Movies: Dysfunctional family

Anna and Philip, separated for a year, arrive at a remote island to sort out their marriage and the future of their two children. Anna, firm in her logical decision to divorce, faces Philip, who hasn't thought things through and defensively tries to ...

The Royal Deshmukh family is rich for a history of adoption, as the women have failed to conceive for seven generations. Here comes in Dr. Shriram, full of innovative home remedies for the couple who refuses to settle for adoption and is hellbent to ...

"This singular, bleakly funny, R-rated vision of Kiwi life clinches King's position as the most distinctive new voice in NZ film, as insistent and inescapable as The Warehouse jingle." - New Zealand International Film Festival director Bill Godsen. ...

An overbearing mother struggling to keep a daughter alive after a divorce from her ex-husband....

At odds with one another, a family embarks on a harrowing journey to escape the epicenter of a zombie outbreak and reach the last safe haven....

Through a period of five days, the story follows intertwined characters who live in false serenity and rather chaotic general order....

A postal worker falls in love with the Chinese waitress at a Chinese restaurant. They start dating and quickly fall in and out of love, the waitress returning to China. The young man looks for comfort in his father but he's too preoccupied with winni...

Melvin and Lisa return in this highly anticipated sequel to the 2021 romantic comedy, which is rumoured to introduce Lisa's family....

Set against the backdrop of a summer on the French riviera, the Roussier family and its fragile equilibrium is shaped by the uncertain diagnosis of 13-year-old Bertille, who suffers from a severe disability. Her parents and older sister Marion live i...

Holidays should be a time of joy, love and celebration, but for many it’s a time of loneliness. We made this film for those who feel a sense of sadness during this season and to highlight the importance of being extra kind to your loved ones....

The memory of a little girl's first communion day gone down the sh*tter....

A girl accompanies his older brother on a night of drug dealing....

Navigating mental health struggles and grief, a family finds humor and healing through the lens of a comedic yet poignant story inspired by a memoir....

A young gay university student in search of his identity and his queer sister deal with adversity by confronting their conservative father, and discovering that their sexuality overpowers them in the desire of their most unexpected obsessions....

Former child prodigy James Harries and his family may at first sight seem to be a houseful of geniuses, but although every single member has a Ph.D. in Metaphysics, we soon discover that some were purchased from a fake university in the USA, while th...

A dysfunctional family reunites after the son, Matt, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Matt and his sister Kate make a pact. He agrees to give her his sperm for future use with a partner if she agrees to come out to the family that night....

Loosely based on 1957's "Our Sister Hedy" and 1961's "The Greatest Civil War on Earth", this romantic comedy follows the Wong household, where the father acts as the glue that holds everyone together while Mambo, the protagonist and third daughter, t...

An exhausted and under-appreciated Dana Langley leads a funeral that doesn't seem to end....

Shot in eleven days in the countryside of Southern Belgium, Gerda 85 is the first feature-length movie made by Patricia Gélise and Nicolas Deschuyteneer. Inspired by their own lives, they draw a portrait of a young girl in the mid-1980s. This low-b...

When eldest daughter-in-law Nhj announces her plan to personally fund the renovation of the family’s ancestral house before storm season, tensions rise during a reunion on the anniversary of their late mother’s death....