Robert De Niro
1) Casino
Author
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
Sam "Ace" Rothstein is the front man for one of the mob's premiere Vegas casinos in the 70s, joined by strong man Nicky Santoro, the casino runs smoothly until an icy blonde jinxes their winning streak.
2) Midnight run
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2003.
Formats
Description
De Niro is an ex-cop turned bounty hunter who is trying to get The Duke, an embezzler, across the country alive, while the Mafia and the FBI have other plans.
3) Joker
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
Failed comedian Arthur Fleck encounters violent thugs while wandering the streets of GOtham City dressed as a clown. Disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as Joker in director Todd Phillips' thrilling origin story.
4) Awakenings
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1997, c1990
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
6) Joy
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
A wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of mob warlord Al Capone who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago ... and Eliot Ness, the law enforcer, who vowed to bring him down. A classic confrontation between good and evil, and how with the help of a cop named Malone, Ness learns how to beat the mob by shooting fast and shooting first.
8) Sleepers
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sentenced to the Wilkinson School for boys, four pals are mistreated at will by a cadre of sadistic guards. 15 years later, they have an unexpected opportunity for revenge.
9) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A biographical film about psychologically destructive, violent middleweight champion Jake La Motta.
10) GoodFellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Focuses on a group of men involved with organized crime while giving an inside look at the Mafia from 1955-80. Based on the life of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood.
11) Analyze this
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col., double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A spoof on the gangster roles that have been associated with De Niro's film career, this is the story of an anxiety-ridden Mafia boss who monopolizes the services of a family psychiatrist.
12) Limitless
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eddie Morra, a burnt-out writer, discovers a top-secret pill that unlocks 100% of his brain's capacity. He instantly acquires mind-bending talents and mesmerizing visions that bring him big money, beautiful women, and limitless success. But his dream life soon becomes a waking nightmare, as the drug's brutal side effects take their toll and Eddie finds himself entangled with a cunning Wall Street power broker who wants everything Eddie has, and more....
13) Being Flynn
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A compelling exploration of the unbreakable yet fragile bonds between parent and child. Nick Flynn is a young writer seeking to define himself. His father Jonathan, however, scrapes through life on his own terms and has not seen his son in 18 years. Taking a job at a homeless shelter, Nick finds purpose in his own life and work until one night Jonathan arrives seeking a bed. To give the two of them a shot at a real future, Nick wrestles with the notion...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ben is an overburdened movie producer. He tries to balance his life and has to contend with the never-ending demands of 2 ex-wives, his ice-queen studio head, and a menagerie of various Hollywood prima donnas. Ben manages to take it all in stride. He copes by exuding a smoothly assuring demeanor. The only thing that really seems to upset Ben is when he discovers that his ex-wife sleeps with one of his colleagues.
15) Hands of stone
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It follows the life of Roberto Duran, the Panamanian fighter who made his professional debut in 1968 as a sixteen year old and retired in 2002 at the age of 50. In June 1980, he defeated Sugar Ray Leonard to capture the WBC welterweight title, but shocked the boxing world by returning to his corner in their November rematch, famously saying the words 'no mas' (no more.')
16) Taxi driver
Formats
Description
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy, he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris.
17) Wag the dog
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
18) Heat
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vincent Hanna is a brilliant L.A. cop. following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by master thief Neil McCauley. The trouble is, McCauley's expertise is at least equal to Hanna's.
20) The comedian
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.