20 Movies That Nail Family Chaos Like 'The Squid and the Whale'

20 Movies That Nail Family Chaos Like 'The Squid and the Whale'

In the realm of indie cinema, few films capture the awkward, painful, and darkly humorous realities of family dissolution quite like Noah Baumbach's 2005 semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Squid and the Whale. Set in 1980s Brooklyn, the film's unflinching portrayal of intellectual pretension and emotional devastation during a divorce has become a touchstone for stories about family dysfunction told with both brutal honesty and surprising ten…