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!
Little Children (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Todd Field
Starring: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman, J...
Based on Tom Perrota's novel, and adapted for the screen by himself and director Todd Field, this darkly wry drama of suburban malaise, judgement and... Read more
Irresistible (2006)
5.8/10
Director: Ann Turner
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt, Charles Tingwell, William McInnes, Terry...
Sophie (Susan Sarandon), is still struggling with the death of her mother when she becomes convinced that her husband Craig (Sam Neill) and her childr... 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
Outrageous Fortune: Series 2 (2006)
6.1/10
Director: Various
Starring: Robyn Malcolm, Grant Bowler, Antony Starr, Antonia Prebble, Siobhan Marshall, Fr...
The popular kiwi crime family continue their exploits in Season 2. Wolf is out on home detention, and he has no intention of sticking to Cheryl's new... Read more
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
7.8/10
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dan...
A charming black comedy about life, death and junior beauty contests. Toni Collette and Greg Kinnear head an eccentric family that includes a potty-mo... Read more
Jindabyne (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Ray Lawrence
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, John Howard, Deborra-Lee Furness, Stelios Yiakmis,...
From the director of 'Lantana', this enigmatic psychodrama examines the consequences of the actions of four men who go on a fishing trip and don't all... Read more
Familia (2005)
7.2/10
Director: Louise Archambault
Starring: Sylvie Moreau, Macha Grenon, Juliette Gosselin
Leaving her gambling debts behind in Montreal, Michele (Sylvie Moreau) arrives in California with her rebellious teenage daughter in tow. Staying with... 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
Red Doors (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Georgia Lee
Starring: Tzi Ma, Jacqueline Kim, Freda Foh Shen, Kathy Shao-Lin Lee, Mia Riverton, Jayce...
The Wongs are a kooky Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Dad is about to retire and is seriously contemplating retiring from lif... Read more
12 and Holding (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Michael Cuesta
Starring: Conor Donovan, Jesse Camacho, Zoe Weizenbaum, Jeremy Renner, Annabella Sciorra,...
Following the tragic death of his twin brother, Jacob and his two close friends, Malee and Leonard, struggle to understand the reasons for his death a... Read more