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1) The lookout
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
An admired high school hockey player with a bright future, drives in the night with his girl friend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended periods of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who aids him. He is unable...
2) Buried
Publisher
Showtime Networks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A not-so-perfect family, and unspeakable crime and the repressed memory that blew it all apart are at the center of Buried, a revelatory new docuseries from Showtime documentary films. Eileen Franklin remembered witnessing her father murder her best friend 20 years after the fact. The ensuing trial became one of the most talked about of the 1990s- the first time "repressed memory" was used as evidence to convict. Buried dives deep into the case, exploring...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Crime boss Rex hires Frank and his crew to steal a priceless jewel stash, but the job goes wrong when someone tips off the cops. After Frank suffers a blow to the head, he wakes up to find the jewels are gone and no memory of his attacker. Now, Frank must confront his team members one by one to find the traitor before Rex covers his tracks by having Frank murdered.
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Springs to life in these heart-warming tales based on the award-winning book series by author and illustrator Anna Dewdney. Join Llama Llama, Nelly Gnu, Luna Giraffe, Euclid the Sheep and Gilroy Goat as they explore their friendly hometown and make childhood memories. On the DVD, celebrate the holidays with Llama and his friends as they give gifts, sing songs, and build snow sculptures. It's a very Merry Christmas indeed!
5) Memento
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An intricate crime story about a man who has lost his short term memory due to a rare brain disorder. Now he is out to catch his wife's murderer, whose identity he cannot ever know for sure. The more he tries to figure out what is true and real, the more he sinks deeper into a multi-layered abyss of uncertainty and surprises.
6) Brain games
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Provides a fascinating window into the inner workings of the brain as never before. Through interactive experiments and tricks, revealed is how the brain creates the illusion of a seamless reality. As these revealing experiments provide a unique view into the brain, the world's leading experts explain how and why these tests work. Examines real people with extraordinary brains, an reveals new discoveries about attention, sensory perception and memory....
7) Rashōmon
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2001.
Language
日本語
Description
Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
When Joel discovers that his girlfriend, Clementine, has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind through an experimental scientific procedure, he decides to ease his own pain by getting the same treatment. But, as each memory of Clementine is systematically eliminated, Joel suddenly realizes how much he still loves her and desperately attempts to reverse the process.
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Llama Llama springs to life in these heart-warming tales based on the award-winning book series by author and illustrator Anna Dewdney. Join Llama Llama, Nelly Gnu, Luna Giraffe, Euclid the Sheep, and Gilroy Goat as they explore their friendly hometown and make childhood memories.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Fake "psychic detective" Shawn Spencer and his best friend Burton are the world's most dynamic and oddball duo and they get more than they bargained for when they take on con artists and masked vigilantes to solve some of the most off-the-wall crimes imaginable.
11) Killerman
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When NYC money launderer Moe Diamond wakes up from a car crash, he's left with no memory, millions in stolen cash, and an insane crew of dirty cops hunting him down. With a stranger who says he's his best friend and a fiancée he doesn't remember, Moe must race against the clock to discover his own identity, and escape his past before it destroys any chance at a future.
12) 50 first dates
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Henry Roth lives an enviable life in a Hawaiian paradise, spending every night with a different beautiful tourist in search of an island fling. It's a great life, no strings attached ... until he meets Lucy. He and Lucy hit it off right from the start, but the next day she acts like she doesn't know him. Lucy suffers from short-term memory loss, so every night all memory of her day is erased. But a man in love will go to great lengths to win the girl...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Thanks to a childhood spent with a family of cops, Shawn Spencer possesses an incredible photographic memory and notices seemingly insignificant details. These traits allow him to spend his jobless days providing the police with mystery-solving tips-- but his knowledge soon makes him a suspect. In order to clear his name, the unlikely sleuth declares that he has clairvoyant abilities and launches his own investigative agency, Psych. His skeptical...
14) Finding Dory
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Dory, the forgetful blue tang, suddenly remembers she has a family who may be looking for her, she, Marlin, and Nemo take off on a life-changing quest to find them, with help from Hank, a cantankerous octopus; Bailey, a beluga whale who's convinced his biological sonar skills are on the fritz; and Destiny, a nearsighted whale shark! Dive into the movie overflowing with unforgettable characters, dazzling animation, and gallons of fun!
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Bourne is once again brought out of hiding. This time, inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross. Simon is trying to unveil Operation BlackBriar which is an upgrade to Project Treadstone, by writing about it in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst...
17) Jason Bourne
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jason Bourne, the CIA's most dangerous former operative, now remembers who he truly is and comes out of hiding to uncover more hidden truths about his past.
18) Total recall
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man.
19) Still mine
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An exquisitely mounted and deeply affecting story about one man's determination to create a home for his ailing wife as they enter their twilight years. Based on actual events, that proves love is the ultimate triumph.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Shawn Spencer pretends to be a psychic. No one really believes him, but he continues to be so helpful to the police that they keep calling him in on cases they can't solve. Shawn brings his childhood friend, Gus, into his scheme, and between their bantering they manage to solve every case they're presented with.
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