Fredric March
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Experience the breathtaking dangers and delights of ancient Rome in "The sign of the cross"; trek through a perilous jungle with "Four frightened people"; thrill to the passion, suspense and intrigue of "Cleopatra"; journey back in time with the glorious story of "The crusades"; and see how the West was really won in the explosive "Union Pacific."
Series
Studio classics volume 34
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Features Gregory Peck as a haunted New York executive who defies convention and decides his family is more important than his career in this post-war melodrama.
9) Hombre
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A white man raised as an Apache faces confrontation with society.
10) Inherit the wind
Publisher
[MGM/UA Home Video]
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A small Tennessee town gained national attention in 1925 when a biology schoolteacher was arrested for violating state law and teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in the classroom.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In the year 64 AD, the corrupt and maniacal Emperor Nero torches Rome, and is advised to blame the ensuing destruction on the unsuspecting Christians. Meanwhile, Roman Prefect Marcus Superbus falls for an innocent and beautiful Christian maiden, Mercia. When the seductive and wicked Empress, Poppaea, learns that she has a rival for Marcus' affections, she conspires to send all Christians to a chilling death.
14) Anna Karenina
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Anna Karenina, dutiful wife and doting mother, knows contentment but not passion. That changes when she meets ardent Count Vronsky. For him, she throws away marriage, family, social position and finally her life.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"In harm's way": An epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, details the devastating sneak attack on the Naval base as well as the explosive behind-the-scenes stories, and the counter-offensive. (167 min.)
"Hell is for heroes": It's autumn 1944, and Nazi forces along the Siegfried Line have the numbers, the fortifications and the firepower to break through. And a handful of GIs have little more than a dogged determination and the ingenuity...
17) Nothing sacred
Publisher
Miracle Pictures
Pub. Date
[2002, 1937]
Language
English
Description
A young woman diagnosed with "radium poisoning" is given a last fling in New York City for two weeks, but it all turns into a publicity hoax.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Little women: The March sisters in an Academy Award winning version of the cherished Louisa May Alcott novel. Pride and prejudice: Mr. Darcy sets maiden hearts aflutter, except that of Elizabeth Bennett. Madame Bovary: All she wanted was everything. Anna Karenina: Garbo risks all for the perfect love in Tolstoy's tale of romance and Imperial Russia.
Series
Criterion collection volume 676
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a witch who was burned at the stake 300 years ago. She plans to take revenge by marrying the descendent of her persecutors and ruining his political aspirations, but doesn't count on falling in love!
20) Les misérables
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jean Valjean is a young man accused of stealing. He escapes prison and spends the rest of his life miserable and being chased by one man: a policeman named Valert.