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Family Drama movies

Family bonds at the center: loyalty, duty, caregiving, generational conflict, and hard-won emotional repair.

Sweet Girl

1. Sweet Girl

Action Thriller Drama One-Person Army Revenge Thriller
5.5
20211h 50min

Overview

A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.

Themes

"movie: sweet girl. genres: action, Thriller, Drama, Action, Thriller, Drama main themes: daughter, Escape, Fight, Daughter, Escape, Fight full keywords list: daughter, Escape, Fight, Truth, Father, Safe, Justice, Family, Death, Parents, Kid, Drug. concept analysis: the film explores the depths of grief and the lengths one will go to for justice, Revealing the impact of trauma on identity. it raises questions about morality and the consequences of corruption in the pursuit of vengeance."

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Netflix
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CODA

2. CODA

Drama Music Romance Family Drama Narrative Musical
8.0
20211h 52min

Overview

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Themes

Identity through music, Economic pressure on a fishing family, Family obligation vs personal ambition, Communication across deaf and hearing, Pursuit of art under constraint, Sign language as bridge

Available on

Apple TV
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Fatherhood

3. Fatherhood

Drama Comedy Family Drama
6.6
20211h 49min

Overview

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

Themes

Work life balance, Family support networks, Romantic partnership tension, Baby and responsibility, Gendered parenting norms, Parenthood under pressure

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Petite Maman

4. Petite Maman

Drama Fantasy Family Family Drama Parent-Child Family
7.4
20211h 12min

Overview

After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps her come to terms with this newfound loss.

Themes

Grief and memory, Magic realism, Intergenerational bonds, Mother daughter relationship, Childhood perspective, Female creative aspiration

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Four Good Days

5. Four Good Days

Drama Family Drama
6.6
20211h 40min

Overview

A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.

Themes

Drug addiction stigma, Mother daughter relationship challenges, Relapse cycle, Heroin withdrawl realities, Four crucial days

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Shiva Baby

6. Shiva Baby

Comedy Drama Dark Comedy Family Drama
7.1
20211h 18min

Overview

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

Themes

Romance under social scrutiny, Economic dependence, Family expectations under pressure, Betrayal and ambiguity, Sexual boundary testing, Identity under tradition

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Paper Lives

7. Paper Lives

Drama Family Drama
6.6
20211h 36min

Overview

In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.

Themes

Poverty yields care, Homelessness fuels empathy, Family reunification motive, City street resilience, Relatives search drive, Care through persistence

Available on

Netflix
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Minari

8. Minari

Drama Family Drama
7.4
20211h 55min

Overview

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

Themes

Grandmother grandson relationship, American dream under pressure, Farmland as livelihood, Mobile home isolation, Intergenerational caregiving challenge, Hatchery labor tension

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Palmer

9. Palmer

Drama Family Drama
7.3
20211h 50min

Overview

After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

Themes

Mentorship under strain, Guardianship tension, Small town judgment, Trauma and care, Substance abuse fallout, Parole constraints

Available on

Apple TV
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Penguin Bloom

10. Penguin Bloom

Drama Family Drama
6.8
20211h 35min

Overview

When an unlikely ally enters the Bloom family's world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin, the bird’s arrival makes a profound difference in the struggling family’s life.

Themes

Guilt and accountability, Family caregiving strain, Bond with animal catalyst, Injury drives adaptation, Transition to independence, Recovery through small steps

Available on

Netflix
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