Movies (fiction) by Category

Aguirre, the wrath of God Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes 2002

Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc, and Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip. 1 videodisc (94 min.)

MEDIA 10-1916

 

Alice in Wonderland 1949

Sets the classic tale within the context of Lewis Carroll's own life. 1 videodisc (76 min.)

MEDIA 10-5071

 

Bachah ha-yi asman Children of heaven 2012?, 1997

A young boy, Ali, loses his sister Zahra's school shoes. In order to stay out of trouble, the two come up with a plan to share Ali's shoes, but they must keep it a secret from their parents. 1 videodisc (88 min.)

MEDIA 10-4039

 

La chartreus de Parme The Charterhouse of Parme 2002

Christian Jaque, Pierre Véry, Pierre Jarry, Fred Oran, Franco Magli, Stendhal, Renée Faure, Lucien Coedel, Louis Salou, Maria Casarès, and Gérard Philipe

A young archbishop falls in love and wants to break his vows to the church. His aunt, the Countess of Sanseverina, is in love with him, and will stop at nothing to further his celibate career.  An action/adventure film of Italian court life in the early 1800s, full of intrigue, ambition, duels, and passionate crimes. 1 videodisc (170 min.)

MEDIA 10-193

 

Children of men 2007

Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Charlie Hunnam, Hilary Shor, Alfonso Cuarón, P. D James, Universal Pictures (Firm), Strike Entertainment (Firm), and Hit and Run Productions

London, 2027, humanity has become infertile and no child has been born for 18 years. Science is at loss to explain the reason. Theo Faron, a London peace activist turned bureaucrat, joins forces with his revolutionary ex-wife, Julian, in order to save mankind by protecting a woman who has mysteriously became pregnant. These three set out on a desperate struggle to deliver the world's only pregnant woman to the Human Project with hope that they can discover the cure for global infertility. 1 videodisc (110 min.)

MEDIA 10-1105

 

Deliverance 2007

They left their troubles at the office, left the wives and kids behind. Four men bound for the wilderness, for a great adventure--without their golf clubs. Lewis has talked his buddies Ed, Drew, and Bobby into going on a canoe trip down the Cahulawassee River, which is being soon to be dammed. It was the weekend they hoped for, but it turns out to be a weekend where the destruction of nature, macho posturing, conflict between city and country folk, and the dangerous disconnection of modern civilization from nature will loom entirely too large. 1 videodisc (109 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3778

 

El norte The north c2008

Anna H Thomas, Gregory Nava, Zaide Silvia Gutiaerrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gaomez Cruz, Alicia del Lago, Haector Tobar, Roger Ebert, James Glennon, Melecio Martinez, David Wasco, Independent Productions, Ltd, American Playhouse Theatrical Films, Criterion Collection (Firm), Janus Films, and Folkloristas

El norte: Enrique and Rosa are brother and sister Mayan Indian peasants, living in the mountains of Guatemala. When the village attempts to organize for better treatment, Enrique and Rosa are forced to flee as the Guatemalan army is sent in to punish the townspeople.  Receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant, they make their way to Los Angeles, hoping to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants. The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: depicts the life of a fictional poet caught in a civil war and jailed, but then set free on the condition he leaves his country and never returns. 2 videodiscs (140 min.)

MEDIA 10-2024

 

Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009

The story of a clever, quick, nimble, and exceptionally well-dressed wild animal. A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family at a new foxhole in a beautiful tree directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Mr. Fox simply cannot resist. Based on the beloved, best selling book by Roald Dahl. 3 videodiscs (87 min.)

MEDIA 10-5082

 

Far and away 1998, 1992

A poor but proud Irish tenant farmer accompanies the spoiled and headstrong daughter of a wealthy landlord to America in a quest for land. 1 videodisc (140 min.)

MEDIA 10-4110

 

The general c2008

Rejected by the Confederate army, and taken for a coward by his beloved, young Johnny Gray is given a chance to redeem himself when he wages a one-man war against Yankee spies who have stolen his locomotive. 2 videodiscs (79 min.)

MEDIA 10-5018

 

Gladiatorerna The gladiators 2006, c1969

Peter Watkins, Göran Lindgren, Arthur Pentelow, Kenneth H. C Lo, Hans Bendrik, Frederick Danner, Nonstop Sales, Sandrews (Firm : Stockholm, Sweden), New Yorker Video (Firm), and Project X Distribution

To maintain international and internal security and to divert mankind's natural aggression, the UN organizes a series of military games, which are often fought to the death by different teams of crack combat specialists. 1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.)

MEDIA 10-1019

 

Guardians of the galaxy 2014

Peter Quill teams up with Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot to deliver an all-powerful orb into the right hands, but along the way get drawn into the battle for the fate of the galaxy. 2 videodiscs (ca. 121 min.)

MEDIA 10-5559

 

The Handmaid's tale 1990

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Volker Schlöndorff, Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall, Daniel Wilson, and Volker Schlöndorff

Set in the near future, the handmaids of the title are women who can still bear children after the ravages of war caused wide spread sterility. One of the handmaids, Kate, is caught trying to escape the republic of Gilead and sent to the prison-like training center. She is sent from there to the home of the commander to bear his child, but revolutionary forces have other plans for her! 1 videocassette (109 min.)

DANA  MEDIA 1410  2-2268      10-556

 

Huang Feihong/Once upon a time in China 2000

Hark Tsui, Jet Li, Biao Yuan, and Rosamond Kwan

The story of young Huang Fei-Hung, the legendary Cantonese martial arts master and folk hero, at the turn of the century. 1 videodisc (134 min.)

MEDIA 10-150

 

Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull c2008

Indy tries to outrace a brilliant and beautiful agent for the mystical, all-powerful Crystal Skull of Akator. Teaming up with a rebellious young biker and his spirited love Marion, Indy takes you on a breathtaking, action-packed adventure. 2 videodiscs (122 min.)

MEDIA 10-4586

 

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade c2008, 1989

Indy's Nazi enemies are back and have kidnapped his father, Professor Henry Jones, Sr. to get help in their search for the Holy Grail. Following a trail from America to Venice to the deserts of the Middle East, it's up to Indy to save his father, save the Grail and save the day. 1 videodisc (126 min.)

MEDIA 10-4585

 

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom  c2008, 1984

Indiana Jones, his sidekick Short Round, and nightclub singer Willie Scott go from high-flying action above the Himalayas to a nail-biting runaway mine car chase and finally a spine-tingling escape from a fortress-like mine in India while on the trail of a sacred stone. 1 videodisc (118 min.)

MEDIA 10-4584

 

Into the West 2011, 1992

Mystical fable about two Irish brothers traveling across the country on a magical white horse. 1 videodisc (97 min.)

MEDIA 10-4111

 

Knives of the avenger c2007, 1966

Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone, Cameron Mitchell, Elissa Pichelli, Fausto Tozzi, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, and Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc

Described as an Italian Viking film, or a Viking Western, this is a story of revenge, power, survival, and family ties. 1 videodisc (85 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3175

 

The last emperor 1998

Bernardo Bertolucci,  Jeremy Thomas, Mark Peploe, John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, and Ruocheng Ying

The true story of Pu Yi, who, at the age of 3, toddled to the Imperial Dragon Throne to become "Lord of 10,000 Years," China's last emperor. 1 videodisc (218 min.)

MEDIA 10-75

 

Mother lode 2011, 1982

It's Silas McGee's gold. He just hasn't found it yet, although he's searched for his mother lode for more than 30 years in the remote high country of British Columbia. Strangers with a similar bent for gold had best stay away: folks like that may never come out of McGee's mine alive. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

MEDIA 10-4434

 

O brother, where art thou? 2001

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Michael Badalucco, Holly Hunter, Stephen Root, Chris Thomas King, Roger A Deakins, T-Bone Burnett, Homer, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures (Firm), Studio Canal+, Working Title Films, Touchstone Home Video (Firm), and Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

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. 1 videodisc (107 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3216

 

Outpost in Morocco c2003

Charles Grayson, Paul de Sainte Columbo, Joseph N Ermolieff, Robert Florey, George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff, Moroccan Pictures,  United Artists Corporation, and Alpha Video Distributors

A Foreign Legion officer and an Arabian princess become romantically involved, but then her father leads a revolt against the French and she is killed in the ensuing battle. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-621

 

Raiders of the lost ark 2008, 1981

"Indy and his feisty ex-flame Marion Ravenwood dodge booby-traps, fight Nazis and stare down snakes in their incredible worldwide quest for the mystical Ark of the Covenant"--Container. 1 videodisc (115 min.)

MEDIA 10-4583

 

Red tails c2012

Italy, 1944. As the war takes its toll on Allied forces in Europe, a squadron of black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen are finally given the chance to prove themselves in the sky, even as they battle discrimination on the ground. Featuring jaw-dropping aerial action and thrilling special effects, Red Tails is a breathtaking tribute to the unsung heroes who rose above extraordinary challenges and ultimately soared into history. 1 videodisc (125 min.)

MEDIA 10-3904

 

The royal hunt of the sun c2005

Philip Yordan, Irving Lerner, Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Michael Craig, Andrew Keir, William Marlowe, James Donald, Alexander Davion, Leonard Whiting, Royal Film Produktions, Benmar Productions Ltd, and 905 Entertainment (Firm)

Fueld by promises of gold, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his explorers venture across the treacherous Andes Mountains to Peru. There, Pizarro captures King Atahuallpa, Inca's godlike monarch, and promises his freedom upon the deliverance of gold. But friendship and respect develop between the two leaders and when the King is sentenced to die, Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor for the King. 1 videodisc (97 min.)

MEDIA 10-587

 

Rudyard Kipling's The man who would be king 1997

John Huston, John Foreman, Gladys Hill, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Doghmi Larbi, Shakira Caine, and Rudyard Kipling

Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnehan leave 19th century India and set out for the isolated, primitive land of Kafiristan, whose people haven't seen an outsider in hundreds of years.  Peachy becomes lord of the kingdom's treasury, a huge chamber spilling over with limitless gold and priceless rare jewels.  Danny is first crowned king, then, declared a god. 1 videodisc (129 min.)

MEDIA 10-61

 

Sin nombre 2009

Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amy Kaufman, Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejķa, Marcelo Zarvos, Canana Films (Firm), Primary Productions (Firm), Focus Features, Alliance Films, and Alliance vivafilm (Firm)

Sayra is a beautiful young Honduran woman who joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with El Casper, a teenage Mexican gang member, who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates. 1 videodisc (96 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3087

 

The treasure of the Sierra Madre 2010, 1948

John Huston, Henry Blanke, Humphrey Bogart , Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett , Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya, Ted McCord, Owen Marks,  Max Steiner, B Traven , Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), Turner Entertainment Co, and Warner Home Video (Firm)

Two down-and-out Americans in Mexico meet a grizzled old prospector who piques their interest with stories of his gold-hunting experiences. The Americans gather a stake and set off with the old prospector in search of fortune. 1 videodisc (126 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3720