6 Best Family Reunion Movies of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · March 3, 2026

A family reunion is a pressure cooker for old tension. Knives Out has a famous novelist’s death drawing a detective into his dysfunctional family, August: Osage County unearths decades of buried secrets, and This Is Where I Leave You puts four siblings back under one roof for a week of mourning. The Family Stone, Home for the Holidays and Hannah and Her Sisters round out the six.

Knives Out (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.9 RT 97% Metacritic 82

A rich family becomes a murder mystery's suspect list, and Marta is the one person who can't lie.

Directed by Rian Johnson · 2h 11m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 Oscar52 wins & 114 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Four adult siblings are forced to live under one roof for a week to mourn their father.

Directed by Shawn Levy · 1h 43m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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August: Osage County (2013)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A family gathers at their childhood home after their father disappears and decades of resentment spill out.

Directed by John Wells · 2h 01m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Family Stone (2005)

IMDb ★ 6.3 RT 52% Metacritic 56

A girlfriend's awkward first Christmas with her boyfriend's judgemental, close-knit family.

Directed by Thomas Bezucha · 1h 43m · Rated PG-13

4 wins & 8 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Home for the Holidays (1995)

TMDB ★ 6.6

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

Directed by Jodie Foster · 1h 43m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

TMDB ★ 8.0

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

Directed by Woody Allen · 1h 47m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Criterion Channel, MGM Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Family Reunion Movies of All Time

Knives Out (2019)

This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

August: Osage County (2013)

The Family Stone (2005)

Home for the Holidays (1995)

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

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