Family History Movies

Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.

Boris was a Ukrainian-Canadian mountaineer whose love for mountains was deeply spiritual. Now, his family must face their first expedition without...

One man's discoveries concerning the small town his mother grew up in reveals disturbing facts.

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...

The lifelong relationship between Sebastián Cordero, a Latin American filmmaker, and his nanny Rosa, a woman who dedicated her entire life to...

Frans Bromet goes in search of his family history and discovers that Hermanus Bromet was a well-known slave trader in Suriname. Should he feel guilty...

Born into one of the wealthiest and best-known families in American history, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the public eye for more than 90 years,...

As a man lies on his deathbed, he shares a poignant final exchange with his son, delving into the memories of pivotal moments from the years 1979 and...

Strange images hide in my mother's photo album, snapshots of her youth in Russia inside a colorful yoga club. Today, she devotes herself to other...

Thanks to DNA, this documentary establishes the identity of Marilyn's biological father, thus revealing her new paternal family, 60 years after the...

The extraordinary story of a a race driver coaching legend, his long lost son and the car that connects them after 60 years. A touching and...

School lunch chef Wanda McAfee-Conart reflects in her job and how it connects her to the sensory environment and to her own family history.

Evan, a filmmaker from Mississippi, catches feelings for a gal he meets at a found footage film festival in San Francisco. They decide to make a...

Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja's distraught father perseveres with his new life in a...

When Werner Herzog was still a child, his father was beaten to death before his eyes. His mother was overwhelmed with his upbringing and thereupon...

Commandant Patrick Hughes was one of the officers in command in the Louth and Meath area during the 1916 rising. He and his other commanders lead...

Aiyra left her small hometown to work in the big city. Conceição, her mother, left many years ago, but she returned.

The story of an adult and a teenage couple during a brief summer holiday by the sea. While Nic's parents remain trapped in a precarious mutual...

Alan hasn’t spent Christmas with his family in years. On a lonely night before the party, he falls asleep watching old family videos. When I...