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!
Revolutionary Road ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.3/10
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Shannon, Richard Easton, T...
Sam Mendes directs his wife Kate Winslet and her 'Titanic' co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio in this searing adaptation of Richard Yates' novel about 1950s s... 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
Dreamland (2006)
6.4/10
Director: Jason Matzner
Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Kelli Garner, Justin Long, John Corbett, Gina Gershon
Audrey (Agnes Bruckner) lives with her father in a remote New Mexico trailer park. Her mother is dead, and though Audrey dreams of going to universit... Read more
Turn the River (2007)
6/10
Director: Chris Eigeman
Starring: Famke Janssen, Jaymie Dornan, Rip Torn, Matt Ross, Lois Smith, Terry Kinney
Famke Janssen plays Kailey, a woman who makes her living gambling and hustling pool in seedy bars. Her lifestyle drove a wedge between her and her hus... Read more
My Year Without Sex (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Sarah Watt
Starring: Matt Day, Sacha Horler, Sonya Suares
A kind of love story about a family dealing with all the big questions and even more of the small ones. Set over one messy year, Ross (Matt Day) and N... Read more
The Escape (2017)
5.8/10
Director: Dominic Savage
Starring: Frances Barber, Marthe Keller, Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton
Tara is a housewife in suburban London who's raising two young children while married to an overworked, self-absorbed husband. In desperate need of a... 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
Duane Hopwood (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Matt Mulhern
Starring: David Schwimmer, Janeane Garofalo, Judah Friedlander, Susan Lynch, Dick Cavett,...
David Schwimmer shakes off his cutesy 'Friends' image to play a down-on-his-luck divorced dad in this comedy/drama in which he works the night shift a... Read more
The Way Way Back (2013)
7.4/10
Director: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Toni Collette, Amanda Peet, Allison Janney, Steve Carell, AnnaSoph...
During a vacation in a Northeast beach town, a lonely teenage boy, Duncan (Liam James), comes into his own over the course of a summer through an unli... Read more
Forrest Gump (Blu-Ray) (1994)
8.8/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Gary Sinise, Haley Joel Osment, Peter Dobson, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Tom Han...
Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anythi... Read more