Highest-Rated Movies about 'Emotional Conflict'

Sound and Fury (2000), Diane (2018), Come and Get It (1936), The Father of My Children (2009), Dinner With Friends (2001), Arisan! (2003), Troubled Water (2008), The Climb (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Emotional Conflict movies.

#17. Prodigal Sons (2008)

Storyline: When filmmaker Kimberly Reed left her small Montana hometown, she was a man. Returning years later for her high school reunion, Reed is a transgendered woman. She seeks to reconnect with her estranged adopted brother, Marc McKerrow, who was permanently disabled in a car crash, and might be related to Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth. Exploring identities, rivalries and family, Reed embarks on a personal journey that begins with her hometown and leads all the way to Croatia.

Plot Keywords: documentary, family, identity, siblings, reconciliation, memory, trauma ...

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#18. Two English Girls (1971)

Storyline: This French film chronicles a decades-long love triangle between Claude (Jean-Pierre Léaud), an art critic, and sisters Ann (Kika Markham) and Muriel (Stacey Tendeter). Claude initially intends to marry Muriel, but after a lengthy separation, he decides to call off the wedding. Ann then visits Claude in Paris to champion her heartbroken sister. Instead, Ann falls for Claude. Over the intervening years, Claude's preference shifts as the three remain embroiled in a complicated relationship.

Plot Keywords: romance, drama, french film, literary adaptation, love triangle, romanticism, emotional conflict ...

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#21. Medea (1987)

Storyline: Kreon (Henning Jensen), the King of Corinth, offers the hand of his daughter, Glauce (Ludmilla Glinska), to valiant adventurer Jason (Udo Kier). The catch is that Jason's present wife, Medea (Kirsten Olesen), and his two children must leave the kingdom. Jason tries to convince his wife that it is all for the better, guaranteeing her a life of wealth and ease. Medea, however, sensing that her family is being destroyed, descends into madness and commits a horrendous crime.

Plot Keywords: tragedy, mythology, revenge, betrayal, family, murder, theatrical adaptation ...

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#22. Love Among the Ruins (1974)

Storyline: An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott (Katharine Hepburn) has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones (Laurence Olivier) is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.

Plot Keywords: romance, drama, tv movie, classic, british, laurence olivier, nostalgic ...

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#28. The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)

Storyline: David Hurst (Campbell Scott) is a mild-mannered dentist who shares a practice with his wife, Dana (Hope Davis). Concerned about Dana's recent sullen moods, David begins to suspect that she is cheating on him. As David becomes deeply unsettled by the possibility of Dana's infidelity, he begins having extended conversations with Slater (Denis Leary), a surly patient who dispenses plenty of blunt advice. Can Dana and David reconcile and save their marriage, or are they destined to separate?

Plot Keywords: drama, marriage, family, midlife crisis, infidelity, psychological drama, everyday life ...

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#29. The Seagull's Laughter (2001)

Storyline: In 1950s Iceland, a sassy widow named Freyja (Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir) arrives home from America with a newer, slimmer look and a mental list of grievances. Not one to stay single long, Freyja moves in with her aunt, uncle and shrewd young cousin, Agga (Ugla Egilsdóttir), and quickly begins looking for a new husband. She manages to charm a number of local bachelors, including Björn (Heino Ferch), but when men start turning up dead, Agga suspects Freyja of murder.

Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, female coming-of-age, dark comedy, family, social satire, small-town life ...

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