Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Pub. Date
[1940]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
This acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen's most famous novel stars the great Laurence Olivier as Darcy, who first scorns and then falls in love with the charming Elizabeth Bennet, played by Greer Garson. The New York Times called the production "a crisp and crackling satire".
4) Taffin
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all-out war.
5) Network
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A satirical behind-the-scenes look at the fights for power among television network officials and stars.
6) Return to me
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In Chicago, a widower falls in love again, only to realize that his new love had a heart transplant and received his late wife's heart.
It took a lot of coaxing to get a recently widowed architect to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. But once there, he's smitten instantly ... not with his date, but with the sharp-witted waitress.
7) Rocky II
Series
Rocky anthology volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the rematch of the century as Rocky Balboa takes on Apollo Creed in this powerful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed movies in film history. After club fighter Rocky Balboa goes the distance with the world heavyweight champion, boxing fans clamor for a rematch. But Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in the bout, announces his retirement. Though he tries to make a new life for himself, Rocky realizes that he can't escape his true calling....
8) Benny & Joon
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A girl wins a man in a poker game, and must now find a girlfriend for her overprotective brother.
10) Mrs. Miniver
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The story of a middle-class British family and their struggle to survive during WWII. Adapted from Jan Struther's book.
11) Moonstruck
Language
English
Description
An enchanting romantic comedy that brought together a flawless ensemble cast for a tender and boisterously funny look at a multigenerational Italian American family in Brooklyn, wrestling with the complexities of love and marriage at every stage of life. At the center of it all is Loretta, an unlucky-in-love bookkeeper whose feelings about her engagement to the staid Johnny are thrown into question after she meets his hot-blooded brother, Ronny, and...
12) Soylent green
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Charlton Heston plays a cop in this 21st century science-fiction horror story. The setting is New York, teeming with 40 million citizens, most of whom are out of work. Environmental erosion is almost complete and voluntary death is encouraged by government-sponsored clinics. For their food, the people have grown to rely almost totally on a greenish, wafer-like substance called soylent. As Heston investigates the murder of a magnate in the dictatorial...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Hubie is a hopeless romantic in love with Marina, the most beautiful penguin in all the land. But the evil penguin Drake also wants Marina and will stop at nothing to get her. With help from his new friend Rocko a penguin determined to fly Hubie must thwart Drake's plan and win Marina's heart!
14) Mad Max
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In the desolate near future, road cop Mad Max tires of chasing after vicious roving gangs and quits. When his wife and child are murdered by a motorcycle gang he returns to seek revenge.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Sent to protect a US outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux Indians, Dunbar slowly comes to revere those he once feared. But when the encroaching US Army threatens to overrun the Sioux, he is forced to make a choice, one that will forever change his destiny and that of a proud and defiant nation. Extended Cut. Special...
17) Grand Hotel
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In this great screen drama, the glitz and glitter of Berlin's opulent Grand Hotel comes alive with its star-studded guests and employees.
18) High society
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In this sophisticated musical comedy, a society wedding is being arranged in Newport, Rhode Island. The beautiful Tracy Samantha Lord is to marry George Kittredge. However, Tracy's ex-husband, the songwriter C.K. Dexter-Haven, has never stopped loving her and has hopes of winning her back. A New York scandal sheet reporter and photographer arrive to cover the wedding and complicate the tangled romances.
19) Carrie
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Carrie White, a sheltered high school girl and outcast, unleashes her newly developed telekinetic powers after she is pushed too far by her peers at the senior prom when they decide to pull a prank on her.
20) Babette's feast
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
With the mysterious arrival of Babette, a refugee from France's civil war, life for two pious sisters and their tiny hamlet begins to change. Before long, Babette has convinced them to try something other than boiled codfish and ale bread--a gourmet French meal! Her feast scandalizes the elders, except for the visiting General. Just who is this strangely talented Babette, who has terrified this pious town with the prospect of losing their souls for...