Family Problems
by AlexMedario | created - 09 Nov 2015 | updated - 19 Jun 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Lolita (1962)
Not Rated | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old girl.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell
Votes: 108,713 | Gross: $9.25M
2. Secrets & Lies (1996)
R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook
Votes: 47,136 | Gross: $13.42M
3. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
PG | 122 min | Drama
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden
Votes: 114,257 | Gross: $8.00M
4. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
R | 137 min | Drama
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
Director: Kenneth Lonergan | Stars: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges
Votes: 313,298 | Gross: $47.70M
5. Rust and Bone (2012)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Céline Sallette
Votes: 70,262 | Gross: $2.06M
6. Retribution (2015)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A banker and his kids are held hostage in their own speeding car by a bomb-making extortionist.
Director: Dani de la Torre | Stars: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Elvira Mínguez, Fernando Cayo
Votes: 11,088
7. Cerca de tu casa (2016)
93 min | Drama, Musical
After losing their home because they can not afford it, a young married couple with a daughter of 10 years, but that housing will also be threatened by the seizure of the bank.
Director: Eduard Cortés | Stars: Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Adriana Ozores, Ivan Massagué, Manuel Morón
Votes: 352
8. Mud (2012)
PG-13 | 130 min | Adventure, Drama
Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Sam Shepard
Votes: 188,696 | Gross: $21.59M
9. Lady Bird (2017)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
In 2002, an artistically inclined 17-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges
Votes: 327,905 | Gross: $48.96M
10. Keeping Mum (2005)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair, and his children are up to no good.
Director: Niall Johnson | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze
Votes: 35,917 | Gross: $1.62M
11. Finding Your Feet (2017)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley
Votes: 7,212 | Gross: $1.42M
12. My Happy Family (2017)
120 min | Drama
In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out of her parents' home and live ... See full summary »
Directors: Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß | Stars: Ia Shugliashvili, Merab Ninidze, Berta Khapava, Tsisia Kumsishvili
Votes: 4,215
13. 100 Meters (2016)
108 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on true events, a Spanish man with multiple sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man competition despite he was told that he could not make 100 meters.
Director: Marcel Barrena | Stars: Dani Rovira, Karra Elejalde, Alexandra Jiménez, David Verdaguer
Votes: 6,941
14. Captain Fantastic (2016)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
Director: Matt Ross | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso
Votes: 234,845 | Gross: $5.88M
15. Like Father (2018)
TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
After she's left at the altar, a workaholic advertising executive ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with her estranged father.
Director: Lauren Miller Rogen | Stars: Kristen Bell, Danielle Davenport, Kimiko Glenn, Wynter Kullman
Votes: 23,067
16. 10 jours en or (2012)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Bachelor Marc Bajau travels the country on behalf of a clothing brand. He loves life on the road, free from responsibility. But when he starts a new tour to promote the latest line, a ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Brossette | Stars: Franck Dubosc, Claude Rich, Marie Kremer, Mathis Touré
Votes: 1,051
17. Winter Sleep (2014)
Not Rated | 196 min | Drama
A hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan
Votes: 55,523 | Gross: $0.17M
18. The Land of Steady Habits (2018)
TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
After leaving his wife and his job to find happiness, Anders befriends a drug-addicted teen, sending him down a path of reckless and shameful behavior.
Director: Nicole Holofcener | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Natalie Gold, Thomas Mann, Schecter Lee
Votes: 8,984
19. Private Life (2018)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
An author is undergoing multiple fertility therapies to get pregnant, putting her relationship with her husband on edge.
Director: Tamara Jenkins | Stars: Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti, Gabrielle Reid, Amy Russ
Votes: 22,113
20. Roma (2018)
R | 135 min | Drama
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Votes: 169,664
21. Battle (I) (2018)
TV-MA | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Amalie works hard to fit in to a world where having it all is what matters - looks, money and dancing skills. Then she meets Michael, the street-dancer, who is different from any other person she has met.
Director: Katarina Launing | Stars: Lisa Teige, Fabian Svegaard Tapia, Vebjørn Enger, Charlott Utzig
Votes: 4,622
22. To Each, Her Own (2018)
TV-MA | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Simone plans to inform her conservative Jewish family that she's a lesbian, but as she proceeds with coming out she finds herself attracted to a man.
Director: Myriam Aziza | Stars: Sarah Stern, Jean-Christophe Folly, Julia Piaton, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 1,946
23. American History X (1998)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama
Living a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.
Director: Tony Kaye | Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien
Votes: 1,185,178 | Gross: $6.72M
24. Sunday's Illness (2018)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama
Wealthy Anabel, 65, receives an unexpected visit from Chiara, the daughter she abandoned 30 years ago. Chiara has a request: that they spend 10 days together. Anabel goes out of guilt, but there are conditions of which she is unaware.
Director: Ramón Salazar | Stars: Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Greta Fernández, Bruna González
Votes: 4,012
25. Sand Storm (2016)
87 min | Drama
When their entire lives shatter, two Bedouin women struggle to change the unchangeable rules, each in her own individual way.
Director: Elite Zexer | Stars: Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari, Khadija Al Akel
Votes: 3,974 | Gross: $0.08M
26. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,301 | Gross: $3.31M
27. The Florida Project (2017)
R | 111 min | Drama
Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Rivera
Votes: 128,161 | Gross: $5.90M
28. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 199,784 | Gross: $6.86M
29. Nobody Knows (2004)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu
Votes: 31,345 | Gross: $0.68M
30. The Indian Runner (1991)
R | 127 min | Drama
A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 9,795 | Gross: $0.19M
31. Marriage Story (2019)
R | 137 min | Drama, Romance
Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Greer, Azhy Robertson
Votes: 345,992 | Gross: $2.00M
32. The African Doctor (2016)
96 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Seyolo Zantoko, who as a freshly graduated doctor of Congolese descent in France, struggled with his family to integrate in a small rural village, and ended up being considered as one of the most respected doctors in the area.
Director: Julien Rambaldi | Stars: Marc Zinga, Aïssa Maïga, Bayron Lebli, Médina Diarra
Votes: 12,003
33. 6 Balloons (2018)
TV-MA | 74 min | Drama
A woman (Jacobson) learns her brother (Franco) has relapsed on heroin.
Director: Marja-Lewis Ryan | Stars: Abbi Jacobson, Dave Franco, Charlotte Carel, Madeline Carel
Votes: 4,493
34. An Audience of Chairs (2018)
93 min | Drama
A mother living with mental illness struggles to cope after losing custody of her two daughters.
Director: Deanne Foley | Stars: Carolina Bartczak, Peter MacNeill, Gord Rand, Edie Inksetter
Votes: 140
35. Our Souls at Night (2017)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama, Romance
Fonda and Redford star as Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower who've lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbor.
Director: Ritesh Batra | Stars: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Matthias Schoenaerts, Iain Armitage
Votes: 14,923
36. Once Were Warriors (1994)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga
Votes: 36,811 | Gross: $2.20M
37. Lost Girls (2020)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Amy Ryan, Thomasin McKenzie, Gabriel Byrne, Lola Kirke
Votes: 24,916
38. Stories We Tell (2012)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley
Votes: 14,108 | Gross: $1.60M
39. Still Walking (2008)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natsukawa, You, Kazuya Takahashi
Votes: 18,590 | Gross: $0.16M
40. Rosie (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama
The story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless.
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Sarah Greene, Molly McCann, Darragh Mckenzie, Ruby Dunne
Votes: 2,174 | Gross: $0.01M
41. The War at Home (1996)
R | 123 min | Drama
Haunted by his experiences in the Vietnam War, a young man returns home and has trouble adjusting back to civilian life, his family and his stern father.
Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Votes: 2,597 | Gross: $0.04M
42. El Sur (1983)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman reflects on her childhood relationship with her father, attempting to understand the depths of his despair and the truth of his myths.
Director: Víctor Erice | Stars: Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Icíar Bollaín, Lola Cardona
Votes: 6,125
43. Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Mcgowan, Katie Proctor
Votes: 25,803
44. Tomboy (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
A family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani
Votes: 22,257 | Gross: $0.13M
45. Miracle Run (2004 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama
A mom is alone with her fraternal twin sons after they're diagnosed with autism. She tries to give them a normal childhood.
Director: Gregg Champion | Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Aidan Quinn, Zac Efron, Bubba Lewis
Votes: 1,663
46. So Much Love to Give (2020)
TV-14 | 108 min | Comedy
Fernando is a family man - equally committed to each of his two families. But one wrong turn brings them crashing together.
Director: Marcos Carnevale | Stars: Adrián Suar, Soledad Villamil, Gabriela Toscano, Alan Sabbagh
Votes: 1,545
47. Pay It Forward (2000)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama
A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Jay Mohr
Votes: 123,826 | Gross: $33.52M
48. Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
R | 116 min | Drama
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett
Votes: 46,410
49. Instant Family (2018)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.
Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced, Gustavo Escobar
Votes: 119,423 | Gross: $67.36M
50. Invisible (II) (2017)
87 min | Drama
Ely is 17 years old. After school, she works few hours at a pet shop. When Ely learns that she is pregnant, her inner world explodes even though she tries to go on with her daily routine as... See full summary »
Director: Pablo Giorgelli | Stars: Mora Arenillas, Mara Bestelli, Diego Cremonesi, Jorge Waldhorn
Votes: 860
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