Films about families

Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu is a 2026 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Anil Ravipudi. The film is produced by Sahu Garapati and Sushmita Konidela. It stars Chiranjeevi in the titular role, alongside Venkatesh, Nayanthara and Catherine Tresa. The plot follows Shankara Vara Prasad, a national security officer who seeks to protect his estranged wife and children, seeing it as a chance to re-unite with them.

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy, which chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) and the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

1970 animated film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman

2019 film directed by Bong Joon-ho

The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman. It is based on the 1959 stage musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Lindsay and Crouse, itself based on the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. The film stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker. Set in Salzburg, Austria, it is a fictional retelling of Maria von Trapp's experiences as governess to seven children, her eventual marriage with their father Captain Georg von Trapp, and their escape during the Anschluss in 1938.

Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is the second installment in the Avatar film series and the sequel to Avatar (2009). Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Stephen Lang reprise their roles from the first film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in an additional role and Kate Winslet joining the cast. The plot follows Jake Sully, a human-Na'vi hybrid, and his family on the habitable moon Pandora. Hunted by RDA forces, they flee to an oceanic region to seek refuge with the Metkayina clan.

Dune is a 2021 American epic space opera film co-produced and directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert and the first installment in Legendary Pictures' Dune film series. The cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem. Set in the distant future, the film follows Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.

2008 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2018 film directed by James Wan

2007 animated film directed by Stephen J. Anderson

2001 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2009 film directed by Neill Blomkamp

2003 film directed by Clint Eastwood

2017 film directed by Jordan Peele

2005 film directed by Andrew Niccol

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.

2001 American direct-to-video animated film

2021 film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton

Avatar: Fire and Ash is a 2025 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. Produced by Lightstorm Entertainment, it is the third installment in the Avatar film series and the sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). The film features Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and Kate Winslet reprising their roles from previous films. The story follows the human-turned-Na'vi Jake Sully and his family on the habitable moon Pandora, as they face the combined threat of the human RDA forces and the Mangkwan, a ruthless Na'vi clan.

2016 film directed by Yeon Sang-ho

2022 American film directed by Colin Trevorrow

2002 film directed by Gore Verbinski

2001 film directed by Karan Johar

1994 film by James Cameron

2018 film directed by Rob Marshall

1987 film directed by Emile Ardolino

2023 film directed by Louis Leterrier

2008 US-UK film directed by Mark Herman

2007 film directed by Gábor Csupó

1998 film directed by Nancy Meyers

1938 film by Frank Capra

2011 film directed by Martin Campbell

2014 film directed by Rob Marshall

1995 film by Aditya Chopra

1991 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2001 film by Alejandro Amenábar

2002 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

1940 film by John Ford

1998 film directed by Mimi Leder

2021 film directed by Sian Heder

2012 film directed by Juan Antonio Bayona

2004 film directed by Tony Scott

1985 film directed by Peter Weir

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The film stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen. The plot follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. The film was marketed as being based on true events to attract a wider audience and to act as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate. Although the character of Leatherface and minor story details were inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein, its plot is largely fictional.

2013 film directed by John Moore

2018 film directed by John Krasinski

2009 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

2011 film directed by Dennis Dugan

2023 superhero film by James Wan

2015 film by Nancy Meyers

1971 film directed by Mel Stuart

2008 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

2023 film directed by Ángel Manuel Soto

1989 film by Phil Alden Robinson

2017 film by Paul King

2014 film by Brian Percival

2019 film directed by Jordan Peele

1997 film directed by Majid Majidi

1996 film directed by Ron Howard

1984 film by Joseph Zito