Capturing The Friedmans (2003)

Really weird family fractures after accusations of child molestation.

First of all, though the Friedmans are seemingly just a mild-mannered Long Island family, they’re actually really freaking strange (potential pedophilia aside). The film, told mostly via home videos, shows them as cut off from the rest of the world; their self-enclosure leads to an odd sense of humor and ignored pathologies (Freud would have had a field day with these guys). However, when father Arnold and son Jesse become embroiled in a child molestation investigation, the home videos begin to chronicle the family’s frightening disintegration. In fact, even when compared to the sensational accusations, it is the Friedman’s crumbling family dynamic that emerges as the film’s most gripping aspect.