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!
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
5.1/10
Director: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lisa...
Tyler Perry adapted his play, directed and also played three characters in his sequel to 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman', in which pistol-packing grandma... Read more
The Night of the White Pants (2006)
6/10
Director: Amy Talkington
Starring: Nick Stahl, Tom Wilkinson, Selma Blair, Frances Fisher
Max Hagan (Tom Wilkinson) has hit hard times. His soon-to-be ex has kicked him out of the house and he's completely penniless. An unlikely ally turn... Read more
Hellion (2014)
6.1/10
Director: Kat Candler
Starring: Juliette Lewis, Aaron Paul, Josh Wiggins
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed thirteen-year-old Jacob's increasing delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother, Wes, with his... Read more
All Night Long (1981)
5.9/10
Director: Jean-Claude Tramont
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Dennis Quaid, Diane Ladd, Gene Hackman
Screen legends Gene Hackman and Barbra Streisand star in this offbeat comedy that proves a man can lose everything and still love happily ever after.... Read more
A Swingers Weekend (2017)
7.6/10
Director: Jon E. Cohen
Starring: Mia Kirshner, Randal Edwards, Erin Karpluk, Michael Xavier, Erin Agostino, Jonas...
Seemingly perfect couple Lisa and Dan plan a steamy swingers weekend. However things go wrong when a third couple drops in unexpectedly. Read more
Roseanne: Season 1 (1988)
7/10
Director: Various
Starring: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Mich...
Based on the caustic stand-up of its soon-to-be star Roseanne Barr, this series was a welcome antidote to sugary contemporaries like 'Full House' and... Read more
Peep World (2010)
5.6/10
Director: Barry W Blaustein
Starring: Alicia Witt, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kate Mara, Michael C Hall, S...
What happens to a rich, neurotic family when one of their own writes a tell-all book, exposing all of their dirty secrets? Three siblings find themsel... Read more
Elizabeth ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
7.5/10
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christopher Eccleston, Geoffrey Rush, John Gielgud, Joseph Fienn...
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naive girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and att... Read more
Death at a Funeral (2010)
5.7/10
Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Chris Rock, Danny Glover, Keith David, Loretta Devine, Luke Wilson, Martin Lawre...
Funny remake of the 2007 Frank Oz comedy follows the offbeat members of an African-American family as they gather for the funeral of their patriarch.... Read more
Big Love: Season 4 (2010)
7.6/10
Starring: Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Grace Zabriskie, Melora Walters,...
For years, Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) wished for a world free from the corrupt "Prophet" of Juniper Creek, Roman Grant. Now that Roman appears to b... Read more