The 41 Best TV Family Dramas
This is a list of family dramas, in no specific order, that will have you clinging to the edge of your living room seat, begging for more.
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- CreatorJohn LinsonTaylor SheridanStarsKevin CostnerLuke GrimesKelly ReillyA ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.
- CreatorBill DubuqueMark WilliamsStarsJason BatemanLaura LinneySofia HublitzA financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.
- CreatorTarell Alvin McCraneyStarsAkili McDowellAlana ArenasTravis ColesA young prodigy living in Florida looks for a way out of his poor neighborhood.
- CreatorLee DanielsDanny StrongStarsTerrence HowardTaraji P. HensonJussie SmollettA hip-hop mogul must choose a successor among his three sons who are battling for control over his multi-million dollar company, while his ex-wife schemes to reclaim what is hers.
- CreatorJustin HaytheStarsSamantha MortonAmrita AchariaEnzo CilentiSeries based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."
- CreatorMichael JacobsApril KellyStarsBen SavageRider StrongWilliam DanielsAn adolescent with two siblings tests his various theories about life as he endures the trials of growing up alongside a good friend.
- StarsBenedict CumberbatchRebecca HallRoger AllamRevolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.
- CreatorMarti NoxonStarsAmy AdamsPatricia ClarksonChris MessinaAfter treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.
- CreatorEd SinclairStarsOlivia ColmanDavid ThewlisKate O'FlynnA devoted and mild-mannered British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in England.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsNicole KidmanHugh GrantNoah JupeA modern twist to a classical "whodunnit" tale, when the life of a wealthy New York therapist turns upside down after she and her family get involved with a murder case.
- StarsFrances McDormandRichard JenkinsAnn DowdA middle-school math teacher Olive and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years.
- CreatorCash CarrawayStarsDaisy May CooperJack FarthingFleur TashjianAn unconventional love story between a working-class single mum, her young daughter and a privileged gay man.
- StarsKate WinsletGuy PearceEvan Rachel WoodDivorced single mom Mildred Pierce decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her ambitious elder daughter, Veda.
- CreatorMisha GreenStarsJonathan MajorsJurnee SmollettCourtney B. VanceA young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
- CreatorMark BombackStarsChris EvansMichelle DockeryJaeden MartellThe limited drama series is a gripping, character-driven thriller based on the 2012 New York Times best selling novel of the same name by William Landay. An assistant DA's world is shattered when his beloved son gets charged with murder.
- CreatorSarah PhelpsStarsClaire FoyPaul BettanyOlwen MayThe story of events surrounding the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.
- CreatorBrad IngelsbyStarsKate WinsletJulianne NicholsonJean SmartIn the fictional suburb of Easttown, Philadelphia, police detective Marianne "Mare" Sheehan investigates the recent murder of a teenage mother while trying to keep her own life from falling apart.
- CreatorHannah BosPaul ThureenStarsBridget EverettJeff HillerMary Catherine GarrisonSam is a true Kansan on the surface, but, beneath it all, struggles to fit the hometown mold. Grappling with loss and acceptance, she discovers herself and a community of outsiders who don't fit in but don't give up.
- CreatorChuck LorreSteven MolaroStarsIain ArmitageZoe PerryLance BarberMeet a child genius named Sheldon Cooper (already seen as an adult in The Big Bang Theory (2007)) and his family. Some unique challenges face Sheldon, who is socially impaired.
- CreatorRandy HugginsStarsDa'VinchiMichole Briana WhiteDemetrius Flenory Jr.Two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
- CreatorAndy BorowitzSusan BorowitzT.J. BradyStarsJabari BanksCassandra FreemanJimmy AkingbolaFollows the journey of a street-smart teenager whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of West Philadelphia to live with his rich Aunt, Uncle and Cousins in Bel-Air which is one of Los Angeles's wealthiest suburbs.
- CreatorSascha PennStarsPatina MillerLondon BrownMalcolm M. MaysPower Book III: Raising Kanan is a prequel set in the 1990s that will chronicle the early years of Kanan Stark, the character first played by executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
- CreatorJordan E. CooperPatricia WilliamsStarsPatricia WilliamsJ. Bernard CallowayTami RomanA woman from Atlanta finds herself in conservative middle America where she lives her life as a reluctant suburban mom.
- CreatorJesse ArmstrongStarsNicholas BraunBrian CoxKieran CulkinThe Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
- CreatorTaylor SheridanStarsTim McGrawSam ElliottFaith HillThe post-Civil war generation of the Dutton family travels to Texas, and joins a wagon train undertaking the arduous journey west to Oregon, before settling in Montana to establish what would eventually become the Yellowstone Ranch.