Caroline Goodall
Language
English
Formats
Description
Commemorate the twenty fifth Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece of one of the most historically significant films of all time Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Director, this incredible true story follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest...
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tells the story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage. After years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly. She also falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy, and armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard -- bodyguard Michael Bryce, hitman Darius Kincaid and his wife Sonia are back as the mismatched, high-octane trio -- that are once again forced together into another life-threatening mission to save Europe from a vengeful and powerful zealot.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Dawson and Amanda, two former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after twenty years apart, when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their bittersweet reunion reignites the love they've never forgotten, but soon they discover the forces that drove them apart twenty years ago live on, posing even more serious threats today.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The story of a Catholic war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and went bankrupt in order to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. He employed Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army. At the same time he tries to stay solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant and negotiates business with a vicious Nazi commandant who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony...
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2001
Language
English
Description
For teenager Mia Thermopolis, just surviving each school day is an adventure. Then she receives the shocking news from her grandmother that she is a real-life princess. So begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness, including a media storm, jealous schoolmates, and a plot to take over her country.
9) White squall
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
1996]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen high school students who have elected to spend the 1960-61 academic year on board the American schoolship Albatross learn about sailing and unity from their captain. When they encounter a white squall, a sudden, violent, wind-and-lightning storm, it turns into a test of courage and their will to survive.
10) Chasing Liberty
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Anna Foster is the 18-year-old daughter of President of the United States James Foster. Anna has led a privileged life, but she has grown to resist the constant presence of Secret Service agents getting in the way of her independence. While on a family trip to Europe, Anna manages to get away from security for a brief time. She inevitably falls for Ben Calder, with whom she enjoys a fresh and clean European vacation. Not wanting to ruin her fun, she...
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Your basic Cinderella makeover story with a fresh and affectionate twist. Mia is a frizzy-haired, glasses-wearing 15-year-old girl whose two highest ambitions are to become invisible and to get a few kisses from an attractive school heartthrob. She is stunned and horrified when her coolly continental grandmother shows up and informs her that she's the crown princess of the European principality Genovia. Soon enough, Mia has to undertake "princess...
Publisher
Disney Enterprises, Inc
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Your basic Cinderella makeover story with a fresh and affectionate twist. Mia is a frizzy-haired, glasses-wearing 15-year-old girl whose two highest ambitions are to become invisible and to get a few kisses from an attractive school heartthrob. She is stunned and horrified when her coolly continental grandmother shows up and informs her that she's the crown princess of the European principality Genovia. Soon enough, Mia has to undertake "princess...
13) White squall
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Screen great Jeff Bridges captains a crew of prep school students on a sailing voyage intended to teach them fortitude and discipline. But just before their return, nature teaches them the toughest lesson of all, turning this journey at sea into a test of the crew₂s courage and will to survive.
14) Me & Mrs Jones
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A snooping columnist, who writes under the pseudonym Mrs. Jones, secretly infiltrates 10 Downing Street in an effort to reveal the Prime Minister's intimate personal details and deflate her re-election campaing. Once inside, he finds not scandal, but true love.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The white princess is a tale of power, family, love and betrayal, charting one of the most tumultuous times in British history uniquely from the point of view of the women. The tempestuous marriage between Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII officially marks of the conclusion of the War of the Roses, but the real battle for the throne is far from over.
17) After the war
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
An English middle-class Jewish boy befriends a German impoverished Jewish boy at a British boarding school during World War II. Their relationship both deepens and twists over the next three decades, as they establish themselves in the upper echelons of the entertainment world.
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful wild Australian mare gives birth to Thowra, an exceptional cream-colored foal, with a mane and tail that gleam silver in the moonlight. As Thowra grows through several seasons in the mountains the herd find survival difficult. The summer is worse, for that is when Man comes to try and capture Thowra, and becomes an obsession of mythic proportions.
19) Chasing liberty
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Anna is the President's daughter. She is constantly surrounded by Secret Service agents assigned to protect her. Anna finally gets her Dad to reduce the number of agents while she goes to a music club. But when Anna arrives at the club, she realizes her father has backed out of the deal. Anna decides to ditch her agents and goes on the run with Ben, a handsome photographer she meets. As the two elude the secret service and dash around Europe, she...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard -- bodyguard Michael Bryce, hitman Darius Kincaid and his wife Sonia are back as the mismatched, high-octane trio -- that are once again forced together into another life-threatening mission to save Europe from a vengeful and powerful zealot.