Tom Hanks
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
English
Description
Congressman Charlie Wilson, Houston socialite Joanne Herring, and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos conspire to bring about one of the United States' biggest covert operations in history, involving Afghanistan's fight against the invasion of the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
22) The 'burbs
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A suspense-comedy in which Tom Hanks portrays a suburbanite whose plans for a peaceful vacation are disturbed by a creepy new family on the block.
23) Captain Phillips
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, which was the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
25) Toy story 3
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
As Andy prepares to leave for college, his loyal toys find they have been donated to the Sunnyside Daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants, and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape and ensure that no toy gets left behind.
26) Forrest Gump
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A sweet natured man with an IQ of 70 personally experiences all of the important events of three decades of American life.
27) Angels & demons
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the most powerful underground organization in history, the Illuminati. Upon learning of an unstoppable terrorist act against the Vatican, Langdon travels to Rome and joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra, and together they will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that leads to the Vatican's only chance for survival.
28) Philadelphia
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997], c1993
Language
English
Description
A story of two lawyers who join together to sue a prestigious Philadelphia law firm when the firm fires one of them because he has AIDS.
29) Sully
Publisher
Warner Bros. Ent
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain Chesley Sullenberger, nicknamed "Sully" glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career. Includes...
30) Cast away
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Chuck Noland is a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him to many different locations, causing him to be away from his girlfriend Kelly. Chuck's life is abruptly changed when, after a plane crash, he becomes stranded on a remote island. Now, stripped of the conveniences of everyday life, he first must meet the basic needs of survival, including water, food and shelter. Chuck,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Max, sent to bed without his dinner, runs away, finds a boat, and sails off--still wearing his wolf suit--to a faraway land inhabited by gigantic, fuzzy monsters that welcome Max as their king, but he finds being a ruler more difficult than it looks and must decide whether to stay or return home.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the while trying to stay ahead of Fache's lawmen in a chase...
33) Toy story 3
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Andy's toys are accidently donated to Sunnyside Daycare when he leaves for college, and while Buzz and the others are first excited by the prospect of kids to play with, they find that being thrown, smashed, and slobbered on is not a lot of fun.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Harmony Jones (Basinger) is a traveling cosmetic sales woman whose life is shaped by an early encounter with the King himself. That life takes an ugly turn when she inadvertently kills an Elvis Impersonator and flees the scene. On the run from the FBI, Harmony discovers to her horror that she suddenly has a knack for leaving dead Elvis performers in her wake. Her hopes for avoiding all things Elvis are dashed when a handsome man (Corbett) falls for...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...
37) Sully
Publisher
distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain, Chesley Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.
38) The Pacific
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A ten-part miniseries that delivers a realistic portrait of WWII's Pacific Theatre as seen through the intertwined odysseys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge.
39) The Circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Cultural historians, collectors, and various celebrity obsessives, including Tom Hanks and John Mayer, launch us into the bittersweet moment when a beloved-but-dying technology, the typewriter, faces extinction. Nominated for Best First Documentary, Best Documentary, and Best Director at the **Critics' Choice Documentary Awards**. Winner of Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: Directing at the **Newport Beach Film Festival**. *"A rich, thoughtful,...