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!
Jinx Sister (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Athina Tsoulis
Starring: Sara Wiseman, Rachel Nash, Jarod Rawiri, William Wallace, Jenni Heka, Rawiri Par...
Laura (Sara Wiseman) arrives in New Zealand after ten years in L.A., sporting an American accent and dressed for Rodeo Drive. Laura's sister Maree (Ra... Read more
Good Boys (2019)
6.7/10
Starring: Jacob Tremblay
Invited to his first kissing party, 12-year-old Max asks his best friends Lucas and Thor for some much-needed help on how to pucker up. When they hit... Read more
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
5.6/10
Director: Alfred E Green
Starring: Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey
Based on the lives of big-band stars Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, who star as themselves in this biographical chronicle that begins with their childhood in... Read more
Relative Strangers (2006)
5.3/10
Director: Greg Gilenna
Starring: Kathy Bates, Ed Begley Jr, Neve Campbell, Beverly D'Angelo, Danny DeVito, Ron Li...
A tightly-wound psychologist (Ron Livingston) discovers he is adopted and sets out to find his birth parents with his loving fiancee, Neve Campbell.... Read more
Big Love: Season 5 (2011)
7.6/10
Starring: Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Mary Kay Place, Grace Zabriskie,...
The final season. On election night, new state senator Bill Henrickson shook Utah to its core by announcing he was a polygamist. Now, instead of being... Read more
Greedy (1994)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Michael J Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Olivia D'abo, Phil Hartman, Ed Begley...
Kirk Douglas plays old Uncle Joe a millionaire close to death's door and with a sudden influx of close relatives. The family are worried the new biki... 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
Ideal Home (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.6/10
Director: Andrew Fleming
Starring: Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan, Alison Pill, Jake McDorman, Jack Gore
Paul and Erasmus are a bickering couple with an extravagant life. When Bill, the grandson Erasmus never knew he had, shows up at their dinner party wi... Read more
Terkel in Trouble (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Stefan Fjeldmark, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjorn Christoffersen
Starring: Voices Of, Adrian Edmondson, Bill Bailey, Olivia Colman, Johnny Vegas, Toby Step...
Inspired by the stand-up routines of popular Danish comedian Anders Matthesen, this twisted CGI-animated feature centres around the complex life and h... Read more
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Albert Finney, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Aleksa Palladino, Amy Ryan,...
A tense and riveting thriller from master helmer Sidney Lumet ('Dog Day Afternoon'). Philip Seymour Hoffman stars alongside Ethan Hawke as two brother... Read more