The 32 greatest movies about siblings

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What are siblings but the co-stars of your family life? The relationships between brothers and sisters are inherently rich narratives, so it's no wonder that there are plenty of great movies about siblings that put these familial bonds center stage. Whether the siblings are best friends, rivals, or more commonly something in the midd✤le, there's plenty for a great movie of any genre to explore.

These are the 32 greatest movies about siblings—an inherently kind of vague category, to be fair. Plenty of films have siblings and have great sibling relationships in them; they just might not be primarily about siblings. Take Gone Girl, for instance. Ben Affleck's Nick Dunne and his sister Margo, played by Carrie Coon, have a really fun and interesting relationship. It's just not primarily what the movie is focused on. The following 32 movies, though, are very much about siblings. (And don't worry—Carrie Coon will♒ show up later for a different film.)

32. Polite Society

Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya in Polite Society

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Year: 2023
Director: Nida Manzoor

28. The Triplets of Belleville

The Triplets of Belleville

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Year: 2003
Director: Sylvain Chomet

The titular Triplets of Belleville are really supporting players in this lovely, dialogue-free movie from French animator Sylvain Chomet. The main plot has a tenacious grandmother tracking down the criminals who kidnapped her grandson, an aspiring professional cyclist. While on their trail, she encounters the Triplettes, three sisters who were a popular variety act in their youth, and the trio decide to help out. It's full of clever visual comedy and the joy of seeing three old ladies work as a dynamite team—and The Triplets of Belleville happens to be one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:greatest movies about music ever made, too.

27. Jumanji

The cast of Jumanji

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Year: 1995
Director: Joe Johnston

Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce play siblings Judy and Peter Shepherd in this '90s classic. After the deaths of their parents in an accident, Judy and Peter pretty much only have each other as they move into a new house with their aunt—and they need to rely on each other even more once why play a mysterious board game and unleash the wilds of the jungle (and also Robin Williams) into suburbia. Jumanji is a terrifically fun and funny action adventure, one that also nails all of its character🏅 dynamics, which are just as important to Jumanji's success as all of the stampeding rhinos and elephants.

26. Twins

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in Twins

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Year: 1988
Director: Ivan Reitman

A beloved '80s buddy comedy with a fun genre-leaning premise, Twins stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. Despite their very obvious physical differences, the two men are in fact fraternal twins—the unexpected result of a genetics experiment intended to create the perfect man. A wacky movie that 💯follows the brothers as they realize their relationship and must fight against the shadowy scientific conspiracy that created them, Twins is a pretty on-the-nose movie about how similar siblings can be even when they don't see it.

25. Frozen

Anna and Elsa from Frozen

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Year: 2013
Directors: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee

There's a case to be made that Elsa and Anna are two of pop culture's most famous sisters, that's how big of a sensation Disney's Frozen was. The animated musical—which features breakout songs like "Let It Go"—is about the siblings rekindling their relationship after Elsa (Idina Menzel) spent most of their childhood in isolation after she accidentally injured👍 Anna (Kristen Bell) with her ice powers. When those powers trigger a blizzard that covers the kingdom with a dangerous amount of snow, it's up to Anna to show how the love betꦇween siblings is indeed "true love" that will save the day.

24. The Blues Brothers

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers

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Year: 1980
Director: John Landis

Possibly the best movie to come out of a Saturday Night Live sketch follows John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as two brothers who are on "a mission from God" to save the Roman Catholic orphanage where they grew up. To do so, they've got to get their old band back together and raise the necessary funds. Although it features legendary musicians like James Brown, Cab Calloway, ꦺRay Charles, and Aretha Franklin in supporting parts, Blue Brothers is most fondly remembered for the dynamic between 🦄Belushi and Aykroyd's cool blood brothers.