Movies like Wildflower
If Wildflower's mix of high school and dysfunctional family stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Wildflower's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Storytelling
2001 · Directed by Todd Solondz · 87 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: high school, dysfunctional family · Also comedy and drama
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
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August: Osage County
2013 · Directed by John Wells · 121 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dysfunctional family · Also comedy and drama
An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother…
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Parenthood
1989 · Directed by Ron Howard · 124 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dysfunctional family · Also comedy and drama
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in…
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This Is Where I Leave You
2014 · Directed by Shawn Levy · 103 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dysfunctional family · Also drama and comedy
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a…
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Men, Women & Children
2014 · Directed by Jason Reitman · 116 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: high school · Also drama and comedy
Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022 · Directed by Claire Scanlon · 99 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: dysfunctional family · From the same decade (2020s)
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family…