Matthew Modine
21) The American
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Christopher Newman is a 19th-century 'new man' who has amassed a fortune in California, and heads to Paris to learn its ways and find a wife. There he finds a young widow whose beauty ignites desire in the American.
23) The gamble
Publisher
DSSP Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When young wanderer Francesco (Matthew Modine) returns to his Venice home with the hope that the family fortune will still be there to support him, he finds himself caught up in a tangled web of greed and deception. He soons discovers that his wealthy father has squandered the family's money on gambling and owes very penny to a ruthless and cruel German Countess (Faye Dunaway). With nothing to lose and everything to gain, the Countess decides that...
24) Wrinkles
Publisher
GKIDS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based on Paco Roca's award-winning graphic novel, the story opens with former bank manager Emilio being dispatched to a retirement home by his family. Like One Flew Over the Cuckoo₂s Nest in an old folks home, we are introduced to daily pill regimens, electric gates and an eccentric cast of characters who rebel against institutional authority, while doing everything in their power to avoid being assigned to the dreaded top floor assisted living...
25) Vision quest
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed, trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state.
26) Fluke
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Tom Johnson had it all: a loving wife, an adorable son and a parntership in a growing company. But when a car crash takes his life, he is forced to start over again, this time as ... a dog! Tom awakens in the body of Fluke, a canine who happily romps around a junkyard until visions of his former life become too strong to ignore. Compelled to find his original family, Fluke makes every attempt to work his way back into the their lives. However, there...
27) Bye bye, love
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Three single fathers attempt to cope with visitation rights--and wrongs--as they juggle their ex-wives, kids and new girlfriends.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Story of a student who inspires his brilliant yet beleaguered and unappreciated teacher. The brilliant but stern classics instructor at a posh prep school is forced out of his job and into the realization that he is despised in the classroom and at home. One student's act of kindness gives the proud academic the inspiration and courage to build his new life.
29) Wind
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
An adventure story about a brash young sailor who breaks with tradition in his quest to reclaim the America's Cup for the U.S.
30) Any given Sunday
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Tony D'Amato, the embattled Sharks coach, faces a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy Sharks owner who's sure Tony is way behind the times.
31) The trial
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
'Mac' McClain is an emotionally crippled attorney who's lost his faith in God and himself. That's when Mac reluctantly decides to take on one last case, a young man facing the death penalty for first-degree murder. But nothing can prepare Mac for the startling twists and turns of the ensuing trial, as the determined lawyer fights for justice and seeks a path to his own redemption.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In the drug war, there are no rules, and as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border, federal agent Matt Graver calls on the mysterious Alejandro, whose family was murdered by a cartel kingpin. Alejandro kidnaps the kingpin₂s daughter to inflame the conflict. But when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will come between the two men." --
33) The neighbor
Publisher
The Neighbor Films, LLC
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A businessman thinks his life is over when he learns his ex-wife is about to marry his best friend, and the neighbor wants to buy his condo to add to hers. When he needs a date to his ex's wedding, he makes a proposal to the neighbor she can't refuse.
Publisher
American International Pictures, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After her husband goes missing, Sue Buttons, an under-appreciated suburban wife, gets a taste of being a local celebrity as she embarks on a city-wide search in Yuba County to find him. She stumbles into hilarious hijinks, dodging a wanna-be mobster, a relentless local policewoman, her half-sister a local news reporter desperate for a story, and her husband's dead-beat brother, who all set out to uncover the truth behind the disappearance." --
35) Short cuts
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation, a group of peoples' lives in Los Angeles intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. While they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, these same folks also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away. A look at human life and American culture with over 20 lives interweaving.
36) Too big to fail
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington. An interactive timeline, as well as 20-minute historical featurette and BTS piece not available on SD.
38) Backtrace
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After suffering a brain injury from a bank heist gone wrong, Macdonald develops amnesia and is put into a prison psychiatric ward. Following his seventh year of evaluation, he is coerced by an inmate and a ward doctor to break out of prison and injected with a serum that forces him to relive the life he's forgotten. Macdonald must now elude a local detective, a tough FBI agent, and the drug's dangerous side effects in order to recover the stolen...
39) Gross anatomy
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
First-year med student, Joe Slovak, enrolls in Gross Anatomy - the toughest course in school. His free-wheeling life style puts him at odds with his demanding professor and creates problems when he falls in love with his no-nonsense lab partner.