Joe Pesci
1) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection volume 1058
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (209 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches.
Description
Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa to the rift that forced him to choose between the two.
2) 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.
5) GoodFellas
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a mid-level gangster over three decades from his Brooklyn neighborhood to his arrest by the FBI.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Kevin McCallister is ... ready to turn the Big Apple into his own playground ... The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are plotting a huge holiday heist. Kevin's ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps that the bumbling bandits will never forget"--Container.
7) Casino
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (179 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The rise and fall of a crooked casino owner, his family and hoodlums due to drugs, sex, and betrayal.
8) Hero Quest
Publisher
Glukoza Production
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A fairy tale about a grand life journey of ten-year old boy Savva, devoted to help his mom and fellow village people to break free from the vicious hyenas.
9) Home alone
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When eight-year-old Kevin McCallister's family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin! Left to his own devices he sets out to have his own private Christmas but two bumbling burglars force Kevin to come up with a bewildering battery of booby traps to thwart them.
10) With Honors
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Monty is a student, and when his computer crashes, he's left with only a single paper copy of his thesis. Frightened of losing it, he immediately rushes out to photocopy it, only to stumble and drop it down a grate. Searching the basement of the building, he discovers that it has been found by Simon, a squatter. Simon makes a deal with Monty: for every day's accomodation and food that Monty gives him, he will give a page of the thesis in return.
11) 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.
12) Lethal weapon 4
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
13) 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.
14) Goodfellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Formats
Description
Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...
16) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([14] p. ; 18 cm.)
Description
Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
17) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection volume 1058
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (209 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century.
18) My cousin Vinny
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000, p1992
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A college student and his friend are accused of murder in the depths of the South, and law school graduate cousin Vinny comes to the rescue. The trouble is, Vinny passed the bar on his sixth try and has never appeared in court before.
19) Raging Bull
Series
Criterion collection volume 1134
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (129 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (408 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Home alone: A wily kid must protect his house from burglars when his family accidentally leaves him behind on Christmas vacation. Home alone 2, lost in New York: When Kevin gets separated from his family at O'Hare airport, he finds himself on a plane to New York City instead of Miami with the rest of his family. The thieves that tried to break into his house last Christmas are planning a Christmas caper in the Big Apple, and Kevin sets out to stop...