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21) Freaky Friday
Series
Language
English
Description
A mother and her daughter are always fighting and screaming at each other. Each thinks that the other has it so easy. Then, thanks to a magical fortune cookie, they switch personalities and bodies and discover each other's problems and complications. And they end up gaining a little respect for each other's point of view. But they need to be changed back by Saturday, because the mother is getting married!
24) Gemini man
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Henry Brogan, an elite assassin, is suddenly targeted and pursued by a mysterious young operative that seemingly can predict his every move.
25) Cellular
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A random wrong number to his cell phone sends Ryan into a highstakes race against time to save a woman's life. With no knowledge of Jessica Martin other than her hushed, panicked voice on the other end of the tenuous cell phone connection, Ryan is quickly thrown into a world of deception and murder on his frantic search to find and save her. Jessica's life is in his hands, but what is waiting for him on the other side of the line, and how much will...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating to others.
27) Blue like jazz
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking film about finding yourself. Don, a pious nineteen-year-old sophomore at a Texas junior college, impulsively decides to escape his religious upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at Reed College in Portland, one of the most progressive campuses in America. Reed's surroundings and eccentric student body prove to be far different from the environment from which he came, forcing him to embark on a journey of self- discovery to...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd and his cold case team tackle their cases with a new colleague, Sarah Cavendish, a brilliant ex-counter-terrorism officer who has fallen from grace. Will she help or hinder the team₂s searches for a killer with a twisted mind; the perpetrators of crippling state childcare; and the murderer of a veteran-turned-peace activist, rumored to have been killed by the government. Will Boyd find justice for sixteen dismembered...
Publisher
Home Box Office Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In this PBS Mystery series a criminal psychologist battles his own personal problems while trying to solve murder cases. In 'Lucky White Ghost' he is asked to solve serial murders in Hong Kong where local police have no experience with serial killers.
30) Zelig
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
This spoof of documentary films stars Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, the famous "Chameleon Man" of the 1920's, whose personality was so vague he would assume the characteristics of whomever he came into contact with. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie simulates the look of a newsreel, complete with stentorian narration.
31) Edie
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her husband, Edie breaks free from years of his control and rebels against her daughter's wish for her to move into assisted living by embarking on an adventure she and her father had always longed for: a trip to the Scottish Highlands to climb the world-famous Mt. Suilven. Along the way, she hires young camping shop owner Jonny to be her guide. Despite the generational differences, Jonny encourages Edie to fulfill her dream....
32) The wave: Welle
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Deutsch
Description
During project week, a popular and unorthodox high school teacher, in an attempt to stir up his lethargic students, devises an experiment that will explain what totalitarianism is and how it works. What begins with harmless notions about discipline and community builds into a real movement: the Wave. The teacher decides to break off the experiment. But it may be too late; the Wave has taken on a life of its own and is out of control.
33) The raft
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Multiple
Description
In the summer of 1973, a young international crew of six women and five men embarked together on a most unusual sea voyage, a close-quarters trip across the Atlantic from Spain to Mexico on a free-floating raft christened the Acali, initiated by Mexican anthropologist Santiago Genoves, who proposed to use the group as guinea pigs in his investigation of the origins of violent conflictand dynamics of sexual attraction.
34) Tag
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.
35) Come to daddy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In recovery and living with his mother, Norval decides to visit his estranged father after receiving a letter from the man he barely knows. He finds out that not only is his dad a deadbeat, but reprecussions from a shady past are bearing down on him while Norval battles demons both real and imagined.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.
37) Elemental
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted, and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008]
Language
English
Description
In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world and all those beyond are threatened by the secret plans of Ms. Coulter. With the help of Lord Asriel and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The cold case unit, led by quick-tempered cop DS Boyd, has assembled to re-examine unsolved crimes with cutting-edge detection techniques. Pressure is on for this mix of forensics, psychology, and detective investigators to yield results.
40) The cobbler
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.
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