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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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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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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''
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67	* ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood''. Mixed with SpaghettiWestern.
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