brother-brother-relationship movies

Straight Story, The (1999)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Spacek, Sissy | Galloway Heitz, Jane | Carpenter, Joseph A. | Wiegert, Donald | Farnsworth, Richard | Maloney, Tracey | Flannery, Dan | Edwards-Hughes, Jennifer | Grennan, Ed | Walsh, Jack | Wonder Dog, Max the | Pearson, Gil | Patterson, Barbara June | McGill, Everett | Webb, Anastasia | Stanton, Harry Dean
Directors: Lynch, David
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Alvin Straight is a very old man with a quiet life in a small country town. When his brother gets seriously sick, he decides to put away their differences and visit him after many, many years. So, alone, he begins a long journey through hundreds of miles, just to see again his brother, even if it’s the last thing he will ever do… Based on a real story.

Ash Wednesday (2002)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Handy, James | Dawson, Rosario | Burns, Brian | Rubino, Vincent | Cummings, Jimmy | Wood, Elijah | McNamara, Pat | DiResta, John | Burns, Edward | McCourt, Malachy | McGovern, Chris | Gerety, Peter | Burke, Jimmy | Murphy, Stephen | Delate, Brian | Yenque, Teresa | Hale, Julie
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Hell’s Kitchen on Ash Wednesday, 1983. Rumors are flying that Francis Sullivan’s younger brother Sean, dead for three years, has reappeared. If he wasn’t killed by rivals, then old scores still need settling, putting Fran and Sean in danger. An upstart is pressuring the local mob boss, who’s Fran’s protector; Sean’s wife, who thinks she’s a widow, has gotten on with her life, but Sean has come back for her. The parish priest, part of the initial deception, is frightened. Bad guys with guns are closing in. Can Fran get Sean and his wife out of the city, avoid a war between rival factions, and hold onto new-found morality? Will the cross of ashes on his forehead protect him?

Frailty (2001)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Italy | USA
Actors: McConaughey, Matthew | Boothe, Powers | O'Leary, Matthew | Sumpter, Jeremy | Askew, Luke | Kreis, Levi | Cheetwood, Derk | Crider, Missy | Davidson, Alan | Ettinger, Cynthia | Chase, Vincent | McGee, Gwen | Ratliff, Edmond Scott | Tilney, Rebecca
Directors: Paxton, Bill
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Fenton Meeks (Matthew McConaughey), comes forth to tell the FBI that his brother Adam may be the serial killer who calls himself God’s Hands, who the FBI has been searching for. The film uses flashbacks to show Meeks’ childhood with a father (Bill Paxton) who believed he was on a mission from God to destroy demons that inhabit human bodies. Fenton saw his dad as evil, while Adam saw him as a hero.

Birdy (1984)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Modine, Matthew | Cage, Nicolas | Harkins, John | Baron, Sandy | Young, Karen | Kirby, Bruno | Fish, Nancy | Buck, George | Sage, Dolores | Ryan, Robert L. | Santini, James | Winchester, Maud | Bell, Marshall | Whitcraft, Elizabeth | Beall, Sandra
Directors: Parker, Alan
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Two friends arrive back from Vietnam, scarred in different ways. One has physical injuries, the other has mental problems that make him yearn to be a bird, a subject he has always been fascinated with.

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance
Countries: Germany | Ireland | UK
Actors: Cleese, John | Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Bates, Kathy | Chan, Jackie | Coogan, Steve | Fyfe, Robert | Broadbent, Jim | McNeice, Ian | Ryall, David | Hammond, Roger | Godley, Adam | Mok, Karen | Cooper, Howard | Hinchcliffe, Daniel | Teufel, Wolfram | Strauss, Tom | West, Kit | Bremner, Ewen
Directors: Coraci, Frank
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This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout (Chan), a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg (Coogan), who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemens’ club that he can make it around the world in a mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains, balloons, elephants, etc. Along the way, Passepartout uses his amazing martial arts abilities to defend Fogg from the many dangers they face.. One major threat to their adventure is a detective that’s following them. Why? Just as Fogg and Passeportout left London, a major bank was robbed, with Fogg suspected of using the “around the world” trip as an excuse to escape.. Their path from London and back includes stops in Paris, Turkey, India, China and USA…

Circus (2000)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Hannah, John | Janssen, Famke | Stormare, Peter | Izzard, Eddie | Ward, Fred | Conley, Brian | Lister Jr., Tom 'Tiny' | Donohoe, Amanda | Burfield, Ian | Stuke, Neil | Attwell, Michael | Watkins, Jason | Biggins, Christopher | Akhurst, Lucy | Rolfe, Louise
Directors: Walker, Rob
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Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius’s wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn’t his wife - it’s blackmail. Leo’s bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno’s huge enforcer), send Gloria’s corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno’s murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It’s a three-ring circus.

Exit Wounds (2001)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Seagal, Steven | DMX | Washington, Isaiah | Anderson, Anthony | White, Michael Jai | Duke, Bill | Hennessy, Jill | Arnold, Tom | McGill, Bruce | Vadim, David | Mendes, Eva | Taylor, Matthew G. | Mastropietro, Paolo | Daly, Shane | Drag-On
Directors: Bartkowiak, Andrzej
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Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn’t follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it’s very difficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust.

Ran (1985)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: France | Japan
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai | Satoshi Terao | Jinpachi Nezu | Daisuke Ryu | Mieko Harada
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
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This is a Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear. An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won’t be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other.

Princess and the Warrior, The (2000)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Germany
Actors: Król, Joachim | Potente, Franka | Rudolph, Lars | Pistor, Ludger | Fürmann, Benno | Melchior Beslon | Sybille Jacqueleine Schedwill | Peter Ender
Directors: Tykwer, Tom
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Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life, seemingly entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident that results in her lying under a truck, unable to breathe. While he provides life-saving first aid, mesmerized Sissi begins to wonder whether he may be the man of her dreams. But when she tracks him down weeks later her affection is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future.

Finding Forrester (2000)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Connery, Sean | Brown, Rob | Abraham, F. Murray | Paquin, Anna | Rhymes, Busta | Grace, April | Pitt, Michael | Nouri, Michael | Easton, Richard | Fitzgerald, Glenn | Lil' Zane | Berry, Stephanie | Williams III, Fly | Mathis, Damany | Lee, Damion
Directors: Van Sant, Gus
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Jamal Wallace is an inner-city kid from the Bronx who has an aptness at basketball and a genius at writing. While always a C student, Jamal comes to the attention of a prestigious New York prep school when he scores highly on his standardized tests. While Jamal is given a heavy load at his new school, both he and the school know that the real reason they took him on is for his prowess on the court. Befriended by fellow student Claire and helped along by Pulitzer-prize winning author and recluse William Forrester, Jamal pursues his dreams both on and off the court while overcoming obstacles placed by his bitter literature teacher. As Jamal is shaped by Forrester, he finds that he is changing the old writer as well, forcing him to confront his past…and his future.