Topic: Family Relationships

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Marlon Brando · Al Pacino · James Caan · Robert Duvall

Synopsis The Godfather (1972) follows the powerful Corleone crime family, led by patriarch Vito Corleone. When an assassination attempt leaves Vito gravely wounded, his reluctant youngest son, Michael, is drawn into the family's violent underworld. As Michael takes charge, he transforms...

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Al Pacino · Robert De Niro · Diane Keaton · Robert Duvall

Synopsis Continuing saga of the Corleone family as they move to Nevada and make the casino business their major income source under the leadership of the increasingly paranoid and malevolent Michael, whose reign as the "Don" is juxtaposed against the parallel...

Direction Matt Groening · Sam Simon · James L. Brooks · Mark Kirkland

Synopsis The Simpsons (TV Series) (1989) follows the humorous and often chaotic lives of the Simpson family in the fictional town of Springfield. Homer, the bumbling yet lovable father, works at the local nuclear power plant, while his wife Marge maintains...

Direction David Chase · Timothy Van Patten · John Patterson · Allen Coulter

Cast James Gandolfini · Edie Falco · Lorraine Bracco · Michael Imperioli

Synopsis The Sopranos (TV Series) (1999) follows Tony Soprano, a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, as he tries to balance the demands of his crime family with those of his personal life. Struggling with anxiety and depression, Tony begins seeing a psychiatrist,...

Direction Shin Won-ho

Cast Park Bo-gum · Lee Hyeri · Ryu Jun-yeol · Go Kyung-pyo

Synopsis It is a family drama set in the year 1988, about five families living in the same neighborhood of Ssangmun-dong, Dobong District, Northern Seoul.

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Bertil Guve · Pernilla Allwin · Gunn Wållgren · Ewa Fröling

Synopsis TV Miniseries. 4 Episodes. The story is set in 1907 Uppsala, Sweden, and deals with a young boy named Alexander, his sister Fanny, and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls. The siblings' parents are both involved in theater and are happily...

Direction John Ford

Cast Walter Pidgeon · Maureen O'Hara · Roddy McDowall · Donald Crisp

Synopsis This story of a Welsh valley's turn-of-the-century descent from pristine paradise to despoiled coal mining region, is told in flashback form by Huw Morgan, an old man who has decided to leave the valley forever. Huw is the youngest in...

Direction Satyajit Ray

Cast Kanu Bannerjee · Karuna Bannerjee · Pinaki Sengupta · Smaran Ghosal

Synopsis The second chapter in director Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy ('Pather Panchali', 'Aparajito', 'The World of Apu'). Following Apu and his family to the city, Ray explores the crowded streets and busy waterfront, introducing us to a gallery of unforgettable images...

Direction Luchino Visconti

Cast Alain Delon · Renato Salvatori · Annie Girardot · Katina Paxinou

Synopsis It is the story of a poor family torn apart by lust and greed. Rocco (Alain Delon), a soft-spoken, idealistic young man who must deal with turmoil and competition when he and his three brothers set out to Milan in...

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Chishu Ryu · Chieko Higashiyama · Setsuko Hara · Sô Yamamura

Synopsis An elderly couple visit their children in Tokyo, only to be passed around from family to family.

Direction Satyajit Ray

Cast Soumitra Chatterjee · Sharmila Tagore · Alok Chakravarty · Swapan Mukherjee

Synopsis Forced to abandon his education, Apu´s prospects look bleak until fate intervenes in the form of an insane bridegroom. To save the abandoned bride from public disgrace, Apu marries her, beginning a new life as husband and father. Third and...

Direction Won-Suk Kim

Cast Lee Seon-gyun · Lee Ji-eun · Lee Ji-ah · Jeong-hwan Park

Synopsis A man in his 40's withstands the weight of life. A woman in her 20's goes through different experiences, but also withstands the weight of her life. The man and woman get together to help each other.

Direction Satyajit Ray

Cast Kanu Bannerjee · Karuna Bannerjee · Uma Das Gupta · Subir Bannerjee

Synopsis Tells the story of a Bengali family driven by bad fortune. The father, Harihara, is a secular clerk, healer, dreamer and poet. Sabajaya, the mother, works to feed the family and receives with hope and joy the new birth of...

Direction William Wyler

Cast Dana Andrews · Fredric March · Myrna Loy · Harold Russell

Synopsis The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) follows three American veterans returning home after World War II, each struggling to reintegrate into civilian life. Fred, a decorated bombardier, faces unemployment and marital strain. Al, a middle-aged sergeant, grapples with alcoholism...

Direction Robert Aldrich

Cast Bette Davis · Joan Crawford · Victor Buono · Wesley Addy

Synopsis What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) follows the chilling tale of two aging sisters, former Hollywood stars, living in isolation. Jane, a once-famous child performer, cares for her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche, a former movie star whose career eclipsed Jane's....

Direction Mike Dibb

Cast John Berger

Synopsis John Berger presents his insights on how people see. Through examples of Art History Berger shows how our very sense of sight has been transformed. By discovering why this is so, according to Berger, "we shall discover something about ourselves."

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Akira Terao · Jinpachi Nezu · Pîtâ

Synopsis In Ran (1985), an aging warlord decides to divide his kingdom among his three sons, hoping for a peaceful transition. However, his decision ignites a brutal power struggle, fueled by betrayal, ambition, and vengeance. As alliances shift and chaos erupts,...

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Ineko Arima · Kamatari Fujiwara · Setsuko Hara · Nobuo Nakamura

Synopsis Two sisters live with their father. The younger sister is embroiled in an affair and becomes pregnant. The elder sister has run away from her husband and returned with her child to her parent's home. Both sisters are astonished when...

Direction Marco Tullio Giordana

Cast Luigi Lo Cascio · Alessio Boni · Jasmine Trinca · Adriana Asti

Synopsis The Best of Youth (TV Miniseries) (2003) follows the lives of two Italian brothers, Nicola and Matteo, from the 1960s to the 2000s. Their bond is tested by personal struggles, political turmoil, and societal changes. Nicola, the idealistic younger brother,...

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Victor Moore · Beulah Bondi · Fay Bainter · Thomas Mitchell

Synopsis An elderly couple has lived together for 50 years but they have just lost their home to a bank. Their five children are sorry to hear that, but they don't want to get their hands too dirty helping them, so...