Manchester by the Sea

2016-11-18

boat, sadness, boston, massachusetts, massachusetts, funeral, brother, loss, grief, dysfunctional family, hospital, house fire, death, nephew, ex-wife, nonlinear timeline, mental health, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, legal guardian, dysfunctional life

Barefoot

2005-03-30

dysfunctional family, relationship, psychiatry, mental health, road movie, mental hospital

Starting Over

1979-10-05

boston, massachusetts, blind date, thanksgiving, romantic comedy, ex-wife

Pieces of a Woman

2020-12-30

loss of loved one, boston, massachusetts, midwife, grief, home birth, grieving, giving birth, loss of child

The Family

2017-08-23

dysfunctional family

Eulogy

2004-10-15

funeral, family secrets, dysfunctional family, death in family, family conflict

Make Way For Ducklings

1969-01-01

duck, boston, massachusetts, family, boston public garden

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

1999-04-29

filmmaker, nonlinear timeline, tunisia, 1950s

City Hall

2020-10-21

boston, massachusetts

Boston

2017-02-23

boston, massachusetts, marathon, boston marathon

Switching Channels

1988-03-05

tv news, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, newscaster

Medicating & Healing

2020-05-08

mental health

Should a Woman Tell?

1919-12-29

boston, massachusetts, shame

Every Other Week

2006-06-09

husband wife relationship, divorce, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, fake commercial, brother brother relationship, commercial spoof

Stronger

2017-09-22

based on novel or book, boston, massachusetts, rehabilitation, wheelchair, based on a true story, hospital, explosion, bombing, terrorist bombing, boston marathon, loss of legs

Alone

1990-02-23

parent child relationship, obsession, ex husband, marriage, unfaithfulness, violence, divorce, ex-wife, ex-husband ex-wife relationship

This Is Where I Leave You

2014-09-10

based on novel or book, funeral, dysfunctional family, death of father, man child, family, mourning, grieving

Night Hunter

2019-08-29

minnesota, vigilante, serial killer, co-worker relationship, tragic past, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, father daughter relationship

How Awful About Allan

1970-09-22

based on novel or book, car crash, house fire, blindness, mental hospital, brother sister relationship

August: Osage County

2013-12-26

suicide, drug addiction, oklahoma, funeral, dysfunctional family, cancer, based on play or musical, midwest, southern, bleak comedy, mental disorders, mother daughter relationship, pills

Golden Malibu

2018-03-09

mexico, drug dealer, dysfunctional family, drugs, older brother younger sister

Dil Dhadakne Do

2015-06-04

cruise, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional marriage, family relationships, anthropomorphism, family vacation, dog, wedding anniversary, woman director, mediterranean sea

Members of the Funeral

2008-10-04

Free Fire

2017-03-31

sniper, boston, massachusetts, gang, shootout, warehouse

In From The Night

2006-04-23

An Old Thing

Sabbatical

2014-04-04

mother, dysfunctional family, stroke

Southie

1998-06-10

boston, massachusetts, mafia, southie

The Ring Thing

2017-06-02

new york city, marriage proposal, marriage, divorce, nonlinear timeline, lgbt, documentary filmmaking, sous chef, divorced parents, provincetown massachusetts

Isblomma

2010-03-19

The Things of Life

1970-03-13

paris, france, based on novel or book, 1970s, older man younger woman relationship, extramarital affair, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, father son relationship

What Isn't There

2012-09-12

photographer, camera, brother, music, twin brother, grief, twins, family, family reunion, death, death in family, first love, death of son, death of brother, talking to the dead, woman director, christmas, dead brother, death of a loved one

Wake

2012-07-12

sibling relationship, gun, funeral, death, short

The Other Side of Sadness

2018-01-01

loss, student movie, hybrid, grief, family

The Autumn Heart

1999-01-27

parent child relationship, boston, massachusetts, independent film, family relationships

Miracle in the Woods

1997-10-26

sibling relationship, secret, hospital, nonlinear timeline

The Dark End of the Street

1981-02-01

boston, massachusetts

Everybody Leaves

2015-04-25

parent child relationship, cuban revolution, divorce, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, 1980s

What It Was

2014-07-26

coming out, relationship problems, coming of age, nonlinear timeline, lgbt, multiple storylines, actress, death of a loved one

The Glass Castle

2017-08-10

dysfunctional family, based on memoir or autobiography, father daughter relationship

In Arms

2017-01-17

A Ghost Story

2017-04-24

sadness, house, loss, party, grief, children, morality, long take, construction, ghost, piano

Speed Walking

2014-08-28

1970s

The House of Yes

1997-10-10

the white house, hurricane, john f. kennedy, thanksgiving, dysfunctional family, dark comedy, based on play or musical, independent film, family relationships, incest, mental illness, virginia, 1980s, brother sister relationship, jackie kennedy

One True Thing

1998-09-18

dysfunctional family, cancer, death of parent

Family Happiness

2017-10-09

dysfunctional family, brother sister 

Irish Eyes

2004-07-22

boston, massachusetts, gangster, irish mob, revenge, death of father, lawyer, mob

The Road Home

1999-10-16

china, loss of loved one, coffin, funeral, business man, village, flashback, grief, death, burial

Luminita

2013-07-10

Grounding

2019-10-22

Νταντά με το Ζόρι

1959-05-31

foster family, adaptation, abandoned baby, legal guardian

Roberto the Canary

2019-02-02

bird, grief, family relationships, woman director, short

From the Heart

2018-12-13

dysfunctional family, family relationships, christmas

Ex-wife

2009-01-01

The Perfect Wife

2001-05-21

revenge, relationship, accidental death, ex-wife

Ghajini

2005-10-14

revenge, murder, tragic love, memory loss, tragic event, nonlinear timeline, injustice, short term memory loss

Tango Argentino

1992-02-17

dysfunctional family, older/younger, retirement home

Mystic River

2003-01-01

child abuse, loss of loved one, sexual abuse, based on novel or book, secret, repayment, suppressed past, arbitrary law, boston, massachusetts, workers' quarter, massachusetts, loyalty, guilt, childhood sexual abuse, vengeance

Family melodrama

1977-06-27

Take Care of Emily

2020-03-09

Ara

2018-10-26

friendship, anorexia, mental health

Stella Dallas

1937-08-06

boston, massachusetts, sacrifice, compassion, class distinction

Happy Sad Man

2018-08-12

mental health

Patriots Day

2016-12-12

boston, massachusetts, massachusetts, police chief, terrorism, manhunt, boston marathon

Love. Bacardi. Boston.

2010-05-06

boston, massachusetts, bacardi

The Judge

2014-10-08

judge, parent child relationship, small town, indiana, dysfunctional family, family relationships, lawyer, trial, courtroom, courtroom drama, father son relationship

Begravelsen

Little Odessa

1994-10-27

brother, russian mafia, dysfunctional family

Sick

2018-12-12

housewife, dysfunctional

Broken Flowers

2017-05-29

Red Dirt

2000-03-17

mississippi river, secret, independent film, agoraphobia, drifter, incest, mental illness, aunt nephew relationship, vegetable garden, leaving home, cousin cousin relationship, mother son relationship

My Family

1987-01-05

The Sea Between The Houses

2020-01-15

loss, grief, inheritance, hometown, puebla

Pit Stop

2013-01-21

coma, small town, texas, working class, gay parent, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, exes living together, gay

Kenny

2018-10-15

Same Sex America

2005-04-22

boston, massachusetts, massachusetts, equality, gay marriage, lgbt, lgbt rights

Safety Net

2020-06-10

mental health, disability, short, women filmmakers

You Can Count on Me

2000-11-17

sibling relationship, drifter, single mother, new york state, uncle nephew relationship, catskills, bank employee, orphan siblings, brother sister relationship

Children of Invention

2010-08-10

boston, massachusetts, independent film

The Great Moment

1944-07-18

boston, massachusetts, biography, dentist

Søskende

1966-09-02

funeral home

Somewhere in the Middle

2015-05-15

nonlinear timeline, multiple storylines

Tziporah

2008-01-01

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy

2018-10-18

mentally disabled, psychoanalysis, asylum, mental breakdown, interview, insane asylum, psychiatric hospital, forensic psychiatrist, mental institution, architecture, psychiatrist, mental patient, mental illness, psychiatric ward, psychiatry, mental health, mental asylum, mental instability, child psychologist, child psychiatrist, escaped mental patient, black history, mentally ill, usa history, treatment of mental disorders, hospitalization, mental disorders, social history, criminally insane, mental health clinic, mental problems, psychiatric nurse, mental health professional, psychiatric treatment, psychiatric home, mental health care, health documentary, african american history

Für immer im Herzen

2004-09-03

Crooked Hearts

1991-09-06

parent child relationship, secret, dysfunctional family