 16-year-old girl, charged with concealing a pregnancy and then murdering her newborn child. She claims she knew nothin... Read more
Stevie (2002)
8/10
Director: Steve James
From Steve James, the director of 'Hoop Dreams', this gritty yet poignant documentary tells the story of troubled youth, Stephen Fielding, whom James... Read more
Stowaway (1936)
7.2/10
Director: William A Seiter
Starring: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley
In this musical adventure Shirley Temple stars as Ching-Ching an orphan on the streets of Shanghai who inadvertently finds herself aboard a ship to Am... Read more
Sublime (2007)
5.3/10
Director: Tony Krantz
Starring: Thomas Cavanagh, Kathleen York, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Paget Brewster, David Cl...
Family man George Grieves (Tom Cavanagh), checks into hospital for a routine procedure, but when he comes out of the anaesthaesia something seems to... Read more