List of the best Todd Solondz movies: Happiness(1998), Welcome to the Dollhouse(1995), Palindromes(2004), Life During Wartime(2009), Fear, Anxiety and Depression(1989), Wiener-Dog(2016), Dark Horse(2011) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
139 Minutes
Director
Jane Adams Dylan Baker Lara Flynn Boyle Ben Gazzara Jared Harris Philip Seymour Hoffman Jon Lovitz Marla Maples Cynthia Stevenson Elizabeth Ashley Louise Lasser
musician writer wife psychiatrist young boy neighbor dark disturbing shocking raw amusing new jersey suburbia doctor's office apartment family dysfunction mental illness loneliness sex child abuse
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1995
87 Minutes
Director
Heather Matarazzo Daria Kalinina Matthew Faber Angela Pietropinto Bill Buell Brendan Sexton III Eric Mabius Rica Martens Victoria Davis
teen girl older brother younger sister guitarist thug mother hilarious dark quirky raw new jersey family home garage woods adolescence suburban life unrequited love peer pressure bullying anxiety
An awkward seventh-grader struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish class-mates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister and her own insecurities in suburban New Jersey.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
100 Minutes
Director
Ellen Barkin Stephen Adly Guirgis Jennifer Jason Leigh Emani Sledge Valerie Shusterov Hannah Freiman Rachel Corr Will Denton Sharon Wilkins Shayna Levine Richard Masur
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
98 Minutes
Director
Shirley Henderson Ciarán Hinds Allison Janney Michael Lerner Chris Marquette Rich Pecci Charlotte Rampling Paul Reubens Ally Sheedy Dylan Riley Snyder Renee Taylor
sister mother boyfriend husband waitress son dark melodramatic amusing house prison bedroom suburbia family dysfunction failed romance pedophilia haunting unhappy marriage sisterhood discovery
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.
Comedy
USA
1989
85 Minutes
Director
Todd Solondz Max Cantor Alexandra Gersten Jane Hamper Stanley Tucci
Ira is a nervous playwright waiting and hoping to succeed with his art, which he takes it very seriously. But following his dreams and ambitions isn't something easy to do, specially when ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
2016
87 Minutes
Director
Keaton Nigel Cooke Tracy Letts Julie Delpy Greta Gerwig Kieran Culkin Connor Long Bridget Brown Danny DeVito Sharon Washington Ellen Burstyn Zosia Mamet
A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.
Drama
USA
2011
85 Minutes
Director
Justin Bartha Selma Blair Mia Farrow Jordan Gelber Donna Murphy Christopher Walken Zachary Booth Aasif Mandvi Tyler Maynard Peter McRobbie Mary Joy
Romance blooms between two tricenarians in arrested development: an avid toy collector who is the dark horse of his family and a depressed woman on the rebound.