Tim Blake Nelson
2) Child of God
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1960s Tennessee, Lester Ballard is a violent loner who has lived in the woods and caves since early childhood. He has no sense of right or wrong or how normal society operates.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
An astronaut-in-training has to leave NASA (to save the family farm) but just can't give up on his dream of shooting into space, even if he has to do it all by himself. And that will of course get everyone up in arms, from his wife to his banker to the town gossips to the media and the Department of Homeland Security.
4) Just mercy
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.
5) Warm springs
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The inspiring true story about Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, who seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. The film takes place in the mid 1990s, when Webb uncovered the CIA's past role in importing huge amounts of cocaine into the U.S. It was sold in ghettos across the country to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras rebel army. Despite enormous pressure not to, Webb chose to pursue the story and went public with his evidence. As a result he experienced a vicious smear campaign fueled by the CIA.
7) Bereft
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of her fiance, amateur photographer Molly struggles in life. Now that she is without her love, she can't find solace in her once-comforting, small Vermont town. Trying to maintain the outward appearance of a normal life to her family and friends, Molly plays the part of grieving widow even though her grief refuses to abate and her fiance's memory continues to haunt her. Tracks Molly's emotional recovery as she begins to cope...
8) Anesthesia
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
While on his way home one evening, Walter Zarrow, a popular Columbia University philosophy professor, is violently attacked on the street. Flashing back one week to the beginning of a domino effect of events that led up to this seemingly senseless assault, the film traces hidden connections between an apparently disparate group of people.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts-- escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi-- and their adventure as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood.
11) Old Henry
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A farmer takes in an injured man who has a satchel of cash, but must decide who to trust when a posse comes looking for the money.
12) Hoot
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Roy Eberhardt has moved with his family so often he literally has lost count of the number of times he has had to changed schools. Roy ought to be used to being the new kid at school by now, but making the switch from Montana to Florida proves to be a major challenge. While Roy quickly becomes the target of school bully, he is befriended by Beatrice Leep, a spunky girl with enough nerve to stand up to Dana, and her brother Mullet Fingers. Beatrice...
13) The big white
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A travel agent plans to collect life insurance on his missing brother begin to unravel when the insurance investigator becomes relentless, his brother returns, and his wife is kidnapped.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Scientist Bruce Banner has been living in the shadows, scouring the earth for an antidote. Warmongers dream of abusing his powers and won't leave Bruce alone. He suffers from his constant need to be with the only woman he has ever loved, Betty Ross, and Bruce knows that he must return to civilization. The brilliant doctor is ruthlessly pursued by a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression called The Abomination whose powers match that of...
15) Watchmen
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
In an alternate history world where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Detective Angela Abar investigates the reawakening of an extremist terrorist group as they plan to start a mutiny against government agencies.
16) Syriana
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
As a career CIA operative, Bob Barnes begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to. An up-and-coming oil broker, Bryan Woodman faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir al-Subaai. Corporate lawyer, Bennett Holiday faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies Across the globe, a disenfranchised...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the gang are on the case in this monstrous 10-film collection. From animated original movie adventures to live-action blockbusters, the beloved mystery-solving mutt and Mystery Inc. team up with fan-favorite guest stars, including Batman, Bobby Flay, Bill Nye the Science Guy and more, untangling a host of whodunits to celebrate Warner Bros.' 100th anniversary with this four-disc set.
18) Holes
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.
19) The hustle
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Josephine Chesterfield is a glamorous, seductive Brit who defrauds gullible wealthy men. Penny amasses wads of cash by ripping off her marks in neighborhood bars. Despite their different methods, both are masters of the art of the fleece, so they combine talents for their next mark: a naive tech billionaire.