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Post by spiderwort on Jul 26, 2017 14:14:22 GMT
One sister may be a more prominent character, perhaps even the protagonist. But that doesn't matter. I'm referring to films whose story is built around the relationships between sisters.
A few I really enjoy:
The Four Daughters (1938) (and all the sequels)
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
Little Women (1994)
The Whales of August (1987)
Marvin's Room (1996)
Can't seem to remember more classics. Sorry.
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 26, 2017 14:18:59 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 26, 2017 14:20:11 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 26, 2017 14:21:46 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 26, 2017 14:25:28 GMT
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Post by movielover on Jul 26, 2017 14:30:00 GMT
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Sense and Sensibility
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
A League of Their Own
27 Dresses
Little Women
The Parent Trap
10 Things I Hate About You
Crimes of the Heart
The Hunger Games
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 26, 2017 16:09:50 GMT
aaaww Spider -- you stole my thunder (a future Garth Game of cinematic sisters)  A few that were being considered: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN -- Jeanne Crain and Gene Tierney A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE -- Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter STORM WARNING -- Ginger Rogers and Doris Day DEVOTION -- Ida Lupino and Olivia de Havilland and Nancy Coleman SINCE YOU WENT AWAY -- Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple CENTENNIAL SUMMER -- Linda Darnell and Jeanne Crain I WAKE UP SCREAMING -- Betty Grable and Carole Landis BLOOD ON THE MOON -- Barbara Bel Geddes and Phyllis Thaxter GREEN DOLPHIN STREET -- Lana Turner and Donna Reed NATIONAL VELVET -- Elizabeth Taylor and Angela Lansbury (just kidding -- another good Spider thread) |
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 26, 2017 16:26:31 GMT
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 26, 2017 16:58:10 GMT
And a few more:
WHITE CHRISTMAS -- Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen
ATHENA -- Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE -- The Bennett sisters
GONE WITH THE WIND -- the O'Hara sisters
USED PEOPLE -- Marcia Gay Harden and Kathy Bates
THE GRASS HARP -- Piper Laurie and Sissy Spacek
SHADOW OF A DOUBT -- Teresa Wright and Edna May Wonacott
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN -- Ruth Roman and Patricia Hitchcock
THE YARDS -- Ellen Burstyn and Faye Dunaway
THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED -- Natalie Wood and Mary Badham
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Post by movielover on Jul 26, 2017 17:10:09 GMT
The Big Sleep
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 26, 2017 17:13:34 GMT
 You get a Pulitzer for this pun, bravo. Wonderful! |
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 26, 2017 17:22:29 GMT
You get a Pulitzer for this pun, bravo. Wonderful! Thanks. But let's not forget Sisters Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in Bedazzled, or the Leaping Berylians.   |
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 26, 2017 17:28:08 GMT
Sorry, I passed right by that, bravomailer! Now you get a Nobel prize! And you made me laugh. Always a good thing. |
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 26, 2017 17:45:45 GMT
Some more (I just can't help myself!) MARKED WOMAN -- Bette Davis and Jane Bryan THE GAY SISTERS -- Barbara Stanwyck and Geraldine Fitzgerald LADIES IN RETIREMENT -- Ida Lupino and Elsa Lanchester INVENTING THE ABBOTTS -- Jennifer Connelly and Liv Tyler and Joanna Going IN THIS OUR LIFE -- Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland YOUNG AT HEART -- Doris Day and Dorothy Malone WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE -- Joan Crawford and Bette Davis HOWARDS END -- Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham-Carter GEORGIA -- Mare Winningham and Jennifer Jason Leigh PRACTICAL MAGIC -- Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (and that's it -- there are no more sister acts in any more movies)  |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 26, 2017 17:55:48 GMT
Some more (I just can't help myself!) MARKED WOMAN -- Bette Davis and Jane Bryan THE GAY SISTERS -- Barbara Stanwyck and Geraldine Fitzgerald LADIES IN RETIREMENT -- Ida Lupino and Elsa Lanchester INVENTING THE ABBOTTS -- Jennifer Connelly and Liv Tyler and Joanna Going IN THIS OUR LIFE -- Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland YOUNG AT HEART -- Doris Day and Dorothy Malone WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE -- Joan Crawford and Bette Davis HOWARDS END -- Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham-Carter GEORGIA -- Mare Winningham and Jennifer Jason Leigh PRACTICAL MAGIC -- Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (and that's it -- there are no more sister acts in any more movies) You're absolutely right, of course...except for: Bette Davis & Bette Davis - A Stolen LifeBette Davis & Bette Davis - Dead RingerBetty Grable & Carole Landis - Moon Over MiamiLinda Darnell & Barbara Lawrence - Unfaithfully YoursShirley Temple & Myrna Loy - The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer |
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Post by marshamae on Jul 26, 2017 18:00:24 GMT
Four Daughters
Four Wives
Four Mothers
Daughters Courageous
All starring the Lane Sisters
oops sorry I didn't notice that you already mentioned these in the OP
Gotta get these gall-durned glasses looked at!
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 26, 2017 18:01:34 GMT
Damn, Doghouse -- I completely forgot about those last five. Well, that completes the sister set.
Oh wait, one more -- Lillian and Dorothy Gish in ORPHANS OF THE STORM.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 26, 2017 18:12:58 GMT
Damn, Doghouse -- I completely forgot about those last five. Well, that completes the sister set. Oh wait, one more -- Lillian and Dorothy Gish in ORPHANS OF THE STORM. And again, you're entirely correct...except for: Janet Leigh & Vera Miles - Psycho Josephine Hull & Jean Adair - Arsenic and Old Lace
Faye Dunaway & Belinda Palmer - Chinatown (some may quibble about that one...if they wish to risk getting slapped silly)
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 26, 2017 18:17:32 GMT
To paraphrase Tom Hanks in A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN: 'You're killin' me, Doghouse, you're killin' me!'
Oh wait, there's another -- Geena Davis and Lori Petty.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 26, 2017 18:20:16 GMT
 Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers 1972. When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.  1970 |
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