Favorite Aunt/Uncle-Niece/Nephew Relationships
I wish aunts and uncles playing an important role in their nieces' and nephews' lives were a more frequent theme in film, especially without the plot requiring the parents to be somehow absent. Here are the best relationships between aunts and uncles and their nieces and nephews that I've seen in film.
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- DirectorAlan ShapiroStarsPaul HoganElijah WoodJonathan BanksA teenage boy sent to spend the summer with his eccentric uncle on the Florida coast befriends a remarkable dolphin and takes on local bad guys who are polluting the water.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMyrna LoyDana AndrewsFredric MarchThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
- DirectorAllan ArkushStarsSean FarisEloise MumfordDaniel Eric GoldTraumatized by her mother's death, a 6-year-old girl stops talking but is cared for by her three uncles. The story unfolds as all of them find the importance of family.
- DirectorTim McCanliesStarsHaley Joel OsmentMichael CaineRobert DuvallFourteen-year-old Walter Caldwell's irresponsible mother Mae sends him to live with his bachelor uncles, Hub and Garth, so that she can go on yet another husband-hunting trip.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsPatty DukePiper LaurieJeffrey DeMunnSeven year old Buddy experiences the best of country life, friendship, and the joy of giving during the Christmas season. Based on the story by Truman Capote.
- DirectorElizabeth Dukal FlanderRoger J. ZouStarsGeorge EckhartYi Cheng ZhangWah-Shan ChouIn a remote corner of Southwestern China, at the border of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, lies a body of water called Lugu Lake. Nestled against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains, nearly nine thousand feet above sea level, the 30 square-mile lake and its surrounding countryside form an isolated and independent world called the Mosuo society. After nearly three thousand years of isolation, Mosuo society remains the most complete and intact matriarchal society. Like most tribal cultures, the Mosuo regard religion as a major part of their life. In particular, the people of Lugu Lake revere two types of spiritual guides: the Buddhist Lamas and the Daba. These spiritual guides are leaders of the local religion. Tibetan Buddhism was brought to the Yong Ning region in 1276. Since then, Tibetan Buddhism has become the primary religion of the Mosuo people, and they have adapted it to fit their culture. Every year on July 25th of the lunar calendar, a Mountain Festival is dedicated to the most celebrated deity - the mountain goddess Ga Mu. Families gather at Ga Mu's temple high up on the mountain to pay their respects. Mosuo culture has served the interests of its people for centuries. Families care for the sick and the elderly. Conflicts over property are unusual and easily resolved. There are no records of sexual assault, and there are no conflicts between men over women. Unlike western households, the Mosuo women rule the home. All property and assets are transferred to the female side of the family. Even the surname is passed down from mother to daughter.
- DirectorXiaoli ZhouLa Mu lives beyond the strictures of mainstream Chinese society. She is part of the Mosuo, an ethnic minority that has a matriarchal society, one of the last in the world.
- StarsXiaoli Zhou
- DirectorRichard Slater-JonesStarsGerry ErchakLance LewmanDon PinnockTaboo looks at different family arrangement around the world including the matriarchal Mosuo tribe in China, criminal gang families in South Africa, and polyandry in northern India.
- DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsLaura LinneyMatthew BroderickAmy RyanA single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely seen younger brother returns to town.
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsKim BasingerJimmy SmitsRufus SewellCody, a little girl abandoned by her mother and raised by her aunt, a nurse, is kidnapped. The girl's guardian, aided by an F.B.I. agent, learn that Cody has supernatural abilities, and the abductees are a Satanic cult willing to do anything to gain them.
- StarsColin FirthJennifer EhleSusannah HarkerWhile the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsFrances O'ConnorJonny Lee MillerAlessandro NivolaFanny, born into a poor family, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas, his wife and their four children, where she'll be brought up for a proper introduction to society.
- DirectorSandra NettelbeckStarsMartina GedeckMaxime FoersteSergio CastellittoWhen a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece, the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous-chef arrives to lighten the mood.
- DirectorDavid SwiftStarsJane WymanHayley MillsRichard EganA young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsTobey MaguireKirsten DunstWillem DafoeAfter being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
- DirectorNadia TassStarsAnnaSophia RobbJordan BridgesRebecca MaderSet in 1904, "American Girls" revolves around Samantha as she moves in with her grandmother and learns how to become a proper Victorian young lady.
- DirectorMike PaganiniStarsLani MinellaWayne RawleyRobert JonesTeen detective Nancy Drew and her friends, Frank and Joe Hardy, are invited on a train ride out West to figure out what happened to the man who vanished off the train over a century ago.
- DirectorPeter MillerStarsAnton CoppolaHenry FondaArlo GuthrieThe story of two Italian immigrant radicals who were executed in 1927 offers insights into present-day issues of civil liberties and the rights of immigrants.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTeresa WrightJoseph CottenMacdonald CareyA teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
- CreatorDavid LevyStarsJohn AstinCarolyn JonesJackie CooganThe misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsGeorge C. ScottFrank FinlayAngela PleasenceA bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsTate DonovanSusan EganJames WoodsThe son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
- DirectorJeffrey BloomStarsLouise FletcherVictoria TennantKristy SwansonChildren are hidden away under an attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
- DirectorDeborah ChowStarsHeather GrahamEllen BurstynKiernan ShipkaAfter the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.
- DirectorSam Taylor-JohnsonStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonKristin Scott ThomasAnne-Marie DuffA chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
- DirectorMike PaganiniStarsLani MinellaJennifer PrattScott CartyTeen detective Nancy Drew and her best friend Bess Marvin travel to New Orleans and search for a missing crystal skull rumored to make its owner immortal.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsJohnny WhitakerCeleste HolmWarren OatesTom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.
- DirectorHermine HuntgeburthStarsLouis HofmannLeon SeidelHeike MakatschTom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.