Films about dysfunctional families

1989 film by Bob Balaban

Deathdream (originally released as Dead of Night) is a 1974 horror film directed and produced by Bob Clark, written by Alan Ormsby, and starring Richard Backus, John Marley, and Lynn Carlin. Inspired by the W. W. Jacobs short story "The Monkey's Paw", the film is about young American soldier Andy Brooks (Backus) who returns home after seemingly being killed in Vietnam, only now as an undead, vampiric creature.

Bawarchi (translation: The Chef) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and produced by Mukherjee himself along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in India on 7 July 1972, the film stars an ensemble cast of Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Bhaduri, Asrani, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, A.K. Hangal, Durga Khote, Manisha, Kali Banerjee, Usha Kiran and Raju Shrestha. The film was ranked the eight highest-grossing film of the year 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In Bawarchi, I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in Anand (197

1990 film by Philip Ridley

1970 Greek film by Theodoros Angelopoulos

1998 film by Tamara Jenkins

2010 film by Sidharth Malhotran

2013 film by Randy Moore

2013 film by Lake Bell

2010 film by Agustí Vila

2005 film by Homi Adajania

2021 film directed by Vinil Mathew

1987 film directed by David Leland

2014 film directed by Victor Salva

1983 film by Penelope Spheeris

1940 film by Mehboob Khan

2025 film by R. S. Prasanna

2012 film by Billy Bob Thornton

1998 film by Manny Coto

2022 film by Emanuele Crialese

2010 film by Paolo Virzì

1994 film by David O. Russell

2013 film directed by Benjamin Epps

1966 film by Luigi Comencini

2004 film by Michael Clancy

2013 film by David M. Rosenthal

1990 film by Peter Medak

2005 film directed by S.S. Rajamouli

1942 film by Lance Comfort

2014 film by Helen Hunt

2000 film by Anthony Waller

1971 film by Alan Arkin

1967 film by Ken Loach

Avtaar is a 1983 drama film starring Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi. It was directed by Mohan Kumar, and the music was by Laxmikant Pyarelal, and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. Avtaar was critically acclaimed and earned around 8 crore worldwide. The film earned several Filmfare award nominations. Rajesh Khanna received an All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Award for his performance in this film in 1983.

2009 film directed by Anders Anderson

2012 film directed by Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold

2022 film directed by Mayim Bialik

2007 film by Gianni Zanasi

2015 film by Simon Stone

2006 film by Eric Eason

2014 film by Carol Morley

2011 film by Niall MacCormick

2012 film

2021 film directed by Stephen Karam

2008 film by Deepa Mehta

1981 film directed by Romano Scavolini

2009 film by Sergey Snezhkin

2005 film directed by Adam Rapp

1989 film by Jane Campion

2019 film directed by Seema Bhargav

1942 film by Amiya Chakravarty

2010 film by Barry W. Blaustein

1982 film by Alan Parker

Dharmatma () is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language thriller film produced and directed by Feroz Khan. The cast includes Khan, Hema Malini, Rekha, Premnath, Imtiaz Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Farida Jalal, Ranjeet, Helen, Madan Puri, Jeevan, Iftekhar, Dara Singh, Satyen Kappu and Sudhir. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji.

Chhalia is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Manmohan Desai. It stars Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Pran, Rehman and Shobhna Samarth. The story is loosely based on the 1848 short story "White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but is focused on the issue of estranged wives and children in the aftermath of partition. Chhalia was shot in black-and-white. Music by Kalyanji-Anandji, played a part in the film's box office success.

2012 film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

2024 film by Francesco Costabile

1977 film by Mrinal Sen

2014 film

2007 film by Alan Ball