New Dysfunctional Family Movies & Films
Top 21 must-see new dysfunctional family movies from dysfunctional family movies, including Big Brood, Cobweb, Evil Dead Rise, It Lives Inside, Mother, May I?, Natty Knocks, Perpetrator, Puzzle Box, Quicksand, and Theres Something Wrong with the Children ranked and rated by release date, new dysfunctional family movie releases first.
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New Dysfunctional Family Movies List
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1). Big Brood (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 4.89/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 47 | MPAA Rating:
Aliens, Comedy, Survival, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Campy, Dysfunctional Family, Military, Sci-Fi, B-Horror
Plot / Synopsis: Adam's plan to propose to Allie hits a snag when he must win over her skeptical father. Little does this family know that a much bigger problem crashed down in the woods: body-snatching, hive alien, and it's looking for its perfec...Tagline: Adam wants to marry Allie; the only thing in his way is a disapproving father, walls of goo,...
Director: Matthew A. Peters
Stars: Stephanie Ward, Lucas DeNies, Patrick Regan, Veronica Rozler, Jennie Russo
2). Cobweb (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.13/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 45,415 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 5.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A boy who hears voices in his head decides to unleash them on his abusive parents.
Horror strikes when an eight-year-old boy named Peter tries to investigate the mysterious knocking noises that are coming from inside the walls of his house and a dark secret that his sinister parents kept hidden from him.
Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a...
Director: Samuel Bodin
Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman, Ellen Dubin, Debora Zhecheva
3). Evil Dead Rise (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.27/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 155,909 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.4/10 | Metascore: 6.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $67,233,054
Gore, Possession, Supernatural, Zombies, Dangerous Exploration, Dysfunctional Family, Folk Horror, Lovecraftian, Satanic
Plot / Synopsis: Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, "Evil Dead Rise" tells a twisted tale of two estranged sisters, played by Sutherland and Sullivan, whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable...
Director: Lee Cronin
Stars: Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Nell Fisher, Morgan Davies, Jayden Daniels
4). It Lives Inside (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.8/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,747 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $4,675,092
Plot / Synopsis: Sam, an Indian-American teen, lives in an idyllic suburb with her conservative mother and her assimilated father. Sam's cultural insecurities grow due to her estranged friend, Tamira, who mysteriously carries around an empty mason jar all the time. In a moment of anger, Sam breaks Tamira's jar and unleashes an ancient Indian demonic force that kidnaps Tamira. Sam searches...
Director: Bishal Dutta
Stars: Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel, Vik Sahay
5). Mother, May I? (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.65/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,519 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When Anya starts behaving like his recently-deceased mother, Emmett must confront his deepest traumas to free his fiancee from this bewildering possession.
MOTHER, MAY I?, a psychological thriller from writer-director Laurence Vannicelli and featuring stars Kyle Gallner (Smile, Dinner In America) and Holland Roden (Teen Wolf) comes to theaters and on VOD on July 21st.
The spine-chilling film is...
Director: Laurence Vannicelli
Stars: Daphne Gaines, Kyle Gallner, Michael Giannone, Chris Mulkey, Robin Winn Moore
6). Natty Knocks (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 4.1/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,255 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Holiday, Slasher, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Dysfunctional Family, Halloween - Slasher, Home Invasion, Maniac, Serial Killer, Stalker, Suburbs, B-Horror
Plot / Synopsis: From the Director of "Halloween 4" comes a new screen classic..."Natty Knocks". Starring horror legends Bill Moseley, Danielle Harris, and Robert Englund, this small town thriller introduces babysitter Britt Henderson played by newcomer Charlotte Fountain-Jardim. On Halloween Eve, Britt and her "kids" have to survive the horror of serial killer Abner Honeywell, who is himself the traumatized son of...
Director: Dwight H. Little
Stars: Charlotte Fountain-Jardim, Thomas Robie, Noen Perez, Channah Zeitung, Amit Sarin
7). Perpetrator (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.27/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,598 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | Metascore: 6.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Dysfunctional Family, Folk Horror, Mutants, Teens, Witchcraft
Perpetrator is Streaming on ShudderPlot / Synopsis: Jonny Baptiste is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie. On the event of her 18th birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator.
Director: Jennifer Reeder
Screenwriter: Jennifer Reeder
Starring: Kiah McKirnan, Alicia...
Director: Jennifer Reeder
Stars: Josh Bywater, Taylor Kinkead, Avery Holliday, Casimere Jollette, Sasha Kuznetsov
8). Puzzle Box (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 4.37/10 | IMDB Rating: 3.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 120 | MPAA Rating:
Found Footage, Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller, Confined, Dangerous Exploration, Dysfunctional Family, Madness, B-Horror, Isolation
Plot / Synopsis: Drug addict Kait flees to a house in the woods to self-rehabilitate, where her sister Olivia joins to document the process, but the house's layout begins to change, trapping them inside an inescapable puzzle box of a house...
Director: Jack Dignan
Stars: Kaitlyn Boyé, Laneikka Denne, Cassandre Girard, Janelle McMenamin, Matias Klaver
9). Quicksand (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 3.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,729 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.3/10 | Metascore: 4.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Survival, Thriller, Dangerous Exploration, Dysfunctional Family, Road Trip, Wilderness, Wildlife, B-Horror
Quicksand is Streaming on ShudderPlot / Synopsis: Follows a married couple almost divorcing who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a rainforest in Colombia. They will battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to survive...
Director: Andres Beltran
Stars: Allan Hawco, Carolina Gaitan, Sebastian Eslava, Andrés Castañeda, Juan Camilo Pérez
10). Theres Something Wrong with the Children (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.47/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,753 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1/10 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Possession, Survival, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Dysfunctional Family, Killer Kids, Madness, Thrill Kill, Tourists, Blumhouse
Plot / Synopsis: A family takes a weekend trip with longtime friends and their two young children, but, they suspect something supernatural when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight...
Director: Roxanne Benjamin
Stars: Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew, Alisha Wainwright, Carlos Santos, Briella Guiza
11). Where the Devil Roams (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.23/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 994 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | MPAA Rating:
Where the Devil Roams is Streaming on TubiPlot / Synopsis: Traces a family of murderous sideshow performers as it travels around the world on the dy**g carnival circuit...
Directors: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser
Stars: Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, John Adams, Lulu Adams, Nathaniel Meek
12). Blood Relatives (2022) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.33/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 956 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.6/10 | Metascore: 6.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Blood Relatives is Streaming on ShudderPlot / Synopsis: A vampire's loner lifestyle is thrown into disarray when a teenager shows up claiming to be his daughter, and she's got the fangs to prove it. On a road trip across America's blacktops, they decide how to sink their teeth into family life...
Director: Noah Segan
Stars: Noah Segan, C.L. Simpson, Victoria Moroles, Tracie Thoms, Brian Villalobos
13). Choose or Die (2022) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 4.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 27,797 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.1/10 | Metascore: 4.3/10 | MPAA Rating: MA-17
Psychological, Supernatural, Survival, Thriller, College, Cursed, Dangerous Exploration, Drama, Dysfunctional Family, Madness, Teens, Urban Decay
Choose or Die is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: A broke student who, in pursuit of an unclaimed $100,000 prize, plays an obscure 1980s survival computer game. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she soon realizes she's no longer playing for the money, but for her own life...
Director: Toby Meakins
Stars: Asa Butterfield, Eddie Marsan, Robert Englund, Kate Fleetwood, Ryan Gage
14). Evil Eye (2022) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.02/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,691 | MPAA Rating: R
Cabin in the Woods, Supernatural, Twisted Mystery, Mexican, Cursed, Dysfunctional Family, Folk Horror, Satanic, Wilderness, Witchcraft
Plot / Synopsis: Nala, a 13-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what she seems...
Director: Isaac Ezban
Stars: Ofelia Medina, Paola Miguel, Samantha Castillo, Arap Bethke, Ivanna Sofia Ferro
15). Family Dinner (2022) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,553 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Holiday, Psychological, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Dysfunctional Family, Easter, Maniac, Torture, Tourists
Plot / Synopsis: Overweight teenager Simi spends the Easter holidays at the farm of her aunt Claudia and her family. She wants her aunt, a professional nutrition coach, to help her lose weight, but has to realize more and more that things on the farm are not above board. Who can Simi really trust on this farm?...
Director: Peter Hengl
Stars: Pia Hierzegger, Pia Hierzegger, Michael Pink, Michael Pink, Nina Katlein
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