Brad Pitt
21) The big short
Formats
Description
The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jarred Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charles Gellar and James Shipley,...
23) 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.
24) Babylon
Formats
Description
"A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood." --Provided by publisher.
25) Megamind
Publisher
Dreamworks Picture
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (1hr. 36min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Over the years, Megamind has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way. Each attempt is a colossal failure thanks to the caped superhero known as 'Metro Man,' until the day Megamind actually defeats him in the throes of one of his botched evil plans. Suddenly, the fate of Metro City is threatened when a new villain arrives and chaos runs rampant, leaving everyone to wonder if the world's biggest 'mind' can actually be the one to save the...
26) Spy game
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the mob. When a high-stakes, mob-protected card game is heisted by some small-time crooks, Cogan is called in to track them down and restore order to the local criminal economy.
28) 12 years a slave
Formats
Description
The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his...
29) Fight club
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (139 min.) : col., sd. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a soap salesman channel their aggression into therapeutic "fight clubs", an eccentric woman gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
30) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
John and Jane Smith are a married couple who are beginning to get bored with their quiet domestic life. What they don't know, however, is that they are both assassins, secretly traveling around the world and killing for hire. But their separate lives are about to collide when they discover they are each other's next target.
31) Fight club
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
c2002.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a soap salesman channel their aggresion into therapeutic "fight clubs", an eccentric woman gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
32) Deadpool 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade Wilson must battle ninjas, the Yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor.
33) The Mexican
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jerry has to do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere--he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol "The Mexican", which is said to be cursed. While his girlfriend, Samantha, objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile,...
34) Moneyball
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
35) Johnny Suede
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Johnny Suede is a quirky wannabe rock star with an immense pompadour and innocent attitude to match. But will this cool cat dreamer's relationship with a sensible young woman teach him that there's more to life than a one-of-a-kind pair of black suede shoes?
36) Ocean's twelve
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ocean's Twelve reintroduces Ocean and his perfectly trained team of con men. Dividing forces to hit Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome, the heist-meisters move beyond casinos to tackle new objectives, one of which involves stealing a famous painting.
37) Snatch
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A diamond heist gone haywire launches gangster, bookies and a dog on a rollicking ride through the rugged world of bare-knuckle boxing in search of the missing stone.
38) True romance
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007, c1993
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of two unlikely lovers who find themselves in possession of a suitcase full of valuable mob contraband which they plan to take from Detroit to Los Angeles, sell, and begin a new life.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given...
40) Se7en
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A psychological thriller about two detectives on the trail of a serial killer who chooses his victims according to the seven deadly sins.