family dispute theme

Two or more family members have a perennial or otherwise significant quarrel over some material family matter, for example family honor.

14 total · 1 choice · 12 major · 1 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
columbo1971e6x02 choice The Lytton's quarreled over the fate of the family museum.
ahh3x08 major George and his half-brother, Colin, were in a dispute over an inheritance.
ahp3x31 major The story is about an estranged brother and sister who'd been cooped up in the same house for 20 years.
bridesheadrevisited1981e1x06 major Julia's engagement to Rex bought strife to the Marchmain household.
columbo1971e5x06 major The story surrounds a family quarrel over the fate of the Commodore's ship building business.
ds93x23 major Quark and his mother Ishka quarreled over her pursuing profit at the expense of family honor
ic1976e01b major Tiberius' troubled marriage to Julia was the source of much strife for Augustus and his close family members, not to mention the unhappy couple themselves.
movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) major Roy lost his job and then became obsessed with UFOs and it resulted utter chaos for his family.
movie: How Green Was My Valley (1940) major The strike action taken by the miners threatened to tear the Morgan family apart, as as the father Gwilym Morgan was principally opposed to unions, while his older sons were socialist leaning.
movie: Multiplicity (1996) major There was an ongoing tension between Doug and his wife, Laura, over her returning to her career as a real estate agent.