6 Best Family Reunion Movies of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · February 23, 2028

Drama thought provokingfeel good

Few settings expose buried family tension like a reunion, and these films mine that pressure cooker for both drama and dark comedy.

Knives Out (2019) 01

Knives Out (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.9

A famous mystery novelist's death draws a detective into his dysfunctional family's web of secrets.

This Is Where I Leave You (2014) 02

This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

IMDb ★ 6.6

Four adult siblings are forced to live together under one roof during a week of mourning for their father.

August: Osage County (2013) 03

August: Osage County (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A family gathers at their matriarch's Oklahoma home after a death, unearthing decades of buried resentment.

The Family Stone (2005) 04

The Family Stone (2005)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A woman meeting her boyfriend's eccentric, close-knit family for Christmas struggles to fit in.

Home for the Holidays (1995) 05

Home for the Holidays (1995)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A newly unemployed woman's chaotic Thanksgiving with her dysfunctional family spirals into comic disaster.

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) 06

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

IMDb ★ 8.0

Three sisters navigate romantic entanglements and personal crises across two years in New York City.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.