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Key Features:
Fish-out-of-water, Culture clash, Sisterhood, Romantic comedy, Class differences, Family, Identity, Adaptation, Estranged family
Tone:
humorous
Target Audience:
Romantic comedy fans, Viewers interested in family dynamics, Fans of fish-out-of-water stories
Emotional Arc:
Entitlement → Humility → Acceptance

From Prada to Nada

2011-01-28
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Two spoiled Beverly Hills sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.

Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast
Camilla Belle, Alexa PenaVega, April Bowlby, Wilmer Valderrama, Nicholas D, Adriana Barraza, Norma Reyna, Karla Souza, Leticia Fabian, Begoña Narváez
Crew
Angel Gracia, Fina Torres, Luis Alfaro, Craig Fernandez
Rating
5.436(329 votes)
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(Un)lucky Sisters
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6.1

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Ramona and Beezus
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7.032

When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to the States, they discover that the crazy couple they met in Mexico followed them back home and decide to play tricks on them.



The Beverly Hillbillies

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7.6

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Twin Sisters
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6.024

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Mistress America
6.5

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Slums of Beverly Hills

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Rosa's Wedding
6.1

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6

Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.



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7.049

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.



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Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.



No manches, Frida
7.7

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Crazy Rich Asians
7.1

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Beatriz at Dinner
5.772

Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.



Carmen & Lola
6.969

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5.2

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The Marquez-Castillo Siblings

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Lady Rancho
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The Opposite of Sex

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English Vinglish
7.2

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Sister Act
6.828

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Polyester
Polyester(1981)
7

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Solino(2002)
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Fashion(2008)
6.456

A small-town girl finally realizes her dream of becoming a famous supermodel but soon finds out that there's a price for her glamorous new life.



CODA
CODA(2021)
7.9

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6.522

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Baby Boom
Baby Boom(1987)
6.4

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Black and White
5.331

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7.223

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Sydney White
6.476

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Fat People
6.056

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Tiny Furniture
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Gloria Bell
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Toni Erdmann
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The Tribes of Palos Verdes

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Like Water for Chocolate

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6.3

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Latin for All
5.142

Delphine, a disillusioned humanities teacher, makes an agreement with her students : they leave her in peace, as they get A+ grades. But these excellent results turn into a nightmare when the class is qualified for the Latin World Championships, in Naples.



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6.5

Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with cataclysmic results for all four.



Margot at the Wedding

Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed musician/artist/depressive Malcolm at the family seaside home, Margot shows up unexpectedly to rekindle the sisterly bond and offer her own brand of support. What ensues is a nakedly honest and subversively funny look at family dynamics.



Don't Blame Karma!
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The travails of Sara, a frustrated fashion designer who blames karma for her bad luck. Fate will put her face to face with her sister, Lucy, who enjoys very different luck, and in a series of events and reunions that will lead her to make a radical decision.



Princesses
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