movies about relationships and parental issues

Sepideh

Dear Friends, hi

I'm looking for some movies which are related to relationships, mostly the ones which face some problems and may end in a break up.

besides i'm looking for movies which consider parental issues, i mean the struggles parents may have with their children.

thanks

Drez

It's very 80s, but I always enjoyed Parenthood with Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen. Lots of good actors/actresses in that one, including a very young Joaquin Phoenix.

Actually I'm not sure "it's very 80s" is necessarily accurate. It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I don't think it's that outdated other than that one character watches VHS tapes at some point.

Elin

Stepmom

Under the Tuscan Sun

Forget Paris

Steel Magnolias

PurpleMonkey

I'd say Kramer vs Kramer pretty adequately covers both areas

Drez

Bye Bye Love (Paul Reiser, Matt Modine, Randy Quaid) was pretty good. A mixture of relationship stuff and parental stuff.

KalTorak

One just came out called "Friends With Kids" which I found pretty damn charming and funny. It stars Adam Scott (from Parks & Rec) and Jennifer Westfeldt (also the writer/director), with Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph. Had some romcom cliches, but also a surprisingly honest look at how relationships and friendships work and how having kids can affect them.

Sepideh

thank you guys,

you've been really of a great help,

though i'm still in need of more titles,

hope i'll be able to come up with more titles with yr helps

thanks

Local H Jay

there's a fantastic movie called Imaginary Heroes with jeff daniels in it, covers both issues in your op

Siska

White Oleander. This movie is more about problems with your parental figures, rather than the other way around.

noir_blood

Blue Valentine.

500 Days of Summer

honkymcgoo

It's a no go if you hate Zach Braff, but The Last Kiss covers infidelity in your own relationship, while also dealing with your parents dissolving marriage and the effect it has on you relating to them.

Drez

honkymcgoo wrote: »

It's a no go if you hate Zach Braff, but The Last Kiss covers infidelity in your own relationship, while also dealing with your parents dissolving marriage and the effect it has on you relating to them.

I was just thinking about this film, actually.

I am a huge Zach Braff fan, but I thought The Last Kiss was god-awful, personally. Though I guess there's value in the film anyway. I think it's a remake, too, isn't it?

Second 500 Days of Summer, though it's not about parenthood at all.

Sentry

Wow... how can you mention Zach Braff and not mention Garden State? It's like ONLY about relationships and parent issues.

KalTorak

Drez wrote: »

honkymcgoo wrote: »

It's a no go if you hate Zach Braff, but The Last Kiss covers infidelity in your own relationship, while also dealing with your parents dissolving marriage and the effect it has on you relating to them.

I was just thinking about this film, actually.

I am a huge Zach Braff fan, but I thought The Last Kiss was god-awful, personally. Though I guess there's value in the film anyway. I think it's a remake, too, isn't it?

Yup, American-remake of an Italian film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'ultimo_bacio

I haven't seen the Zach Braff version, the original is pretty good though.

RadicalTurnip

Yeah, I really liked The Last Kiss.

In addition, Dan in Real Life was quite good, and dealt with relationship/family issues.

Hypatia

The Joy Luck Club
Eat Drink Man Woman
Bridge to Terabithia?

Angel177

Luckily my wife loves this stuff so...

The Family Stone, great cast hands down, deals with adult children and the reletionships between each as well as the parents coping with it all.

RocketSauce

Knocked Up comes to mind

histronic

Sentry wrote: »

Wow... how can you mention Zach Braff and not mention Garden State? It's like ONLY about relationships and parent issues.

I came in to post exactly this, the movie is pretty good but the soundtrack is amazing, and it covers both topics well. The Proposal covers both topics too.

badpoet

Squid and the Whale.

Brothers McMullen (Ed Burns movie — actually She's the One as well)

The Ice Storm?

PurpleMonkey

For the parenthood side of things I can highly recommend All About My Mother and Volver by Pedro Almodovar

Bagginses

Horse Feathers, which has a man competing with his son for the affection of one of the son's classmates. Also, his son is also his brother. It's about football!

While I didn't particularly enjoy You Can't Take It With You, it has all the thing's you're looking for.

Fiddler on the Roof is, of course, mandatory, and The Dybbuk is strongly recommended.

SammyF

Ordinary People and Rabbit Hole are great movies about the relationship between parents, their children and each other.

Iruka

The Kids are Alright.

Sepideh

wow, you guys have been of a great help...

I do thank you,

and still need more

btw, among the movies mentioned, gotta say that "500 days of summer" was great, i mean about the relation issues, it had lots to say

as u know, nowadays, young people face lots of problems in their relationship and wot i need are these types of movies, the ones which focus on problems, rather than a really romantic one which kinda seems fake for this generation

anyway, thanks for yr help,

Akilae

My choices would be Once and Chasing Amy.

Tofystedeth

If you're up for a Japanese movie, I really love Departures. It deals with coming terms with an absentee father and death, and also the tension that can occur in a relationship when life goals don't line up. Also the score is by Joe Hisaishi, so that's a bonus,

Maguano

struggles of parents and children? thirteen

Bagginses

Tofystedeth wrote: »

If you're up for a Japanese movie, I really love Departures. It deals with coming terms with an absentee father and death, and also the tension that can occur in a relationship when life goals don't line up. Also the score is by Joe Hisaishi, so that's a bonus,

There's also Confessions (what if your kid's nuts) and Nobody Knows (kids left to their own devices, there's a romance subplot). I suppose Uzumaki could also be considered to contain parent-child and romantic relationships, but that movie's eight kinds of crazy.