Couple & Family Relationship Issues
This section has suggestions for movies dealing with a variety of relationships issues. This includes couple, marital, and family relationships.
The Story of Us A great and powerful movie depicting the challenges of a relationship and how intense the problems can get. Added February 2006 |
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Life as a House This is a great existential movie that also deals powerfully with family issues. Added February 2006 |
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Ordinary People This is one of my favorite movies of all time. It deals with many powerful therapy dynamics. The therapist in the movie is also one of the most positive portrayals of a therapist that I've seen. Added February 2006 |
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Charlotte Sometimes I've been pushing this movie for a while. It's one of those wonderful unknown films. It's a wonderful movie with some diversity issues, general emotional issues, and also relationship issues. The relationship issues are romantic relationships. Added February 2006 |
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Pieces of April Another great unknown film. It deals with some existential issues in a family context along with many other family and relationship issues. Added February 2006 |
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Antwone Fisher As with many of these movies, this deals with many issues beyond relationships, including diversity issues. The led, Antwone, struggle with many issues from his past and his family as does the therapist. Added February 2006 |
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The Joy Luck Club This focuses on mother-daughter issues, also a great movie about Asian culture and acculturation issues with families. Added February 2006 |
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The Secret Lives of Dentists This movie deals with a variety of relationship issues and how they impact various levels of the family. Added April, 2006 |
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When a Man Loves a Woman This movie deals with relationship issues in the context of substance abuse. Added February 2006 |
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Thirteen This movie is as much about adolescence as anything, but there are some mother-daughter issues which are also relevant. Added February 2006 |
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Lovely and Amazing This movie deals with mother-daughter relationships across a couple of generations. Added February 2006 |
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Shadowlands This is the story of C.S. Lewis and his wife. It chronicles their relationship as it builds and then leading up to her death. A powerful movie. Added February 2006 |
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Monster's Ball A very good movie dealing with interracial couple issues. Added February 2006 |
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Love Actually This shows many levels of relationships containing a variety of issues. The movie is both funny and witty. Added February 2006 |
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