Family Drama movies

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Realistic Intimate Bleak Dry Restrained

Overview

The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.

Themes

Secrecy and exposure, Bereavement and isolation, Artistic ego and dependency, Image versus reality, Marital strain and infidelity, Parental loss and memory

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Whimsical Intimate Dry Deliberate Dreamlike

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A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

Themes

Surreal family bonds, Intergenerational memory, Resisting traditional roles, Creative work as refuge, Rural time spell, Adolescent tension and growth

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Realistic Steady Claustrophobic Dry Deliberate

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An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

Themes

Language barrier, Immigration bureaucracy, Airport community, Passport status, Immigration law, Workplace solidarity

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Claustrophobic

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Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his adventures in exotic lands. As Frankie tracks the ship's progress around the globe, he discovers that it is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving in only a fortnight, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth or finding the perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for just one day...

Themes

Single parent resilience, Deception for belonging, Protective motherhood, Deafness and inclusion

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Dry

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Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

Themes

Deception and trust, Wealth and generosity, Greed vs kindness, Family grief and resilience, Materialism vs charity, Religious influence on action

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Immersive Realistic Brutal Atmospheric Restrained

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Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Colonial exploitation and captivity, Sibling bonds under strain, Spectacle versus coercion, Mercy and restraint, Nature versus civilization

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Realistic Steady Intimate Atmospheric Measured

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Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.

Themes

Parenthood vs career, Grief and responsibility, Public image pressure, Economic reinvention, Intergenerational care, Found family bonds

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Stylish

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On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

Themes

Homelessness and care, Kidnapping and deception, Family estrangement, Search for parental ties, Chosen family bonds

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Whimsical Stylish Dreamlike Witty Intense

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Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Themes

Tall tales vs reality, Parent-child relationship, Aging and illness, Magical realism in life, Fame from storytelling, Love and commitment

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Realistic Tense Intimate Dry Measured

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"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor. They both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis grows up to become an excellent cook and uses his cooking skills to spice up the lives of those around him. 35 years later he leaves Athens and travels back to his birthplace of Istanbul to reunite with his grandfather and his first love. He travels back only to realize that he forgot to put a little bit of spice in his own life.

Themes

Homeland longing, Intergenerational mentorship, Diasporic displacement, Culinary symbolism, Cross-cultural romance, Memory and tradition, Political tension between nations

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