Dysfunctional Family Movies

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer,...

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that...

Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most...

In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live...

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the...

A man embarks on a quest to make peace between two families fighting over the water problem in their district. In a bid to solve this crisis, he...

Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived...

A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.

Madea's young great-grandniece, Tiffany, introduces her new boyfriend, Zavier, to her family and drops the shocking news to them: that the couple is...

Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder...

An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard,...

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her...

A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl...

The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet...

A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison rival in his return to a life of crime.

When her estranged mother falls into a coma, a self-made single mom grapples with regret and resentment while reflecting on their strained...