Sisterhood
With the release of Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women, here are films from around the world that tell the stories of sisters. Whether biological or chosen, sisterhood becomes an essential part of a woman’s identity and understanding of the world.
Indivisible
(Indivisibili)
The lives of two Siamese twin sisters are overturned when one of them falls in love for the first time.
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- Italy • 2016
- Director Edoardo de Angelis
- Cast Angela Fontana, Marianna Fontana, Antonia Truppo, Massimiliano Rossi, Toni Laudadio
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Mustang
In a small Turkish village, five sisters struggle against the restrictions of their conservative family.
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Cast Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit İşcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu, Ilayda Akdoğan, Nihal Koldaş
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy
Our Little Sister
(海街diary)
A father's secret.
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- Japan • 2015
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose, Ryo Kase, Ryohei Suzuki
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Twinsters
Two lives. Changed forever. With just one click.
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- United Kingdom, France, Korea • 2015
- Director Ryan Miyamoto
- Cast Anais Bordier, Samantha Futerman, Kanoa Goo
- Genre Family, Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Beloved Sisters
(Die geliebten Schwestern)
The secret story of Schiller's passion.
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- Germany, Austria, Switzerland • 2014
- Director Dominik Graf
- Cast Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Hannah Herzsprung, Ronald Zehrfeld, Andreas Pietschmann
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Girlhood
(Bande de filles)
A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process.
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- France • 2014
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré, Idrissa Diabaté, Rabah Nait Oufella
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Walking on Sunshine
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- United Kingdom, United States, Italy • 2014
- Director Dania Pasquini
- Cast Annabel Scholey, Hannah Arterton, Giulio Berruti, Greg Wise, Katy Brand, Danny Kirrane
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla
Melancholia
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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- Denmark, Sweden, France • 2011
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on fuboTV, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
Atonement
Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love.
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- United Kingdom, France, United States • 2007
- Director Joe Wright
- Cast Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
A Tale of Two Sisters
(장화, 홍련)
Strange things began to happen after Su-mi returns from a mental institution to live with her father and stepmother.
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- Korea • 2003
- Director Kim Jee-woon
- Cast Im Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Moon Geun-young, Kim Kap-soo, Park Mi-Hyeon, Lee Seung-Bi
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Available on AMC+
Fat Girl
(À ma soeur!)
Watching her beautiful older sister be desired, Anaïs struggles to come to terms with both her own body and her sister's pain.
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- France, Italy • 2001
- Director Catherine Breillat
- Cast Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Ginger Snaps
Hungry like the Wolf.
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- Canada • 2000
- Director John Fawcett
- Cast Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex Channel
Hilary and Jackie
Two sisters. Two lives. One Love...
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- United Kingdom • 1998
- Director Anand Tucker
- Cast Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey, Charles Dance, Celia Imrie
- Genre Music, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
My Neighbor Totoro
(となりのトトロ)
Sisters and spirits come together in this magical tale.
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- Japan • 1988
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi
- Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness
(Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks)
When one sister dies, another will take her place.
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- West Germany • 1979
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Jutta Lampe, Gudrun Gabriel, Konstantin Wecker, Agnes Fink, Heinz Bennent
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Les demoiselles de Rochefort)
They're singing and dancing in the streets.
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- France • 1967
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Michel Piccoli
- Genre Music, Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video