Marvin's Room
1996
6
Two Afro-German half-sisters that never met before, get closer through their father's death, search their roots and find themselves.
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
Marvin's Room
1996
6
Jenny is on the road in her film producer's Rolls-Royce, which she has to drive to a film shoot and a wedding. When she gets lost at night, she finds a wrecked car in the ditch and rescues a skinhead.
Dazlak – Skinhead
1997
5
A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Berlin teen named Leroy who rediscovers his roots after falling for a pretty white girl and meeting her racist family.
Leroy
2007
5
Following the arrival of an unwanted guest, the tightly-knit bond between two sisters is put to the test when their idyllic playdate takes a dark turn. Supported by The Future of Film is Female, ALBION ROSE is a late bloomer's coming-of-age drama with hints of magical realism and dark fairytale elements that paint a delicate, yet emotionally charged portrait of sisterhood, loss, and the healing powers of fantasy.
Albion Rose
2023
0
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
細雪
1983
7
The Funeral Guest
2015
5
After returning from a year-long Moon mission, Cassie, a NASA botanist, finds herself in a remote cabin in the woods, where her estranged twin sister, Stella, a former NASA architect, has found a new life with climate activist Bryan. Old wounds resurface as the sisters attempt to pick up the pieces of the rivalry that broke them apart.
Walden
2021
5
In a dystopian Rome, a law is enforced which does not allow immigrant families to have more than three children. If a fourth is to be expected, he or she must be born, however, one of them must then be killed, giving the females priority for sacrifice. Zoe, Iris and Clio are three sisters, but one of them will soon be killed. Tria is a tragic story, suspended between life and death, set in the home of a family that has accepted to sacrifice its integrity in order to carve out a place in the world. A dystopian story, yet not so far from what could happen, or what, somewhere else, may have already happened.
Tria – Del sentimento del tradire
2022
7
Emotions run high when three estranged sisters reunite in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days.
His Three Daughters
2024
6
Abby represents her estranged sister in a murder trial. Is her sister guilty or is there a killer on the loose?
A Dangerous Defense
2021
5
Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.
Hard Truths
2024
6
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
The Color Purple
2023
7
Sara does not belong to this world, but in a last effort she sets out on a journey in search of her only important person.
De este mundo
2010
7
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011
6
A girls'-night-in dinner party among three friends turns into a disaster when one of them makes a hurtful remark.
Girls' Night In (Beauty, Brains, and Personality)
2021
7
A woman seeks to take revenge when her younger sister disappears and she finds out that her sister suffered violence and sexual abuse from school bullies.
언니
2019
7
Two sisters in their early thirties find themselves isolated in the Aegean summer cottage of their childhood, as they must deal with their uneasy sibling relationship and confront their devastating recent past past.
Kusursuzlar
2014
5
In 1971, a young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader.
La Belle Saison
2015
6
Landing (1997) is the story of a young Afro-German woman who wakes up to discover that she is invisible... something she has always dreamed of being.
Landing
1997
0
Vikingasystrar
2022
0