It's All in the Family
by buzzscrapdrawer | created - 22 Oct 2022 | updated - 22 Oct 2022 | PublicAll of these films have family as a centered theme.
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1. The Reckless Moment (1949)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill
Votes: 5,658
The Reckless Moment is an under-rated film that I would recommend for Mother's Day. Joan Bennet plays a stressed out mother who would do anything for her kids, even if it may be covering a murder. Totally recommend!! 7.5/10
2. The Big Country (1958)
Passed | 166 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston
Votes: 21,137
The family feud made the movie for me, definitely the performance of Burl Ives. Whenever Ives is on screen, he steals the show! 8.5/10
3. The Chalk Garden (1964)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Mystery
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed, spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice as an example of love and grows into a better person.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans
Votes: 2,492
This has two great and under-rated performances played by Deborah Kerr, and Hailey Mills. Their scenes, and dialogue made a thrilling movie. 8.5/10
4. The Parent Trap (1998)
PG | 128 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.
Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix
Votes: 154,940 | Gross: $66.31M
Both Parent Traps definitely has it's pros and cons but the twin's relationships between their parents are way better in this adaptation!! 7/10
5. The Parent Trap (1961)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Director: David Swift | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 23,993
Hailey Mills is extremely charming and cute throughout this film. It's hard not to like her performance. 6.5/10
6. The Sign of the Ram (1948)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A jealous, manipulative stepmother confined to a wheelchair interferes with her stepchildren's romances so that they will not get married and leave home.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Susan Peters, Alexander Knox, Phyllis Thaxter, Peggy Ann Garner
Votes: 852
One manipulative person can absolutely destroy an entire family. Susan Peter steals the show in this film. It is amazing just how one crippled woman is capable of knowing everything that goes on behind closed doors in her family's home, and still strike fear into everyone she meets. Truly one of the best villains ever put to screen.. 9/10
7. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: George Sanders, Ella Raines, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Sara Allgood
Votes: 1,988
Similar to 'The Sign of the Ram,' George Sanders deals with an extremely toxic family in this film. Whether it be the manipulative/incestuous sister played by Geraldine Fitzgerald or the emotionally bullied sister played by Sara Allgood. Every performance makes you want to scream at George Sanders to marry Ella Rains and get out of there!! However, that makes a boring movie. This film has a terrible 'twist' ending, but I still rank it a 7/10.
8. Kiss and Tell (1945)
90 min | Comedy
15-year-old Corliss Archer and 17-year-old Mildred Pringle are best friends and get into some mischief together which causes their parents to fight over who is a bad influence on whom. ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Shirley Temple, Jerome Courtland, Walter Abel, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 296
Shirley Temple and Walter Abel make this film for me. Their father/daughter chemistry is like watching a train-wreck. It is hilarious, and worth a watch. I love it!! 7.5/10
9. No Deposit, No Return (1972)
80 min
Director: Peter Jensen | Stars: Melinda Marx, Diane Berghoff, Sahn Berti, Alan Mann
'Kidnapping' has never been so much fun to watch!! This film has some of the best child acting, and that alone says something!! There are some action scenes that carry out for way to long, but the family still makes a great watch!! 6.5/10
10. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Passed | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold
Votes: 27,916 | Gross: $4.66M
This is another weird family, but Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur have the sweetest chemistry in this film!! 6/10
11. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, War
A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty
Votes: 19,473 | Gross: $13.50M
The Miniver family will warm up anyones heart!! 6.5/10
12. The Valley of Decision (1945)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance
An Irish maid falls for the son of her wealthy boss, though their disapproving fathers and a bitter strike at the steel mill complicate matters.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 2,376
Another family-feud film starring Gregory Peck only dealing with social class. This film is an interesting watch, and the chemistry between Peck and Garson is very sweet. 7.5/10
13. Holiday (1938)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A young man in love with a girl from a rich family finds his unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long-suffering brother.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres
Votes: 18,257
Another terrible family, but a captivating story. This deals with the problem with greed and materialism in the best way. Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Lew Ayres really makes the movie for me. 8/10
14. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson
Votes: 74,992
The best 'I am adopted' scene that ever graced cinema. 8/10
15. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Approved | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton
Votes: 48,944 | Gross: $56.70M
The most powerful family get-together movie I have ever seen!! 8.5/10
16. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
Director: Joe May | Stars: George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Dick Foran
Votes: 1,516
I am not sure if the family is haunted or the house? 5.5/10
17. Pursued (1947)
Passed | 101 min | Western
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger
Votes: 3,835
Everyone wants to kill Robert Mitchum, and it is unnerving!! 9/10
18. Something in the Wind (1947)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Donald O'Connor, John Dall, Charles Winninger
Votes: 536
The classic story about a rich guy who falls for the poor girl but both families keep them apart. Deanna Durbin is hilarious in this film. 7/10
19. The Brothers Rico (1957)
Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates
Votes: 1,618
Who is more important? The mafia or your family? 7.5/10
20. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig
Votes: 187,778 | Gross: $75.51M
Every scene in this film is a masterpiece!! 9.5/10
21. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, Liam Aiken
Votes: 221,182 | Gross: $118.63M
After the train scene, this film gets really unnerving!! 7/10
22. Midnight Special (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver
Votes: 84,053 | Gross: $3.71M
I wasn't sure what I was watching half the time, but the family is very touching!! 7.5/10
23. Searching (III) (2018)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
Director: Aneesh Chaganty | Stars: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La
Votes: 180,029 | Gross: $26.02M
This is the best father/daughter film I have ever seen. 9.5/10
24. Homestay (I) (2018)
132 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
When "Temporary Body" is a wonderful award from heaven. Min has 100 days to change his life.
Director: Parkpoom Wongpoom | Stars: Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Cherprang Areekul, Surada Kiatwarawut, Suquan Bulakul
Votes: 1,620
This film is different, but a touching story nonetheless. 7/10
25. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Passed | 108 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers
Votes: 70,527
I don't like how oblivious this family is to both Charlies but a great Alfred Hitchcock thriller!! 8/10
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