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1) Fallen angel
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 49
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A high-powered Los Angeles lawyer learns a powerful lesson about second chances.
2) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Publisher
Friends of Sulgrave Manor
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The Washingtons of Sulgrave Manor story begins in England in the time of Henry VIII, eight generations before George Washington's birth. His ancestor Lawrence became rich during one of the greatest commercial expansions in English history. In 1539 he began building the family home, Sulgrave Manor. In the film we see daily life at the Manor and how the Washington family advanced economically and socially.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Born to Irish parents, McCourt endured a childhood of extreme poverty. He rose from humble beginnings to become a Pulitzer Prize winner. In "Angela's ashes", he recounts the heartbreaking stories and the soul-saving humor of his childhood.
6) Goosebumps
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah, living right next door, and makes a quick friend in Champ. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah's mysterious dad is in fact R.L. Stine, the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. As Zach starts learning about the strange family next door, he soon discovers that Stine...
7) Boone style
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment/Youngblood Films
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Story of a typical, semi-dysfunctional, Midwestern, family reunion, during a late summer setting in Des Moines, Iowa. An imaginative eight-year-old negotiates delicate affairs as the Boones confront delicate issues and tackle issues of the heart.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
When long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after twenty-five years in the Bermuda Triangle, the other members of the off-beat Addams clan plan a great celebration, only to begin to suspect that he may not be who he claims to be.
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Through remarkable home movies, gathered from archives and attics and now seen for the first time, The Lost Kennedy Home Movies tells the story of the children of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, as they grew up in the 1930s and 40s and then burst into the national spotlight during the political careers of John, Robert and Ted Kennedy. The special concludes in November, 1963, with scenes of the last weekend Jack and Jackie Kennedy spent with Caroline and...
11) Grandma
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Elle, has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
12) Sundown
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When an emergency disrupts a family vacation in Mexico, rising tensions erupt in this suspenseful jolt where nothing is quite as it seems.
14) Crooked house
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
15) Tiger eyes
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Davey is a 17 year-old girl abruptly relocated by her grieving mother to the strange 'atom bomb' town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With the sudden and violent death of her father, the displaced Davey no longer knows who to be or how to fit in. Everything that once mattered suddenly seems insignificant. But when she meets Wolf, a mysterious young Native-American, while exploring the surrounding canyons, she feels he is able to see past her pain and into...
16) Farmageddon
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A boy was healed from all allergies and asthma after consuming raw milk and real food from farms. People formed food co-ops and private clubs to get these foods, only to have them raided by state and local governments.
17) A vigilante
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Give her a call, and she'll give justice. After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. Now, after months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, Sadie is back with a vengeance in this fight-packed action-thriller.
18) Tommy boy
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Party animal Tommy Callahan is definitely a few cans short of a six-pack. But after seven years, Tommy's finally earned his diploma -- and a cushy job at Callahan Auto Parts. Returning home, Tommy gets some more great news: his dad is marrying a real "10," and Tommy will get the stepbrother he always wanted. But as fast as you can say "Who killed the keg?," the family business starts tanking. Now Tommy's got to hit the road with his dad's right-hand...
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Bear with me: when 11 year-old Emily is lost in the forest, she is reunited with the orphaned bear cub her family raised before releasing her back into the wild.
Kayla: a cry in the wilderness: two outcasts, a lonely boy and a wild dog, form an inseparable bond when they team up to enter the local sled dog race.
Little heroes: two devoted family dogs thwart the bumbling kidnappers who have snatched the son of a former tobacco company executive to...
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