Films about dysfunctional families

1978 film by Robert Altman

1997 film by Alain Berliner

2014 film by Céline Sciamma

2022 film directed by James Gray

2017 film directed by Franck Khalfoun

2022 film directed by Jason Moore

1990 film directed by George T. Miller

1985 comedy horror film directed by Steve Miner

2012 film by Ol Parker

2016 film by Martin Koolhoven

2008 film by Darren Lynn Bousman

2013 film by Paul Weitz

2014 film by Ana Lily Amirpour

2013 film by Anne Fontaine

C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 Canadian coming-of-age drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and co-written by Vallée and François Boulay. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia while growing up with four brothers and his father in Quebec during the 1960s and 1970s. The film employs an extensive soundtrack, featuring artists such as David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Patsy Cline, Charles Aznavour, and The Rolling Stones.

1982 film by Arthur Hiller

2008 film directed by Arnaud Desplechin

1961 film by Tony Richardson

Ella McCay is a 2025 American political comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks. The film stars Emma Mackey in the title role with Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Ayo Edebiri, Spike Fearn, Julie Kavner, Rebecca Hall, Albert Brooks, and Woody Harrelson.

1959 British film directed by Tony Richardson

1983 film, directed by Nicolas Roeg

1981 film by J. Lee Thompson

2007 film by David Schwimmer

1999 film by Ulu Grosbard

2012 American comedy film by Josh Schwartz

1988 film by Terence Davies

1983 film directed by Stan Dragoti

I Swear is a 2025 British biographical comedy-drama film directed, written, and produced by Kirk Jones. It is based on the true life story of John Davidson, a Scottish man with severe Tourette syndrome who was the subject of the 1989 television documentary John's Not Mad. The film stars Robert Aramayo as Davidson, alongside Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, and Peter Mullan in supporting roles. Scott Ellis Watson makes his acting debut as a young Davidson.

2008 film directed by Stephan Elliott

1984 film by Tony Richardson

1963 film by Francis Ford Coppola

2007 film by Sajid Khan

2015 film by Joachim Trier

2002 film by David Jacobson

2005 film by Mike Binder

1983 film by Robert Hiltzik

1997 film by Jocelyn Moorhouse

2017 film directed by Marc Meyers

2020 film directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

1983 film by Maurice Pialat

1994 film directed by Peter MacDonald

2004 film by Jaume Balagueró

Chandramukhi () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language psychological comedy horror film written and directed by P. Vasu. It is a remake of Vasu's Kannada film Apthamitra (2004) which itself was based on the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu (1993). The film stars Rajinikanth, Prabhu and Jyothika along with an ensemble supporting cast, including Vadivelu, Nayanthara, Nassar and Sheela. It revolves around a woman who has dissociative identity disorder that affects a family, and a psychiatrist who intends to solve the case while risking his life.

2006 film by Oskar Roehler

2001 film by Paddy Breathnach

2000 American film by Bharat Nalluri

2022 film directed by Advait Chandan

Kazaam () is a 1996 American musical fantasy comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser, written by Christian Ford and Roger Soffer based on a story by Glaser, and starring Shaquille O'Neal as the title character, a 5,000-year-old genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant a 12-year-old boy three wishes.

2007 film by Mike Barker

2012 film by Ursula Meier

2002 film directed by Lucky McKee

2007 film by Tom Kalin

2003 film by Andrew Jarecki

2000 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow

1961 film by Daniel Petrie

2012 film by David Siegel, Scott McGehee

2005 film by Jamie Babbit

2013 film by Guillaume Canet

2012 film directed by Alex Kurtzman

2007 Indian film directed by Priyadarshan