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Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Following a lengthy prison term, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside looking in at a world he once commanded. Hoping to repair his relationship with his daughter, Winnie, Gekko forges an alliance with her fiancé, Jake. But Winnie and Jake learn the hard way that Gekko is still a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to reclaim his rightful place at the top of Wall Street.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After all the years stuck in a tower, everyone's favorite barefoot princess yearns to make up for lost time. With the help of her true love Eugene, pals Pascal and Maximus and daring new friend Cassandra, Rapunzel postpones her wedding and royal duties to defy danger and boldly explore life beyond Corona's walls.
44) Big
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A 12-year-old boy's wish comes true when he asks a mechanical carnival genie to make him 'big'. He manages to land a job at a toy company where he experiences the complications of being an adult.
46) King Kong
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006, 1933
Language
English
Description
A moviemaking expedition to a fantastic island is filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. A gaint simian becomes lovestruck with the film's blonde starlet. King Kong is captured and is brought to Manhattan, where he goes on a rampage, culminating in the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building where he cradles his beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After the daring rescue of a spider, a young boy named James gains possession of some magic crocodile tongues. When James spills them in the garden, out sprouts an enormous peach! Climbing inside, he meets an astonishing cast of characters and embarks on a magical odyssey full of thrills and adventure.
48) Shadows
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004], c1959
Language
English
Description
The story of an interracial romance and the obstacles it puts on family relationships. When appearing on Jean Shepherd's radio program Night People, Cassevetes mentioned the improvisation work he had done with his acting class, and asked for funding to film it. When listeners actually sent in money, he worked up a script based on the classwork, and with additional funding filmed his story of three siblings, two of whom can pass as white.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A man is accused of murdering his wealthy woman friend in order to secure his inheritance. The defendant's mysterious wife stuns the courtroom by giving damaging testimony against her husband. The web of intrigue is finally unwoven in a shocking, chilling conclusion.
52) Marty
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Marty is the story of a 34-year-old Bronx butcher who fears that he will never find love, but at a Saturday night dance he meets a lonely schoolteacher with similar fears.
53) Paths of glory
Series
Criterion collection volume 538
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
World War I Collection Spotlight - Classics
World War I Collection Spotlight - Films
World War I Collection Spotlight - In the Trenches [European Theater]
World War I Collection Spotlight - Films
World War I Collection Spotlight - In the Trenches [European Theater]
Description
During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.
56) [Pi]
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A brilliant mathematician teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an elusive numerical code that will allow him to predict patterns in the stock market, while being pursued by an aggressive Wall Street firm set on financial domination and a Kaballah sect intent on unlocking the secrets behind their ancient holy texts.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Miles Massey is a high-powered Los Angeles divorce lawyer nearing a midlife crisis. While representing his wealthy client Rex Rexroth, Miles meets his match in Rex's gold-digging wife, Marilyn. He's impressed by her similarly heartless ways of using marriage to fuel an expensive lifestyle, but Miles still manages to defeat her in court. With Marilyn looking to get her revenge and Miles finding himself attracted to her, the two engage in a ruthless...
59) Elephant
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A realistic drama that takes the viewer inside an American high school on one single, ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic. It observes the comings and goings of its characters from a safe distance. The experiences of each student range from friendly and innocent to traumatic and deeply disturbing.
60) Gun crazy
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Classic film noir based on a short story by MacKinlay Kantor. A greedy sideshow sharp-shooter marries an ex-army man, then leads him down the road to crime for easy money. Includes a bank robbery sequence, noted for being filmed in one shot.
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