Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
21) Yakuza princess
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the expansive Japanese community of Sao Paulo in Brazil, the largest Japanese diaspora in the world, the film follows Akemi, an orphan who discovers she is the heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate. Forging an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger who believes an ancient sword binds their two fates; Akemi must unleash war against the other half of the syndicate who wants her dead.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along.
24) Cloud atlas
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A romantic comedy that tells the hilarious story of Javier, a man who refuses to accept the loss of the woman he loves. In his journey to recovery, he rides an emotional rollercoaster that eventually leads him to his true love.
27) Run all night
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon, once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire, Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past. Lately, it seems Jimmy's only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass. But when Jimmy's estranged son, Mike, becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago.
28) Invictus
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead.
30) THX 1138
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A man whose mind and body are controlled by the government ... makes a harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime."--Container.
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching, the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing and the pair form a touching bond in the process.
32) Gran Torino
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor, Thao, a young Hmong teenager, becomes pressured by his gang member cousin to steal Walt's Gran...
33) Justice League
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (242 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists newfound ally Diana Prince to face an even greater threat. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to recruit a team to stand against this newly awakened enemy. Despite the formation of an unprecedented league of heroes, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash, it may be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
No stones in slingshots. No skirmishes too late in the day. They're rules of war for the youngsters of two neighboring Irish villages. And here's another rule: if you spit-shake on something, you better follow through. Kids will be kids. But sometimes they, in their own fanciful ways, will be adults. It's a winning tale in which buttons are the spoils of a would-be war.
35) Singles
Pub. Date
©1999, ©1992
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This tale of Seattle twentysomethings searching for and running from love, centers around a romantically aloof rocker and his lovestruck neighbor who hopes to get him to change his tune.
36) Pay it forward
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a young man starts "paying it forward" for a social studies project, unusual things happen in this bittersweet and uplifting tale.
37) The dead pool
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.
38) Jersey boys
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.
"Jersey Boys" is a strange movie, and it's a Clint Eastwood enterprise, both reasons to see it."--New York Times.
"For those that love the Four Seasons' music but haven't made it to the play, you can put your fear of missing out to rest. This is a much more affordable way to very nearly re-create the...
39) Barry Lyndon
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 184 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rise and fall of a young 18th century Irishman bent on achieving fame and fortune, mainly by marriage.
40) Just cause
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Harvard Law School professor reopens a murder investigation on behalf of a death row inmate who claims he was forced by a sinister lawman to confess to a crime he didn't commit. On the surface, it seems to be a straightforward case of the prisoner's guilt or innocence. But nothing really lies on the surface of this mystery, climaxing in the Florida swamplands.