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- Little Women (2019) Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh. Drama, Romance (2h 15m) 7.8 on IMDb — 95% on RT. Louisa May Alcott's coming-of-age novel has always been a reliable source for film, TV, and theater adaptations.
- Lilo & Stitch (2002) Directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders. Starring Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere. Animation, Adventure, Comedy (1h 25m)
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet. Drama, Romance (2h 16m) 7.7 on IMDb — 97% on RT. Like the aforementioned Pride & Prejudice, this one's another classic romantic period drama adapted from a Jane Austen novel.
- A League of Their Own (1992) Directed by Penny Marshall. Starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna. Comedy, Drama, Sport (2h 8m) 7.3 on IMDb — 81% on RT. Here we have a tale of biological sisters and found sisters on the baseball field.
Oct 1, 2024 · Everyone loves a good movie about sisters, right? These films explore the intricacies, emotions, and varied dynamics of sisterhood. Focusing on storyline, character development, and emotional impact, vote up the sister movies that best portray the beauty, tension, and complexity found in sisterly relationships.
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- “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” (1962) Director: Robert Aldrich. Robert Aldrich’s dark psychological thriller is considered a camp classic, though the comedy here is laced with cruelty.
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Director: Woody Allen. This warm romantic comedy is Woody Allen’s most human film by a clear country mile. The jokes are as barbed as ever, but the tone is gentler, and more optimistic than in most of Allen’s filmography.
- My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Director: Hayao Miyazaki. Satsuki and her four-year-old sister Mei have moved house with their father. Busying themselves with making the house fit for their sick mother’s return from the hospital, the girls enjoy exploring the soot-filled nooks and crannies of their new abode – as well as the magical forest that borders their back garden.
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) Director: Ang Lee. Rain-soaked epiphanies and romantic vistas of the English countryside abound in Ang Lee’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic 1811 novel.
- Frozen’ (2013) This family favorite cultural phenomenon is a refreshing departure from the not-so-progressive prince charming themes of most Disney movies, in that it revolves around two female heroines who discover that it’s actually love between sisters that really conquers all.
- Pride and Prejudice’ (2005) While the BBC adaption of Jane Austen’s famous novel from 1995 is indeed superior, this version is also very good (and only two hours long as opposed to nearly six).
- Little Women’ (1994) This film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s historical drama has it all: tragedy, romance, sisterly love and an all-star cast (think: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst and Christian Bale).
- The Parent Trap’ (1998) Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson star in this remake of the 1961 rom-com about twin sisters who, having been separated at birth, later reunite as preteens and conspire to get their biological parents back together.
- Adaptation (2002) Spike Jonze’s comedy meta-film is difficult to explain. Written by “Being John Malkovich” genius, Charlie Kaufman, the film follows a semi-fictionalised version of Kaufman (played by Nicolas Cage) and a completely fictionalised identical twin brother, Donald (also played by Cage), who are both screenwriters.
- The White Balloon (1995) The first feature of Jafar Panahi, a former assistant to the great Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami (who co-wrote the screenplay along with Panahi himself and Parvis Shahbazi), “Badkonake Sefid” follows the adventures of little seven-year-old Razieh (Aida Mohammadkhani) as she searches for a 500 toman banknote that she lost on her way to buy a goldfish.
- Hannah And Her Sisters (1986) Woody Allen’s comedy-drama follows which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family over two years. The story begins with Thanksgiving party hosted by Hannah (Mia Farrow) and her husband, Elliot (Michael Caine), who has become infatuated with one of Hannah’s sisters, Lee (Barbara Hershey).
- Dead Ringers (1988) David Cronenberg’s psychological thriller based on the lives of Stewart and Cyril Marcus and on Bari Wood and Jack Geasland’s novel “Twins”, follows Elliot and Beverly Mantle (both played by Jeremy Irons) who are identical twins and gynecologists who specialise in female fertility treatment.
1. Pride & Prejudice. 2005 2h 9m PG. 7.8 (339K) Rate. 82 Metascore. Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
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