1 | FamilyDrama is a genre revolving around [[RuleOfDrama conflicts]] between family members. In a more general sense, any work of fiction about the relationships within a family. The longer, non-funny version of the DomCom. Expect lots of this in a BigScrewedUpFamily. On LiveActionTV, it usually comes in DramaticHourLong shows. Many {{Soap Opera}}s overlap with this genre. See also TeenDrama. |
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3 | !!Examples: |
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7 | [[folder:Anime]] |
8 | * ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'': The series is about two brothers trying to fix themselves, both [[BodyHorror literally]] and figuratively. |
9 | * ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'': A film about two orphaned siblings during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
10 | * ''Anime/{{Witchblade}}'': The story is about a young woman and her adopted daughter. Much of the plot is driven by their involvement with the conspiracy surrounding the child's biological parents. |
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13 | [[folder:Film]] |
14 | * ''Film/Aquaman2018'': The plot revolves around two half brothers and their mother. |
15 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'': Revolves around the conflict between the protagonist and his (second) adopted son. |
16 | * ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': The entire plot revolves around a fall-out between two brothers which carried on through their descendants. |
17 | * ''Film/CriesAndWhispers'': Three estranged sisters gather when one of them is terminally ill. |
18 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': The story concerns the Madrigals, a large Colombian family gifted with magic and highly respected by their neighbors. While tight-knit, many members of the family feel pressured by the matriarch to keep up a façade of perfection at all times, [[spoiler:which nearly costs the family's magic]]. |
19 | * ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': The plot revolves around two estranged sisters. |
20 | * ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'': Sequel of the above. This time the plot hinges on their family's DarkAndTroubledPast. |
21 | * ''Film/{{Interiors}}'': Three troubled sisters deal with their parents' divorce. |
22 | * ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'': A film with a RoadTripPlot featuring a very DysfunctionalFamily. |
23 | * ''Film/Shazam2019'': Much of the film is about the protagonist searching for his biological mother and learning to accept his foster family. |
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26 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
27 | * ''Series/SeventhHeaven'': About a PreacherMan and his family. |
28 | * ''Series/BatesMotel'': Revolves around a widowed single mother with PTSD and her [[SanitySlippage increasingly unhinged]] son. |
29 | * ''Series/TheBeautyQueenOfJerusalem'' follows a Sephardic Jewish family in Jerusalem from the 1920s to the 1940s. |
30 | * ''Series/BlueBloods'': A CrimeAndPunishmentSeries revolving around one of the New York City Police Department's cop dynasties, from a great-grandfather who is a retired police commissioner to grandsons who are a homicide detective and a beat cop, and a granddaughter who's an ADA, and their kids who are likely to end up in the family business. |
31 | * ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' |
32 | * ''Series/{{Caprica}}'': Ron Moore more or less explicitly called ''Caprica'' "the first ScienceFiction Family Drama," and said that it's basically ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/{{Rome}}'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/TheSopranos'' [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]]! |
33 | * ''Series/Charmed1998'': A FantasySeries about three witch sisters. |
34 | * ''Series/Charmed2018'': 2018 remake of the above. |
35 | * ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' |
36 | * ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' |
37 | * ''Series/Dynasty1981'' |
38 | * ''Series/Dynasty2017'' |
39 | * ''Series/{{Encantadia}}'': A FantasySeries about four royal fairy sisters. |
40 | * ''Series/{{Family}}'' |
41 | * ''Series/FiveFingers'' |
42 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The story of several RoyallyScrewedUp families in an EpicFantasy setting. |
43 | ** ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' even more than its parent show. |
44 | * ''Series/GilmoreGirls'': Revolves around a single mother and her daughter. |
45 | * ''Series/TheHavesAndTheHaveNots'' |
46 | * ''Series/HitAndMiss'' |
47 | * ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E4TheRuthlessPursuitOfBloodWithAllA The]] [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart last]] [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod four]] [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill episodes]] of Season 1 center on a dysfunctional vampire family which consists of the couple Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt, and their adoptive daughter Claudia. Claudia is subjected to [[AbusiveParents parental abuse]] from Lestat (and Louis is guilty of this on one occasion), Lestat almost kills Louis in an incident of [[DomesticAbuse intimate partner violence]], Lestat plots to [[OffingTheOffspring murder his fledgling Claudia]], plus Louis and Claudia attempt to commit {{Patricide}} against their maker Lestat. |
48 | * ''Series/Kingdom2014'' |
49 | * ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' |
50 | * ''Series/NorthernRescue'' |
51 | * ''Series/OneTreeHill'': Revolves around two half-brothers and how their lives as well as the people around them get entangled. |
52 | * ''Series/{{Parenthood}}'' |
53 | * ''Series/PartyOfFive'': Revolves around five orphaned siblings adjusting to life after their parents' deaths. |
54 | * ''Series/PrincessReturningPearl'' |
55 | * ''Series/Scoundrels2010'' |
56 | * ''Series/ShamelessUK'': A show about a struggling DysfunctionalFamily. |
57 | * ''Series/ShamelessUS'': U.S. remake of the above. |
58 | * ''Series/{{Shtisel}}'': Revolves around 3 (and sometimes 4) generations of an Orthodox Jewish family in Jerusalem. |
59 | * ''Series/{{Sisters}}'' |
60 | * ''Series/SupermanAndLois'': Revolves around the eponymous characters' marital and parental life. |
61 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The show is about two brothers fighting demons and mystical beings while also dealing with their family's turbulent history. |
62 | * ''Series/ThisIsUs'' |
63 | * ''Series/TheWaltons'' |
64 | [[/folder]] |
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66 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
67 | * ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood''. Mixed with SpaghettiWestern. |
68 | [[/folder]] |
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