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Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
"The story of two disfunctional families who learn to cope with nature-- human nature-- in this emotionally charged tale of suburban life in the '70s. When a self-centered husband's relationships with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping 'key party' and a freak ice storm to clear the air-- and change their lives forever."--Container.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004], c1996-c1997
Language
English
Description
Follows the Camden family, with Eric, the minister father, and Annie, the stay-at-home mom, and how they deal with the drama of having seven children. The kids range in age from toddlers to adults with families of their own. The friends, neighbors, and love interests of the various members of the family are heavy issues and are addressed in a real-life matter.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Everett brings his fianceÌ Meredith home to meet his family for the Christmas holiday. It's an instant disaster when Everett's parents, Sybil and Kelly, agree with their gay, deaf son Thad, pot-smoking son Ben and daughters Amy and Susannah that Meredith is way too uptight to be welcomed into their family. Wanting to please Everett and get along with his family, Meredith recruits her sister Julie to help her thaw the Stone family cold front....
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Life in the Griffin household is never boring, and usually never wholesome either. Episodes include Road to the Multiverse; Hannah Banana; Jerome Is the New Black; Business Guy; Extra Large Medium; and more. Bonus features include deleted scenes and featurettes. Contains language not suitable for all ages. Parental discretion is advised.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
To an outsider, the Taylors are the very picture of the successful American family. But the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college, decades after leaving to raise her children, a devastating accident will bring the family's history and relationships to light.
7) Paris, Texas
Publisher
20th Century Fox Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
After having been missing for four years and presumed dead, Travis emerges from the desert near the Texas-Mexico border and collapses at a gas station. His younger brother, Walt, a billboard artist, takes him to Walt's Los Angeles home where Travis' son, Hunter, has lived with Walt and Walt's wife, Anne, since Travis and his wife, Jane, disappeared. Travis reestablishes a relationship with Hunter, finds Jane and brings about a reunion between Jane...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Magazine writer Patrick is everything a family could hope for-- he's handsome, polite and a big success in the Big Apple. But when he returns home to his traditional, rural Southern family, two worlds collide with a sudden jolt. As one shocking truth after another is revealed, Patrick and his eccentric family struggle to respect one another.
Publisher
StarVista Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Kevin experiences a lot of firsts, he gets his first pimple and his first puppy; he has his first French kiss and joins his first band; and he gets his first 'D' in math class. Paul is still as allergic as ever, but gets a boost of confidence from a date with Norma; and Jack and Karen stop fighting long enough to celebrate her eighteenth birthday, if only for a moment.
11) Rosemary's baby
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
After unwittingly becoming friendly with a coven of witches and warlocks, a young wife is impregnated by the Devil.
12) Are we done yet?
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Now married to Suzanne, Nick buys a suburban house to escape the rat race of the big city and to provide more space for his new wife and kids Lindsey and Kevin. But when his new home quickly becomes a costly "fixer upper," he finds himself at the mercy of an eccentric contractor, Nick's suburban dream soon becomes a nightmare.
13) Pieces of April
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Family outcast April lives in a beat-up apartment in New York's Lower East Side with her boyfriend, Bobby. In order to spend some time with her dying mother, April invites her conservative suburban family to her place for a Thanksgiving feast. While she frantically tries to complete the meal, the family drives in from Pennsylvania sharing less-than-pleasant opinions about April's lifestyle. Her dad tries to think positively, while sister Beth flaunts...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Enjoy a new chapter of love and laughter with the Seventh Season of the show. Quackery rules the roost when Phil adopts a trio of orphan ducklings and the rebellious Dunphy kids spread their wings. Meanwhile, Cam and Mitchell face financial hurdles and wild frat boys, Jay and Gloria 1farm2 out Joe2s preschool education and Manny leaps into the dating game. But will the big question finally be answered: are Haley and Andy destined to be together.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Homer works, with pride, in a nuclear power plant run with more regard for profit that safety. Marge is his wife, who is a hardworking supermom. Together they have three kids: Bart is the oldest, but an underachiever ("and proud of it"), Lisa is the brains in the family and is known at school as the "principal's pet," and Maggie, who is the baby.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Join single father Steve Douglas as he guides his three sons, Mike, Robbie and Chip. Along with Grandpa Bub and Tramp the dog. The boys go through a never-ending series of calamities, all the while Steve fends off marriage-minded women.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Erik Kernan is an up-and-coming sports reporter who rescues a homeless man only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect the Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The honeymoon is over, but the laughs continue in Season Six. As freshly hitched Cam and Mitch acclimate to the realities of wedded bliss, Phil and Claire find their marriage stressed by annoying neighbors, Thanksgiving dinner gone awry and Claire's online snooping. Meanwhile, a spy-camera drone wreaks havoc in Jay and Gloria's backyard and a close call on the highway leads to amusing changes in various members of the Pritchett-Dunphy clan.
20) Mr. Brooks
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Mr. Brooks is a successful businessman, a generous philanthropist, a loving father, and a devoted husband. He is seemingly perfect, but he has a secret. He is also the notorious Thumbprint Killer, and no one has ever suspected it until now. Tracy Atwood is a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting, which leads to a symbiotic relationship.
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