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!
The Godfather Part II (1974)
9/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Talia Shire
The story of the Corleone clan continues, as new boss Al Pacino launches a violent campaign to extend his family's power, while flashbacks with Robert... Read more
The Godfather Part II ( Blu-ray ) (1974)
9/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Talia Shire, Morgana Kin...
The story of the Corleone clan continues, as new boss Al Pacino launches a violent campaign to extend his family's power, while flashbacks with Robert... Read more
The Godfather Part III (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Bridget Fonda, Diane Keaton, Eli Wallach, George Hamilto...
The absorbing Corleone saga continues with Al Pacino's attempt to remove himself from the world of crime, and how fate and circumstance draw him back... Read more
The Godfather Part III ( Blu-ray ) (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Br...
The absorbing Corleone saga continues with Al Pacino's attempt to remove himself from the world of crime, and how fate and circumstance draw him back... Read more
The Good Life (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Stephen Berra
Starring: Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Chris Klein, Bill Paxton, Harry Dean Stanton, Patr...
In small-town Nebraska, if you don't like football, you're persona non grata, so Jason Prayer (Mark Webber) isn't exactly Mr Popular. He escapes into... Read more
The Great New Wonderful (2005)
5.8/10
Director: Danny Leiner
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Thomas McCarthy, N...
A rich drama with comic elements, set in New York a year after 9/11, tracing the aftershocks of that event on the lives of five disparate people. Com... Read more
The Heiresses (2018)
6.8/10
Director: Marcelo Martinessi
A 30-year-long relationship is rocked by money issues as one half is jailed for fraud and the other finds a new lease of life. Read more
The House of Yes (1997)
6.7/10
Director: Mark Waters
Starring: Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling
Focuses on a supremely dysfunctional family. When Marty (Josh Hamilton) brings home his waitress girlfriend for thanksgiving weekend it becomes clear... Read more
The Human Stain (2003)
6.3/10
Director: Robert Benton
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise
Based on the novel by Philip Roth, this suspenseful drama focuses on esteemed college classics professor Anthony Hopkins and his terrible lifelong sec... Read more
The Ice Storm (1997)
7.5/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Adam Hann-Byrd, Tobey M...
Acclaimed director Ang Lee ("The Wedding Banquet", "Sense and Sensibility") turns his camera on American domesticity in 1973. This adaptation of Rick... Read more