James Caan
21) Games
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2011].
Language
English
Description
Attempting to fill their empty lives, a wealthy couple plays a variety of peculiar and unconventional games with their guests in their lavish Manhattan apartment. Every ace is trumped in this riveting psychological thriller where everything goes, the winner takes all, and losing the game could mean losing your life.
23) Thief
Series
Criterion collection volume 691
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A professional safecracker agrees to do one final job for the mafia before retiring and trying to lead a normal life.
24) Thief
Series
Criterion collection volume 691
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A professional safecracker agrees to do one final job for the mafia before retiring and trying to lead a normal life.
25) Funny lady
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Now divorced from wealthy Nick Arnstein, Fanny Brice teams up with songwriter Billy Rose, a brash and unkempt showman who is bursting with enthusiasm and theatrical ambitions. They make an unusaul couple -- the polished performer and the upstart producer -- but a friendship blossoms into love. Funny Lady is the poignant story of their show business magic, their unbridled temperaments and their touching, bittersweet romance.
26) The program
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A coach at a major university is under intense pressure to come up with a winning team. That pressure eventually causes problems with the players and the program itself.
Series
[Godfather films] volume 2
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Francis Ford Coppola, working once again with the author Mario Puzo, crafts two interwoven stories that work as both prequel and sequel to the original. One shows the humble Sicilian beginnings and New York rise of a young Don Vito, while the other shows the ascent of Michael as the new Don.
30) Bulletproof
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Once friends, Archie Moses and Rock Keats find themselves on opposite sides of the law, each feeling betrayed by the other. Drug kingpin, Frank Colton gives his men orders to kill Moses and Keats.
31) The rain people
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Natalie has hit the road. Unsure of herself, she is two months pregnant and feeling trapped. She leaves her sleeping husband a note and drives away from her Long Island home one rainy morning to find herself. While on her search, she meets a lonely man who brings tenderness and tragedy her way.
32) A bridge too far
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to World War II by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants. However, a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and worse weather led to disaster.
Publisher
Studio Ghibli
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.
34) A bridge too far
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
A dramatic recreation of an Allied airdrop behind German lines in Holland, and the subsequent disastrous Battle of Arnhem.
Publisher
Studio Ghibli
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.
36) The killer elite
Publisher
MGA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Elite assassins take on jobs too risky for even the CIA to handle. They're best friends, superior marksmen and on the A-list when it comes to killing. But when one high-powered hitman betrays another, the intrigue, the violence and the thrills become a very personal war.
37) Dogville
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Grace arrives in the isolated town of Dogville, on the run from gangsters. The townspeople agree to hide her. However, when outsiders start looking for the fugitive, the locals make demands of Grace in exchange for the risk of harboring her. But Grace has a secret and its a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever decided to bare its teeth.
Series
[Godfather films] volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
No movie changed Hollywood more than The Godfather. From the bestselling novel by Mario Puzo to box-office blockbuster, its influential legacy endures to this day. Starring Marlon Brando in his Oscar-winning performance as the patriarch of the Corleone family, this first installment in the three-movie saga paints a dramatic portrait of the Sicilian clan₂s rise and near fall from power in America. Balanced between the Corleone₂s commitment to family...
39) The gambler
Language
English
Description
Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest...
40) The yards
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Recently released from prison, Leo Handler just wants to get his life back on track. But when he takes a job with his powerful Uncle Frank and reconnects with his old friend Willie, Leo finds himself unwittingly drawn into a world of sabotage, high-stakes payoffs and even murder.