Movies and TvShows featuring "sister-is-a-prostitute" theme.

After not having seen each other in five years, Chris Terry goes to visit his younger sister Noelle Terry in Montréal. Their lives, both together and apart, have been turbulent ones with something toxic having affected the way they interact with each other.

Ménilmontant (1926) tells the story of two sisters in 1920s Paris who face dark and tragic events, including betrayal, murder, and loss of innocence. The film explores themes of love, sisterhood, and poverty in a surrealist and avant-garde style.

Termini Station is a Canadian made drama, released in 1989 and directed by Allan King. The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly and Micheline Dushane, a mother and daughter living in a small Northern Ontario town. Molly is an alcoholic, which creates tension between her and Micheline and inspires Micheline's fantasies of escaping her stifling small-town life. The cast also includes Gordon Clapp and Debra McGrath as Molly's son and daughter-in-law. Termini Station was the only film besides the Anne of Green Gables movies in which Follows and Dewhurst worked together. The film was nominated for six awards at the 11th Genie Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress nods for both Dewhurst and Follows. Filmed on location in Kirkland Lake Ontario.

Alphabet City is a neo-noir crime drama set in the lower east side of Manhattan, New York. The story follows a teenage boy as he navigates through the dangerous world of drug dealers and mobsters in an attempt to protect his sister, who works as a prostitute. The protagonist finds himself in a pursuit with the Italian-American mobster while trying to flee the city. Along the way, he encounters various characters including a bar owner, a drug addict, and a comic sidekick. Based on a novel, Alphabet City depicts the struggles and stereotypes of life in this gritty part of New York.

After a terrible fight with her conservative parents, 19-year-old Mina moves in with her sister Mandy, who works a prostitute. Mina finds love when she meets Tony, a DJ with financial problems. But two sinister debt collectors give them a drastic ultimatum: they have three days to raise 11 000 Euros. Mandy’s advice to Mina is a diabolic one: to sell the costliest thing she possesses, her virginity.