16 Great Brother Movies You Can Watch Now With Your Brother:
James Dean, who became famous, could only be seen in three full-length movies before he died too soon at age 24 in 1955. His first part was in Elia Kazan’s famous, gripping story of family rivalry East of Eden. For this role, he earned the first official dead best actor nod in the history of the Academy Awards.
The actor was only able to see this one of Dean’s movies all the way through. Not many bonds are as unique or strong as the bond between brothers. Brothers always look out for and support each other, yet they’re also the first to call each other out when they’re wrong.
The pendulum also goes the other way, though, because emotion can also lead to fights and problems. This play, which is based on John Steinbeck’s 1952 book of the same name, takes place in California right before the United States joins the First World War. It is a shocking new version of the Old Testament story of Cain and Abel.
Mouse Hunt:
When it comes to holiday movies, Mouse Hunt, a goofy comedy from 1997, doesn’t get enough attention. Two brothers who don’t get along have to put aside their differences when they both receive a home. However, a house mouse keeps getting in the way of their improvements.
The brothers became closer than they ever were when they tried to catch the mouse. It tore their relationship apart for a while and cost them a lot of money because they destroyed a house they received. In fact, by the conclusion of the movie, they become like brothers to the mouse.
On The Waterfront:
At the time of its release, East of Eden was Elia Kazan’s second movie about a family relationship that was in terrible shape. On the Waterfront, which came before it, is a strong morality play regarding union violence as well as cheating among longshoremen in New York’s harsh docks.
At its heart is Terry Malloy’s tense relationship with his brother Charley, who works for Friendly, a shady union boss whose name is funny.
After many years, Friendly had Charley tell Terry to fake a fight he could have won so that the union boss could get the betting money. It’s not a surprise that this past remains such as a bad smell.
Kazan’s movie is famous for the powerful scene where a broken-hearted Terry tells Charlie that his career could have taken off if the fight hadn’t been fixed. Other brilliant performances make the movie even more impressive.
He says, “I could have been a contender instead of a bum.” Charley, let’s face it. After this intense talk, bad things are just around the corner.
Onward:
Onward is one of Pixar’s lesser-known movies, but it might have done even better if it hadn’t come out at the same time that COVID-19 was spreading. It has some of the greatest animation in recent years, a wonderfully creative Pixar plot, and an emotionally powerful main story. There’s no explanation why it shouldn’t have been a huge hit.
In a magical world, two elf boys go on a road trip to try to bring their dead father back to life. One of the best Disney movies that doesn’t get enough attention is “Onward.” It will make even the toughest brothers cry.
Rocco And His Brothers:
Luchino Visconti’s big, operatic family tale is supposed to be about the lives of five tough brothers, but the main dramatic force is the tension between Rocco as well as Simone, who is rough. They couldn’t be more different, but they’re both good at fighting, and they both fall in love with the same woman, Nadia, a prostitute.
The most important and shocking scene in the movie happens when Simone and some friends stop Rocco and Nadia as they are having a tryst outside. By assaulting and raping Nadia in a disgusting way, he shows how manly he is, puts his brother in danger, and insults the woman.
The Italian censors were very angry about this scene and another death later in the movie. The movie was taken away, and Visconti was told to cut out the offensive parts. In 1966, a court decision backed Visconti up.
The Tree Of Life:
The Tree of Life, which was directed by Terrence Malick, is a very complex film. The 2011 movie strangely combines a real-life story about a brother and son who are separated with a story about the beginning of history and how people have changed over time.
Some may find this a strange mix of styles, yet in between shots of the Big Bang as well as dinosaurs slashing each other’s heads is a very moving story about a brother facing his past and his problems head-on.
Many people had mixed feelings about the movie, but critics gave it great reviews, it won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as it’s one of Malick’s best films.
The King Of Marvin Gardens:
The follow-up to Five Easy Pieces by Bob Rafelson is a quiet story with a hint of worn-out glitz. Filmed in moody grays as well as blues through Vilmos Zsigmond, it’s an elegy for the American Dream that can’t come true, seen through the tense relationship between two brothers who don’t get along.
David is a depressed DJ from Philadelphia who is called to the eerily run-down Jersey Shore through Bro. Jason, a toothy hustler with huge plans to open a casino in Hawaii. David doesn’t know that Jason has been in a lot of trouble with the mean neighborhood mobsters on the beach.
The brothers talk about their plans for the future while going around and around in the Sky Tower swing upon the shore. This is one of the most important scenes in the movie.
When it came out, this sad character study bombed at both the theaters and the critics’ polls. However, its image has been recovered recently, which is why it was released again within the UK in 2013.
F9:
“Compelling” might be a bit of a stretch for F9, since it’s so ridiculous, even by Fast as well as Furious’s standards. Even so, Dom and Jakob’s story of growing up together is more powerful than Rome and Tej’s story of going into space using a Nos-powered rocket car.
Family has become a running joke in the Fast and Furious movies, which isn’t a secret. But the scene at the end where the two brothers make up is the best story ending since the conclusion of Furious 7.
Basket Case:
The title of Frank Henenlotter’s very dirty but very fun low-budget horror movie is one of the most deliciously accurate names ever. Duane is played by Kevin Van Hentenryck. He is a nerd with curly hair and a fresh face who walks into New York in the early 1980s with a locked basket on his arm.
Inside the basket lives Belial, his angry, horribly misshapen Siamese brother who was separated during surgery when they were young. They go on a deadly quest together to get back at everyone who has hurt them, starting with those poor doctors.
The famously grumpy reviewer Rex Reed yelled, “This is the sickest film ever made!” The movie’s producer didn’t care and used the quote in all of its ads right away. Two more games were made after Basket Case. Both are fun to watch on their own, but neither can match the perfect storm of sadness and pure fear in the first one.
Adaptation:
It’s partly a follow-up to 1999’s Being John Malkovich as well as partly based on the non-fiction book The Orchid Thief. That’s what adaptation is. But what the movie is really about is how two twin boys get along.
Charles, one of the brothers, is a skilled scriptwriter who loves telling strong stories. Donald, the other brother, has had a lot of success writing bad killer movies. After this, Charlie gets angry at Donald, gets jealous, and hates him totally, which is something a lot of brothers may relate to.
It’s also a lot of fun to watch, thanks in large part to Nicolas Cage, who acts both brothers. Cage has become used to being in movies which are so bad they’re good, but Adaptation is a really interesting movie.
My Brother’s Wedding:
Killer of Sheep, Charles Burnett’s elegiac, neorealism-inspired first book, is still his most famous work, but his long-awaited follow-up is also well worth reading.
My Brother’s Wedding is a funny, touching, and sharply observed look at life in South Central, LA. Everett Silas plays Pierce, a lazy, decidedly unambitious young man who works in his parents’ dry-cleaning business.
Soon, there is conflict because Pierce has to do both his tasks to his successful brother Wendell and those to the snobbish daughter of a doctor.
The makers wouldn’t let Burnett finish his last edits on the movie before sending it to the New York Film Festival to be shown. In 2007, the cut of the movie that the director liked finally came out. It had been almost 25 years.
Legend:
Tom Hardy has portrayed many gangsters before, but Legend is different in one important way. The movie is based on the real-life Kray twins, who were two British thieves in the late 1960s. Like Nicolas Cage within Adaptation, Tom Hardy plays two different roles.
Ron Kray is a crazy lunatic who gets violent at random, and Reggie Kray is a scary and frightening former boxer. Together, they run London’s criminal underground. The 2015 movie shows in great detail how amazing it is that they were able to do so much together.
Ran:
At the time it came out, Akira Kurosawa’s last big drama was the most expensive movie ever made in Japan. It was a fierce mix of parts of Shakespeare’s King Lear and the story of daimyo Mori Motonari.
As he gets old, Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji divides his property into three equal parts and gives all three of the family houses to his sons Taro, Jiro, and Saburo.
But Sabura, who is brave, sees trouble coming as well as unlike his brothers, doesn’t want to mindlessly obey his father. When this happens, violence and chaos break out, and what follows is always an amazing sight to see.
The movie is famous for how cleverly it uses color to show both the characters and the setting. During large, complicated fights, the watcher doesn’t have to remember the sons’ names; instead, they can just follow the son dressed within yellow, the son dressed within red, as well as the son dressed in blue. Their forces are clearly marked with flags of the right colors.
Good Time:
In Good Time, brothers Connie and Nick are bank robbers who have to watch out for each other when one of their jobs goes horribly wrong. Connie has to stay away from the cops and do everything he can keep Nick safe.
This 2017 film is a thrilling crime story that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It’s also an interesting look at a character. Someone might see what Connie was doing and think he’s doing it because he loves his brother, but someone else might see it and think he’s evil and using his brother’s condition to help himself.
The Funeral:
Ray, Chez, as well as Johnny Tempio are three violent gangster brothers who are played through Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, as well as Vincent Gallo. They are at the heart of Abel Ferrara’s darkly funny movie, which takes place in New York City in the 1930s.
Johnny is the one whose death is in the title, and the movie starts at this sad moment. Ferrara as well as writer Nicholas St. John use a structure that changes the order of events over time to reveal the complicated chain of events that lead to the bleak scene in the first scene.
The Funeral holds you tight until its shockingly bleak ending. It’s full of unpredictable turns and twists. Abel Ferrara’s work is filled alongside underrated films, but this might just be the most ignored of all the changing, complex relationships between the brothers that give the film a strong emotional undertow.
Raging Bull:
The epic movie Raging Bull is based on the true tale of Jake as well as Joey LaMotta, brothers who are boxers and coaches. Martin Scorsese does a great job of telling their dramatic story both inside and outside of the ring. It’s interesting that movies about brothers often have the same theme.
As in Good Time, Legend, as well as many other movies, Joey and Jake’s angry and frantic personalities are brilliantly shown on screen, especially when they’re together. Raging Bull is still interesting today because of its honest acting and honest description of the brothers’ violent nature.
Dead Man’s Shoes:
Few people who saw Shane Meadows’s rom-com Once Upon a Time within the Midlands could have imagined how dark and destructive his next movie, Dead Man’s Shoes, would be.
Paddy Considine gives his best performance to be Richard, an unhappy army veteran who goes back to a dull town in Derbyshire to get back at the shady jerks who have been picking on his mentally ill brother Anthony.
Richard’s one-of-a-kind quest is accompanied by violence that you have to watch out for, but his fierce love for his brother is still strangely touching. That is, until the very last shocking turn that turns Dead Man’s Shoes from a cleverly nasty revenge story into a bitter, curdled study of regret.
