Movies and TV series about dysfunctional families
The 60 best titles about dysfunctional families, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.
Rick and Morty
2013 · Rob Schrab
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedyFollows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.
The Sopranos
1999 · Terence Winter
SeriesCrimeDramaThe story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he
The Departed
2006 · Martin Scorsese
MovieDramaThrillerCrimeTo take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the
Manchester by the Sea
2016 · Kenneth Lonergan
MovieDramaAfter his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and t
The Umbrella Academy
2019 · Jeremy Webb
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyReunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.
The Rising of the Shield Hero
2019 · Shuzo Kasahara
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDramaIwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and figh
Mary Poppins
1964 · Robert Stevenson
MovieComedyFamilyFantasyIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · Linwood Boomer
SeriesComedyA gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
American Beauty
1999 · Sam Mendes
MovieDramaLester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Sentimental Value
2025 · Joachim Trier
MovieDramaSisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora
Succession
2018 · Lucy Prebble
SeriesComedyDramaFollow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021 · Mike Rianda
MovieAdventureAnimationComedyA quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · Charlie Day
SeriesComedyFour egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgm
Mare of Easttown
2021 · Paul Lee
SeriesCrimeDramaMysteryA detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Little Miss Sunshine
2006 · Valerie Faris
MovieComedyDramaA family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
The Fighter
2010 · David O. Russell
MovieDramaBoxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly bein
Six Feet Under
2001 · Rick Cleveland
SeriesDramaWhen death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the
Bates Motel
2013 · Vera Farmiga
SeriesCrimeDramaMysteryA "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in
Hereditary
2018 · Ari Aster
MovieHorrorMysteryThrillerFollowing the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a
The Simpsons
1989 · James L. Brooks
SeriesAnimationComedyFamilySet in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 · Lasse Hallström
MovieDramaRomanceGilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger br
Arrested Development
2003 · Jim Vallely
SeriesComedyThe story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
The Babadook
2014 · Jennifer Kent
MovieDramaHorrorA grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
The Iron Claw
2023 · Sean Durkin
MovieDramaHistoryThe true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of
Parenthood
1989 · Ron Howard
MovieComedyDramaThe story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, t
The Loud House
2016 · Chris Savino
SeriesAnimationComedyFamilyWelcome to the Loud House, where life can get pretty crazy. One boy, TEN girls?! Lincoln Loud wouldn’t change it for the world!
Blue Valentine
2010 · Derek Cianfrance
MovieDramaRomanceDean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorp
The Simpsons Movie
2007 · David Silverman
MovieAnimationComedyFamilyAfter Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
The House of Flowers
2018 · María José Córdova
SeriesComedyDramaA wealthy matriarch tries to maintain her family's facade of perfection after her husband's mistress exposes their dirty secrets.
Married... with Children
1987
SeriesComedyAl Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), a
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · Wes Anderson
MovieComedyDramaRoyal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums
Animal Kingdom
2016
SeriesCrimeDrama17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" C
The Ice Storm
1997 · Ang Lee
MovieDramaIn the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.
The Middle
2009
SeriesComedyThe daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.
Punch-Drunk Love
2002 · Paul Thomas Anderson
MovieComedyDramaRomanceA socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyThe series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer networ
Dolores Claiborne
1995 · Taylor Hackford
MovieCrimeDramaMysteryDolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her empl
Family Guy
1999 · Alec Sulkin
SeriesAnimationComedySick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · James Cameron
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionSet more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other sa
My Neighbors the Yamadas
1999 · Isao Takahata
MovieAnimationComedyFamilyThe Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017 · Yorgos Lanthimos
MovieDramaMysteryThrillerDr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fath
The Darjeeling Limited
2007 · Wes Anderson
MovieAdventureComedyDramaThree American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they
Lucky Number Slevin
2006 · Paul McGuigan
MovieDramaThrillerCrimeSlevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996 · Mike Royce
SeriesComedyRay Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, and brother, Robert, liv
Lilo & Stitch
2025 · Dean Fleischer Camp
MovieComedyFamilyScience FictionThe wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
Kiss of the Dragon
2001 · Chris Nahon
MovieActionCrimeThrillerLiu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
This Is Where I Leave You
2014 · Shawn Levy
MovieComedyDramaWhen their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speak
Family Switch
2023 · McG
MovieComedyFamilyFantasyWhen the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever
The Last House on the Left
2009 · Dennis Iliadis
MovieCrimeDramaHorrorWhen athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginnin
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