# Cinematic Siblings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091 "2005-06-27T21:39:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/21 "2005-06-28T04:11:00Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > For that matter, Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez in _Men at Work_. Oh, for the love of pete, that’s so what I started out looking for in my head, d’oh! C’mon **Twicks** you gotta come back and tell us which ones you’ll be using. Any of the real siblings playing sibs would be all tricky-like, pretty please?? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/22 "2005-06-28T06:10:01Z")
Sorry to be picky, but Ruby Dee was not Sidney Poitier’s sister in “Raisin in the Sun”- she was his wife. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/23 "2005-06-28T12:06:54Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Sorry to be picky, but Ruby Dee was not Sidney Poitier’s sister in “Raisin in the Sun”- she was his wife. Oops! Thanks for the correction. As far as which ones I’m going to use – no final decisions yet, but the choices have to be relatively mainstream, so some of these are just too hip for the room. Right now I’m liking Hayley Mills-Hayley Mills, Pacino-Caan, Brando-Steiger, Kinnear-Ford (though I may do Bogart-Holden for that film), Cage-Aiello, Depp-DiCaprio, Russell-Paxton-Elliot, Hammill-Fisher. I need an even dozen in all, and at this point I should go back and look at the list I started with. Keep 'em coming, gang! ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/24 "2005-06-28T12:45:58Z")
Judge Reinhold and Jennifer Jason Leigh Fast Times at Ridgemont High Edward Norton and Edward Furlong American History X Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche Trading Places Al Pacino and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Scarface ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/25 "2005-06-28T15:42:32Z")
Kristin Scott Thomas wasn’t Hugh Grant’s sister in that movie? She’s the one who he woke up hurriedly (or she woke him up? I so can’t remember the specifics) to attend the first wedding, at the very beginning, for which they were late, right? The one who ended up marrying that cowboy? I thought they seemed to be bro/sis to me. On a related subject, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson Love Actually ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/26 "2005-06-28T15:45:02Z")
Oh, I see someone else said that. Ryan Phillipe and Sarah Michelle Gellar Cruel Intentions ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/27 "2005-06-28T15:54:59Z")
Real-life siblings playing real-life siblings: James & Jeanne Cagney as George M & Josie Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy David, Keith & Robert Carridine Stacey & James Keach Dennis & Randy Quaid as the Younger, James and Miller brothers in The Long Riders ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/28 "2005-06-28T17:59:12Z")
Since Sean Bean / David Wenham has been mentioned, I have to mention Miranda Otto and Karl Urban (Eowyn and Eomer). Sarah Michelle Geller & Michelle Trachtenberg(sp?) were magically sisters on Buffy. Jennifer Garner and Mia Maestro play half-sisters on Alias. I’m not going to name the whole Brady Bunch, Eight is Enough or Party of Five folks. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/29 "2005-06-28T18:26:25Z")
Anthony Michael Hall and Dara Barron in _National Lampoon’s Vacation_. Dana Hill and Jason Lively in _National Lampoon’s European Vacation_. Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki in _National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation_. Ethan Embry and Marisol Nichols in _National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation_. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/30 "2005-06-28T22:32:20Z")
> [@drm](#): > > Kurt Russell, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott Since I saw that group but not this one, Kevin Costner, Linden Ashby, Michael Madsen Wyatt Earp Kevin Costner and Scott Glenn Silverado David Carradine and Michael Madsen Kill Bill, primarily vol II Geena Davis and Lori Petty A League of Their Own Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce Jumanji Rupert Grint, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Chris Rankin, Bonnie Wright the various Harry Potter movies Scott Caan and Casey Affleck Ocean’s Eleven and Ocean’s Twelve Colin Farrell and Gabriel Macht; also Scott Caan, Gregory Smith and Will McCormack American Outlaws Jeremy Piven and Daniel Stern Very Bad Things ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/31 "2005-06-28T23:02:30Z")
Renee Zellweger and Bonnie Hunt Jerry Maguire Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear Stuck on You Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo You Can Count on Me ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/32 "2005-06-29T02:45:04Z")
Mary Stuart Masterson and Aidan Quinn in… _[Benny & Joon](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106387/)_ Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/33 "2005-06-29T02:55:36Z")
Richard O’Brien and Patricia Quinn, Rocky Horror Picture Show Cliff De Young and Cliff De Young, Shock Treatment Diana Scarwid and Xander Berkeley, Mommie Dearest (adults) Mara Hobel and Jeremy Scott Reinbolt, Mommie Dearest (children) Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton and Freddie Prinze Jr, The House of Yes ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/34 "2005-06-29T04:46:39Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo > > You Can Count on Me Just wanting to point out that I absulutely LOVE this movie. And the screenplay. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/35 "2005-06-29T05:02:38Z")
I’ve checked three times and it looks like no one (including me!) remembered: Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off :smack Couple more: Jason Patric & Corey Haim; Corey Feldman & what’s-his-name Jamison Newlander in The Lost Boys. I had to look up the 2nd Frog brother, though. And an old one: C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze and Rob Lowe The Curtis brothers in The Outsiders ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/36 "2005-06-29T05:13:55Z")
Joan Cusack and Robin Williams _Toys_…in which they turned out to be…Not exactly siblings, but still “siblings”, by “adoption,” sort of. She was a life-sized toy. An android. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/37 "2005-06-29T05:41:00Z")
How about Robert Duvall & Robert De Niro in “True Confessions”? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/38 "2005-06-29T11:16:46Z")
Good one, **astorian** – one of my sister’s favorite movies. Speaking of people playing their own twin: Jeremy Irons and Jeremy Irons Dead Ringers. An excellent (albeit very creepy) movie, which, for some reason, I have to look up the title of every. single. time ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091/39 "2005-06-29T11:28:07Z")
Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox Light of Day [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-siblings/310091.md?page=1)