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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.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
An idealistic young woman falls for a rebel leader and takes on a murderous dictator. Today, November 25 is observed in many Latin American countries as the International Day Against Violence Towards Women. This is based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, whose deaths became the final blow to the regime of Leonidas Trujillo, who was assassinated six months later.
84) Ms. Purple
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A poignant drama about sister and brother, Kasie and Carey, who were raised, and are now seemingly stuck in Koreatown. Abandoned by their mother and brought up by their father, the siblings continue to struggle with profound emotional wounds from the difficulty of the parental dynamic.
Publisher
Sundance Now
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
On a summer evening, in the seemingly idyllic suburb of Hollington Drive, 10-year-old Alex Boyd is declared missing. As grief tears through the community, sisters Theresa and Helen fight to hold their lives and their families together. Secrets and lies begin to surface as long-held faȧdes falter.
86) A dark foe
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A guilt-ridden FBI agent, stranded in the painful memory of the abduction of his sister, will have to face-off with the cunning serial killer who took her away.
88) Le divorce
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
When Isabel Walker receives word that her pregnant stepsister Roxy has been left by her philandering French husband, artist Charles-Henri de Persand, Isabel travels to Paris to offer her help and moral support. Together, the two young women hit the party scene, living it up with the locals and American expatriates. Eventually, Isabel unexpectedly begins an affair with a septuagenarian Frenchman.
89) Lazos de amor
Publisher
Distributed by Xenon Pictures
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Maria Guadalupe, Maria Paula and Maria Fernanda are identical triplets, with vastly different personalities. When they were young, their parents were killed in an auto accident and they were raised apart and meet again when they're grown.
María Guadalupe, María Paula y María Fernanda son trillizas idénticas sólo físicamente, ya que su forma de ser, vidas y destínos son diferentes. Cuando tenían tres años perideron a sus padres en un accidente...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Modern Family takes a refreshing and funny view of what it means to raise a family in this hectic day and age. Multicultural relationships, adoption, and same-sex marriage are just a few of the timely issues faced by the show's three wildly-diverse broods. No matter the size or shape, family always comes first in this hilariously 'modern' look at life, love, and laughter.
91) The boogeyman
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Still reeling from the heartbreaking death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves hounded by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it's too late.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
As a war between rival queen sisters Ravenna and Freya escalates, Eric and fellow warrior Sara, members of the Huntsmen army raised to protect Freya, try to conceal their forbidden love as they combat Ravenna's wicked intentions.
93) Landline
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When sisters Dana and Ali suspect their father is having an affair, cracks in their family façade begin to surface. The two sisters bond as they discover the reality of love while trying to uncover the truth about their father without their mother knowing.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Charlie has a small and very funny sister named Lola. She will not eat a tomato! She is also not sleepy and will not go to bed. How will she cope when she is not well and may never smile again? Charlie must win her around, using every trick in the book. This is a hard job because Lola has ideas of her own.
95) Flesh and blood
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Helen, Jake and Natalie are thrown into disarray when their recently widowed mother announces her love for a new man. Their suspicion of the newcomer triggers events in the siblings' own love lives, which begin to spiral out of control. Can the family pull together, or will old rifts and new conflicts push them apart, even to the point of violence?
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Architect Mike Brady marries the beautiful Carol Martin, who has three girls to care for. Widower Mike has his three boys that he has been raising all alone. The marriage joins these eight into one large, average, ideal American middle class family. Of course, raising such a large family isn't easy, so live-in housekeeper Alice is always there to lend a helpful hand.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Split examines the fast paced circuit of high-powered female divorce lawyers in London through the lens of three sisters, Hannah, Nina and the youngest, Rose. Exposing the complex realities of high end divorce and broken marriage through female divorce lawyers and sisters embattled and bound by their own troubled past.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Max keeps Grandma busy while Ruby searches the store to pick out the perfect present. Ruby and Max don't agree on what beautiful Christmas tree decorations are. Ruby says it's snow-shoveling time, but Max doesn't agree. It's way too snowy to go outside, can Ruby convince Max to play inside? Max can't make snow angels. A bunny mix-up helps Max keep sledding even after Ruby decides it's time to go inside.
99) The Kid
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Although we pass by people constantly during our everyday lives, some interactions make a much bigger impression than others. For one young man, a run-in with outlaw Billy the Kid will end up defining the rest of his life. Of course, it's not a normal day in Billy's life either. Facing off with Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy will soon discover whether or not he can live up to his own bold legend.
100) 47 meters down
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.
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