Criterion Collection Themes - Dysfunctional Families

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To paraphrase Tolstoy, happy families are all alike: they’re really boring to watch on-screen. Thus, cinema is besotted with deliciously unhappy families. Below, scan Criterion’s collection of miserable moms, depressed dads, and their sullen offspring, nestled as uncomfortably in the houses and yards of the suburbs of Connecticut as in the apartments of the side streets of Paris.

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    À nos amours

    1983 — a.k.a. À Nos Amours, in 10 top lists Check
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    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
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    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
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    Höstsonaten

    1978 — a.k.a. Autumn Sonata, in 9 top lists Check
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    Bigger Than Life

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
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    Catene

    1949 — a.k.a. Chains, in 2 top lists Check
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    I bambini ci guardano

    1943 — a.k.a. The Children Are Watching Us, in 2 top lists Check
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    Un conte de Noël

    2008 — a.k.a. A Christmas Tale, in 4 top lists Check
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    Cría cuervos

    1976 — a.k.a. Cría Cuervos, in 12 top lists Check
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    Viskningar och rop

    1972 — a.k.a. Cries and Whispers, in 17 top lists Check
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    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
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    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
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    Five Easy Pieces

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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    Les enfants terribles

    1950 — a.k.a. The Terrible Children, in 5 top lists Check
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    Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick

    2008 — a.k.a. Everlasting Moments, in 2 top lists Check
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    Faces

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
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    À ma soeur!

    2001 — a.k.a. Fat Girl, in 4 top lists Check
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    I pugni in tasca

    1965 — a.k.a. Fists in the Pocket, in 9 top lists Check
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    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
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    Gervaise

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
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    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
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    Hanyo

    1960 — a.k.a. The Housemaid, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Ice Storm

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
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    Karami-ai

    1962 — a.k.a. The Inheritance, in 3 top lists Check
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    Life Is Sweet

    1990, in 4 top lists Check
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    Make Way for Tomorrow

    1937, in 16 top lists Check
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    A Married Couple

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
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    Paris, Texas

    1984, in 21 top lists Check
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    Poto and Cabengo

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Royal Tenenbaums

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
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    Scener ur ett äktenskap

    1973 — a.k.a. Scenes from a Marriage, in 4 top lists Check
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    Sedotta e abbandonata

    1964 — a.k.a. Seduced and Abandoned, in 3 top lists Check
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    La graine et le mulet

    2007 — a.k.a. The Secret of the Grain, in 4 top lists Check
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    Aruitemo aruitemo

    2008 — a.k.a. Still Walking, in 7 top lists Check
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    Sweetie

    1989, in 5 top lists Check
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    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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