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1) King Lear
Author
Description
King Lear descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Retells, in simplified prose, William Shakespeare's play about King Leontes, who, after wrongly accusing his wife of infidelity, sets in motion a terrible chain of events with unexpected results.
4) Vesper
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed father, meets a woman with a secret who will force her to use her wits, strengths, and biohacking abilities to fight for the possibility of having a future.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a talented teen discovers the father she's never met is a famous rock star, she becomes part of his life and sets out to fulfill her two dreams: to become a singing star and reunite her parents.
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Stanley Phillips is a sad, disconnected man unable to tell his young daughters that their mother, a soldier, has died in Iraq. Instead, he takes the girls on a road trip, where their innocent charm helps him rediscover a healing joy he thought he'd lost forever.
8) Crawl
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
When a hurricane hits her hometown, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (287 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a year away from home, disgraced physician Jim Hogan returns to make amends with his family. But when his daughter Fiona's car veers off the road one night, it leads to a disturbing discovery.
10) Searching
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After his sixteen-year-old daughter goes missing, a man breaks into her laptop to find clues about her disappearance.
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman named Alan Clay pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great.
13) Emma
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harries arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harries to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...
14) The lady Eve
Series
Criterion collection volume 103
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune-- a wealthy but nai?ve snake enthusiast-- and attempt to bamboozle him at a cruise ship card table. Their plan is quickly abandoned when the daughter falls in love with their prey. But when the heir gets wise to her gold-digging ways, she must plot to re-conquer his heart.
15) The rabbi's cat
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rabbi's cat magically begins speaking and discusses religion and philosophy with the rabbi and his daughter.
16) La cantina
Publisher
Univision Communications
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Don Esteban is a local drunk whose daughter Graciela can't bear to see him drunk and irresponsible any longer. She finally leaves home and gets a job. She doesn't plan on what happens next: going out with German, one of her father's drinking buddies.
17) Prospect
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Formats
Description
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon; aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness, and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants; but with her own father's greed-addled judgment; the girl finds she must...
18) Proof
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A devoted daughter who comes to terms with the death of her father, a brilliant mathematician whose genius was crippled by mental insanity, with the help of one of her father's former students.
19) Time out of mind
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While at an intake center for homeless men in New York City, a man befriends a fellow client who helps him try to repair his relationship with his daughter.
20) The father
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray ( 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
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