r/MovieSuggestions • u/typhoonclvb • 4h ago

I'M REQUESTING family gathering gone wrong

it doesn't have to be necessarily about a family, but i'm looking for movies where a group of people gather for a normal get together, and then things get worse and worse and everything goes to shit. it can be any genre and language.

examples: you're next, the invitation, coherence, silent night, game night

thanks.

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u/Suspicious_Bunny624 4h ago

Death at a Funeral (2007)

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u/StickaFORKinMyEye 4h ago

House of Yes (1997)

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u/Clear-Concern2247 4h ago

Freaking love this movie. Top tier Parker Posey.

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u/pinkflower200 4h ago

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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u/SH4D0WSTAR 4h ago

Ohh, yes 

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u/HAL9000-4 4h ago

Not a normal get together but you might like The Royal Tenenbaums.

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u/Quiet-Interview3916 4h ago

The family stone

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u/fajadada 4h ago

The Ref not quite what you are asking for but excellent

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u/AssassinWog 3h ago

Came here to say this. It’s a really fun movie. “If you don’t mind, the corpse still has the floor!”

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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 4h ago

The hateful eight

Ready or not

Bodies bodies bodies

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u/Uniquely_Similar74 4h ago

Christmas Vacation 👍

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u/Genredenouement03 3h ago

Home For the Holidays

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u/Dry-Exchange2030 4h ago

Home for the Holidays

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u/Fresh_Bubbles 4h ago edited 4h ago

The Celebration (Festen)
Tokyo Story

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u/jahwls 19m ago

The celebration (fasten) is perfect for this. It definitely goes downhill but in a dark emotional way.

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u/Dakotasunsets 3h ago

A Lion In Winter (1968)

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)

Rope (1948)

Clue (1985)

Murder By Death (1976)

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u/MitthJuanNuruodo 3h ago

Isn’t this ever Meet the Fockers movie?

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u/Particular_Jicama_51 4h ago

Christmas Vacation (1986)

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u/SH4D0WSTAR 4h ago
  • Shiva Baby
  • Christmas with the Kranks 

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u/ProcedureImportant28 4h ago

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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u/Notice_Resident 4h ago

Real Life (1979) - Comedy/Satire Movie

Family is selected to have a documentary crew follow them around in their ordinary lives, but the presence of the director and crew keeps screwing everything up.

Satire on the real documentary series An American Family (1973), which by the end the real family parents were divorced because of making the show.

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u/Tyler_Durden_Concern 4h ago

The Invite was hilarious.

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u/genegreenbean 3h ago

The Cabin in the Woods.

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u/Grumpy-Designer 3h ago

The Father of the Bride

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u/Grumpy-Designer 3h ago

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

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u/chemicalclockwork 4h ago

Shiva Baby, Krisha, Soft & Quiet, Would You Rather

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u/Outrageous-Power5046 4h ago

I would give a nod to "City Island". The climax of all the story lines don't happen at a specific event (like Thanksgiving or a wedding), but like all comical farces, they do converge at one time.

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u/Outrageous-Power5046 2h ago

you know what. I'm going to double down on this recommendation. I just started a rewatch and it's as good as I remember.

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u/FashionableBookworm 4h ago

The Party (2017) with Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas and Bruno Ganz. It fits your request to a T

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u/OkKaleidoscope9554 3h ago

The Ref (1994)

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u/Environmental-Eye874 3h ago

Arizona Dream

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u/Temporary-Ocelot3790 3h ago

By Luis Bunuel: Viridiana; The Exterminating Angel; The Phantom of Liberty.

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u/Ill-Distribution4263 3h ago

The Invite (2026)

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u/NoAlternative2913 3h ago

Cabin in the Woods, Mrs. Doubtfire, Little Miss Sunshine, Knives Out, Apollo 13

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u/EMe711 3h ago

The Ref

Home for The Holidays

Cat on A Hot Tin Roof

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u/C-57D 3h ago

The cabin in the woods

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u/DrunkenWarriorPoet 3h ago

Dan in Real Life

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl Quality Poster 👍 4h ago

The Farewell

Still Walking 

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u/Healthy_Operation327 4h ago

August: Osage County

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u/Manna1007 3h ago

It’s What’s Inside

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u/Yesterdazehigh 3h ago

The Estate
I didn't love this one but it fits the bill and you might love it: It's a Disaster

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u/transdermalcelebrity 3h ago

From a certain standpoint, Coherence

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u/Missus_Aitch_99 3h ago

Moonstruck. The breakfast acene at the end.

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u/HappyLoveChild27 2h ago

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

A Sunday in the Country (1984) - French

Johnson Family Vacation

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u/Secure_Kale1235 2h ago

This is Where I Leave You

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u/slatchaw 2h ago

Island of Dr. Moreau

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u/dverb 2h ago

There is that one super stressful episode of The Bear

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u/EvilMERSONary 2h ago

The Meyerowitz Stories

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u/InsidetheIvy13 2h ago

Gosford Park.

Identity.

The Great Outdoors.

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u/mdubelite 1h ago

Ready or Not and Ready or Not 2

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u/psipher1 58m ago

Sordid Lives

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u/ImperialNolini 24m ago

August: Osage County is probably the all-time pick

Crazy Stupid Love

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u/Expensive-Lemon260 0m ago

The Hangover

Risky Business