The bond of sisters ranges from BFFs to frenemies and everything in between.
Together, these cinematic siblings have shown that fewer things are stronger than family.
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Sisterhood can be one of the more complicated familial dynamics.
Elsa and Anna in ‘Frozen’; Lindsay Lohan x2 in ‘The Parent Trap’; Zoe Saldaña and Karen Gillan in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’.Credit:Disney
Some sisters grow up without a care in the world, happily spending day after day together.
Cinema is rife with stories about sisters, and all the complexity that that relationship entails.
All things considered, the sisters grapple with fairly relatable problems they just happen to be aliens.M.B.
Connie Nielsen in ‘Wonder Woman’; Robin Wright in ‘Wonder Woman’.Clay Enos/Warner Bros.; Alex Bailey/Warner Bros.
giving sisters everywhere a new anthem.
“), Sadie and Charlotte have a sisterly relationship for the ages.M.B.
The stars played Milly, Maggie, and Mae, the daughters ofDiane Keaton’s Daphne Wilder.
Zoe Saldaña and Karen Gillan in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’.Disney/Marvel
They find common ground in the end, finally sticking up for each other against a shared enemy.M.B.
Teri, Maxine, and Bird inSoul Food(1997)
Vanessa Williams,Vivica A.
Fox, andNia Longteamed up to play sisters Teri, Maxine, and Bird in the 1997 movieSoul Food.
Katharine Waterston and Alison Sudol in ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’.Warner Bros.
Baby Jane and Blanche inWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
(1962)
Sometimes sisterhood gets ugly.
The actresses play the now-iconic Sanderson sisters, three witches who terrorize children and practice dark magic.M.B.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in ‘Sisters’.K.C. Bailey/Universal Pictures
While growing up with their aunts, the sisters learn witchcraft and must face their family’s famous curse.
Decades later, the sisters are also expected to return for a sequel,as announced by Warner Bros.M.B.
Anna and Elsa in ‘Frozen’.Disney
Katherine Heigl and Leslie Mann in ‘Knocked Up’; Maude and Iris Apatow in ‘Knocked Up’.Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham, Diane Keaton, and Piper Perabo in ‘Because I Said So’.Suzanne Tenner/Universal Pictures
Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz in ‘In Her Shoes’.Sidney Baldwin/Fox
Jena Malone, Rosamund Pike, Talulah Riley, Carey Mulligan, and Keira Knightley in ‘Pride & Prejudice’.Focus Films/Courtesy Everett Collection
Leslie Hayman, Kirsten Dunst, A.J. Cook, and Chelse Swain in ‘The Virgin Suicides’.Everett Collection
Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones in ‘America’s Sweethearts’.Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, and Lisa Kudrow in ‘Hanging Up’.Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Julia Stiles and Larisa Oleynik in ‘10 Things I Hate About You’.Touchstone Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Lindsay Lohan x2 in ‘The Parent Trap’.Lorey Sebastian
Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, and Nia Long in ‘Soul Food’.20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in ‘What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'.Everett Collection
Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, and Eliza Scanlen in ‘Little Women’.Wilson Webb/Sony
Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, and Kathy Najimy in ‘Hocus Pocus’.Buena Vista/Courtesy Everett Collection
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in ‘Practical Magic’.Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
Lori Petty and Geena Davis in ‘A League of Their Own’.John Biever/Columbia Pictures
Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, and Dianne Wiest in ‘Hannah and Her Sisters’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen in ‘White Christmas’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Joan Carroll, and Margaret O’Brien in ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’.Everett Collection
Sissy Spacek, Jessica Lange, and Diane Keaton in ‘Crimes of the Heart’.Keith Hamshere/De Laurentiis/Kobal/Shutterstock
