10 Recommended Films About Family
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JUNEBUG: (2005) A Phil Morrison film starring Amy Adams and Joanne Pankow.
A lovely, awkward, all-too-human account of a man’s visit back to his rural family home.
ELIZABETHTOWN: (2005) A Cameron Crowe film with Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst.
A touching story of a young man’s tortuous emergence toward eventual personal growth.
GARDEN STATE: (2004) A Zach Braff film starring Zach Braff and Ian Holm.
An edgy yet darkly funny story of one young man’s journey home to face his past issues.
PIECES OF APRIL: (2003) Starring Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt and Katie Holmes.
A humorous but poignant portrayal of a family’s attempt to reunite around Thanksgiving.
MYSTIC RIVER: (2003) A Clint Eastwood film starring Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon.
A dark and suspenseful tale of how a buried past catches up with one man and his family.
SECRETS AND LIES: (1996) A Mike Leigh film starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
A simple but powerful story of a woman’s experience reconnecting with her birth family.
THE FIELD: (1990) A Jim Sheridan film starring Richard Harris and Sean Bean.
A classic, haunting portrayal of an old man and his son at odds over the family property.
FIELD OF DREAMS: (1989) A Phil Robinson film with Kevin Costner & Amy Madigan.
A powerful story of a man’s baseball obsession and his relationship with his own father.
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL: (1985) A Peter Masterson film starring Geraldine Page.
A wonderful story of an old woman and her need to escape her family and get back home.
HAROLD AND MAUDE: (1971) A Hal Ashby film starring Ruth Gordon and Budd Cort.
A quirky, delightful story of an odd young man and the eccentric old woman he befriends.
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10 Recommended Novels About Family
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THE KITE RUNNER: (2003) By Khaled Hosseini.
A gripping tale about a father and son’s survival from the unrest of war-torn Afghanistan.
THE SWEETEST DREAM: (2002) By Doris Lessing.
A marvelous tale of the times in which a family works to reconcile divergent experiences.
THE CORRECTIONS: (2001) By Jonathan Franzen.
A tragicomic tale about a marriage, family & culture that is unflinching & unsentimental.
ATONEMENT: (2001) By Ian McEwan.
A fictional account of two sisters different interpretive
takes on events surrounding family.
MOONLIGHT ON THE AVENUE OF FAITH: (1999) By Gina B. Nahai.
A remarkable tale of a child’s experience of loss & her journey from the East to the West.
FUGITIVE PIECES: (1998) By Anne Michaels.
In aftermath of war two people reinvent themselves to escape the terrors haunting them.
SUCH A LONG JOURNEY: (1991) By Rohinton Mistry.
A comic touching narrative portrait of a family’s life amid the unrest of India in the 1970’s.
M31: A FAMILY ROMANCE: (1988) By Stephen Wright.
A zany unconventional tale of futuristic family fantasy - "a powerful Zen American novel".
A FAMILY MADNESS: (1986) By Thomas Kineally.
A many stranded story woven into a subtle and imaginative tale about the pain of history.
JEAN DE FLORETTE & MANON OF THE SPRINGS: (1962) By Marcel Pagnol.
A classic tale and a gripping saga of intergenerational violence, intrigue and forgiveness.
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