COLUMBUS, Ohio AP – Three film studios have sued four Ohio residents to stop them from illegally sharing movies online, part of a string of similar lawsuits filed around the country in recent years.

The Ohio residents have distributed the films “Hitch,” ”Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and “Good Night and Good Luck,” among others, according to the lawsuits filed Thursday in U.S. District Court by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. and two subsidiaries of Sony Pictures – Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. and Screen Gems Inc.