Electric Piper (2003)
family film, fantasy film, musical film
Family relationships movies
Explore family relationships, tensions and bonds.
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Claws in the Lease (1963)
Comedy
Sylvester lives with his son in a city dump. Sylvester Jr. then decides to find a home for themselves.
Readin' and Writin' (1932)
Comedy
It is the first day of school and children are beginning school for the first time. Breezy Brisbane is returning for another year. His mother tells him that he is to study hard in school and that he will be president some day.
LennonNYC (2010)
documentary film, Documentation
Birthday Blues (1932)
Comedy
When their pennypinching father refuses to buy a birthday gift for their long-suffering mother, brothers Dickie and Spanky decide to purchase a gift for Mom on their own. Unfortunately, the "late 1922 model" dress they have selected is beyond their price range at $1.98 (equivalent to $44.04 in 2023); thus, acting upon the advice of Stymie, Dickie and Spanky decide to bake a cake with hidden prizes, then auction off the cake at ten cents a slice. The party turns out to be a mess and Spanky's and Dickie's father returns to find it.
American Venus (2007)
Drama
Jenna is a teenaged competitive skater who has been coached by her overprotective, high-strung, gun-obsessed mother Celia. When she quits competing and decides to go to college in Vancouver, her mother becomes very upset and tries to prevent her from leaving home; eventually locking her in a hot sauna until Jenna agrees to stay. Her father gives Jenna money behind her mother's back in order to help Jenna leave home.
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour (2007)
Ghost, mystery film
After the death of her close childhood friend, 17-year-old Sarah Landon (Rissa Walters) goes to visit her friend's grandmother, Thelma Shaw (Jane Harris), in the small town of Pine Valley, California. Upon arriving in Pine Valley, Sarah's car starts making strange noises, and she stops at the repair shop. While there, she talks with the owner and learns of a story involving a local family and asks Mrs.
Dear Santa (1998)
Christmas film, Family Comedy, fantasy film
A greedy workaholic father with little time for his family discovers the meaning of Christmas when he is whisked off to the North Pole by an enterprising elf named Lillith.
Mike Fright (1934)
Comedy
When open auditions are announced for a radio variety program, the local station is besieged by aggressively over-coached "professional kids." Also auditioning is the International Silver String Submarine Band—which turns out to be the gang, equipped (or rather, armed) with home-made instruments. They suffer through an endless parade of cute kiddie troupers, and accidentally knock over the microphone several times, which inadvertently blows tubes and bulbs in the control room, causing the hat worn by the sound man, played by vaudevillian Sid Walker, to be literally blown off his head, and making his hair stand on end. The gang then steal…
Dogs is Dogs (1931)
Comedy
Youngsters Wheezer and Dorothy live with their wicked stepmother (Blanche Payson) and her bratty son Sherwood – whom they derisively call "Spud". Their father seems to be long gone, though Wheezer tearfully observes that since he said he'd come back for them, "I know he will". The two-tier class system among the people in the house is reflected by its canine residents: Spud's posh police dog Nero is described by mom as "a pedigreed animal" and has the run of the house, while Wheezer's dog Pete "is nothing but an alley dog" and is banned from entry.
The One I Wrote for You (2014)
Drama, family film, musical film
October Moon (2005)
Drama, Horror, LGBTQ-related film
October is an LGBTQ+ horror film. The plot concerns a male homosexual relationship. The story for the film is based around how a straight man becomes obsessed with his gay boss.
L'Age de raison (2010)
Comedy, Drama, Family Comedy
Margaret is a beautiful and successful businesswoman selling power plants to the Chinese. With an adoring English lover, she appears to have everything going for her. On her fortieth birthday, Margaret receives the first bundle of letters she wrote to herself when she was seven years old.
The Birth of Saké (2015)
Biography, documentary film, family film
Nights in the Gardens of Spain (2010)
Coming Out, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film
The film tells the story of Kawariki (Calvin Tuteao), an apparently happy family man married to Annabelle (Nathalie Boltt). His father, Hamiora (George Henare), is retiring and according to Maori tradition, Kawariki should be prepared to take over his father's place as head of the family. However, he realises that to do so, he must keep his integrity and reveal his lifelong secret of being gay ever since childhood.
Shivering Shakespeare (1930)
Comedy
thumb|thumbtime=5|Shivering Shakespeare (1930) The gang participates in a play entitled The Gladiator's Dilemma, written, produced and directed by the wife of Kennedy the Cop. The badly written play goes comically wrong as the kids forget their lines, miss their cues and deal with unwieldy props and costumes. The audience members, unruly teenage boys, mercilessly heckle the kids and torment them by throwing food.
The Black Tulip (2010)
Drama, Family Drama
The film depicts the fictional Mansouri family who start a restaurant in Kabul named The Poets' Corner, where artists and writers meet. The story centers on Farishta (Cole), the woman who runs the cafe. The Poets' Corner serves wine in teapots and has poetry readings by locals and members of the U.S.
Christmas at Maxwell's (2006)
Christmas film, Drama
Suzie Austin (Jack Hourigan) has cancer and her most recent prognosis is unfavorable. Fearing that this may be their last Christmas together, husband Andrew Austin (Andrew May) takes Suzie and their two children, Chris (Charlie May) and Mary (Julia May) to the family's summer home on Lake Erie to celebrate the holiday. There they meet Gus (Angus May).
Little Daddy (1931)
Comedy
thumb|thumbtime=10|Little Daddy (1931) Farina and Stymie are orphans and staying in a small flat near a Black community church. The authorities want to put Stymie into an orphanage. Farina is sad about this but attempts to have a goodbye for Stymie with help from the gang.
Getting Married in Buffalo Jump (1990)
After her father's death, Sophie Ware (Wendy Crewson) returns to her home town in hopes of running the family ranch. She struggles with the awkwardness of being home as she is now used to living in a big city as an accomplished musician. She is surprised when Alex (Paul Gross), the farm's handyman, offers her a marriage of convenience in order to keep the farm afloat.
Washee Ironee (1934)
Comedy
On the day that he is scheduled to perform a violin solo at a high-class bridge luncheon held by his social-climbing mother, rich kid Waldo opts instead to play football with the gang. With Waldo's help, the kids win the game, but his expensive clothes are covered with mud. Spanky declares that he and his pals are perfectly capable of washing Wally's clothes on their own—and the result is a major slapstick sequence, culminating in a typically outsized Hal Roach traffic jam.
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North (2008)
documentary film
The film focuses on the descendants of the DeWolf family, a prominent slave trading family who settled in Bristol, Rhode Island, who trafficked Africans from 1769 to 1820, and the legacy of the slave trade in the Northern United States. The film follows ten family members as they retrace the triangle trade starting at Linden Place in Bristol, Rhode Island, the hometown of the DeWolfs. The family has been prominent in local businesses and banking, as academics, in the local Episcopal and other institutions, and organizing the Bristol Fourth of July Parade.
Her Majesty (2001)
family film
Elizabeth Wakefield (Sally Andrews), a young girl who lives in Middleton, New Zealand during the 1950s, idolizes Queen Elizabeth II and writes to her continuously when she hears that the Queen will be making a visit to New Zealand, to convince her to make her town one of the stops. The town was built on land originally owned by the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. The thoughts in the town are that the Maori are not to be trusted, and there is resentment as the young boys of the local tribe start to take jobs from the white English townspeople.
The Birthday Dragon (1992)
Three years on since first meeting the Railway Dragon, Emily manages to summon him to her house one night by shouting tidings. Upon his arrival, Emily reveals to him that she would like him to come to her birthday party and meet her other friends. The dragon, however, is reluctant as he feels that the world is not yet safe for him, despite Emily telling him there are many people like her who can make the world safe for dragons.