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22) Danny Collins
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
℗2015.
Language
English
Description
Aging rocker Danny Collins can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager uncovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.
23) Dear John
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
While John, a young soldier, is home on a temporary leave, he meets and falls in love with Savannah, a college girl on her spring break. Savannah promises to write to John when he is sent overseas. Over the next seven years, the couple continues to be separated by John's increasingly dangerous deployments. Though they meet only sporadically, they continue to stay in touch through love letters that eventually bring fateful consequences.
24) Grown ups
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Just because you grow older doesn't mean you have to grow up! Comedy superstars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider are at their outrageous and hysterical best playing childhood friends who reunite one holiday weekend to relive the good old days. It doesn't matter that these five guys are now respectable businessmen, husbands and fathers. Once they get back together, nothing is going to stop these kids-at-heart from...
25) Doctor Strange
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
26) Grown ups 2
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Lenny has decided to relocate his family back to the small town to have his kids grow up where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grownups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
27) Colombiana
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A child grows up to be a hardcore assassin after she witnesses the brutal murder of her parents in Bogota. Working for her uncle as a professional killer, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents' deaths.
A woman grows up to be a vengeful assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents.
Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Two percent of the world's population has disappeared. Was it the Rapture? A mass murder? Cult suicides? Aliens? The series follows Kevin Garvey, police chief and father of two in Mapletown, New York, three years after the mysterious event. As Garvey struggles to grieve for his losses, rebuild his life, and regain a sense of normalcy within the community, the world around him grows ever stranger.
29) Hallelujah
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013] ©2013, ©1929
Language
English
Description
Infused with spirituals, folk songs, blues, and jazz, Hallelujah follows the fortunes of Zeke, a poor cotton farmer. Love, loss, passion, redemption, make this cinematic milestone the first all-black feature from a major studio.
30) Faith under fire
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After an exhausting night of saving a little girl from a raging house fire, fireman Tom Hatcher is at the end of his rope. He couldn't save his wife from cancer, and worse yet, his six-year-old daughter, Tiffany, is now facing the same possible fate. When he finds himself in a cold jail cell after punching a pastor out of frustration with a seemingly absent God, Tom begins to reflect on his downward spiral into despair.
31) Jodhaa Akbar
Publisher
UTV Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Hindi
Description
An epic telling of the sixteenth century politically expedient marriage between the Mogul emperor, Akbar, and the Rajput princess, Jodhaa, which became a journey of true love.
32) The longest ride
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
℗2015.
Language
English
Description
The star-crossed love affair between Luke, a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City's art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected and fateful connection with Ira, whose memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife deeply inspire the young couple.
33) Demolition
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After the death of his wife, an investment banker tries to come to terms with it in his own way.
Davis Mitchell, a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father in law, Phil, to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a series of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch...
34) Stand by me
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In a small, woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends -- sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough guy Chris (River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman) and scaredy-cat Vern (Jerry O'Connell) -- are in search of a missing teenager's body. Wanting to be heroes in each other's and in their hometown's eyes, they set out on an unforgettable two-day trek that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery. When they encounter the town's knife-wielding hoods, the...
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Language
English
Description
The past has cast a long shadow over the present. A picturesque farm is where the now-married Melanie lives unhappily with her husband. When Melanie invites fellow Holocaust survivor Jakob to her home, he unexpectedly brings Christopher, whose love for Melanie has never diminished since their confinement in an internment camp. Old feelings and long-suppressed memories are stirred up and reveal a climactic, life-changing feasts.
36) Living
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful.
An ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful after receiving a terminal diagnosis.
37) If I stay
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Mia Hall thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam. But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate.
38) I am number four
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Three are dead. Who is number four? John Smith is an extraordinary teen masking his true identity to elude a deadly enemy sent to destroy him. Living with his guardian in the small town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected life-changing events, his first love, powerful new abilities, and a secret connection to the others who share his incredible destiny. Complete with deleted scenes and more.
39) Blue Jasmine
Language
English
Formats
Description
After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger's humble apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.
40) Miss you already
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's an honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly and Jess, as they navigate life's highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can't remember a time they didn't share everything, secrets, clothes, even boyfriends, but nothing prepares them for the day Milly is hit with life-altering news. A story for every modern woman, it celebrates the bond of true friendship that ultimately can never be broken, even in life's...
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