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'Meet the Fockers' (2004) -

Two very different families come together before a wedding. The Fockers are quite relaxed, while the Byrnes are the complete opposite, especially Jack (Robert De Niro).

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'Home Alone' (1990) and 'Home Alone 2' (1992) -

It's pretty appalling to forget your kid at home during the holidays, but doing it twice? Poor Kevin (Macaulay Culkin)!

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'The Godfather' (1972) -

The Mafia is all about family, albeit not a very functional one. We can find examples of that in the whole trilogy, including some ferocious backstabbing.

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'American Beauty' (1999) -

A frustrated Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) goes through a mid-life crisis, including having a crush on his daughter's friend. There are underlying issues with the entire family though.

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'The Addams Family' (1991) -

Talking about unconventional and dysfunctional families. They fit the bill, don't they?

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'The Royal Tenenbaums' (2001) -

Wes Anderson's take on a reunion of eccentric members of a dysfunctional family. 

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'Raising Arizona' (1987) -

If you're going to kidnap a baby, you might as well kidnap one from a family that has quintuplets, right? The movie's ex-con and ex-cop couple thought so as well.

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'Little Miss Sunshine' (2006) -

A dysfunctional family, including a suicidal Frank (Steve Carell), embark on a trip across the country when they sign up the youngest member of the family in a beauty pageant.

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'August: Osage County' (2013) -

A dysfunctional family, including a suicidal husband and a matriarch who has been diagnosed with cancer, gather under the same roof.

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'Home for the Holidays' (1995) -

A woman who has lost her job recently joins her dysfunctional family for the holidays.

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'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' (1993) -

The story of an unconventional and dysfunctional family, starring a young Johnny Depp and an Oscar-nominated Leonardo DiCaprio.

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'Kramer vs. Kramer' (1979) -

Divorce in 1979 wasn't as common as it is now. The film touches on a number of issues, including the impact a divorce can have on children.

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'The Birdcage' (1996) -

A son asks his gay father and his partner to pretend to be straight, so that he can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.

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'Big Daddy' (1999) -

What could go wrong with a law school grad adopting a kid to impress his girlfriend? Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) ends up becoming more of a foster parent in the end.

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'Moonstruck' (1987) -

Estranged brothers, a woman who falls for her fiancé's brother, a father who refuses to pay for his widowed daughter’s second wedding—'Moonstruck' has it all.

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'Matilda' (1996) -

A genius little girl with not-so-bright parents.

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'The Family Stone' (2005) -

A businesswoman joins her boyfriend's family during the holidays. Needless to say, she doesn't get along with the dysfunctional bunch.

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'Mermaids' (1990) -

Set in the mid '60s, a single mother relocates with her two daughters to a small town.

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'Rachel Getting Married' (2008) -

A woman who has been in drug rehab returns home for her sister's wedding.

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'The Savages' (2007) -

A brother and sister who hadn't spoken in decades come together to care for an aging parent.

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'The Ref' (1994) -

A cat burglar keeps a dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

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'The Squid and the Whale' (2005) -

Divorce can be really tough on kids, as this movie shows. One of the boys even claims to have written a Pink Floyd song.

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'Short Cuts' (1993) -

The film covers the daily lives of numerous suburban Los Angeles residents.

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'Life Is Sweet' (1990) -

Conflict and love is well present in these dysfunctional family members' lives.

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'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' (1945) -

A poor family with an alcoholic father is the basis of this movie about a dysfunctional family and their struggles.

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