Family Drama
List of my favorite drama movies that centered on life of a family. Listed in no particular order.
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- DirectorDennis QuaidStarsDennis QuaidMare WinninghamHarve PresnellHis son's critical injury forces a Montana man (Dennis Quaid) to reconsider priorities as he struggles to retain family land.
- DirectorJohn WellsStarsMeryl StreepDermot MulroneyJulia RobertsA look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
- DirectorMartha CoolidgeStarsPatrick SwayzeMary Elizabeth MastrantonioJoseph MazzelloIn an unexplained act of charity, Jeanne Holman, picks up an injured, apparent tramp and takes him home to care for him little realizing who he was, or the effect he would have on her life and those of her family.
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsSteve CarellToni ColletteGreg KinnearA family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
- DirectorSteve StockmanStarsSally FieldBen ChaplinJulianne NicholsonIn this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped-- together -- for two weeks.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsMeryl StreepRenée ZellwegerWilliam HurtA career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
- DirectorSara ColangeloStarsBoyd HolbrookRandy SpringerJacob LoflandIn a small American town still living in the shadow of a terrible coal mine accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws together a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy in a web of secrets.
- DirectorCraig JohnsonStarsKristen WiigBill HaderLuke WilsonHaving both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.
- DirectorTommy StovallStarsFrances FisherSeth PetersonBeth GrantVisitors to the mystical town of Sedona encounter eccentric characters and a series of calamities that lead them to unexpected miracles.
- DirectorTim TrueStarsAnna CampSteven StraitJoe Lo TruglioTerminally ill Anna returns to Oregon to reconnect with her estranged brother while simultaneously making the heart-wrenching choice to end her life putting to use the Death with Dignity Act.
- DirectorRichard BenjaminStarsShirley MacLaineRicki LakeBrendan FraserConnie, unwed and pregnant, is heading to Boston by train when she meets wealthy newlyweds Hugh and Patricia. The train crashes, and when Connie comes to in the hospital, she is mistaken for Patricia, who died in the crash with Hugh.
- DirectorJohn Francis DaleyJonathan GoldsteinStarsEd HelmsChristina ApplegateSkyler GisondoRusty Griswold takes his own family on a road trip to "Walley World" in order to spice things up with his wife and reconnect with his sons.
- DirectorPenny MarshallStarsDrew BarrymoreSteve ZahnAdam GarciaA single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsKevin KlineJoan AllenSigourney WeaverIn suburban New Canaan, Connecticut, 1973, middle-class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.
- DirectorLinda VoorheesStarsDavid FoleyLea ThompsonVicki LewisIn the R.V. and on the road, but can't get out of town. Bags packed, ready to go, but troubles are afoot.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsRebecca De MornayKeith CarradineEllen BurstynA husband, wife, and their daughter try to cope with the tragic death of their young son that the latter indirectly unintentionally caused.
- DirectorJason MooreStarsAmy PoehlerTina FeyMaya RudolphTwo sisters decide to throw one last house party before their parents sell their family home.
- DirectorDrake DoremusStarsFelicity JonesGuy PearceMackenzie DavisWhen a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
- DirectorMichael GrossmanStarsRobert BuckleyAna AyoraTreat WilliamsWorking through some difficult decisions, a mother and father summon their two grown sons home for the holidays.
- DirectorRich NeweyStarsRobert BuckleyAna AyoraTreat WilliamsThe Mitchell brothers compete to see who can create the better Christmas House.
- DirectorRandall WallaceStarsGreg KinnearKelly ReillyThomas Haden ChurchA small-town father must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world.
- DirectorAndy TennantStarsJoanna KernsBruce DavisonJoseph MazzelloWhen a young girl is diagnosed with leukemia, her father and stepmother must decide if they should risk their son's life by exploring his potentiality as a bone marrow donor.
- DirectorUlu GrosbardStarsMichelle PfeifferTreat WilliamsWhoopi GoldbergA family's reaction when Ben, the youngest son, is kidnapped and then found nine years later living in the same town where his family had just moved.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsAnnaSophia RobbJeff DanielsEva Marie SaintA mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends.
- DirectorShari Springer BermanRobert PulciniStarsKristen WiigAnnette BeningMatt DillonA failed New York playwright awkwardly navigates the transition from Next Big Thing to Last Year's News.
- DirectorMark WatersStarsJamie Lee CurtisLindsay LohanMark HarmonAn overworked mother and her daughter did not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsKristen BellOdette AnnableSigourney WeaverWhen a young woman realizes her brother is about to marry the girl who bullied her in high school, she sets out to expose the fiancée's true colors.
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsGoldie HawnKurt RussellEdward HerrmannA cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her that they're husband and wife.
- DirectorRob GreenbergStarsEugenio DerbezAnna FarisEva LongoriaAfter a spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and loses his memory, a mistreated employee convinces him that he is her working-class husband.
- DirectorJodie FosterStarsJodie FosterDianne WiestAdam Hann-ByrdA single mother raises a child prodigy on her own, struggling to give him every opportunity he needs to express his gift.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsKaitlyn DeverRosemarie DeWittAnsel ElgortA group of high school teenagers and their parents attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communications, their self-images, and their love lives.
- DirectorAzazel JacobsStarsMichelle PfeifferLucas HedgesTracy LettsAn aging Manhattan socialite existing on the last of her inheritance moves to a small Paris apartment with her son and cat.
- DirectorLauren Miller RogenStarsKristen BellDanielle DavenportKimiko GlennAfter she's left at the altar, a workaholic advertising executive ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with her estranged father.
- DirectorChris KellyStarsJesse PlemonsMolly ShannonBradley WhitfordA struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.