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22) Descendants
Language
English
Description
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the trouble making offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen (Evie) and Jafar (Jay).
23) Mute witness
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
p2003, c1995
Language
English
Description
A mute American working in Russia witnesses a murder, and is frightened of the motives of the only man who offers to help when everyone else doubts her.
25) Ma
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sue Ann, a loner in her quiet Ohio town, is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends. Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting younger friends. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home as long as they abide by the house rules. Her hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, and what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare....
27) The Judge
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When she was a young lawyer, Kholoud Al-Faqih walked into the office of Palestine’s Chief Justice and announced she wanted to join the bench. He laughed at her. But just a few years later, Kholoud became the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East’s Shari’a (Islamic law) courts. Peabody winner and Emmy nominated THE JUDGE offers a unique portrait of Judge Kholoud — her brave journey as a lawyer, her tireless fight for justice...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Every journey has to come to a close at some point, and while it's not a perfect exit for Katniss, it's one where she gets to put her bow, arrow and big heart to good use."--USA Today.
"The acting and production values are still well above grade, and Lawrence skillfully holds the center, letting everything the skeletal dialogue doesn't say play across her face."--Entertainment Weekly.
"Counters the meager helpings offered by most teen-driven entertainment...
29) 3 days to kill
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dying CIA agent who is trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter is offered a drug which could help cure his illness in exchange for one final assignment.
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon comes to the big screen. Composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself. Waitress celebrates the power of friendship, dreams, the family we choose and the beauty of a well-baked pie.
Publisher
Seventh Art Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning filmmakers Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi release a real-life epic of boyhood and manhood – they follow Mir and his familyfilmed across twenty years in one of the most embattled corners of the globe. They form a portrait of embattled Afghanistan that no other film has ever captured. War, politics, poverty, and heartbreak – all seen from the level of a child frolicking in a muddy, bullet-laden pool, playing soccer on a dirt pitch,...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Get the body you want with this collection of high intensity workout routines designed to shape, sculpt and strengthen those problematic body parts. These 4 cardiovascular workouts offer a fun and engaging way to achieve maximum results in the comfort of your own home.
33) Bully
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Language
English
Description
This is a character-driven documentary following five kids and families over the course of a school year. Offering insight into different facets of America's bullying crisis, the stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter, who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus. Documentary provides an intimate and often shocking glimpse into homes, classrooms,...
34) Expecting
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Andie (Michelle Monaghan) gets pregnant after a one night stand, she offers to give the baby to her best friend (Radha Mitchell), who has been unable to conceive. But can their friendship survive the pregnancy?
35) Forget Us Not
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Ron Perlman, this award-winning film offers a moving account of the 5 million additional people killed during the Holocaust. Undesired minorities, gays, the disabled: 1st hand survivor stories remind us what happens when bigotry ascends.
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This documentary picks up where "Further Off the Straight and Narrow" left off in 2006. How did the rise of LGBTQ visibility, political progress, and digital technologies in the 2000s come together to offer the abundance of complex queer and transgender representations we see today? The streaming services Netflix and Amazon Prime attracted audiences’ attention with nuanced and intersectional queer and trans narratives when they debuted the original...
37) Cut throat city
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The story of four boyhood friends in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, with no jobs, and no help from FEMA. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around, by pulling off a dangerous heist in the heart of the city.
Publisher
Clear Compas Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Thrive is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's really going on in our world by following the money upstream -- uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, Thrive offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
With the instant reach of social media and explosion in cyber porn, a child sex slave can be purchased online and delivered to a customer more quickly than a pizza. It starts the conversation on a taboo topic, with raw images of life on the streets, heart-pounding rescues and gut-wrenching, personal stories, ultimately offering a story of hope and empowerment, with the goal of engaging others in launching a movement to end modern-day slavery.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
This special offers an in-depth look at the critical 24-hour period after news of Japan's attack on U.S. soil in 1941 reached the President. Drawing on exhaustive research and new information provided by the FDR Library, the special gives a rare and surprising glimpse at the man behind the Presidency and how he confronted the enormous challenge of transitioning the nation from peace to war.