Dysfunctional Families
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    Movies

    Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

    A Chinese empress (Gong Li) has an affair with her stepson, while her cruel husband (Chow Yun-Fat)...

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    Movies

    American Beauty (1999)

    A man (Kevin Spacey) in midlife crisis and at odds with his wife (Annette Bening) begins working out...

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    Movies

    A Serious Man (2009)

    The Gopkins, a Midwestern Jewish family in 1967, struggle with their afflictions.

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    Movies

    Igby Goes Down (2002)

    A teen (Kieran Culkin) from a dysfunctional family runs away from a military academy to live with...

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    Movies

    Charlie Bartlett (2008)

    An awkward teenager (Anton Yelchin) endears himself to the student body by becoming the...

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    Movies

    Taxidermia (2009)

    Gyorgy Palfi's grotesque tale of three generations of men, including an obese speed eater, an...

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    Movies

    Rachel Getting Married (2008)

    Long-simmering tensions bubble to the surface when a young woman (Anne Hathaway) who has been in and...

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    Movies

    Garden State (2004)

    An emotionally numb actor (Zach Braff) finds a soulmate in a quirky young woman after he returns to...

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    Movies

    Interiors (1978)

    A perfectionist (Geraldine Page) frustrates her daughters and drives out her husband (E.G....

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    Movies

    The Killing of John Lennon (2008)

    Mark David Chapman (Jonas Ball) travels to New York in the fall of 1980 to kill musician John...

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    Movies

    Surfwise (2008)

    Forsaking a traditional home life, Dorian ``Doc'' Paskowitz and his wife raise their large brood in...

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    Movies

    Ordinary People (1980)

    A suburban Chicago couple (Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore) and their son (Timothy Hutton) are...

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    Movies

    A Christmas Tale (2008)

    Illness, grief and complicated relationships darken a family's yuletide reunion.

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    Movies

    The Ice Storm (1997)

    Suburbanites (Kevin Kline, Joan Allen) in failing marriages seek fulfillment elsewhere, while their...

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    Movies

    Secretary (2002)

    After checking out of a mental institution, a woman (Maggie Gyllenhaal) works for an attorney (James...

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    Movies

    Worlds Apart

    The daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for...

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    Movies

    In Her Shoes (2005)

    A sexy partyer (Cameron Diaz) clashes with her serious-minded sister (Toni Collette) and befriends a...

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    Movies

    Still Walking (2009)

    Ryota is the 40-year-old son of the Yokoyama family. He has recently married a widow with a...

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    Movies

    The Virgin Suicides (2000)

    Men reminisce about intriguing sisters, whose parents (James Woods, Kathleen Turner) quarantined...

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    Movies

    Running with Scissors (2006)

    A man looks back on his unusual childhood, his mentally ill mother (Annette Bening) and her...

  • The Royal Tenenbaums picture
    Movies

    The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

    An errant father (Gene Hackman) tries to reconcile with his eccentric and underachieving family...

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    Movies

    In a Dream (2009)

    The life and work of a renowned Philadelphia artist.

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    Movies

    Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

    The troubled daughter (Kirsten Dunst) of a congressman (Bruce Davison) falls in love with an...

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    Movies

    Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

    Members (Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette) of a dysfunctional family set out on a road trip...

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    Movies

    Foxes (1980)

    A San Fernando Valley Girl (Jodie Foster) tries to keep her friends out of trouble and away from sex...

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    Movies

    Magnolia (1999)

    Coincidence, divine intervention and fate link several people (Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Tom...

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    Movies

    Fierce People (2007)

    A drug addict (Diane Lane) and her teenage son (Anton Yelchin) spend a fateful summer at a...

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    Movies

    Flirting With Disaster (1996)

    An adoption-agency psychologist (Tea Leoni) tempts a new father (Ben Stiller) while they and his...

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    Movies

    Secrets & Lies (1996)

    A black London optometrist meets her biological mother (Brenda Blethyn), a white factory worker, and...

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    Movies

    Red Roses and Petrol (2008)

    A dysfunctional Irish family gathers after the death of their patriarch.