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Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Parent trap": Susan and Sharon are identical twins that are separated by birth. Once they realize who they are, they make a plan to switch place with the high hopes of getting their parents back together again. "Parent trap II": Now grown up, Sharon is a single mom whose daughter meets Mary and the girls turn into scheming matchmakers.
2) The vault
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. The heist begins smoothly, but mayhem ensues when the defiant bank manager sends them to a basement-level vault, home to something truly evil.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives. Their only hope is the secret the woman in white waits to tell them.
Publisher
Pantelion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Maximo gets the surprise of his life when his wealthy, 80 year old wife dumps him for a younger car salesman. Forced out of his mansion, he must now move in with his estranged sister Sara and her nerdy but adorable son Hugo. Anxious to return to the lap of luxury, Maximo hatches a scheme to seduce a widowed billionaire and live the high life once again.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Loner Sam and his ambitious sister, Gina, live in a decaying steel town in South Wales. Since the death of their father twelve years earlier, the two have taken divergent paths. Gina has a promising career in the police force, but Sam's life is going nowhere, until one day he gets his hands on a gun. Emboldened by newfound confidence, he begins to commit increasingly daring crimes.
6) Relaxer
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Doom and gloom are on the way. The Y2K apocalypse can't be stopped. Abbie's older brother Cam issues him the ultimate challenge before it goes down: beat the infamous level 256 in Pac-Man and no getting up from the couch until he does so. Abbie's survival story begins here; inside a rotting living room with no food or water, and a revolving door of numb-nut friends and acquaintances.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The peaceful life of two aging sisters is shattered when they take in a young Polish violinist who they find injured after having been washed ashore near their coastal English home. Their town is suspicious of any visitors and things get worse when he befriends a Russian woman who is visiting the town.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Lucy Pevenise, along with her older brothers Edmund and Peter, and her older sister, Susan, are in London during the initial bombing raids of WW II. Like many families, their parents decide to send them to the country for safer keeping. Peter, the oldest, is told to watch over the children and make sure they stay safe. This simple request will test Peter's ability to protect his siblings, especially after Lucy discovers an amazing secret. The children...
10) Goldie
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Goldie is a star in the eyes of her little sisters Sherrie and Supreme, and the rest of the world is bound to take note soon too. Her big break surely awaits, she's just got to pick up that golden fur coat she's had her eye on first. And land a role as a dancer in a hip-hop video. And keep child welfare services from separating her from Sherrie and Supreme, after their mother is locked up. Holding onto those dreams isn't easy when fate has placed...
Publisher
Paramount Classics
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
Sammy is a single mom living in a small Catskill town with her eight-year-old son. A lot happens all at once to Sammy as she, sort of, picks up with an old boyfriend, gets a new boss and her wayward brother finally shows up after months of no communication. A crisis of sorts ensues when the son meets his estranged father.
12) The color purple
Language
English
Description
An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's August. Like they have most summers, elderly widowed sisters Libby Strong and Sarah Webber, who live in Philadelphia, are staying together in the family's summer cottage on an island off the coast of Maine. There are a few people who have been half-century friends or acquaintances on the island, including Tisha Doughty and Joshua Brackett.
14) Frozen II
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa's powers in order to save their kingdom.
15) Dear Zoe
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A year after her family suffers an unimaginable loss, teenage Tess pens a heartfelt letter to her dead little sister Zoe, reflecting on what was lost, her resistance to traveling with her family down recovery road, and the surprising sources from which she gains love and support so that she can begin to get better.
16) Little women
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follow the sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, on their journey from childhood to adulthood. Under the guidance of their mother Marmee, they navigate what it means to be a young woman: from gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss, and marriage. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, this story is as relevant and engaging today as it was on its original publication in 1868.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lincoln Loud says try living with ten sisters! Luckily, he knows what it takes to conquer the chaos of a huge household, and he's ready to show viewers the ropes! The trick to surviving is to remain calm, cool, and collected, and ALWAYS have a plan.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Three daughters, firebrand social justice warrior Melanie 'Mel' Vera, fun-loving Maggie, and brilliant geneticist Macy find out they're actually powerful witches, as was their mother. It's a lot to take in, but ultimately the sisters accept their new destiny.
19) Mirai
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
日本語
Description
When four-year-old Kun's new baby sister, named Mirai (meaning 'future'), quickly wins the hearts of Kun's entire family, his world is turned upside down. As his mother returns to work, Kun becomes increasingly jealous of baby Mirai, until one day he storms off into the garden, where he encounters guests from the past and future, including his sister Mirai as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time, uncovering their...
20) Gone
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When her sister disappears, Jill is convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years ago has returned, and she sets out to once again face her abductor.
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