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1) Twins
Publisher
MCA Home Video
Pub. Date
c1988, 1998
Language
English
Description
An ambitious genetic experiment takes the wrong turn when twins -- who look nothing alike -- are born and then separated. Years later the unlikely siblings meet.
Series
Criterion collection volume 659
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering lay about. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
3) Stuck on you
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Conjoined twins, Bob and Walt, are happy living their lives together and manage just fine, playing hockey, working at the diner, and cruising for babes, until one decides he wants to be an actor and the other has stage fright and panic attacks.
6) Twitches too
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Now that "twin witches" Alex and Camryn know the truth about their royal birth, it's time for the girls to learn about each other and how to use their magical powers. While Alex wants to focus on college and having a semi-normal life, Camryn is all about the glamour, gowns and tiaras. But their dreams must be set aside when destiny calls again. A new evil threatens the people of Coventry, and the girls discover that their father, Aron, may still be...
Publisher
Viacom International Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Twins Phoebe and Max have superpowers that give a turbo charge to their sibling rivalry. Along with their parents and younger siblings, the pair must keep their powers under wraps to lead a normal life... but can life ever be normal in a family of superheroes?
Publisher
Viacom International Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Thundermans are back for more heroic adventures. Things get messy when Phoebe starts dating the son of her dad's nemesis, evilman. When Max gets kidnapped Phoebe has to choose between keeping the family's secret and saving him. Plus, a hero is born as the family gets a super new baby sister, Chloe!
Publisher
Viacom International Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In their final season, the Thundermans are banished from Hiddenville, until a new threat forces the Thunder Twins to return to save the city! Back home, Max and Phoebe team up to gain membership in the elite Z-Force. But when Phoebe accidentally absorbs Dark Mayhem's powers, it's up to her family to get rid of evil Phoebe for good!
Publisher
Viacom International Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Thundermans' rivalry ramps up when a master super villain trains Max to be evil while Phoebe becomes the official protector of Hiddenville as part of the Hero League. Will Max prove his villainy by stripping Phoebe of her powers or will his good side prevail? And will the Thundermans' secret finally be exposed?
11) Jack and Jill
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Family guy Jack Sadelstein prepares for the annual event he dreads: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister, the needy and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.
12) The parent trap
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.
13) The dark mirror
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Twin sisters are implicated in a Hollywood murder and a police detective must figure out if one or both were involved in the killing. A psychiatrist approached by the detective to help with the complicated case agrees to see them separately and is immediately attracted to one of them and fears the other one to be the killer, but he's worried that if he's wrong he could end up on a slab in the morgue himself.
14) Bad company
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
CIA agents Oakes and Pope are trying to purchase a suitcase-sized nuclear bomb from a Russian black marketer. Just as the partners discover that another bidder exists, they are ambushed and Pope is killed trying to protect Oakes. Now Oakes needs to recruit Pope's long lost twin brother, Jake, so that the deal can commence in ten days time. Offered a sizable payday, Jake agrees to undergo the vigorous training to impersonate his brother and helps Oakes...
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Billy and Jimmy Lee are twins separated at birth and raised by opposing factions. Billy joins forces with police officer Marian Martin and together they fight to protect The City from the Shadow Warriors, a criminal organization led by mysterious Shadow Master, who secretly instructs Jimmy Lee in the dark ways of the Black Flame. Can long-lost brothers reunite to become the legendary Double Dragon?
Publisher
TV4 AB
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this 'deliciously creepy' (TV Insider) psychological thriller, Helena visits her troubled twin sister, Siri, at a secure retreat in the Italian Alps. But when she wakes up the next day, Siri has stolen her identity and fled, leaving Helena trapped inside a clinic where nothing is what it seems.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Mark Ruffalo leads this family saga, which follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century America. The six-episode limited drama series is based on Wally Lamb's New York Times bestseller and award-winning book, I Know This Much Is True.
19) The identical
Publisher
Cinedigm Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
A redemptive movie about a young man, the son of a preacher, who rejects his father's desire for him to join the ministry and instead embarks on a career as a rock singer. As he struggles to pursue his dream and rise to stardom, he finds love, pain, success and failure, and ultimately uncovers a hidden family secret that reveals who he really is. It's a captivating story about a family restored, and a life discovered.
20) East of Eden
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, c1954
Language
English
Description
The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900's in Northern California.
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