A popular and well-worn genre, the family drama centers on conflicts at the heart of family life and family relationships. Not to be confused with family-oriented drama, family dramas can touch on such adult topics as incest and political violence. Though some American directors such as William Wyler, Orson Welles and John Ford have produced some defining works in this genre, the family drama carries a particular potency in Asia where the conflict between duties to family and individual desires are more charged. The preponderance of work by such Asian masters as Keisuke Kinoshita, Yasujiro Ozu, Mikio Naruse and to a lesser degree Hou Hsiao Hsien have been family dramas. Significant films in this style include Fanny and Alexander, Tokyo Story, City of Sadness, Magnificient Ambersons, Mrs. Miniver and Pather Panchali.

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	PG13	2009	The Boys Are Back
	NR	2009	Tickling Leo
	PG13	2009	My Sister's Keeper
	R	2008	Trucker
		2008	A Raisin in the Sun
	PG	2008	The Song of Sparrows
	R	2008	Smart People
	PG13	2008	The Black Balloon
	R	2008	Yonkers Joe
	R	2008	Lake City
	R	2008	Pride and Glory
	NR	2008	A Christmas Tale
	PG13	2008	Forever Strong
	PG13	2008	Home
	NR	2008	Treeless Mountain
	NR	2008	Everlasting Moments
	NR	2008	Give Me Your Hand
	R	2008	August
	PG13	2008	Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
	R	2008	Rachel Getting Married
	R	2008	Frozen River
		2008	Momma's Man
	NR	2008	Quiet Chaos
	PG13	2008	Nothing Like the Holidays
	PG	2008	A Plumm Summer
		2008	Summer Hours
	R	2008	Sleepwalking
	PG13	2008	Tokyo Sonata
		2008	35 Rhums
	PG13	2008	Skin
		2008	Still Walking
		2008	Lifelines
	R	2008	Tennessee
	R	2007	Introducing the Dwights
	NR	2007	A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
	PG13	2007	Rails & Ties
	R	2007	Georgia Rule
	R	2007	Death in Love
	PG13	2007	Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls
		2007	My Brother
	R	2007	Shotgun Stories
	NR	2007	Where God Left His Shoes
	NR	2007	Alice's House
	R	2007	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
	R	2007	Margot at the Wedding
	NR	2007	Un Secret
	PG13	2007	When Did You Last See Your Father?
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