The Best Movies that have a Strong Sisterly Bond

Having a sister can have its ups and downs, but at the end of the day, you want their support no matter what. These movies we’ve collected here do a good job at exploring that sisterly bond, and if you have a sister and watch these movies with them, we think you both might begin to appreciate each other a little more. Worth a watch!

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Little Women

Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson
Greta Gerwig
2019

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

7.9 IMDB
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Our Little Sister

Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho
Hirokazu Kore-eda
2015

A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their 13-year-old half sister.

7.5 IMDB
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Frozen

Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
2013

Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.

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7.5 IMDB
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My Sister's Keeper

Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin
Nick Cassavetes
2009

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.

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7.4 IMDB
5

Lilo & Stitch

Chris Sanders, Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere
Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
2002

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and 'ohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.

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7.2 IMDB
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The Hunger Games

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Gary Ross
2012

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.

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7.2 IMDB
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Melancholia

Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland
Lars von Trier
2011

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

7.2 IMDB
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Ramona and Beezus

Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
2010

Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other.

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6.5 IMDB
9

In Her Shoes

Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine
Curtis Hanson
2005

Irresponsible party girl, Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer, Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.

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6.4 IMDB
10

27 Dresses

Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman
Anne Fletcher
2008

Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.

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6.1 IMDB
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Sisters

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, John Leguizamo
Jason Moore
2015

Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.

6 IMDB