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father daughter relationship

dysfunctional family

Sisters 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 turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.

The Whales of August

1987

7.1

♡ 14

64%

67%

Action

based on play or musical

Lindsay Anderson Director

Bette Davis as Libby Strong

Vincent Price as Mr. Maranov

Lillian Gish as Sarah Webber

Mary Steenburgen as Young Sarah

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

Saints Rest

2018

5.4

♡ 9

Noga Ashkenazi Director

Dana Ivgy as Danny

Jon Richardson as Jon

Devin Landin as Scott

Kristen Trimm as Sisters' Mom

A musical drama set in small-town Iowa, SAINTS REST tells the story of two estranged sisters, who over the course of one summer, form a connection through their shared love of music, as they grieve the recent death of their mother.

Act Like You Love Me

2013

5.2

39%

Dan Garcia Director

Glynn Turman as David

Lynn Whitfield as Harriett

Essence Atkins as Kelly

Denyce Lawton as Susan

Kelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask for. However, Kelly has struggled to find time for love in her busy schedule, so when her younger sister Susan gets engaged to a seemingly perfect man and organizes an extravagant engagement party, Kelly panics. She hires a gorgeous actor for the weekend to accompany her to the party. Her ruse quickly develops into something real and Kelly realizes the only thing missing in her life is love.

Dark Impulse

2011

Spanish

5.2

♡ 2

22%

Thriller

Mariano Barroso Director

Nathalie Poza as Berta

Leonor Watling as Eva

Adriana Ugarte as Marta

Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Rocco

Eva, an honest and rigorous examining magistrate, investigates the murder of a young stripper in which a powerful businessman is apparently involved, but she is unable to find enough evidence to implicate him… until a mysterious witness appears who makes her an offer she can't refuse.

Torso

2009

Japanese

5.9

♡ 2

Yutaka Yamazaki Director

Yûko Nakamura as

Renji Ishibashi as Car rental man

Makiko Watanabe as Hiroko, older sister of Mina

Miyako Yamaguchi as Mother of Hiroko and Mina

Hiroko is a young, alienated woman "in love" with a blow-up male torso. Tension rises when her sister discovers her secret desire.

Tempting Fate

2019

5.5

♡ 4

20%

Action

husband wife relationship

marital disharmony

pregnancy

Romance

temptation

unhappy wife

Kim Raver Director

Alyssa Milano as Gabby Cartwright

Magda Apanowicz as Josephine

Daniel Bacon as Tim

Lucia Walters as Trish

Gabby's picture perfect marriage to Elliott is jeopardized when she meets Matt, a handsome younger man who ignites a fire and desire within her. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name.

Merci pour tout

2019

French

6.2

♡ 1

Comedy

death of father

road trip

Louise Archambault Director

Guy Nadon as

Sacha Charles as

Michael Kelly as

Julie Perreault as Marianne

Sisters Marianne and Christine take a road trip from Montreal to the Magdalen Islands to spread the ashes of their late father. He wasn’t exactly an angel, and his associates are hot on their trail.

Despite Everything

2019

Spanish

5.4

♡ 6

woman director

Gabriela Tagliavini Director

Belén Cuesta as Claudia

Rossy de Palma as Inés

Blanca Suárez as Sara

Tito Valverde as Víctor

Sara, Lucía, Sofía and Claudia are sisters, 4 modern women with very different personalities, who come together at their mother's funeral, after which they discover the man they've all called "dad" throughout their lives is not really their father. They embark on a quest to discover who their real fathers are, discovering more about themselves, their mother, and their lives.

Planetarium

2016

French

4.6

♡ 1

15%

spiritism

Thriller

woman director

Rebecca Zlotowski Director

Louis Garrel as Fernand Prouvé

Lily-Rose Melody Depp as Kate Barlow

Natalie Portman as Laura Barlow

Damien Chapelle as Louis

In 1930s France, two sisters who are thought to be able to communicate with ghosts meet a visionary producer while performing in Paris.

Mari

2018

mother daughter relationship

4.8

♡ 14

64%

Music

sister

Georgia Parris Director

Sarah Dowling as Dancer

Daniel Whiley as Dancer

Phoebe Nicholls as Margot

Simon Balcon as Radio Reporter

Modern dance is an evocative narrative tool in Georgia Parris' debut, which investigates a young woman's identity and the complex relationship she has with her mother and sister.

L'enfer

2005

French

6.7

♡ 4

70%

72%

Danis Tanovic Director

Marie Gillain as Anne

Predrag Manojlovic as Antoin, le père

Maryam d'Abo as Julie

Jean Rochefort as Louis

Three sisters share a connection to a violent incident from their childhood reunite to for the chance to come to terms with their past.

Margot at the Wedding

2007

6.0

♡ 7

51%

long island, new york

neighbor

sibling relationship

Noah Baumbach Director

Ciarán Hinds as Dick Koosman

Jack Black as Malcolm

Nicole Kidman as Margot

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Pauline

Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed musician/artist/depressive Malcolm at the family seaside home, Margot shows up unexpectedly to rekindle the sisterly bond and offer her own brand of support. What ensues is a nakedly honest and subversively funny look at family dynamics.

Quiz Lady

2023

6.7

♡ 38

83%

pittsburgh, pennsylvania

quiz show

гей-доктор

гей черный мужчина

Jessica Yu Director

Holland Taylor as Francine

Amy Tolsky as Leah

Tawny Newsome as Mercedes

Phil LaMarr as The Brain - VO

A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister, Jenny, must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the cash the only way they know how: by turning Anne into a bona-fide gameshow champion.

The Taming of The Shrew

1967

7.1

♡ 8

82%

73%

16th century

Action

based on play or musical

Comedy

father daughter relationship

Romance

shakespearean play

suitor

Franco Zeffirelli Director

Elizabeth Taylor as Katharina

Giuseppe Castellano as Man watching argument

Vernon Dobtcheff as Pedant

Carlo Pisacane as Petruchio's servant

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

September Says

2024

6.2

♡ 4

63%

based on novel or book

mother daughter relationship

gothic

manic depression

woman director

Ariane Labed Director

Frank Melia as Old Man at Party

Rose Garnett as Psychologist

Rakhee Thakrar as Sheela

Valerie O'Connor as Sports Teacher

Sisters September and July share an intense bond, speaking in a secret language and keeping the outside world at a distance. After September is suspended from school, their mother brings them to a remote house on the Irish coast—where July begins to resist her sister’s increasingly sadistic control.

What We Hide

2025

6.1

♡ 21

82%