Romance
About love (O lyubvi) by Call Number: DVD 3209Publication Date: 2004Portrays the story of the main character, whose life includes infidelity, desertion, loneliness, and a tragic suicide.
About time by Call Number: DVD 6062ISBN: B00BEIYGK2Publication Date: 2013" At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think." www.imdb.com- The Adjustment Bureau by Call Number: DVD 3919 (L)ISBN: 9780012637371Publication Date: 2011"An action thriller about a man who decides to fight the powerful Adjustment Bureau, risking his political future to be with the only woman he's ever loved." www.amazon.com
Adoration by Call Number: DVD 3520ISBN: 9781435968745Publication Date: 2008Simon is a young orphan being raised by his uncle Tom. As his grandfather lay dying, Simon discovers how racist and backwards his uncle is. Simon's grandfather hated Simon's father and claims that he intentionally killed Simon's mother in a car crash. Simon's family narrative is cleverly knit into a news story presented to Simon by his high school French teacher as a translation exercise. The article is read by the teacher about an attempted bombing of an aircraft by a man who put explosives in his pregnant wife's luggage. Simon gets the idea to translate the story and write it from the perspective of the child in the woman's womb. The teacher encourages Simon to develop his story, present it to the class and to the world via the Internet as if he really was that child. The narrative of the car crash and the attempted bombing of the plane become intertwined as a way for the characters to deal with their past experiences. Simon's story takes a twist that involves everyone in his life.
An Affair to Remember by Call Number: DVD 4393 (L)ISBN: B000WTVZHQPublication Date: 1957"Although each is engaged to someone else, when Nickie and Terry meet aboard an ocean liner, they fall in love. After they agree to rendezvous six months later atop the Empire State Building, tragedy strikes, and the lovers' future takes an uncertain turn"--Container.
The Age of Innocence by Call Number: DVD 821ISBN: 0767848942Publication Date: 1993"A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's"--Container.
Aimée & Jaguar by Call Number: DVD 6196ISBN: B00005OLBCPublication Date: 1999During World War II in the Battle of Berlin, two women find each other. One is single, Jaguar; the other, Aimée, is unhappily married and mother to four sons. In war-torn Germany it was not safe to be Jewish; it was just as unsafe to be a lesbian. Trouble results when Aimée's husband, who is a German soldier, finds out about his wife's relationship to Jaguar.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf) by Call Number: DVD 6310ISBN: B000093NQYPublication Date: 1974Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski meets Arab worker Ali in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love--to their own surprise, and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies. An emotional power that reflects the ethnic tensions within German society.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore by Call Number: DVD 740 (L)ISBN: 0790758326Publication Date: 1974A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
All That Heaven Allows by Call Number: DVD 196, DVD 5831ISBN: 1559409126Publication Date: 1955"An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers." www.imdb.com
All the pretty horses by Call Number: DVD 5925ISBN: B000059XTHPublication Date: 2000John Grady Cole and his best friend Lacey Rawlins leave Texas, head south of the border in search of adventure, and find work as horse wranglers. But when Cole embarks on an illicit and passionate affair with the beautiful daughter of the wealthy ranch owner who is his employer, events are set in motion which forever change the lives of all involved.
All the Real Girls by Call Number: DVD 4331ISBN: B00009ZPTYPublication Date: 2003Paul is in his mid-'20s and is a man with little in the way of ambition. Among his friends, Paul has a reputation as a ladies' man, but he's not at all good with long-term relationships. Deep down, Paul senses that he would like to lead a different life, and that feeling becomes all the more clear when he meets Noel. Paul and Noel soon fall in love, but for Paul this is a different sort of relationship than he's accustomed to.
All This, and Heaven Too by Call Number: DVD 3612 pt. 2ISBN: 1419863800Publication Date: 1940Henriette is the governess at the Paris home of the Duc de Praslin and his jealous wife. When governess and nobleman are drawn to each other, the Duchess erupts in fury and meets a bloody fate. Soon Henriette and the Duc face a world eager to believe the Duc murdered his wife and that the gentle Henriette was a willing accomplice.- All's Well that Ends Well by Call Number: DVD 1982Publication Date: 1981William Shakespeare's comedy about Helena, the new wife of Count Bertram, who resorts to chicanery to win the respect and affection of her husband.
Am Brunnen vor dem Tore by Call Number: 3015 PALISBN: B00018GWFIPublication Date: 1952In this "Heimatfilm" set in the romantic little town of Dinkelsbuehl Inge, the young owner of the guest house "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore" has fallen in love with an English ex-pilot.- Amanisahan by Call Number: DVD 793Publication Date: 2003A beautiful young woman, Amanisahan, becomes a princess when the handsome prince of a Muslim kingdom falls in love with her while hunting incognito. Due to her humble origin and lack of education, the new princess is persecuted and discriminated against. In order to be accepted, she works very hard to master the local traditional folk music [MuKamu]. This fairytale is actually a true story. Amanisahan's efforts were instrumental in preserving this important musical legacy for future generations.
Amelie by Call Number: DVD 160ISBN: B004SEUIXSPublication Date: 2001"Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love." www.imdb.com
An American in Paris by Call Number: DVD 5697ISBN: 0780665813Publication Date: 1951An ex-GI loves Paris and loves even more an alluring, but engaged, perfume-shop clerk.
Amour by Call Number: DVD 5136ISBN: B00AIBZLHSPublication Date: 2012A touching tale of a loving couple whose unbreakable bonds of marriage are tested by life's greatest challenge.
Anna Karenina by Call Number: DVD 5177ISBN: 1419807447Publication Date: 1935Anna Karenina, dutiful wife and doting mother, knows contentment but not passion. That changes when she meets ardent Count Vronsky. For him, she throws away marriage, family, social position and finally her life.
Anna Karenina by Call Number: DVD 5178ISBN: B000MGBLHIPublication Date: 1948Story of passion and family conflict set in 19th century upper-class Russia in which the wife of an aristocrat falls in love with a dashing cavalry officer.
Anna Karenina by Call Number: DVD 1855ISBN: B000I8OOHEPublication Date: 1967The wife of an aging Russian aristocrat falls for a dashing cavalry officer.- Anna Karenina by Call Number: DVD 2231Publication Date: 1974"This is a Bolshoi Ballet version of Anna Karenina. Anna and a younger Vronsky are expressing their love through dance." www.imdb.com
Anna Karenina by Call Number: DVD 4873 (L)ISBN: B008220C38Publication Date: 2012Set in late 19th century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Anne Trister by Call Number: DVD 3668ISBN: B000VVNONSPublication Date: 2007Set in Quebec, the story of the relationship between two women, Anne, a young muralist and Alix, a mature psychologist.
Annie Hall by Call Number: DVD 580, DVD 4265ISBN: 0792838475Publication Date: 1977"Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall." www.imdb.com- Antony & Cleopatra by Call Number: DVD 1983ISBN: B002KAQCFUPublication Date: 1981A dramatization of Shakespeare's famous play which explores the calamitous consequences of an overwhelming passion by telling the story of Antony, the once-heralded leader who becomes stupified with passion and degenerates into a fool, and the multi-faceted Cleopatra.
The Apartment by Call Number: DVD 1290 (L)ISBN: 0792850084Publication Date: 1960"A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. (www.imdb.com)
As good as it gets by Call Number: DVD 96ISBN: 0767811100Publication Date: 1997"A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is in an accident." www.imdb.com
Ask the Dust by Call Number: DVD 1225ISBN: 1415721319Publication Date: 2006A young Italian would-be writer comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets Camilla, who is hoping to marry a rich American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California.
As Tears Go By by Call Number: DVD 1077ISBN: B0002X7GW0Publication Date: 1988Already stretched to breaking in a loyalty tug of war between Triad bosses and his loose cannon partner, Wah, a rising star in the Hong Kong underworld, finds himself saddled with beautiful, ailing country cousin Ngor. As an escalating test of wills with a stubborn debtor explodes into bloodshed and a mob turncoast instigates a ruthless police crackdown, Wah's growing fascination with Ngor becomes his last chance for escape from a violent past and a dubious future.- As You Like It by Call Number: DVD 1984Publication Date: 1978Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play, a pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France.
As You Like It by Call Number: DVD 2234ISBN: 0783151381Publication Date: 2006Rosalind is the daughter of banished Duke Senior and is being raised at the court of Duke Frederick, with her cousin Celia. She falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens death if she comes near the court again. Celia goes with Rosalind. Disguised as the boy Ganymede, Rosalind enters the forest of Arden. Upon their arrival in the forest, they happen upon Orlando and his manservant, who are fleeing the wrath of Orlando's eldest brother. What follows is an elaborate scheme devised by the cross-dressing Rosalind to find out the verity of Orlando's supposed passion for her, and to further capture his heart, through the witty and mischievous façade of Ganymede.
Atonement by Call Number: DVD 2479ISBN: B0013XZ6X4Publication Date: 2007"Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan." www.imdb.com
Audition (Ōdishon) by Call Number: DVD 2969ISBN: B002GJWU0GPublication Date: 1999"A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all." www.imdb.com
Away We Go by Call Number: DVD 2784ISBN: B0021L8UOYPublication Date: 2009"A couple who is expecting their first child travel around the U.S. in order to find a perfect place to start their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time." www.imdb.com
The Awful truth by Call Number: DVD 5232ISBN: B000085EFEPublication Date: 1937A separated couple sabotages each other's love affairs while waiting for their divorce decree to become final.
- Bab el shams by Call Number: DVD 1767ISBN: 3453277904200Publication Date: 2004Khalil, a refugee in a Lebanese camp, tries to rouse Younès, a comatose Palestinian soldier, by telling him stories from his own life.
Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldat) by Call Number: DVD 151ISBN: 0780025679Publication Date: 1959"During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura, who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love." www.imdb.com
Barber of Siberia (Sibirskiy tsiryulnik) by Call Number: DVD 274ISBN: B000260O94Publication Date: 1998"Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant, who falls in love with a young Russian officer, André, and spends the next 10 years perfecting the harvester and pursuing her love, who has been exiled to Siberia." www.imdb.com- Bear's Kiss by Call Number: DVD 2512 PALISBN: B006V4AODWPublication Date: 2002"A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human." (www.imdb.com)
Beauty and the Beast (La belle et la bête) by Call Number: DVD 1281ISBN: 0780026098Publication Date: 1946Tells the fable of the kindly beast and the self-sacrificing beauty whose love releases the prince in him. Contains such visual displays as tears that become real diamonds and walls that grow arms to light Beauty's path through the castle of the Beast.
Bed and Sofa (Tretʹi͡a Meshchanskai͡a) by Call Number: DVD 1919ISBN: B0001BKAC6Publication Date: 1927Bed and sofa (87 min.) is the story of a love triangle between a woman and two men living together in a one-room basement apartment in 1927 Moscow. Also includes, the movie Chess Fever.
Before midnight by Call Number: DVD 5475 (L)ISBN: B00DJYJPLOPublication Date: 2013" We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna." www.imdb.com
Before Sunrise by Call Number: DVD 3248ISBN: 0780625994Publication Date: 1995A young American man meets a beautiful French student on a train bound for Paris, falls in love, and asks her to share his last night in Vienna.
Before Sunset by Call Number: DVD 4466ISBN: 0790795515Publication Date: 2004Two strangers met by chance, spent a night together in Vienna, and parted before sunrise. Nine years later, Jesse has written a book about the encounter. During his accelerated European book tour, he meets up with Celine in Paris. Before Jesse's flight home, he joins Celine for a picturesque walk around the city and they have an intimate conversation, ending at Celine's apartment. Will they get the chance to fall in love all over again?
Bend It Like Beckham by Call Number: DVD 451ISBN: B00005JM2YPublication Date: 2002Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl (in England). But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.
Berlin, Schönhauser Corner (Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser) by Call Number: DVD 2615ISBN: B00004RX0HPublication Date: 1957"The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in love with Angela. She, in turn, spends time with the clique whenever her mother is occupied with her new lover. "Kohle" stays away from home to avoid his dad's alcohol problem, and Karl-Heinz is on his way to becoming a small-time criminal. Due to their interest in western music and culture they are regarded as no-goods and rowdies. Things get interesting when an incident forces Dieter and "Kohle" to escape to West Germany." www.imdb.com
The Best years of our lives by Call Number: DVD 4984ISBN: B00AATV07SPublication Date: 1946Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.
Be With Me by Call Number: DVD 3843 pt.2ISBN: B000J0QIQ6Publication Date: 2005A tapestry of stories woven around the themes of love, hope and destiny. The characters lead separate lives but are bound by one common desire - to be with their loved one. The protagonists in the movie are fictitious bar one - Theresa Chan, a courageous deaf and blind woman whose life story inspired the film.
Big Eden by Call Number: DVD 4449ISBN: 1884190944Publication Date: 2000A successful but lonely New York artist returns to Montana after years away to care for his ailing grandfather and discovers new possibilities for friendship and romance.
The Big Trail by Call Number: DVD 2153ISBN: B0080GEV0GPublication Date: 1930"Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West." www.imdb.com
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss by Call Number: DVD 4407ISBN: 1573624381Publication Date: 1998Photographer Billy Colier has dreams of success in his viewfinder and no love in the picture. But all that changes when he meets and falls for handsome "Is-he-or-isn't-he?" coffee house waiter Gabriel, and asks him to pose for a series of photos recreating great Hollywood screen kisses.- Black Ice (Gololed) by Call Number: DVD 1533Publication Date: 2003She is mysterious, irresistible, brusque; he is handsome, self-assured, happy. She is always leaving someone; he thinks he knows everything about himself. She finds herself challenging a too-strong adversary; he wants to remain peaceful. They haven't met yet, but no one knows what might come of their meeting.
Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) by Call Number: DVD 2027ISBN: 0780022211Publication Date: 1959"A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro." www.imdb.com
Blended by Call Number: DVD 5836 (L)ISBN: B00K2CHSS8Publication Date: 2014http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1086772/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Blood and Sand by Call Number: DVD 1561ISBN: B00005O5CCPublication Date: 1922A romantic tragedy about the rise and fall of a matador. Juan Gallardo, Spain's most idolized matador, returns to his home town and finds himself the victim of his own desires and the sinister charms of the exotic Doîna Sol.
Blue valentine by Call Number: DVD 4838 (L)ISBN: B0036TGTDEPublication Date: 2010An honest, moving and uninhibited love story. The uncompromising portrait of Dean and Cindy, a young married couple who have grown apart, taking one night away from their daughter to try to save their relationship. Highlighted by provocative scenes alternately intimate and intense, the film captured audiences and critics alike.
Boccaccio '70 by Call Number: DVD 6416ISBN: B0056HTELIPublication Date: 1962Four satires on morality, prudery, and hypocrisy. Monicelli's "Renzo e Luciana" is a frothy tale of young love and office politics in the big city. Fellini's notorious "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" features Ekberg as a busty model in a milk advertisement whose image begins to haunt an aging prude. Visconti's "Il Lavoro" stars Romy Schneider as a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs, and De Sica's "La Riffa" raffles off a night with Sophia Loren to a lucky ticket holder during a small town fair.
Boomerang by Call Number: DVD 6273ISBN: 0792181875Publication Date: 1992New York marketing exec Marcus Graham is a wolf in chic clothing, a lady's man dedicated to life, liberty and the happiest of pursuit. But what goes around comes around when he meets a stylish career woman who treats men the same way he treats women.
Boy meets girl by Call Number: DVD 6102ISBN: B00N5ND30IPublication Date: 1984An aspiring filmmaker and a suicidal young woman, both reeling from failed romances, embark on an affair that has disastrous consequences.
Bram Stoker's Dracula by Call Number: DVD 2996ISBN: 1404912509Publication Date: 1992"The vampire comes to England to seduce a visitor's fiancée and inflict havoc in the foreign land." www.imdb.com
Bread and Tulips (Pane e tulipani) by Call Number: DVD 139ISBN: 0767890507Publication Date: 2000When a harried housewife is accidentally left behind while on vacation with her family, she decides to take a holiday of her own in Venice.
Bread, love and dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia) by Call Number: DVD 2885ISBN: B0041KX8XGPublication Date: 1953When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky." www.imdb.com
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Call Number: 2081ISBN: 9781415718117Publication Date: 1961A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building." www.imdb.com
Breaking the waves by Call Number: DVD 47ISBN: 1574927825Publication Date: 1996"Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another." www.imdb.com
Bridget Jones's Diary by Call Number: DVD 486ISBN: 078883066XPublication Date: 2001In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love.
Brief encounter by Call Number: DVD 24ISBN: 0780023420Publication Date: 1945"Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband." www.imdb.com
Bridges of Madison County by Call Number: DVD 2683ISBN: 1419872036Publication Date: 1995World-traveling National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid is on assignment to photograph the bridges of Madison County, Iowa. He stops for directions at Francesca Johnson's farmhouse, and passion ignites.
Bringing Up Baby by Call Number: DVD 576ISBN: 0790765357Publication Date: 1938An heiress determined to catch a zoologist uses her pet leopard, Baby, to get his attention.
Broadway Danny Rose by Call Number: DVD 1838, DVD 4271ISBN: 0792851250Publication Date: 1984Comedy about an agent Broadway Danny Rose and his attempt to revive the sagging career of the overweight, aging lounge singer, Lou Canova. Danny has finally booked Lou at the Waldorf, but Lou won't go on unless his girlfriend Tina is there on opening night. It's Danny's quest to round up Tina, an attempt that lands him right in the middle of a gangland battle.
Brokeback mountain by Call Number: DVD 3110ISBN: 1417030321Publication Date: 2005"The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their lives over the years." www.imdb.com
Broken Blossoms by Call Number: DVD 374ISBN: B000056N7TPublication Date: 1919Set in the Limehouse district of London, this is the story of Lucy, a 15-year-old living under the violent, abusive hand of her resentful prizefighter father, Battling Burrows. Driven from her home, she finds love and protection in the home of a gentle Chinese man. Together they begin to discover the joys that life has denied both of them until that time. Then Lucy's father finds her, brutally beats her protector, takes her back home, and, in his rage, kills her. The grief stricken Chinese man avenges Lucy's death and then takes his own life.
Broken embraces (Los abrazos rotos) by Call Number: DVD 5830 (L)ISBN: 1435993179Publication Date: 2009Pedro Almódovar's acclaimed tale of sex, secrets and cinema. When her father becomes gravely ill, beautiful Lena consents to a relationship with her boss Ernesto Martel. An extremely wealthy and much-older man, he pays for her father's hospitalisation and provides her a lavish lifestyle. Lena's dream, however, is to act and she soon falls for the director of her first film - a project bankrolled by her jealous husband to keep her near. Upon his discovery of the affair, Ernesto stops at nothing to ruin Lena's happiness.
The Bubble by Call Number: DVD 1963ISBN: B000YMDJ02Publication Date: 2006Three young Israelis, two guys, Yali and Noam, and a girl, Lulu, share an apartment in Tel Aviv's hippest neighborhood. Noam meets and falls in love with a Palestinian man and he and his friends conspire to help Ashraf stay on in Tel Aviv illegally.
Burnt Money (Plata Quemada) by Call Number: DVD 974ISBN: 1930915748Publication Date: 2000"Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down." www.imdb.com
Camila by Call Number: DVD 5004ISBN: B00007G1VGPublication Date: 1984Recounts the true story of a young Catholic socialite from Buenos Aires, Camila O'Gorman, who falls in love and runs away with a young Jesuit priest, Ladislao Gutierrez, in 1847. Eventually they are found and executed by the repressive government. The film also makes a statement about the affect of dictatorship on personal and political freedom.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Call Number: DVD 203ISBN: 0783259522Publication Date: 2001"When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander." www.imdb.com
Caramel by Call Number: DVD 2294ISBN: B0016MLIK2Publication Date: 2007A Beirut beauty salon becomes a treasured meeting place for several generations of women who meet there daily. The women come from various walks of life, to talk, seek advice and confide in one another. Each has their own quirks and problems that they must deal with. The film tells the story of five Lebanese women tackling forbidden love, binding traditions, repressed sexuality, the struggle to accept the natural process of age, and duty vs. desire.
Casablanca by Call Number: DVD 2099ISBN: 0790772302Publication Date: 1942"Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications." www.imdb.com
Cashback by Call Number: DVD 4211 (L)ISBN: B000PKG8TMPublication Date: 2006When London art student Ben Willis goes through a painful breakup, he develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late-night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own means of dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben imagines freezing time, which allows him to see the beauty of the everyday world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl, who just may hold the answer to resolving Ben's insomnia.
Charade by Call Number: DVD 5108 (L)ISBN: B006TTC5WCPublication Date: 1963A woman, about to divorce her husband, finds that he has been murdered after converting all of their fortune into cash. Numerous people are searching for the money, which he apparently stole, and everyone assumes she must know where the money is hidden.
Children of a Lesser God by Call Number: DVD 2113ISBN: 0792169719Publication Date: 1986A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.
Children of paradise (Les enfants du paradis) by Call Number: DVD 4831ISBN: 0780023528Publication Date: 1945Story of a theatrical society in 19th century Paris and the love between the mime Debureau and the beautiful courtesan Garance who is also loved by an aristocrat, a criminal, and an actor.
China Doll by Call Number: DVD 1523ISBN: B000MTFFR2Publication Date: 1958Against the background of war-torn China in 1943, this love story bristles with strong action elements, interesting story turns and an attractive cast.-- case.
Chocolat by Call Number: DVD 2332ISBN: 0788827006Publication Date: 2000"A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community." www.imdb.com
Christmas in July by Call Number: DVD 1385 v.2ISBN: 1417024143Publication Date: 1940"Hope springs eternal when an office clerk (Dick Powell) mistakenly believes he's won a coffee slogan challenge and spends the 'prize money'."
The Circus by Call Number: DVD 556 pt.1ISBN: 0790771616Publication Date: 1928"The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus." www.imdb.com
City Lights by Call Number: DVD 391, DVD 556 pt.2 (L), DVD 5399ISBN: 0790771659Publication Date: 1931"The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with." www.imdb.com
Chaudhvin Ka Chand by Call Number: DVD 6384ISBN: B000LMPNOAPublication Date: 1961Nawab Pyare Mian is in love with Jameela. But the problem is that his friend, Aslam, has also fallen for her, and the friends will have to make sacrifices for each other.
Claire of the Moon by Call Number: DVD 4368ISBN: B00006CXI7Publication Date: 1992Two women meet and share a cabin at a women's writer retreat. One is the author of a controversial study on sexual behavior and the other is a satirist, and while they maintain their philosophical differences they can't deny their attraction to each other.
Clueless by Call Number: DVD 45ISBN: B00001MXXEPublication Date: 1995"A rich high school student tries to boost a new pupil's popularity, but reckons without affairs of the heart getting in the way." www.imdb.com
Code unknown (Code inconnu: récit incomplet de divers voyages) by Call Number: DVD 4985ISBN: B000068MALPublication Date: 2000On a bustling Paris street corner, four separate lives intersect, interweaving the stories of a promising actress, her photojournalist boyfriend, a teacher of African descent, and a Romanian illegal immigrant. A portrait of life in a fractured, lonely world.- The Comedy of Errors by Call Number: DVD 1985Publication Date: 1983Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's farce about two pairs of twins involved in an elaborate series of mistaken identities.
Coming Home by Call Number: DVD 766ISBN: 0792852206Publication Date: 1978A sad, poignant love story set against the social upheaval of the Vietnam war. Set in 1968, the story concerns a woman who, while her husband is serving in Vietnam, falls in love with a paraplegic while performing volunteer work at a San Diego veterans hospital.
Como agua para chocolate (Like water for chocolate) by Call Number: DVD 26ISBN: 0788816829Publication Date: 1992A young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman's cold and selfish mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.
Comrade X by Call Number: DVD 4739ISBN: B00347AINAPublication Date: 1940Soviet streetcar conductor Theodore is as lovely as a Botticelli angel and as forbidding as a Moscow winter. American reporter "Mac" Thompson is hunky and self-confident. Together, in pre-World War II Russia, the two share an adventure involving secret identities, a marriage of convenience, hairbreadth escapes and a thrilling tank-chase as Mac tries to help Theodore leave for the USA one step ahead of the corrupt secret police.
Confidences Trop Intimes by Call Number: DVD 4324ISBN: 9781415703298Publication Date: 2004William Faber became a tax accountant like his father and resolved himself to a life where nothing much ever changed. At least until the beautiful Anna walked in one day and mistook his office for the therapist's down the hall. Unsolicited, Anna begins to reveal intimate details of her life which include how she is seeking security by attempting to save her tumultuous marriage. William and Anna find a bond developing between them, one that only true strangers can have, even after she finds out who he really is ... or is not! Masterfully directed by French film legen Patrice Leconte ("Man on the Train," "Girl on the Bridge," "The Widow of St. Pierre"), "Intimate Strangers" takes you on a journey into the depths of human relationships and shows just how intimate strangers can be.
The Constant gardener by Call Number: DVD 5126 (L)ISBN: 1417030003Publication Date: 2005" A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption." www.imdb.com- The Constellation Ox (V sozvezdii byka) by Call Number: DVD 1960ISBN: B000BJGJUAPublication Date: 2003The Battle for Stalingrad is at its height. In a tiny village, Vanya is in love with local beauty Kalya. She loves Igor. Vanya is jealous and confides in his closest friends, the oxen that are still alive in a village so close to the front lines.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her lover by Call Number: DVD 3858ISBN: B0000UM0NUPublication Date: 1989A modern fable and political satire on the Thatcher years in Britain set at Le Hollandais, a gourmet restaurant. The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant, all observed by the cook. This nightly display of opulence, decadence and gluttony leads to murder, torture and revenge.
Couples Retreat by Call Number: DVD 3641 (L)ISBN: B002ZGW92EPublication Date: 2009Following failed attempts to conceive, Jason and Cynthia are contemplating divorce. In an effort to save their marriage, they book a vacation to a couples therapy retreat, called Eden. To save money they encourage their friends to join them, claiming that their friends can enjoy the party activities and not take part in the therapy. Reluctantly their friends, Dave and Ronnie, Joey and Lucy, and recently divorced Shane and his girlfriend Trudy agree. Upon their arrival to Eden they are sent to the west side of the island, but Joey learns that the east side of the island hosts a singles resort. After their first therapy session all four couples learn they have problems with their relationships. Later, Shane runs into his ex-wife, who admits she still loves him.
Cowards Bend the Knee by Call Number: DVD 3586ISBN: B000AA4HG8Publication Date: 2003Guy Maddin, hockey player for the Winnipeg Maroons, takes his pregnant girlfriend to a beauty salon that moonlights as an abortion clinic and leaves her (mid-procedure) for the salon owner's daughter. He then discovers that his new girlfriend can't be with a man until she avenges her father's murder.
The Cranes are Flying (Letyat zhuravli) by Call Number: DVD 150ISBN: 0780025687Publication Date: 1957Veronica plans a rendezvous with her lover, Boris, at the bank of river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter.
Crazed Fruit (Kurutta kajitsu) by Call Number: DVD 1626ISBN: 0780027671Publication Date: 1956Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking. A portrayal of post-war sexual revolution among Japan's young and privileged.
Crazy, Stupid Love by Call Number: DVD 4537ISBN: 9780780677999Publication Date: 2011Fortysomething Cal Weaver is living the dream: good job, nice house, great kids, and marriage to his high school sweetheart. So when Cal learns that she has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his 'perfect' life quickly unravels. Cal, who hasn't dated in decades, stands out as the epitome of un-smooth, so handsome player Jacob Palmer takes him on as wingman and protege.
The Crime of Padre Amaro (El crimen del Padre Amaro) by Call Number: DVD 321ISBN: 1404926003Publication Date: 2002"Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town." www.imdb.com
Cronaca Di Un Amore by Call Number: DVD 6415ISBN: B004CQH3USPublication Date: 1950Groundlessly jealous of his wife's romantic past, Enrico Fontana hires a private detective to finally determine whether she is faithful or not. Ironically, his suspicious attitude unconsciously brings his wife, Paola, together with Guido, a man with whom she had once been in love. Paola and Guido's past was clouded in tragedy. Guido had been involved with Paola's close friend's death. Their passion rekindled once again, the lovers even get to the point where they are thinking about murdering Enrico.
Crossing Delancey by Call Number: DVD 5989ISBN: 141984301XPublication Date: 1988A single, independent woman is caught in a romantic quandary when her grandmother hires a Jewish matchmaker to find her a husband.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Call Number: DVD 155ISBN: 9780767861441Publication Date: 2000"Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically skilled, adolescent nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life." www.imdb.com
A Cruel Romance (Zhestokiĭ Romans) by Call Number: DVD 312ISBN: B00006LPEHPublication Date: 1984Laria Ogudalova, the heroine, loses security in marriage and even life for love.
The Crying game by Call Number: DVD 5813ISBN: B007UW9W5UPublication Date: 1992" A British soldier is kidnapped by IRA terrorists. He befriends one of his captors, who is drawn into the soldier's world." www.imdb.com- Crush (Korotkoe zamykanie) by Call Number: DVD 3037 PALPublication Date: 2009"Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them have the important qualities of being openhearted and not afraid of loving. "www.imdb.com"
Damage by Call Number: DVD 2819ISBN: 0780622669Publication Date: 1992"A member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son's fiancée despite the dangers of discovery." www.imdb.com
Dans Paris by Call Number: DVD 2263ISBN: 1594449597Publication Date: 2006"Anna has just left Paul who, annihilated by the separation, moves back with his father in Paris. His younger brother Jonathan, a casual student, still lives in his father's apartment and spends most of his time womanizing and fooling around. But what this apparent lightness conceals is a deep wound. Jonathan, in fact, has never been able to overcome the death of his beloved sister. Meanwhile Paul sinks into depression..." www.imdb.com
The dark side of the heart (El lado oscuro del corazón) by Call Number: DVD 973ISBN: 1565803493Publication Date: 1992Oliverio is a narcissistic young poet in search of the perfect woman, claiming he will not "tolerate a woman who cannot fly." He meets a prostitute who can fly but prefers to keep their relationship a business arrangement.
Das Hofkonzert (Court Concert) by Call Number: DVD 2321 PALISBN: B000063WJNPublication Date: 1936Christine is a young singer who aspires to find her father. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by a handsome lieutenant. He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but the king turns out to be Christine's long-lost father.
Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) by Call Number: DVD 2134ISBN: 0790775670Publication Date: 1973Frictions and personality clashes beset the making of a romantic film in Nice.
Days of Being Wild by Call Number: DVD 560ISBN: B0002X7GWUPublication Date: 1990"Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother." www.imdb.com
Days of heaven by Call Number: DVD 2893ISBN: 079215455XPublication Date: 1978"A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune." www.imdb.com
Dear John by Call Number: DVD 4753 (L)ISBN: B0021L8V3YPublication Date: 2010While 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.- Dedh ishqiya 11/2 by Call Number: DVD 5884Publication Date: 2014Dedh Ishqiya discovers yet another escapade of Khalujan and Babban, a poetic yourney underlined with revenge, drama and deception.
La délicatesse (Delicacy) by Call Number: DVD 4734ISBN: 1417238445Publication Date: 2011After the death of her soul mate, Nathalie loses interest in life, and finds love again in the most unexpected place.
Desk set by Call Number: DVD 5244ISBN: B0001NBMASPublication Date: 1957A classic Hepburn-Tracy romance, about the head of the research department at a TV network and an absent-minded computer genius.
Die grosse Liebe by Call Number: DVD 1824 PALISBN: B000CS3RHIPublication Date: 1942Depicts the war-time romance and marriage of a beautiful singer and an officer in the Luftwaffe.
Dil se.. by Call Number: DVD 3292ISBN: B00008N72FPublication Date: 1998Amarkanth Varma, an All India Radio reporter, is dispatched to the northeastern part of India. While waiting for a train, he meets Meghna and instantly falls in love with her. They meet again by chance but she disappears as soon as she came. Heartbroken and under pressure from his family, he agrees to marry Preeti Nair. On the day of the engagement to Preeti, Meghna shows up at his house with a private and deadly agenda of her own that will shake the very roots of the Varma family and India as a whole.
Dirty dancing by Call Number: DVD 2992ISBN: B0000DIXDRPublication Date: 1987"Spending the summer in a holiday camp with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor Johnny Castle." www.imdb.com
Divided heaven (Der geteilte Himmel) by Call Number: DVD 3205ISBN: B003BR8MEAPublication Date: 1964A young couple in East Germany find their relationship strained by political upheaval. Set against the backdrop of the Berlin Wall's construction, tells the story of Rita Seidel, a woman in her late twenties, and her search for love and understanding in the German Democratic Republic.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge by Call Number: DVD 4086ISBN: B0010SAG32Publication Date: 1995Raj and Simran are second generation British Asians who meet one summer riding Eurail with their friends. They fall in love, but Simran's traditional father already has arranged for her to marry the son of an old friend from India.
The Docks of New York by Call Number: DVD 3787 pt.3ISBN: B003N2CVRCPublication Date: 1928Roughneck stoker Bill Roberts gets into all sorts of trouble during a brief shore leave when he falls hard for Mae, a wise and weary dance-hall girl.
Dodsworth by Call Number: DVD 3134ISBN: 0792851617Publication Date: 1936A middle-aged American retires and he and his wife go to Europe where they find a new set of values and relationships.
Dolls by Call Number: DVD 757ISBN: B0007GADXQPublication Date: 2002"Three stories of never-ending love." www.imdb.com
Down with love by Call Number: DVD 2215ISBN: B00005JLZWPublication Date: 2003A feminist writer in the early 1960's who is promoting her book 'Down With Love' has sworn off love. A New York City journalist thinks he doesn't need love. See what happens when they fall for each other in this old-fashioned romantic comedy.- Dream boy by Call Number: DVD 3356ISBN: B001X9KWGEPublication Date: 2008Chronicles the relationship between two gay teenagers in the rural south in the late 70's.
The Dreamers by Call Number: DVD 3343ISBN: B00023P4I8Publication Date: 2003A group of students fall in love and sleep around against the backdrop of the 1968 student riots in Paris.
Dresden by Call Number: DVD 5113ISBN: 1417230274Publication Date: 2006A German hospital nurse finds an injured English pilot hiding in the cellar, and helps him, thinking he is a German deserter. When she finds out who he is, will she have the heart to turn him in? Or will her feelings overcome border lines and sides?
Drinking buddies by Call Number: DVD 5524 (L)ISBN: B00F6SHGUSPublication Date: 2013" Luke and Kate are coworkers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and flirting heavily. One weekend away together with their significant others proves who really belongs together and who doesn't." www.imdb.com
The Earrings of Madame de-- by Call Number: DVD 5386ISBN: 1604650613Publication Date: 1953The wife of a 19th century General sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts, which sets off a chain reaction of deceit that includes her husband, his mistress, and her lover.
Eat Pray Love by Call Number: DVD 3649ISBN: B0042816YKPublication Date: 2010A happily married woman who is trying to get pregnant realizes that her life needs to go in a new direction. After a very painful divorce, she risks everything and embarks on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery.
Earth by Call Number: DVD 1228 (L)ISBN: 1567302335Publication Date: 1998"It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence." www.imdb.com
Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nü) by Call Number: DVD 1311ISBN: 0792852028Publication Date: 1994"A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members." www.imdb.com
Edward Scissorhands by Call Number: DVD 867ISBN: B000VDDWDIPublication Date: 1990As the result of an inventor's sudden death, his creation Edward is left with long, sharp scissors instead of hands. Edward is brought from his lonely castle to a stylized, pastel suburb by a kindly Avon lady, who tries to make a home for him with her family and neighbors, with alarming, darkly comic results.
Effi Briest by Call Number: DVD 3908ISBN: B001SEQK9MPublication Date: 2009At her parents' urging, Effi Briest, a free-spirited 17-year-old girl, marries Baron von Innstetten, nearly 20 years her senior, and a former admirer of Effi's mother. The arranged marriage spells the beginning of a monotonous existence for Effi far away from her hometown, as Innstetten is preoccupied with his political career and the sleepy town of Kessin offers little excitement. That is, until Major Crampas arrives--one of Innstetten's military comrades and a charming womanizer. Effi starts a passionate affair with him and finally discovers what love is. But it comes at a steep price; the affair proves fatal for Crampas. Effi, on the other hand (unlike in Fontane's novel) deals with the consequences of her decisions and embarks on a new chapter in her life.
Emma by Call Number: DVD 38ISBN: 0767020308Publication Date: 1996A rich, clever and beautiful young woman risks missing out on her own perfect match as she carefully orchestrates other people's love lives.
Emma by Call Number: DVD 43ISBN: 1558905731Publication Date: 1996"In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman." www.imdb.com
Empire of Passion (aka "Ai no bôrei") by Call Number: DVD 3761ISBN: 1604651466Publication Date: 19781895, a small Japanese village. Part-time barmaid Seki is married to Gisaburo, a hardworking rickshaw man. Toyoji is a younger man at loose ends since leaving the army. Toyoji seduces Seki, and they embark on a desultory affair. Later, an impetuous action of Toyoji's prompts the lovers to murder Gisaburo. Three years later, Gisaburo's ghost appears, a sad and confused lost soul whose vague desperation drives his murderers to anguished guilt. This film was director Oshima's venture into the kaidan (Japanese ghost story), and was highly acclaimed on its release in 1978.
Enamorada by Call Number: DVD 6239ISBN: B0000CABBLPublication Date: 1946A revolutionary general and his troops seize the conservative town of Cholula where the general falls for the wild and beautiful Beatriz, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.
Enough said by Call Number: DVD 5511 (L)ISBN: B00FZ4KR4UPublication Date: 2013Divorced mom Eva may be falling for Albert, a sweet, funny, like-minded divorced man. But as their relationship blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne, who's always complaining about her ex-husband. When Eva realizes that Albert is the target of Marianne's rants, she begins to question her own perceptions about first impressions and second chances.
East/West (Est-Ouest) by Call Number: DVD 294ISBN: 0767851390Publication Date: 1999Following World War II, a Russian doctor and his French wife take their son back to the Soviet Union to live, but find it is an oppressive nightmare.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Call Number: DVD 639ISBN: 141703842XPublication Date: 2004"A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with." www.imdb.com
Ever After: A Cinderella Story by Call Number: DVD 680ISBN: B00006ZXSKPublication Date: 1998A young woman of the 16th century stands up to her scheming stepmother and works miracles on the lives of everyone around her, including the crown prince of France.
Eye of the needle by Call Number: DVD 5970ISBN: B000035P5EPublication Date: 1981An English woman falls in love with a German spy.
Eyes wide shut by Call Number: DVD 73, DVD 5139ISBN: 0790747065Publication Date: 1999A wife's admission of unfulfilled sexual longings plunges Dr. William Harford, a New Yorker, into an erotic odyssey that could destroy his marriage and ensnare him in a lurid murder mystery.
Failure to Launch by Call Number: DVD 4366ISBN: B00AEFXWXIPublication Date: 2006Tripp is a thirtysomething slacker, but that doesn't mean that he is ready to give up the many benefits of living at home with his mom and dad. His desperate parents have had enough though, and after years of gentle nudging they soon realize that it is going to take a concerted effort to get Tripp out so they can enjoy their twilight years in peace. Realizing that their only hope for riding themselves of their reluctant-to-leave son, Al and Sue hope that on the off-chance Tripp will meet the woman of his dreams, the two enlist the help of a beautiful and talented woman in providing the romantic incentive needed to finally get their son out of the family home.
Fallen Angels by Call Number: DVD 1078ISBN: B001O2UTR2Publication Date: 1995In the garishly lit latenight world of Hong Kong, the lives of four lonely people briefly intersect: Wong Chi-Ming, a jaded hit man who wants out of his dangerous, solitary business but is leery of emotional involvement; the Agent, the beautiful partner-in-crime he's never met, but who's fallen in love with Chi-Ming anyway; Baby, a bleached-blonde, nightcrawling cookie who's looking for love but will settle for being remembered by Chi-Ming; and He Zhiwu, a mute, overgrown child who, in the wee hours, breaks into closed-up shops, opens them for business and forces customers to shop against their will.
Far From Heaven by Call Number: DVD 1315ISBN: 0783274599Publication Date: 2002"In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world." www.imdb.com
Farewell My Concubine by Call Number: DVD 3566ISBN: 0788816101Publication Date: 1993This tale spans 50 years--from 1925 to 1977--a story at once that of individuals and of the history of China. Two young orphan boys are in the Peking Opera's perfectionist training academy. Eventually, Dieyi is assigned the role of the concubine in the famous traditional opera of the films title, while Xiaolou will play the king. They are locked into these roles onstage, while their personal relationship somehow survives the upheavals of World War II, the communist takeover of China and the Cultural Revolution. Dieyi is livid when Xiaolou marries Juxian, who spends her life at the mercy of two men whose work together has defined their individual personalities.
Fast Food Nation by Call Number: DVD 1900ISBN: B000MEYKAUPublication Date: 2006An ensemble drama examining the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
Fatal Attraction by Call Number: DVD 775ISBN: 0792179021Publication Date: 1987A New York attorney has a romantic fling while his wife is out of town, and then shrugs it off. But the woman involved with him won't be ignored, even if it means destroying his family to keep him.
The Fault in our stars by Call Number: DVD 5786 (L)ISBN: B00KAJ2K0YPublication Date: 2014" Two teens, both who have different cancer conditions, fall in love after meeting at a cancer support group." www.imdb.com
Feast of Love by Call Number: DVD 2708 (L)ISBN: B0010X8NNMPublication Date: 2007Bradley is the owner of a coffee shop in Oregon. He thinks his marriage is idyllic, that is until his wife, Kathryn, leaves him for another woman. One of Bradley's baristas falls head over heels for a girl who comes looking for a job, but his abusive father spells trouble for the relationship. Finally, a professor and his wife struggle to find purpose in life in the aftermath of a personal tragedy.
Fedora by Call Number: DVD 1755 PAL, DVD 5963ISBN: B00MQLQIZCPublication Date: 1978Fedora, an aging and reclusive film star, dies in Paris, after being struck by a train. At her funeral, a film producer thinks back over the past two weeks and the part he might have played in her death. He travelled to Corfu to track her down, pushing himself into her island villa, where she lived with a nurse, an old countess, and the plastic surgeon whose job was to keep her looking young.
Félix & Meira (Félix et Meira) by Call Number: DVD 6362ISBN: B00YYF741APublication Date: 2014"Hadas Yaron (Fill the Void) returns in ... an unconventional love story between two people living vastly different lives. Meira (Yaron), a young Hasidic wife and mother unhappy in her life, and Félix (Martin Dubreuil), a man lost in mourning the recent death of his father, unexpectedly meet in Montreal's Mile End district. What starts as an innocent friendship becomes more serious as the two find comfort and freedom in one another. As Félix opens Meira's eyes to the world outside of her Orthodox community, her desire for change becomes harder for her to ignore"--Container.
Fifty Shades of Grey by Call Number: DVD 6216ISBN: B00NCDQDUIPublication Date: 2015Ana is an inexperienced college student tasked with interviewing enigmatic billionaire Christian Grey. But what starts as business quickly becomes an unconventional romance. Swept up in Christian's glamorous lifestyle, Ana soon finds another side to him as she discovers his secrets and explores her own dark desires. What results is a thrilling, all-consuming romance as Christian and Ana test the limits they will go to for their relationship.
Fire by Call Number: DVD 1227 (L)ISBN: 1567302246Publication Date: 1996In New Delhi Sita, a beautiful and intelligent young woman embarks on an arranged, loveless marriage to a faithless husband, Jatin. The extended family, owners of a video store, live together according to custom. Family tensions escalate. Radha, Sita's sister-in-law, is unable to conceive; her disappointed husband Ashok (Sita's husband's brother) has taken a vow of celibacy, acquired a swami and is often gone. Eventually Jita and Radha develop a physical relationship which is far more emotionally sustaining than they have found with their husbands. Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country.
Fireworks (Hana-bi) by Call Number: DVD 3198ISBN: 1567302238Publication Date: 1997A hard-boiled ex-cop, haunted by a troubled past and pushed to the edge by the shooting of his partner, confronts his demons in a ruthless quest for justice and redemption.- Five evenings (Pyat vecherov) by Call Number: DVD 5659Publication Date: 1979Set in the 1950s, Soviet life is examined through the lives of the residents in a communal apartment and a couple separated by the war.
Follow the Fleet by Call Number: DVD 1190 pt.4ISBN: 0780650697Publication Date: 1936"A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco." www.imdb.com
Fools rush in by Call Number: DVD 2786ISBN: 076780421XPublication Date: 1997"After a one night stand with Isabel, Alex realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions." www.imdb.com
Foreign Land (Terra estrangeira) by Call Number: DVD 2718ISBN: 1572529652Publication Date: 1996"After the unexpected death of his mother, Paco, an aspiring actor from Sao Paulo, longs to leave his native Brazil. Tired of living in suqalior, he accepts a 'delivery job' from a shady antique dealer and travels to Lisbon carrying a violin filled with uncut diamonds. But when the exchange goes bad, he finds himself on the run from an underworld thug and in the arms of Alex, a beautiful woman caught up in the Portuguese black market."--Container.
Forrest Gump by Call Number: DVD 774ISBN: 0792174844Publication Date: 1994The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Forrest comes to embody a generation.
Four Weddings and a Funeral by Call Number: DVD 154ISBN: 0792842243Publication Date: 1994"Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love." www.imdb.com
The French lieutenant's woman by Call Number: DVD 4108 (L)ISBN: 0792850734Publication Date: 1981A woman, ostracized by Victorian society and abandoned by her French lieutenant lover, fascinates a man who resolves to unravel the mystery of her clandestine past.
Frida by Call Number: DVD 978ISBN: 0788844989Publication Date: 2002The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and the controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera.
Friends with Benefits by Call Number: DVD 4404 (L)ISBN: B004EPZ0BGPublication Date: 2011While trying to avoid the cliches of Hollywood romantic comedies, Dylan and Jamie soon discover that adding the act of sex to their friendship does lead to complications.
From here to eternity by Call Number: DVD 4917ISBN: 0800178831Publication Date: 1953At an Army base in 1941 Hawaii, the lives of enlisted men and officers are troubled by spiteful commanders, sadistic military police, and forbidden love. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Front Page by Call Number: DVD 1719ISBN: 1417043571Publication Date: 1974The story finds hard-nosed editor Walter Burns trying every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter Hildy Johnson from leaving the newspaper business to get married.
Gabriel Over the White House by Call Number: DVD 3590ISBN: B003552QUEPublication Date: 1933United States President Judson Hammond, a corrupt politician, is visited by the Angel Gabriel during recuperation from a near-fatal automobile accident. President Hammond miraculously becomes virtuous, although his zeal for reform is as misguided as his previous indifference was destructive.- Gemeas by Call Number: DVD 1017ISBN: B000I0SHU2Publication Date: 1999Identical twins Iara and Marilene like to play games with their boyfriends due to their resemblance. After the death of their mother, Mariline meets and falls in love with Osmar. Her sister Iara becomes obsessed with Osmar, and the jealous Marilene poisons her.
Gentleman's agreement by Call Number: DVD 1503ISBN: B00006RCO2Publication Date: 1947A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.
Get Real by Call Number: DVD 4339ISBN: 6305744777Publication Date: 1998There's no time quite as awkward as adolescence. Between the expectations of parents, the constant scrutiny of peers, and one's own raging hormones, something's got to give. And if, like Steven Carter, you also happen to be gay, navigating your way through adolescence can be like hiking through a minefield. Based on the play What's wrong with angry? by Patrick Wilde.
Giant by Call Number: DVD 5367ISBN: 1419811010Publication Date: 1956Bick Benedict, his society-gilded wife, and three generations of land-rich Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive, and clash in a monumental drama of family strife, racial bigotry, and conflict between cattle barons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
Girl with a pearl earring by Call Number: DVD 4862 (L)ISBN: B0001US61OPublication Date: 2003" A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works." www.imdb.com
Gloomy Sunday by Call Number: DVD 4473ISBN: 9781419833700Publication Date: 1999Set in Budapest in the 1930s. Restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona, who inspires András to write his only composition. The song becomes a hit but its fame comes with consequences, as a Nazi officer who is stationed in the city also becomes captivated by Ilona.
Go Fish by Call Number: DVD 4453ISBN: 0792850300Publication Date: 1994Kia, a professor, speculates with her students about who might be a lesbian in American society. She is involved with Evy and they would like Kia's roommate, Max, to meet a woman. Kia sets her up with Ely, an ex-student of hers who is in the process of terminating a long-distance relationship. They finally go out on a date and everyone insists on getting all the details.
Golden Door (Nuovomondo) by Call Number: DVD 2617ISBN: 0788877682Publication Date: 2006A Sicilian farmer falls in love with a worldly British woman while both are attempting to immigrate to America.
Gone With the Wind by Call Number: DVD 3235ISBN: 1419878778Publication Date: 1939Scarlett O'Hara is the daughter of a wealthy southern plantation owner. Ashley is the love of her life, but he is going to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton. At a barbecue at Twelve Oaks, Scarlett meets Rhett Butler. News of the Civil War starting arrives at the barbecue. As the war continues, Scarlett becomes a widow, all while still pining for Ashley. After the war, Scarlett travels to her family's plantation only to find it in ruins, with no food, animals and her mother dead. Later, Rhett courts Scarlett and they get married and have a daughter, Bonnie. When Bonnie dies, Rhett goes mad. Then Melanie dies. Rhett feels that Scarlett will go to Ashley to be with him. Not understanding Scarlett's intentions, Rhett walks out on Scarlett.
The Good Fairy by Call Number: DVD 1323 v.5ISBN: B00006LPEOPublication Date: 1935"A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated." www.imdb.com- Gorodskoĭ romans byCall Number: DVD 2810 PALPublication Date: 1970"After an accidental meeting, a woman recognizes that she has met the love of her life. But when the marriage proves to be an ordeal for her husband, she finds the strength to leave him. It will take several years for them to find their way back to each other."
The Great Gatsby by Call Number: DVD 5179 (L)ISBN: B00DHHWXYYPublication Date: 2013" A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor." www.imdb.com- The Great Lie by Call Number: DVD 3612 pt.3ISBN: 1419863800Publication Date: 1941Tempestuous and ambitious concert pianist Sandra Kovac shares a bond with down-to-earth Maggie Van Allen and her little boy, Pete. Sandra's chic New York friends can't imagine what the two women have in common. What they don't know is that Pete is Sandra's son - the son of the heroic aviator both women love.
Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (Tabor ukhodit v nebo) by Call Number: DVD 1149ISBN: B0013LCOVIPublication Date: 1976Set in late 19th century Bessarabia, several interwoven love lines are played out in a gypsy camp. Golden-haired Yishka is in love with the horse thief Loiko who is bewitched by the dark beauty Rada.
Hamlet by Call Number: DVD 4521ISBN: 0788818449Publication Date: 2000Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.
The Handmaid's tale by Call Number: DVD 5170ISBN: B00005PJ6PPublication Date: 1990"Set [in] the not-so-distant future, in a world where America is ruled by a repressive Bible-inspired regime and past pollution means only 1% of women can bear children. Anyone committing a crime and found to be a potential mother is put into an institution and is sentenced to become a Handmaid. The job of a Handmaid is to bear the children of the man to whom she is assigned"--Container.
He who gets slapped by Call Number: DVD 5241ISBN: B00480OCCUPublication Date: 1924" A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him." www.imdb.com
Head-On (Gegen die Wand) by Call Number: DVD 3328ISBN: B0009VND0EPublication Date: 2004Cahit Tomruk is in his forties, a rock 'n' rolling boozer with a purposeless, dead-end job. Sibel Güner desperately wants to escape her conservative Turkish family. Both are German-born Turks equally ill at ease in either culture; seeking a new life, and a morality that will withstand the constant shuttling between codes. They marry--a marriage of convenience, natürlich. Eventually his nihilism and her promiscuity lead to violence and jail for him, and scandal and possible death for her. She goes into hiding in Istanbul and after he gets out, he goes to Turkey to find her. This dark and vibrant story reflects the unstable moods of Turks in Germany, a half assimilated, half-alien population whose future is a quest and whose passion is ongoing.
Heaven can wait by Call Number: DVD 2906ISBN: 0792154584Publication Date: 1978"A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire." www.imdb.com
Her by Call Number: DVD 5664ISBN: B00H9HZITUPublication Date: 2013"A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need." www.imdb.com
Hiroshima Mon Amour by Call Number: DVD 473ISBN: B000093NR0Publication Date: 1959A Japanese architect and a French actress deal together with their personal memories of World War II while having an affair in the late 1950s.
His girl Friday by Call Number: DVD 194, DVD 5233ISBN: B000KIX8VKPublication Date: 1940An unscrupulous newspaper editor uses every dirty trick in the book to keep his ace reporter/ex-wife from retiring and remarrying in this twist on The Front Page.
Holiday by Call Number: DVD 5235ISBN: B000ION7AIPublication Date: 1938Grant is a struggling young man who has to choose between the security of money and marriage with the older sister or an unconventional life with her younger sister (Hepburn).
The Holiday by Call Number: DVD 3168ISBN: 1424840392Publication Date: 2006Amanda lives in Los Angeles and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey, England and is a journalist. The two live five thousand miles apart and have never met, but both are dealing with the same problem: men. Amanda just broke up with her cheating boyfriend. Iris has pined for her ex. Amanda comes upon a website that advocates home exchange and the two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both with a goal to forget their troubled love lives. Love ends up finding them anyways. Amanda starts a romance with Iris' older brother, Graham, a book editor and Iris starts a romance with a friend of Amanda's, movie composer Miles. With new found romance, both their lives change forever.
Home Fries by Call Number: DVD 2250ISBN: 079074046XPublication Date: 1998A pregnant Sally unknowingly falls for the stepson of the deceased father of her baby and has to deal with his homicidal family.
House of Fools (Dom durakov) by Call Number: DVD 317ISBN: 0792192923Publication Date: 2002"In the midst of the Chechen War, a remote psychiatric institution is left without staff leaving the patients to fend for themselves. Based on a true story." www.imdb.com
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days by Call Number: DVD 4403 (L)ISBN: 1415748446Publication Date: 2003As the "How to" columnist for a trendy magazine, Andie Anderson agrees to write a first hand account about what it takes to drive a man out of your life in exactly ten days. At the same time, eligible ad agency bachelor Benjamin Barry accepts a high stakes bet that he can lure any woman into falling in love with him in ten days.
How to marry a millionaire by Call Number: DVD 4965 (L)ISBN: B000W089XSPublication Date: 1953" Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process." www.imdb.com
How to steal a million by Call Number: DVD 5166ISBN: B0002B15YMPublication Date: 1966A woman and a burglar hatch a scheme to swipe a forgery from an art museum to conceal her father's art forgeries.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Call Number: DVD 1551ISBN: B00066FAC6Publication Date: 1998"Stella and Delilah have been friends through good times and bad. Stella, however, has been so busy with building a life, she's forgotten how to live. Delilah has plans to change that." --Container
The hunger by Call Number: DVD 2981ISBN: 0790743728Publication Date: 1983Miriam the vampire, subsists on the blood of her lovers, who do not age, until she has had enough of them. John is currently in that position, and is expected to die in the next 24 hours. He seeks help from a doctor who does not believe his story.
I Am Love ("Io sono l'amore") by Call Number: DVD 3676ISBN: B003L20INSPublication Date: 2009The wealthy Recchi family has undergone sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr. has named a successor to the reins of his company, and surprised everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi and grandson Edo. But Edo had always dreamed of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio. To make matters worse, the very foundation of the entire family may be totally shattered after Tancredi's wife Emma falls deeply in love with Antonio and begins a passionate love affair.
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Hei yan guan) by Call Number: DVD 1903ISBN: B000W07ENOPublication Date: 2006An erotic love triangle finds a young drifter who is beaten by thugs and rescued by an immigrant worker who nurses him back to health. The drifter develops a crush on a waitress and the three young people find love. Bonus features included.
I Love You, Man by Call Number: DVD 4620 (L)ISBN: 1415750025Publication Date: 2009"Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But, when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?" (www.imdb.com)
I Shot Jesse James by Call Number: DVD 3778 pt. 1ISBN: 1934121770Publication Date: 1949Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend, but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.
I Was a Male War Bride by Call Number: DVD 656ISBN: B0000DD77VPublication Date: 1949During a postwar mission in Germany, French army officer Herni Rochard and American WAC lieutenant Catherine Gates find that their mutual antagionism changes into love. They decide to marry just when Catherine is ordered home, which presents a far greater obstacle to Henri than a postponed honeymoon. They soon learn the only way he can enter the U.S. is through the Congressional act governing war brides which leaves the resourceful Catherine only alternative: disguide her husband as a sister WAC.
If I stay by Call Number: DVD 5842 (L)ISBN: B00NT964VSPublication Date: 2014Mia 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.
Imitation of life by Call Number: DVD 5750ISBN: B0068FZ0W4Publication Date: 1934Two single mothers join together to form a successful business, but find that material success does nothing to stabilize their personal lives.- Imitation of life by Call Number: DVD 5750ISBN: B0068FZ0W4Publication Date: 1959Two single mothers, a down-on-her-luck actress and a homeless woman, attempt to find happiness for themselves and their daughters.
In July (Im Juli) by Call Number: DVD 2455ISBN: 1417200324Publication Date: 2000"Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?" www.imdb.com- In Motion (V dvizhenii) by Call Number: DVD 1538Publication Date: 2002Tabloid journalist Sasha Gurev has an interesting but not always lucrative job. After an old friend moves into a prominent political post, Sasha realizes that his own work and his friend's best interests have begun to conflict with each other. Unable to protect his friend, Sasha realizes that his only choice is to run and keep on running.
In the Mood for Love (Hua Yang Nian Hua) by Call Number: DVD 858ISBN: 1559409274Publication Date: 2000"Two neighbors, a woman and a man, form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs." (www.imdb.com)
In the realm of the senses (Ai no korîda) by Call Number: DVD 3132ISBN: 1604651458Publication Date: 1976"A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to a sexual obsession which then came to a violent end." www.imdb.com
Innocent Sorcerers (Niewinni Czarodzieje) by Call Number: DVD 3746ISBN: 1593650515Publication Date: 1960A handsome but insensitive young doctor spends his evenings playing jazz in a small club, and having one-night stands. One night he invites a young girl to his room and they spend the night talking. In the morning, she has disappeared ... or has she?- In This Our Life by Call Number: DVD 3612 pt. 4ISBN: 1419863800Publication Date: 1942Stanley Timberlake is a young woman who decides to dump her fiancé and runs off with her sister Roy's husband. They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. Stanley returns home to Richmond only to learn that her sister Roy and old flame Craig have fallen in love and plan to marry. The jealous and selfish Stanley attempts to win back Craig's affections, but her true character is revealed when, rather than take the rap herself, she attempts to pin a hit and run accident on a young black clerk who works in Craig's law office.
Indiscretion of an American wife by Call Number: DVD 3228ISBN: 9781559409407Publication Date: 1953"Prior to leaving by train for Paris, a married American woman tries to break off her affair with a young Italian in Rome's Stazione Termini." www.imdb.com
Intermezzo by Call Number: DVD 6410ISBN: 1572524286Publication Date: 1936Anita Hoffman, an aspiring classical pianist, falls in love with a famed, but married, concert violinist. Their passionate affair has deep and unanticipated consequences for them both, and for Anita, the affair also stirs a crisis of conscience.--Container.
Intolerable cruelty by Call Number: DVD 5428 (L)ISBN: 0783272642Publication Date: 2003" A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce." www.imdb.com
The Irony of Fate or "Enjoy Your Bath!" (Ironiya sudby, ili S legkim parom!) by Call Number: DVD 316ISBN: B0000714AWPublication Date: 1975"An unforgettable New Year's Eve provides the backdrop as four friends embark on their annual get-together at a local bathing house, where too much steam and plentiful vodka result in hilarious and charming consequences. Two men pass out, another winds up in the wrong city, and the women in their lives are left scratching their heads as midnight rapidly approaches in this wintry, scenic delight!" www.amazon.com- The Irony of Fate 2, or Enjoy Your Bath (Ironii͡a sudʹby, prodolzhenie) by Call Number: DVD 2358ISBN: B00AU8R5J6Publication Date: 2007Zhenya and Nadya are in love but go their separate ways. They both marry and have children. 30 years later, they are reunited when Zhenya uses his son to rekindle his relationship with Nadya.
It by Call Number: DVD 1483ISBN: B0000CG8ICPublication Date: 1927A salesgirl with plenty of "it" (sex appeal) pursues a handsome playboy.- It Doesn't Hurt Me (Mne ne bolno) by Call Number: DVD 1532, DVD 1560 PALPublication Date: 2006Film about life and love in modern urban Russia. A few young inhabitants of St.Petersburg start a business decorating interiors. When Misha starts dating their customer, romantic story unfolds. The movie presents a view on society and life of young people in one of major cities in Russia.
It Happened One Night by Call Number: DVD 1336 v.2, DVD 5889, DVD 4602ISBN: 1424818869Publication Date: 1934A rich young woman marries an idle playboy against her father's will. Her father holds her captive on his yacht but she escapes and, while on her way to New York, becomes entangled with an unemployed news reporter.
It's complicated by Call Number: DVD 3133ISBN: B0038N9WKUPublication Date: 2009"When attending their son's college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship...but the complicated fact is they're divorced and he's remarried." www.imdb.com
Jane Eyre by Call Number: DVD 3943ISBN: B0053Q9DHWPublication Date: 2011When orphaned governess Jane Eyre arrives at imposing Thornfield Hall, she's intrigued by her brooding, wealthy employer, Rochester. His dark moods and the strange occurrences in the house lead her to discover a terrible secret that he had hoped to hide from her forever.
Jet Lag (Decalage horaire) by Call Number: DVD 4658ISBN: 0788850865Publication Date: 2002Rose is a pampered and prissy makeup artist who is hoping to get out of a bad relationship with her boyfriend, Sergio, by leaving him in Paris and heading off to Mexico for a holiday. After losing her cell phone, Rose borrows one from Felix, a somewhat stiff salesman with an interest in gourmet cooking, who is en route to Munich to attend a funeral. When both Rose and Felix find themselves stranded at the airport due to a transportation strike, they end up sharing a room at a nearby hotel. Their contrasting personalities make the evening interesting for them both.
La Jetée by Call Number: DVD 2711ISBN: 9781934121559Publication Date: 1962While at the Orly Airport observation deck, a boy sees a man shot. Shortly afterwards World War III breaks out and Paris is destroyed by nuclear weapons. As one of the survivors, the now grown man is chosen as part of an experiment in time travel because he has a strong grasp on a moment in the past--the image of the man being shot at the airport. He is successfully sent back in time. But once in the past, he falls in love with a girl, and defies orders to return and be with her.
Jezebel by Call Number: DVD 232ISBN: B000EU1Q1IPublication Date: 1938"A haughty headstrong Southern Belle in Antebellum Louisiana loses her fiance due to her stubborn vanity and pride and vows to get him back." www.imdb.com- Jogan by Call Number: DVD 6386ISBN: B005412YT0Publication Date: 1950A beautiful female ascetic named Surabhi begs for alms. While singing a famous song written by India's most famous female mendicant, 16th century saint Meerabai, Shurabhi attracts the attention of handsome young agnostic Vija. Though she begs him to stay away, he continues to follow her until she eventually tells him why she became a nun.
Le jour se lève by Call Number: DVD 5002ISBN: 9781604652086Publication Date: 1939" After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events the led him to the killing." www.imdb.com
Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia) by Call Number: DVD 5389ISBN: B00DHN8GGWPublication Date: 1954Among the most influential films of the postwar era, Robert Rossellini's Journey to Italy charts the declining marriage of a couple from England on a trip in the countryside near Naples. More than just the anatomy of a relationship, Rossellini's masterpiece is a heartrending work of emotion and spirituality.
Journey to Italy (aka "Viaggio in Italia") by Call Number: DVD 3687 (PAL)ISBN: B00128R94YPublication Date: 1954During a trip to Italy, Alex, a rich English businessman, and his wife, Isabelle, reach a point at which they agree on a divorce. But next day, caught up in a religious festival and a warm, noisy crowd, they realize the emptiness of the life ahead of them if they separate
Jules and Jim by Call Number: DVD 1155ISBN: B0007989ZCPublication Date: 1962"Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman." www.imdb.com
Juliet of the Spirits (aka "Giulietta degli Spiriti") by Call Number: DVD 3247ISBN: 0780025008Publication Date: 1965"Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband." (www.imdb.com)
Jungle fever by Call Number: DVD 4947ISBN: 0783230389Publication Date: 1991" Friends and family of a married black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary." www.imdb.com
Just a Father (Solo un Padre) by Call Number: DVD 3691 (PAL)ISBN: B0028H8ESIPublication Date: 2008Carlo is 30 years old. He has a job he likes. He owns a nice house, a sports car; and he has a 10-month-old daughter whom he adores. His life is comfortable and predictable, until his routine is disrupted by the arrival of Camille.
Kaos by Call Number: DVD 2762ISBN: 1417201045Publication Date: 1984"Five stories by Luigi Pirandello set in turn-of-the-century Italy." www.imdb.com- Karmen by Call Number: DVD 1753ISBN: B0002HML30Publication Date: 2003A young policeman Sergey works a guard at a factory employing convicted women. A brief encounter with a hardened criminal named Carmen radically changes his life. Though his path from a guardian of law to a robber proves very short.
King Kong by Call Number: DVD 811ISBN: B00AEFYEU8Publication Date: 1976The Big Apple is besieged by the monstrous ape, King Kong. The gargantuan ape battles attacking aircraft high above the streets of New York and plunges to his death from the top of the World Trade Center.
Kissing Jessica Stein by Call Number: DVD 2911ISBN: B00003CYJ4Publication Date: 2001"A woman searching for the perfect man instead discovers the perfect woman." www.imdb.com- Kovcheg (The Ark) by Call Number: DVD 1754ISBN: B0002HML94Publication Date: 2002"Young Katya, who lives in a small provincial town, is dreaming of a prince charming. And, of course, she can't help falling in love with a stern skipper played by Yevgeny Sidikhin. Wishing to unravel his mystery, Katya goes to Moscow. One night in the capital will change both the skipper's and the young heroine's lives, making them to better understand each other." www.amazon.com
Labor pains by Call Number: DVD 2905ISBN: 1592419135Publication Date: 2009"A young woman pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months." www.imdb.com
The Lady Eve by Call Number: DVD 1142, DVD 1385 v.3ISBN: 1559409142Publication Date: 1941A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune-- a wealthy but naïve 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.
Landscape after battle (Krajobraz po bitwie) by Call Number: DVD 5101ISBN: B00009QG5ZPublication Date: 1970Two Polish Holocaust survivors, a Gentile political prisoner and a headstrong Jewish girl, begin a romantic relationships in the days after their liberation by the Allies.- The Last Command by Call Number: DVD 3787 pt.2ISBN: B003N2CVRCPublication Date: 1928An exiled Russian general turned Hollywood extra lands a role playing a version of his former czarist self, bringing about his emotional downfall.
The Last Metro (aka "Le Dernier Métro") by Call Number: DVD 3682ISBN: B001O549EIPublication Date: 1980"In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs." (www.imdb.com)
The Last Song by Call Number: DVD 3684ISBN: B003NHRIVQPublication Date: 2010Seventeen, angry, and alienated from her estranged father, Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller's life gets turned inside out when her mother forces her to spend the summer with him in the small Georgia beach town where he lives. Here, Ronnie finds salvation, friendship, second chances, and first love.
Last Tango in Paris by Call Number: DVD 3171ISBN: B004GGQN1EPublication Date: 1972An American widower in Paris, desolate at the unexplained suicide of his wife, plunges into a torrid sexual relationship with a stranger, a young French girl half his age.- Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad) by Call Number: DVD 1847 PALISBN: B001WLMOLOPublication Date: 1961A handsome stranger tries to convince a lovely young woman that they had a passionate affair a year ago, 'perhaps at Marienbad, ' but she claims not to remember him. He haunts her mind with images by mixing memory and fantasy, fear and desire.
Leap Year by Call Number: DVD 4329ISBN: B0038N9X3QPublication Date: 2010When Anna's four-year anniversary to her boyfriend passes without an engagement ring, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Inspired by an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on Leap Day, Anna follows Jeremy to Dublin to propose to him. But after landing on the wrong side of Ireland, she must enlist the help of Declan, a handsome and carefree local man, to get her across the country. Along the way, they discover that the road to love can take you to very unexpected places.
Leaving Las Vegas by Call Number: DVD 3457ISBN: 0792838068Publication Date: 1995Two people meet in Las Vegas and form a bond based on unconditional acceptance and mutual respect that will change each of them forever.
Legally Blonde by Call Number: DVD 4628ISBN: B00005O5CMPublication Date: 2001Ditched by her boyfriend because she's "too blonde," a fashion major attends law school to try to get him back.
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, & Blonde by Call Number: DVD 4628ISBN: B00005JM55Publication Date: 2003Elle heads to Washington, D.C. to free her chihuahua Bruiser's mother from an animal testing facility.
Less Than Zero by Call Number: DVD 801ISBN: B000QXDCLAPublication Date: 1987Julian is a boy with looks, charm, intelligence and a father who sets him up in the record business; he also has a drug habit. His best friend Clay wants to help and is willing to do almost anything for his friend, but Julian is going downhill so fast that he might take his girlfriend and Clay with him.
Let the right one in (Låt den rätte komma in) by Call Number: DVD 3002ISBN: B001MYIXACPublication Date: 2008"Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl." www.imdb.com
Letter From An Unknown Woman by Call Number: DVD 1565 PAL, DVD 5125ISBN: B008NNSDSCPublication Date: 1948"A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall." www.imdb.com
A letter to three wives by Call Number: DVD 716ISBN: B00074DY0WPublication Date: 1949Delicious Americana showing reactions of three women who receive a letter from the town flirt who has run off with one of their husbands. Based on John Klempner's novel.
Libeled lady by Call Number: DVD 627ISBN: 0790789973Publication Date: 1936"A newspaper man, his jilted fiancée, and his lawyer hatch an elaborate scheme to turn a false news-story into the truth, before a high-society woman can sue for libel." www.imdb.com
Liberty Heights by Call Number: DVD 6316ISBN: 079074824XPublication Date: 1999The town is Baltimore and the year is 1954, a season of dramatic social flux that Levinson explores through the eyes of a Jewish family.
Like Crazy by Call Number: DVD 4189 (L)ISBN: B004Z29XEIPublication Date: 2011Like Crazy beautifully illustrates how your first real love is as thrilling and blissful as it is fragile. When a British college student falls for her American classmate, they embark on a passionate and life-changing journey only to be separated by circumstances beyond their control. Like Crazy explores how a couple faces the real challenges of being together and of being apart.- Like water for chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) by Call Number: DVD 26ISBN: 0788816829Publication Date: 1992A young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman's cold and selfish mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.
Little children by Call Number: DVD 2789ISBN: 0780656954Publication Date: 2006"The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Connecticut." www.imdb.com
Little Jerusalem (La petite Jérusalem) by Call Number: DVD 4112ISBN: B000G1ALQGPublication Date: 2005In a Paris suburb nicknamed Little Jerusalem, a family of Sephardic Orthodox immigrants shares a low-income apartment. Beautiful, teenaged Laura distances herself from her family's religion and her own burgeoning desire by devoting every waking moment to intellectual discipline and secular philosophy. Mathilde, Laura's married older sister, worries that strict observance of the Torah's marital codes has driven her husband Ariel into the bed of another. When Laura falls under the spell of Djamel, a handsome Muslim journalist, and Mathilde discovers that her worst fears are true, the two very different sisters find themselves in very similar crises.
Little Vera by Call Number: DVD 344ISBN: B00004WL3IPublication Date: 1988The story of a sullen, sultry teenager with few goals in life who is trying to deal with a brooding boyfriend, an abusive alcoholic father, an ineffectual mother and the futility of a life trapped in her small industrial town.
Little Women by Call Number: DVD 266ISBN: 0767851013Publication Date: 1994Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their most cherished and painful moments of self-discovery as their mother's pride and strength guide them through questions of independence, romance and virtue.- Li͡ubimai͡a zhenshchina mekhanika gavrilova by Call Number: DVD 2224Publication Date: 1982A 38 year old photo lab assistant who is about to take a second chance on marriage finds herself alone at the doorstep of the registrar's office.
Lola Montès by Call Number: DVD 470ISBN: 1572523883Publication Date: 1955"The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction of a circus after being the lover of various important European men." www.imdb.com
Lolita by Call Number: DVD 638ISBN: 1588177343Publication Date: 1997"A man marries his landlady so he can take advantage of her daughter." www.imdb.com
Lolita by Call Number: DVD 640ISBN: 0790760134Publication Date: 1962"A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a fourteen-year-old nymphet." www.imdb.com
Lonesome by Call Number: DVD 4801ISBN: B0083V2W04Publication Date: 1928" Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?" www.imdb.com
Look Back in Anger by Call Number: DVD 1873ISBN: 0767080823Publication Date: 1989"Jimmy Porter, an angry young man with a college education and a dead-end job. Feeling trapped by his circumstances, his squalid post-war flat, and spurred on by self-pity, Porter lashes out against his wife, Allison, his lover, Helena, and his business partner, Cliff. Fierce, funny, and cathartic, John Osborne's classic 'kitchen sink' drama as directed by Academy Award winner Judi Dench is a masterpiece of ensemble acting."--Container.
Lore by Call Number: DVD 4974ISBN: B00BSTVGHSPublication Date: 2012Abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings, led by fourteen year old Lore embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country.
Love & Basketball by Call Number: DVD 261ISBN: 0780631714Publication Date: 2000"From the playground to the pro leagues, Monica and Quijncy taught each other how to play the game. Now, their commitment to the sport will force them to make a choice between each other and the game ... between family and team ... between Love and Basketball"--Container.
Love and Honour by Call Number: DVD 4067ISBN: 1421003759Publication Date: 2006Depicts the emotional intensity of an age when respect was more valuable than riches and love cut more truly than any sword. Shinnojo Mimura is a samurai, sharing a hand-to-mouth life with his beautiful wife, until he goes blind, and loses everything.- Love at first bite by Call Number: DVD 3053Publication Date: 1979With no place to go after being evicted from Transylvania, Dracula takes up residence in New York City, where he must fend off a descendent of the vampire-killing Van Helsings if he wants to make his love interest into his eternal bride.
Love in the time of cholera by Call Number: DVD 5715ISBN: 0780680138Publication Date: 2007"Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart." www.imdb.com
Love Story by Call Number: DVD 2470ISBN: 0792172221Publication Date: 1970"A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes." www.imdb.com- Li͡ubovnik (Lover) by Call Number: DVD 2425Publication Date: 2002The unexpected death of Dmitry's wife is a shock. But an even bigger shock awaits him when he discovers a letter to an unnamed lover in her papers.
Lover Come Back by Call Number: DVD 2304ISBN: 0783255098Publication Date: 1961"A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not been invented yet while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor." www.imdb.com- Love's Labour's Lost by Call Number: DVD 1999Publication Date: 1985A satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry. The King of Navarre and three of his lords vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women. But when the Princess of France arrives with her three ladies, the men break their vow and fall in love with them.
Love Me Tonight by Call Number: DVD 1323 v.4ISBN: B0000UX4V2Publication Date: 1932"A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess." www.imdb.com
Love on the run (L'amour en fuite) by Call Number: DVD 5874ISBN: B00008H2GRPublication Date: 1979The conclusion of the Antoine Doinel series. Antoine is now in his thirties, in the process of divorcing Christine, enjoying moderate success as a novelist, and clinging to his romantic fantasies. The newly single Doinel finds a new object of his affections in Sabine, a record store salesgirl whom he pursues with the belief that without love, one is nothing. Along the way he renews his acquaintance with previous loves and confronts his past.- The Love Parade by Call Number: DVD 6462Publication Date: 1929The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
- The Lover (L'amant) by Call Number: DVD 2773ISBN: B003P9GN72Publication Date: 1992A poor French teenager embarks on a love affair with a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French colonial Vietnam, defying the boundaries of age, race and class.
Lovespell by Call Number: DVD 497ISBN: B0001BVD4UPublication Date: 1981Set it 9th century Ireland and based on an old legend, King Mark of Cornwall falls in love with Isolt while visiting her home in the Irish countryside. Mark sends his trusted nephew and heir, Tristan, to Isolt to ask her to marry Mark. However, Isolt falls in love with Tristan.
M. Butterfly by Call Number: DVD 5824ISBN: 1419880217Publication Date: 1993A French civil service officer risks and then abandons everything in his life in his obsessive pursuit of a enigmatic Chinese opera diva who harbors a secret.
Madama Butterfly by Call Number: DVD 2405ISBN: B001FZQOO0Publication Date: 2003Robert Wilson's pure and highly stylized 2003 production enhances the timeless beauty of Puccini's moving Japanese tragedy. Cheryl Barker and Martin Thompson lead the cast along with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.
Madame Bovary by Call Number: DVD 5413ISBN: 1419843125Publication Date: 1949" A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers and run up ruinous debts." www.imdb.com
Mademoiselle Chambon by Call Number: DVD 4722ISBN: B0045W9D3EPublication Date: 2009Jean is a burly and happily married housing contractor. One fateful afternoon, he picks up his son from school and meets the teacher, a willowy beauty named Mademoiselle Chambon. Their flirtation slowly builds over lingering glances and an impromptu violin solo in Chambon's apartment. Jean soon comes to a crossroads, having to choose between the intensity of his bond with Chambon or the responsibility and care he feels for his wife and child.
Madhumati by Call Number: DVD 6387ISBN: B0016GOO54Publication Date: 1958On receiving a telegram from his wife, Devendra hastily drives down to the station to receive her. Due to a heavy rains and a landslide he is forced to take shelter in an abandoned palace along with his doctor friend. Inside the palace, Devendra begins to think that he has been there before. He talks of a picture on the wall and the old keeper affirmsthere was one... The doctor ascribes it all to the worried mind of Devendra. But, no...a painting supposedly made by Devendra turns out to be exactly at the place where he had left it. Yes, he had come here before, but not as Devendra but as Anand, a Managar on the Estate - but this was in his previous life.
The Magnificent Ambersons by Call Number: DVD 2483 PALISBN: B00005JKGXPublication Date: 1942"The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved." www.imdb.com
Magnificent Obsession by Call Number: DVD 3276ISBN: 1604651105Publication Date: 1954Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment that's therefore unavailable to aid a local hero, Dr. Wayne Phillips, who dies as a result. Phillips had helped many people, and when Merrick learns Phillips' secret, to give selflessly and in secret, he tries it in a ham-handed way. The result further alienates Phillips' widow, Helen, with whom Merrick has fallen in love. Merrick's persistence causes another tragedy, and he must remake his life, including going back to medical school, in an attempt to make amends and win her love.- Magnetic Storms (aka "Magnitnye Buri") by Call Number: DVD 2572Publication Date: 2003Life in a factory town in contemporary provincial Russia is depicted. Strikes and unrest at the factory combine with a romantic triangle in the hero's private life.
The Major and the Minor by Call Number: DVD 1760 PALISBN: B0012GVMIUPublication Date: 1942After a year in New York, Susan Applegate (Rogers) decides to go home. Only the train fair has gone up, so she disguises herself as a 12 year old, and buys a child's ticket. When the railroad tracks flood and the train stalls, Susan accompanies Major Kirby (Milford) to a nearby military academy where she must remain in character.
Make Way for Tomorrow by Call Number: DVD 3188ISBN: 1604652306Publication Date: 1937After losing their house to foreclosure, an elderly couple is separated when none of their five children will take them in together.
A man and a woman (Un homme et une femme) by Call Number: DVD 5745ISBN: 0790776456Publication Date: 1966A daredevil race-car driver and a movie script girl meet while visiting their children's boarding school. They soon share a love filled with warmth, humor and truth, and intertwined with the demands of career and parenthood.
Manhattan by Call Number: DVD 579 (L), DVD 4267ISBN: 0792846109Publication Date: 1979"The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress." www.imdb.com
Man Is Not a Bird ("Covek nije tica") by Call Number: DVD 3786 pt.1ISBN: B002IVDLHIPublication Date: 1965Experience the love lives of two less-than-heroic men who work in a copper factory. In this exploration of sex and politics, a young, working-class woman becomes casually involved with a middle-aged, middle-class engineer, with whom she has little in common. She eventually becomes involved with a younger man whose background is more similar to her own.
Mansfield Park by Call Number: DVD 51ISBN: 078881835XPublication Date: 1999When Fanny Price is sent away to live with her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society but manages to enlighten them as well.- Maria Candelaria by Call Number: DVD 1002Publication Date: 1944Maria is an outcast in her small Mexican village because of her late mother's immoral behavior. Shunned and outcast, forbidden to earn a living, she lives a solitary life. Her only friends are the town priest and a peasant whom she loves and wants to marry. Their poverty and misery are exploited by the local farm lord and a well-to-do city artist who sees in her face the perfect woman whom he wishes to paint. This leads everyone into tragedy. The film is set in 1909.
Marty by Call Number: DVD 4190ISBN: 9780792850120Publication Date: 1955Marty is the story of a 34-year-old Bronx butcher who fears that he will never find love, but at a Saturday night dance he meets a lonely schoolteacher with similar fears.
Match Point by Call Number: DVD 1837ISBN: 1417082658Publication Date: 2005Former tennis pro Chris Wilton stumbles into good fortune when Chloe Hewett, the daughter of a wealthy businessman and the sister of one of his tennis students, falls in love with him. But when Chris meets Nola, a much deeper passion is stirred. His desire isn't deterred even after he discovers that Nola is already dating Chloe's brother. But when their affair threatens Chris's increasingly cozy lifestyle, Chris begins to consider a drastic solution.
A Matter of life and death by Call Number: DVD 5223ISBN: B00004CX5NPublication Date: 1946British flyer Peter Carter survives a jump from his burning plane without parachute and wakes up in a nether world between Earth and the next life. He is informed that he should have died and must go to Heaven, where he is put on trial for his life. He falls in love with June, an American radio operator.
Maya by Call Number: DVD 2518ISBN: B004TVVZH8Publication Date: 1993Based on Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Maya tells the story of a passionate woman in post-independence India compulsively searching for fulfillment. The film begins with an investigation into an event and becomes an investigation into how Maya is perceived - a shifting perspective of memories and lies. Mehta sought to add eastern mythology to a western socio-psychological novel. The vigorous mise-en-scene contrasts with the contemplative style of much Indian "art cinema". "Maya" has a wide range of associations in Indian culture from illusion to enchantment, associations which Mehta also finds in Madame Bovary.
Mayerling by Call Number: DVD 3249ISBN: 1604652098Publication Date: 1936A young baron's daughter begins a tumultuous affair with an Archduke that is heir to the Austrian throne. Based on the true story of the tragic events surrounding the life of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Me, you, them (Eu, tu, eles) by Call Number: DVD 971ISBN: B00005N5ROPublication Date: 2000"A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast." www.imdb.com- Measure for Measure by Call Number: DVD 2001Publication Date: 1979Cruel Angelo is left in charge of Vienna when the Duke pretends to leave town. Angelo revives an old law against fornication and sentences Claudio to death for seducing Juliet, Claudio's betrothed. Claudio's sister, Isabella, pleads for his life and Angelo offers to spare him in exchange for her virginity. Angelo's corruption and severity are punished when the Duke reveals that he has witnessed it all.
Mee Pok Man by Call Number: DVD 3843 pt.4ISBN: B00008974MPublication Date: 1996Tells the tale of a noodle-seller's bleak relationship with a prostitute
Meet John Doe by Call Number: DVD 582ISBN: B0043GAT5IPublication Date: 1941"A man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins." www.imdb.com
Merchant of Venice by Call Number: DVD 1150ISBN: 1404980229Publication Date: 2004"In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead." www.imdb.com- The Merry Wives of Windsor by Call Number: DVD 2003Publication Date: 1982Sir John Falstaff, knowing that Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page control the money in their respective households, decides to seduce them, but they learn of his scheme and resolve to make a fool of him. A comic series of disguises and misadventures follows. This program views the Merry wives of Windsor as Shakespeare's attack on middle class propriety and hypocrisy. He challenges the belief that fidelity is mere lip service and a result of arranged, loveless marriages.
The Messenger by Call Number: DVD 3269ISBN: B0036RPM8YPublication Date: 2009Partnered with hard-line officer Tony Stone, Sgt. Will Montgomery is a battle-scarred war hero home from Iraq and newly assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. He faces this formidable mission while seeking comfort and healing back on the home front when he falls for the wife of a fallen soldier.
Metropolitan by Call Number: DVD 4325ISBN: 9781559409681Publication Date: 1990When a group of young sophisticated high society friends in New York take in a new member with more humble origins, they begin to learn what life is like outside their sheltered world.- A Midsummer Night's Dream by Call Number: DVD 2004Publication Date: 1984Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers and tradesmen-actors. Plots intertwine as entangled love affairs, the comical performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens, and the antics in fairyland among King Oberon and his queen Titania produce a bizarre series of entanglements, but all ends happily.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Call Number: DVD 2292ISBN: 0790790106Publication Date: 1935Love is blind, fickle and true. Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged to Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get the boy from her by using some magic. Lysander and Hermina meet in the forest. Helena and Demetrius are there as well. There are actors practicing a play for the upcoming wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit more confused.
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek by Call Number: DVD 5149ISBN: 1415713715Publication Date: 1944" After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity." www.imdb.com
The Misfits by Call Number: DVD 640ISBN: 0792850130Publication Date: 1961"A sexy divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle in early-sixties Nevada." www.imdb.com
Miss Conception by Call Number: DVD 4679ISBN: 159241818XPublication Date: 2008A woman who finds that time is almost up for her to have a baby, enlists the help of best friends Clem and Justin to help her get pregnant, after her boyfriend doesn't share her desire to have a child.
Mississippi masala by Call Number: DVD 644ISBN: B00008WJEYPublication Date: 1991In this exotic and erotic interracial love story, an African American businessman falls for a beautiful Indian immigrant, only to encounter shock and outrage from both families.- Moĭ laskovyĭ i nezhnyĭ zverʹ (My Tender and Affectionate Beast/The Shooting Party) by Call Number: DVD 1128ISBN: B00024NOXOPublication Date: 1978A dying man thinks back to the hunting party that forever changed his life.
Mondays in the Sun by Call Number: DVD 1733ISBN: 1594350337Publication Date: 2002Laid off from the local shipyard, six men spend their days at the town bar, where they discuss their current state. Gruff puts up a tough front. The morose José openly worries about his wife, who he fears might leave him. Amador, the oldest of the bunch, keeps reassuring everyone that his wife will be back any day now from her trip. Meanwhile, Lino refuses to give up hope of employment, going to interview after interview for jobs being offered to applicants half his age. Presiding over the glum bunch is Rico, the bar owner and the men's co-worker from their shipyard days.- Monte Carlo by Call Number: DVD 6463Publication Date: 1930An independent-minded countess leaves her foppish prince fiancé at the altar and whisks away to the Riviera.
Mood indigo (L'Écume des jours) by Call Number: DVD 6076ISBN: B00MQVSFNUPublication Date: 2013A love story set in a charmingly surreal Paris about two newlyweds, Chloé and Colin, whose whirlwind courtship is tested when an unusual illness plagues Chloé : a flower begins to grow in her lungs.
Moonstruck by Call Number: DVD 2616ISBN: 0792838963Publication Date: 1987An "unlucky in love" Italian-American widow, just weeks away from her wedding, falls for her fiance's younger brother.
Morning glory by Call Number: DVD 5058ISBN: B0090XJJSWPublication Date: 1933Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She is a wildly optimistic chatterbox full of theatrical mannerisms. Her looks, more than her talent, attract the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom or will she fade after her brief blooming.
Moulin Rouge by Call Number: DVD 2043ISBN: B000077VR3Publication Date: 2001Christian is an idealistic and impoverished young writer who, newly arrived in Montmartre, is haphazardly inducted into a circle of young bohemians led by Toulouse-Lautrec. A comedy of mistaken identities ensues, quickly enmeshing the young poet in a love triangle involving the unobtainable and consumptive Satine, queen courtesan of the Moulin Rouge, and the foppish Duke of Roxbury, his villainous rival for her affections.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears by Call Number: DVD 1089ISBN: B00019G4TQPublication Date: 1980A romantic comedy about three young, working-class, country girls, who go to Moscow in 1958 to seek work, men, and success. The story The story then jumps forward twenty years to look at the results of their expedition.
Mrs. Miniver by Call Number: DVD 2371ISBN: 0790746646Publication Date: 1942The story of a middle-class British family and their struggle to survive during WWII. Mrs. Miniver nobly tends her rose garden while her stalwart husband participates in the evacuation at Dunkirk. She personafies grace under pressure as the Miniver family huddles in their bomb shelter during a Luftwaffe attack, while she is forced to confront a downed Nazi paratrooper in her kitchen, and while she is preparing for her annual flower show despite the exigencies of bombing raids. Even the vicars climactic call to arms from the pulpit of his ruined church seems to bring out the best in people.
Much ado about nothing by Call Number: DVD 5881ISBN: B00ECR7KX2Publication Date: 2012Joss Whedon's sexy and contemporary spin on Shakespeare's classic comedy about the story of sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick offers a sensual, tragic and occasionally absurd view of the intricate game that is love.- Much Ado About Nothing by Call Number: DVD 2005Publication Date: 1984Claudio and Hero are engaged, but the jealous Don John tries to thwart the wedding by denouncing Hero as unchaste. Meanwhile, Beatrice and Benedick, who scorn each other, become betrothed as a result of the schemes of their friends.
Much Ado About Nothing by Call Number: DVD 2235ISBN: 0792854322Publication Date: 1993With his wedding a week away, Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero. To distract him, his best friend Don Pedro devises mischief: a romantic trap for the sharp-tongued Beatrice and the man she loves to hate, Benedick. Their amusement is almost spoiled by the jealous scheming of Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all the trouble proves to be much ado about nothing (111 min.).
My Beautiful Laundrette by Call Number: DVD 499ISBN: 0792855795Publication Date: 1985Set in the Pakistani community in south London, the film focuses on two youths-- Johnny, a working-class white, and Omar, a Pakistani. Together they operate a laundrette, which Omar inherits from his uncle. While Johnny looks upon the laundrette as a life line on which to salvage his self-respect, Omar sees it as just the beginning step on the road to riches.
My Best Friend's Wedding by Call Number: DVD 2305ISBN: 0767859502Publication Date: 1997Friends from college have made a pact to marry each other if they are not married by 28. When Michael gets engaged Julianne will stop at nothing to prevent the wedding.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding by Call Number: DVD 3149 (L)ISBN: 0783122322Publication Date: 2002Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever.
My Brilliant Career by Call Number: DVD 4619ISBN: B0008GGN9IPublication Date: 1979"Sybylla Melvyn struggles with the conflicts that we all have between ambition, family, love, and guilt in a most remarkable manner. Sybylla grows to understand that life is a series of trade-offs, and that no one can have it all, and that no one can please everyone. Simple yet universal themes told with charm, wit, and a vulnerability that allows us to get right inside of her character and to understand her." (www.imdb.com)
My Man Godfrey by Call Number: DVD 2192ISBN: 1559409177Publication Date: 1936"A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler...but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye." www.imdb.com
My Son the Fanatic by Call Number: DVD 776 (L)ISBN: 0788818007Publication Date: 1998"Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town." (www,imdb.com)
Neskolko dney iz zhizni I.I. Oblomova by Call Number: DVD 298ISBN: B00019G4RSPublication Date: 1979St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant, Zakhar. He sleeps much of his day, dreaming of his childhood on his parents' estate. Oblomov's life changes when his boyhood friend, Stoltz, introduces him to Olga. Soon Olga and Oblomov fall in love. But where does that leave Stoltz in the triangle?
Nest of the Gentry, "Dvoryanskoe gnezdo" (original title) by Call Number: DVD 302ISBN: B00063MCJIPublication Date: 2004A 19th century Russian nobleman leaves his wife in Paris and, having heard of her death, courts a young neighbor. However, his wife is not dead and rejoins him.
Nine Months by Call Number: DVD 2275ISBN: B005XB8SRSPublication Date: 1995"When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse." www.imdb.com- 1981 (Mille neuf cent quatre vingt un) by Call Number: DVD 3515ISBN: 1449841503Publication Date: 2009When his family moves into their new home, young Ricardo Trogi feels different from his classmates. He creates a new reality to avoid being discovered for what he really is. How long can the truth be denied?
The Notebook by Call Number: DVD 4405 (L)ISBN: 0780648838Publication Date: 2004"A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. They soon are separated by their social differences." (www.imdb.com)
Notorious by Call Number: DVD 330ISBN: 1559409258Publication Date: 1946A beautiful woman with a tainted past is enlisted by American agent Devlin to spy on a ring of Nazis in post-war Rio. Her espionage work becomes life-threatening after she marries the most debonair of the Nazi ring, Alex. Only Devlin can rescue her, but to do so he must face his role in her desperate situation and acknowledge that he has loved her all along.
La Notte by Call Number: DVD 5393ISBN: B00DZP1BUUPublication Date: 1961During one evening, an author and his wife begin to explore their deteriorating marriage and the indifference that they feel towards their circle of friends.
Now, Voyager by Call Number: DVD 1331ISBN: 1419810863Publication Date: 1942"Boston spinster blossoms under therapy and finds impossible romance." www.imdb.com
The Nymph (Ninfa Plebea) by Call Number: DVD 4451ISBN: 1417200863Publication Date: 1996A naive 15 year-old-girl who is subjected to repeated abuse in her small village finds love with a wounded soldier.
Oasis by Call Number: DVD 2471ISBN: B0002V7TVKPublication Date: 2002"Jong-du, a young man just out of prison for manslaughter, is a social misfit: fidgety, snuffling, laughing inappropriately, without a super ego. When released, he calls on the family of the victim; they send him away, but not before he has seen Gong-ju, a young woman disabled severely by cerebral palsy." www.imdb.com
An officer and a gentleman by Call Number: DVD 31ISBN: 0792160312Publication Date: 1982"A young man must complete his work at a Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend." www.imdb.com- The Old Well (Lao jing) by Call Number: DVD 1709ISBN: 7886113101Publication Date: 1986"A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are trapped." www.imdb.com
Once Around by Call Number: DVD 2420ISBN: 0783286937Publication Date: 1991The oldest daughter of a close-knit Italian-American family falls in love with an abrasive, obnoxious but forcefully charming businessman. He almost demolishes her family while winning her heart, but they all learn how to balance her happiness with the family's survival.- One Hour with You by Call Number: DVD 6465Publication Date: 1932A seemingly blissful couple's marriage hits the skids when the wife's flirtatious school chum comes on to her husband a bit too strong.
The One I love by Call Number: DVD 6099ISBN: B00NG4H9JWPublication Date: 2014Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation. At the urging of their therapist, they escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to salvage what is left of their relationship, only to discover an unusual dilemma that awaits them.
Only lovers left alive by Call Number: DVD 6035ISBN: B00KE7PCIEPublication Date: 2013Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?
Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos) by Call Number: DVD 924ISBN: B00005LZODPublication Date: 1997"In this steamy, intriguingly complex, psychological thriller the line between reality and fantasy is hopelessly blurred. César tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely disfigured. After he is placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn't remember committing, César's only hope is to delve into the depths of his subconscious mind where the answer to ending his living nightmare lies in his dreams."--Container.
Oriana by Call Number: DVD 996ISBN: 1565804066Publication Date: 1985Marie returns to a rundown Venezuelan house in the jungle where she spent summers as a child. Her return ignites memories of a summer when her adolescent sexual curiosity led to a surprising encounter.
Orlando by Call Number: DVD 4986ISBN: 0767827694Publication Date: 1992Orlando is an English nobleman who defies the laws of nature with surprising results. Immortal and highly imaginative, he undergoes a series of extraordinary transformations which humorously and hauntingly illustrate the eternal war between the sexes.
Orpheus (Orphée) by Call Number: DVD 1521 pt.2ISBN: B005152C82Publication Date: 1950Jean Cocteau turns the Orpheus legend into a story of a poet and his encounter with death and the middle world.- Othello by Call Number: DVD 2006Publication Date: 1981Shakespeare's play about the tragic consequences of jealousy. Othello appoints Cassio as his chief lieutenant, arousing the jealosy of Iago, who conspires to undo them both. Iago tells Othello that his wife, the beautiful Desdemona, is having an affair with Cassio. Othello strangles Desdemona before learning of Iago's evil, and then kills himself in remorse.
- Paheli by Call Number: DVD 1223Publication Date: 2005"A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman." www.imdb.com
Pale rider by Call Number: DVD 2829ISBN: 0790733056Publication Date: 1985"A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land." www.imdb.com- The Palm Beach Story by Call Number: DVD 1385 v.5ISBN: 1417024143Publication Date: 1942A young wife leaves her husband and heads for Palm Beach where she meets one of the world's richest men. When the husband shows up to reclaim his wife, the millionaire's man-mad sister falls for him!
Pan Tadeusz: the last foray in Lithuania by Call Number: DVD 5137ISBN: B00074CC2IPublication Date: 1999"A grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. Written in poetic style by Adam Mickiewicz, this story follows two feuding Polish families as they overcome their old conflicts and petty lives. However, they are able unite as one with the patriotic and rebelious efforts to free the country they deeply love from Russian control."--Container insert.- Paper Solider (Bumazhnyy soldat) by Call Number: DVD 2530 PALPublication Date: 2008Kazakhstan, early 1961. Daniel Pokrovsky, a medical officer, currently works for the first Soviet cosmonauts' troop. There Daniel, already married, finds himself in an incredibly complicated and yet tender relationship with a young girl, called Vera... (Summary from Internet Movie database).
Paris, I Love You (Paris, je t'aime) by Call Number: DVD 1781ISBN: 1592417701Publication Date: 2006"Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented and awakened." www.imdb.com
Paris-Manhattan by Call Number: DVD 5444ISBN: B00L9N9PASPublication Date: 2012" A romantic comedy centered on a Woody Allen-obsessed pharmacist (Taglioni) and her would-be lover (Bruel)." www.imdb.com
Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage) by Call Number: DVD 2639ISBN: 0792854942Publication Date: 1983A teenager, Pauline, spends the end of summer with her older cousin Marion on the Atlatic coast of France. Three eligible men attempt to entice them both into romance. But head games, deceit and lies soon interfere with the amorous mood, threatening to spoil this idyllic playground, and Pauline's innocent views of love.
Pennies from Heaven by Call Number: DVD 1295ISBN: 0790789949Publication Date: 1981"During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher." (www.imdb.com)
People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) by Call Number: DVD 4752ISBN: B004S801XGPublication Date: 1930Non-actors play versions of themselves in loosely outlined scenarios. The sense of what an ordinary day might have been like in Weimar-era Germany is enchantingly captured in this bit of cinematic amber.
People Will Talk by Call Number: DVD 2783ISBN: B0000DD780Publication Date: 1951"Screen legend Cary Grant stars as Dr. Noah Praetorius, a lovable professor and head of a medical clinic who becomes the subject of a McCarthy-style investigation initiated by a jealous colleague (Hume Cronyn). Along the way, Praetorius befriends and ultimately marries a young woman who attempts suicide when she discovers she is pregnant. But as the witch-hunt into the good doctor's personal life progresses, so do the laughs"--Container.
Pépé le Moko by Call Number: DVD 467ISBN: 0780026195Publication Date: 1937"Pépé le Moko is a gangster from Paris that hides in Algier's Casbah. In the Casbah, he is safe and is able to elude the police's attempts to capture him. But he misses his freedom, after two years in the Casbah. He meets a gorgeous Parisian tourist, Gaby, and they fall in love. Native inspector Slimane tries to use her to attract Pépé out of the Casbah in order to catch him." www.imdb.com
The Perks of being a wallflower by Call Number: DVD 4955 (L)ISBN: B00AFEY354Publication Date: 2012A high school freshman, always watching from the sidelines, is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
Persuasion by Call Number: DVD 44ISBN: B00003JRCQPublication Date: 1995Anne Elliot will do anything to get Captain Wentworth now that he is interested in Louisa Musgrove.
Petulia by Call Number: DVD 6393ISBN: 1419822772Publication Date: 1968An unhappily married socialite woman is trying to get through to a recently divorced doctor, who in his own words just wants to feel something.
The Philadelphia Story by Call Number: DVD 1338 (L)ISBN: 0790795760Publication Date: 1940A sophisticated romantic comedy about a rich, spoiled socialite who learns some things about who she is and what she really wants on the eve of her second marriage.
Pierrot Le Fou by Call Number: DVD 153, DVD 1968ISBN: 9781604650136Publication Date: 1965Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
The Pillow Book by Call Number: DVD 183ISBN: 0767819772Publication Date: 1996"As a young girl in Japan, Nagiko's father paints characters on her face, and her aunt reads to her from "The Pillow Book", the diary of a 10th-century lady-in-waiting. Nagiko grows up, obsessed with books, papers, and writing on bodies, and her sexual odyssey (and the creation of her own Pillow Book) is a "parfait mélange" of classical Japanese, modern Chinese, and Western film images." www.imdb.com
Pillow Talk by Call Number: DVD 2191 (L)ISBN: 1417006099Publication Date: 1959"A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised." www.imdb.com- Piter FM by Call Number: DVD 1531ISBN: B000JQ8HQEPublication Date: 2006Lyrical story about two young people, Masha and Maxim, who have to decide what to do. More than just a story of young love, this is a valentine to St. Petersburg and its people. The city and its inhabitants are lovingly (if sometimes ironically) portrayed. While the male protagonist's dilemma - to leave or not to leave - is fairly typical for upwardly mobile Russians, with a fairly typical result (to leave, of course), the film tells us that there are plenty of reasons to stay and be happy with that choice. From beautiful buildings with centuries-old history to pretty girls in mini-skirts, there are many reasons to like St. Petersburg.
PK by Call Number: DVD 6382ISBN: B00TZU5F1APublication Date: 2014An alien lands on earth but loses his remote to go home. Does 'PK' return - and as he navigates the human world, what does he gain and lose?- Plac Zbawiciela (Savior's Square) by Call Number: DVD 2411ISBN: 8362086297Publication Date: 2006Story of one family in modern day Warsaw.
A Place in the sun by Call Number: DVD 4924 (L)ISBN: 0792172841Publication Date: 1951" A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women." www.imdb.com
Potop (The deluge) by Call Number: DVD 3111 v.1-2ISBN: B0001LJCJ8Publication Date: 1974The Swedish army's 17th century invasion of Poland is intertwined with the love story of Andrzej and Oleńka.- Pręgi (The Welts) by Call Number: DVD 2379 PALISBN: B002LIVAE4Publication Date: 2004"Thirty year-old Wojciech is an ambitious and self-reliant man. Seemingly he has found his place in an orderly life living alone. Wojciech prefers not to have a family as it poses no risk in mistakenly becoming the sadistic father he remembers from his childhood. Not until a love interest appears in his life is he forced to face his haunted childhood memories and consequently his life choices"--Seattle Polish Film Festival website.
Pretty Woman by Call Number: DVD 3332ISBN: 0788858998Publication Date: 1990A corporate raider pays a gorgeous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills ... and then falls for her. Fifteenth anniversary special edition packed with all-new, never-before-seen bonus features.
Pride and prejudice by Call Number: DVD 36 v.1-2ISBN: 6305078564Publication Date: 1995"Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart." www.imdb.com
Pride & Prejudice by Call Number: DVD 1566ISBN: 1417055065Publication Date: 2005"Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?" www.imdb.com
The Proposal by Call Number: DVD 5344 (L)ISBN: B002K0WBXWPublication Date: DVD 2009High-powered book editor Maggie is everyone's worst nightmare: ruthless, driven, and tactless. When she finds herself faced with deportation back to Canada, she coerces her much younger assistant into marrying her. However, when the government becomes suspicious, they embark upon a charade in order to make the marriage seem legitimate.
Punch-Drunk Love by Call Number: DVD 397ISBN: 1404936076Publication Date: 2002"A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an English woman, all the while being extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding." www.imdb.com
Québec-Montréal by Call Number: DVD 3537ISBN: B00008UZPHPublication Date: 2002Nine thirty-something travelers, heading south on Highway 20, discuss love.
The Quiet American by Call Number: DVD 3559ISBN: 0792866614Publication Date: 1958Drama about the Indochinese war, 1946-1954, from an American journalist's experience.
The Quiet American by Call Number: DVD 5739ISBN: 0788846167Publication Date: 2002A story that led to the events of the United States military involvement in Vietnam. Here, a love triangle between a British journalist, his mistress, and a mysterious CIA operative evolves into a much greater mystery that eventually leads to murder and deception.
The Quiet Man by Call Number: DVD 4342ISBN: B009YX8MSGPublication Date: 1952An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
- A Railway station for two by Call Number: DVD 1141Publication Date: 1983The adventures of a former concert pianist Ryabinin on an overnight pass from a Siberian labor camp.
Raise the Red Lantern by Call Number: DVD 1852ISBN: B000PMFS6OPublication Date: 1991In 1920's China, women had few options. So following the death of her father, Songlian, a beautiful nineteen-year-old college student agrees to marry a wealthy nobleman. She is to be wife number four at his estate, where daily life revolves around an ancient family custom: the master raises a red lantern outside the house of the wife with whom he desires to spend the night. On the surface, there is harmony between the wives, but trapped inside their gilded cages, with nothing to do but compete for their husband's favor, the four women are drawn into a web of petty rivalries that soon escalate into treachery.
The Reader by Call Number: DVD 2724ISBN: B001PPLJIQPublication Date: 2008What have we learned (and what might we have forgotten) from history's bloody backwash? Guilt, love, and history are three skeins, woven together to create human beings or, alternately, human monsters. The question of wartime culpability undergirds the May-December romance in postwar Berlin between Hanna, a weary-looking, sexually rapacious streetcar ticket-taker and Michael, a young schoolboy whom she seduces, ravenously and to his great delight. One day, Hanna is gone, with no explanation, and Michael grows into a promising young law student. His class attends a trial, where the new Germany judges the past and, by default, the lovers as well.
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (Pao Da Shuang Deng) by Call Number: DVD 130ISBN: B00004STAIPublication Date: 1994With no male heirs to run their fireworks factory, the Chai family's beautiful daughter has been groomed for the role of master.
The red shoes by Call Number: DVD 439ISBN: 0780021290Publication Date: 1948"A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina." www.imdb.com
Redwoods by Call Number: DVD 4499ISBN: B002SSNFUOPublication Date: 2009An unfulfilled gay man in a stagnant relationship finds his life changed forever when he meets a struggling writer visiting the Redwoods Country.
Regular Lovers (Les amants réguliers) by Call Number: DVD 2261ISBN: B000I2IPIEPublication Date: 2005"1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend, Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself. They fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?" www.imdb.com
Remember me, my love (Ricordati di me) by Call Number: DVD 3397ISBN: 9781592413300Publication Date: 2003With his passions reawakened by a long lost love, Carlo's affair threatens to tear apart his entire family. Unfullfilled desires and ambitions which have worn each of them down now resurface when a crisis makes them realize the importance of family.- Remote Access (Udalennyĭ dostup) by Call Number: DVD 1732 PALISBN: B000MBZDIQPublication Date: 2006"Sergey gets to know a girl over the phone, and their tormentingly joyous telephone romance begins. They avoid personal meetings, wary of disappointments and unwanted hurt. Their love gets stronger and more intense, but a sudden death--just before their first date--bares new conflicts, different emotions and relationships"--www.ruscico.comz
The republic of love by Call Number: DVD 3551ISBN: B0006VD398Publication Date: 2003A romantic comedy about the barriers facing lovers in the 21st century.
Revanche by Call Number: DVD 3014ISBN: 9781604652277Publication Date: 2008"Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable." www.imdb.com
Ridicule by Call Number: DVD 4610ISBN: B004XVMCOOPublication Date: 1996In a desperate quest to save the people on his estate by draining the mosquito infested wetlands, a young man quickly learns that a sharp wit is the key to open any door in the Versailles court of Louis XVI.
The Road Home (Wo de fu qin mu qin) by Call Number: DVD 275ISBN: 0767863526Publication Date: 1999"Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback." www.imdb.com
The Road Home (Wo de fu qin mu qin) by Call Number: DVD 1446ISBN: B000W0H5GAPublication Date: 1999"Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback." www.imdb.com
Roads to Koktebel ("Koktebel") by Call Number: DVD 3940ISBN: B000B58DIAPublication Date: 2003A father sets off from Moscow with his 11-year-old son for his sister's house in Koktebel by the Black Sea. With no money, nor means of transportation, they drift through the expansive and mesmeric landscapes at the mercy of chance. For the father, the journey is an attempt to restore self-respect and win back the trust of his son. For the boy, the mythic coastal town holds the key to a new life.
Robin hood by Call Number: B00014NF52ISBN: B00014NF52Publication Date: 1922"A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John." www.imdb.com
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon) by Call Number: DVD 2555ISBN: 1417201827Publication Date: 2007In an enchanted, mythical forest, two star-crossed lovers are kept apart by their feuding families. Surrounded by rivals, nymphs, and druids, the two must overcome jealousy, temptation, and other worldly obstacles to keep their passion alive.
Romance of the Western Chamber by Call Number: DVD 4022ISBN: B000LW7KZKPublication Date: 1927A young student going through a turbulent time in his life falls in love with the prime minister's daughter.- Romanzo Criminale by Call Number: DVD 1544ISBN: B00149IN0APublication Date: 2005A police sargeant tries to win over his girlfriend by pursuing violent gang members in 1970s-80s Rome.
Romeo and Juliet by Call Number: DVD 5172ISBN: 1419843990Publication Date: 1936" Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families." www.imdb.com
Romeo + Juliet by Call Number: DVD 2044ISBN: B000K7VHLYPublication Date: 1996A modern adaptation of the classic love story, moved to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach.- Romeo & Juliet by Call Number: DVD 2010Publication Date: 1978Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their feuding families, and take their own lives.
Romeo and Juliet by Call Number: DVD 2705ISBN: 0792165055Publication Date: 1968The Franco Zefferelli production of Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their families, and take their lives.
Romeo & Juliet Get Married ("O casamento de Romeu x Julieta") by Call Number: DVD 3948ISBN: B000YKT4DAPublication Date: 2005Shakespeare's classic love story is retold in the crazed world of passionate soccer fans. In São Paulo, Julieta is the daughter of Alfredo Baragatti, a member of the board of directors of the Palmeiras soccer team. She meets the ophthalmologist Romeu, a uniformed rooter for the rival Corinthians team, and they fall in love. Romeu pretends to root for Palmeiras to get close to Alfredo.
Room in Rome by Call Number: DVD 3869ISBN: 0788611313Publication Date: 2010"In hotel room in the center of Rome, two young women who have just met go on a physical journey which will touch their souls"--Www.ifcfilms.com.
A Room with a View by Call Number: DVD 6388ISBN: B00ZVBG372Publication Date: 1985Based on E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman who is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back in the more corseted Surrey. Funny, sexy, and sophisticated, this film was a gargantuan art-house hit.
The Rules of the game (La règle du jeu) by Call Number: DVD 468ISBN: 0780026926Publication Date: 1939"A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau." www.imdb.com
Rust and bone (De rouille et d'os) by Call Number: DVD 6130ISBN: B00AZNEVNEPublication Date: 2012A homeless father and street boxer struggling to support his son and a severely injured killer whale trainer's lives intersect and form an intensifying bond that fractures the considerable defensive armor each is accustomed to wearing.
Sabrina by Call Number: DVD 1718ISBN: 0792172108Publication Date: 1954The daughter of the chauffeur returns from Paris and dazzles the family's two sons.
Samoan wedding by Call Number: DVD 5181ISBN: B000LP5D7YPublication Date: 2006Michael and his three best friends are barred from his brother's wedding because of their outrageous behavior. After they promise to behave, clean up their acts, and get girlfriends, things get out of control. It might take a miracle for them to attend the wedding.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Call Number: DVD 2132ISBN: 0792851986Publication Date: 1960A rambunctious (and contentious) young man stuck in a factory job is having an affair with the wife of a co-worker. Frustrated by his economic confines, he drinks up much of his paycheck on the weekends. He also meets a young girl his own age and his affections begin to shift toward her.
Sayonara by Call Number: DVD 5031ISBN: B00005LOLDPublication Date: 1957An American Air Force major on leave in Japan after the Korean War falls in love with a Japanese actress. When they declare their love openly, they find themselves scorned equally by both the Japanese and Americans.
The School of Flesh (L'école de la chair) by Call Number: DVD 2167ISBN: B000021Y7HPublication Date: 1998"Fashion executive Dominique's obsession for Quentin, a young bisexual hustler, fills her desire for physical love but leaves her taxed emotionally. Twists and turns in the relationship, along with the man's violent and abusive nature, force Dominique to reconcile the conflicts created by her passion. In this quest, Dominique is aided [and sometimes hindered] by friends, clients, and Quentin's former and current acquaintances." www.imdb.com- Schwarzwaldmädel by Call Number: DVD 5282Publication Date: 1950A classic film of the German homeland based on the 1917 operetta.
The Sea Hawk by Call Number: DVD 2474ISBN: 0790747286Publication Date: 1940"Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword." www.imdb.com
Secretary by Call Number: DVD 6068ISBN: B0018LX9T4Publication Date: 2002Lee has a few strikes against her when she applies for a secretarial position at the law office of E. Edward Grey. In between typing, filing and coffee making, Lee and Mr. Grey embark on a personal relationship together, crossing the line.
Sense and sensibility by Call Number: DVD 37ISBN: 0800141660Publication Date: 1995Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.
Senso by Call Number: DVD 2872ISBN: B004CIIXDCPublication Date: 1954"A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant." www.imdb.com
Senso by Call Number: DVD 3743ISBN: B004CIIXCSPublication Date: 1954The story of a nineteenth century Italian countess who, amid the Austrian occupation of her country, puts her marriage and political principles on the line by engaging in a torrid affair with a dashing Austrian lieutenant.
Sex and the city by Call Number: DVD 2887ISBN: 1419874616Publication Date: 2008"A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her." www.imdb.com
Sex and the City 2 by Call Number: DVD 3721ISBN: 0780660315Publication Date: 2010The fun, the fashion, the friendship: this sequel brings it all back and more as Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda come together to take another bite out of the Big Apple and beyond. What happens after you say 'I do?' Life is everything the ladies ever wished it would be, but it wouldn't be Sex and the City if life didn't hold a few more surprises. After all, sometimes you just have to get away with the girls.
Sex and Lucia (Lucia y el sexo) by Call Number: DVD 634ISBN: B0004Z32NIPublication Date: 2001"Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life." www.imdb.com
Shane by Call Number: DVD 1173ISBN: 0792163710Publication Date: 1953A drifter and retired gunfighter assists a homestead family terrorized by an aging cattleman and his hired gun.
The sheik by Call Number: DVD 487ISBN: B000066741Publication Date: 1921"A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert." www.imdb.com
Shelter by Call Number: DVD 4497ISBN: B0013D8LCWPublication Date: 2007Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Not certain about his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he did not expect. Struggling to reconcile his own desires with those of his family and friends, he is finally forced to be true to himself. He discovers that with the power of love he can have a future with promise.
The Sheltering sky by Call Number: DVD 5915ISBN: 0790770075Publication Date: 1990An American artist couple, drawn by desire to the Sahara, travel there shortly after World War II in order to follow their passionate obsessions in an attempt to recapture the love they once shared.
She's Gotta Have It by Call Number: DVD 3853 (L)ISBN: B000XJD34SPublication Date: 1986When it comes to love, Nola Darling has gotta problem: she's just gotta have 'it.' And she's having a hard time deciding who'll give 'it' the best. Choosing between a romantic-but-possessive nice guy, a flashy-but-vain fashion model and a fast-riding but faster-talking bicyclist, Nola finds that lessons in love can be enlightening, heart-rending, but mostly--exasperating!- She's Having a Baby by Call Number: DVD 2249ISBN: 9780792167006Publication Date: 1988Romantic comedy about a young couple and the problems they face when she announces that she's pregnant. Their solutions to real-life dilemnas make for a poignant and funny look at chasing the good life.
Ship of fools by Call Number: DVD 5643, DVD 2097 v.1ISBN: B0000DGKI8Publication Date: 1965In 1933, a motley crew of passengers embarks on a fateful, transatlantic sea voyage to Germany. Among the many passengers is a divorcee desperate for love and lost youth, a Spanish noblewoman being deported as a political prisoner, an aging alcoholic ballplayer, and a Nazi whose brutishness foreshadows the holocaust to come.
Shiza by Call Number: DVD 2877ISBN: 1893410722Publication Date: 2004"Shiza is the nickname of a 15-year-old boy. Money, power, and women - he has none of these, yet, in his young life. But, he does have the illegal, underground circuit of bare-knuckle fist-fighting, where he is able to eke out a living by scouting for fighters. When a man is accidentally killed in the ring, though, his life is changed forever. He decides that he should return the dead man's money to his widow and child. But, after he meets the woman, Shiza understands that he has real feelings of love for her. Now, he knows for whom he must earn money, no matter what the cost... " www.imdb.com
The Shop Around the Corner by Call Number: DVD 167ISBN: 0790771470Publication Date: 1940"Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realizing that they're falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal." www.imdb.com
Show people by Call Number: DVD 4836ISBN: B0085A9K3KPublication Date: 1928" A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress." www.imdb.com
Sideways by Call Number: DVD 3139 (L)ISBN: B0007TKOAAPublication Date: 2004"Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle." (www.imdb.com)
Silent Light (Stellet Licht) by Call Number: DVD 3772ISBN: B002C8YSDIPublication Date: 2007In a Mennonite community in Mexico, a man betrays his family by having an affair with another woman, which changes the course of events with both his wife and his mistress.
Silver linings playbook by Call Number: DVD 5159 (L)ISBN: B00A81MV3UPublication Date: 2012The story of a man who has lost everything, his house, his job, his wife, and how he creates his own silver linings from the bonds he forms with his family and friends.
Sixteen Candles by Call Number: DVD 697ISBN: 0783252110Publication Date: 1984It's Sam's sweet sixteen birthday and no one in her family remembers the important occasion. She's an average teen who endures creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the beautiful blonde who stands between her and the boy of her dreams.- Sky, Plane, Girl (Nebo, samolet, devushka ) by Call Number: DVD 1660 PALISBN: B00B5KM10GPublication Date: 2002A stewardess meets a man in an airport bar and they have an affair.
Slave of love (Raba lyubvi) by Call Number: DVD 5656ISBN: B0009S2KD8Publication Date: 1976During the Russian civil war, a Moscow film crew has gathered in the Crimea. The leading actress, Olga, contemplates the revolutionary situation, and after viewing a newsreel of White Army atrocities chooses to return to Bolshevik-controlled Moscow.
The Smiling Lieutenant by Call Number: DVD 6464ISBN: B00PX7SUP2Publication Date: 1931A Viennese lieutenant is enamored of a freethinking all-girl-orchestra-leading cutie. But complications ensue when the sexually repressed princess of Flausenthurm sets her sights on him.
Some came running by Call Number: DVD 3217ISBN: 1419852345Publication Date: 1958Dave Hirsch, a writer and army veteran, returns to 1948 Parkton, Indiana, his hometown. There he must come to terms with his roots and his future.
Something's Gotta Give by Call Number: DVD 364ISBN: 1404935770Publication Date: 2003Harry Sanborn is a perennial playboy with the libido of a much younger man. During what was to be a romantic weekend with his current infatuation, Marin, at her mother's Hampton beach house, Harry develops chest pains. He winds up being nursed by Marin's reluctant mother, Erica. When Harry hesitates to act on his feelings for Erica, Harry's thirtysomething doctor steps in and starts to pursue Erica. Harry, who has always had the world on a string, finds his life is now unraveling.
Somewhere in Time by Call Number: DVD 1200ISBN: 078324438XPublication Date: 1980A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him.
The Spectacular now by Call Number: DVD 5532 (L)ISBN: B00G3DA5XAPublication Date: 2013While Aimee dreams of the future, Sutter lives in the now, and yet somehow, they're drawn together. What starts as an unlikely romance becomes a sharp-eyed, straight-up snapshot of the heady confusion and haunting passion of youth.
Spellbound by Call Number: DVD 329ISBN: B001D8W7F4Publication Date: 1945A psychiatrist at a mental institution becomes romantically involved with her new director and shields him from the police after learning that he is a wanted man. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll, and John Emery.- Spring on Zarechnaya (Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse) by Call Number: DVD 318ISBN: B0002E2W14Publication Date: 1956"A newly appointed Russian literature teacher develops a strong connection with one of her flagging students." www.imdb.com
Spur der Steine by Call Number: DVD 1485 PALISBN: B00006FMFJPublication Date: 1966The huge, anarchistic brigade leader Hannes Balla, with his powerful team of workers, has absolute rule over the large construction-site in Schkona. His workers would walk through fire for Balla as long as the pay cheques keep coming in. But when the young engineer, Kati Klee, and the new idealistic Communist Party Secretary, Werner Horrath, arrive, Balla's life becomes more complicated as he and Horrath both fall in love with Kati and his reputation is put in danger.
Star is born by Call Number: DVD 56ISBN: 0790743450Publication Date: 1954"A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral." www.imdb.com
Stealing Beauty by Call Number: DVD 3344ISBN: B00005QZ7WPublication Date: 1996A nineteen year old girl spends the summer in Italy, determined to fulfill two dreams. The first, to consummate the romance with the Italian boy she fell in love with four years earlier, and the second, to discover the identity of her father through clues in her mother's diary.
Stella Dallas by Call Number: DVD 584ISBN: 0792865812Publication Date: 1937"A low-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future." www.imdb.com- Stolen kisses (Baisers volés) by Call Number: DVD 5872ISBN: B00008H2GRPublication Date: 1968The third installment of the Antoine Doinel series. It's now 1968 and the mischevious and perpetually love struck Doinel has been dishonorably discharged from the army and has returned to Paris, where he embarks on a series of ill-fated jobs, finally settling on an amusing stint as a private detective. In his ever-turbulent love life, he finds himself torn between an attractive, serious-minded young violinist and a glamorous, older married woman.
Strangers by Call Number: DVD 5776ISBN: B005CFC03IPublication Date: 2007" Six days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely." www.imdb.com
The Stroll (Progulka) by Call Number: DVD 1151ISBN: B000F5JY1GPublication Date: 2003"Watch the exploits of three young romantics as they dance around St. Petersburg, Russia, getting themselves involved in everything from a soccer riot to a rainstorm to a fight between best friends." www.imdb.com
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans by Call Number: DVD 1505ISBN: B005JCOBOUPublication Date: 1927"A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife." www.imdb.com
Surviving desire by Call Number: DVD 4904ISBN: 0976062410Publication Date: 1993A look at the relationship between a misanthropic college professor and a student in one of his English literature classes. The two shorts are Theory of achievement which follows the lives of a group of Brooklynites who would love to make something of their lives, and Ambition, about a day in the life of a young artist who longs for professional success and the attention of beautiful women.
Sweet Home Alabama by Call Number: DVD 4398 (L)ISBN: 0788842978Publication Date: 2002Melanie is a successful New York fashion designer who is dating a wealthy socialite. One day he pops the big question and asks Melanie to marry him. Despite her polished uptown image, Melanie grew up poor in the deep South, and as a teenager she married her high school sweetheart. Now Melanie returns to her hometown to tell her parents the news and convince Jake to grant her a divorce. However, the more time she spends with her old flame, the more she feels sparks flying between them again, while she also learns her Eastern affectations don't fly with everyone back home.- The Sweetest mango by Call Number: DVD 5937Publication Date: 2001Based on a true story, this romantic comedy tells the story of Lovelyann Davies who returns from Canada to Antigua, the home of her birth. The Sweetest Mango is the story of her professional turmoil and personal drama as she readjusts to life in her homeland.
Swept Away by Call Number: DVD 156ISBN: 0767891317Publication Date: 2002A rich, spoiled socialite and a handsome Italian fisherman find themselves stranded on a deserted island where material wealth and class differences matter very little. In the struggle to survive and co-exist on their island paradise, they soon discover that their differences are suddenly the source of a fierce and passionate attraction.
The Swimming Pool (La piscine) by Call Number: DVD 2029 v.1ISBN: B00004VYCLPublication Date: 1969"Delon, Schneider and Ronet are a love triangle that leads to disaster." www.imdb.com
The Switch by Call Number: DVD 4692ISBN: B004IK30PAPublication Date: 2010Kassie, a smart, fun-loving single woman ..., despite her neurotic best friend Wally's ... objections, decides it's time to have a baby--even if it means doing it herself-- with a little help from a charming sperm donor ... But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn't discovered until seven years later-- when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute--though slightly neurotic--son.- The Sword Bearer (Mechenoset͡s) by Call Number: DVD 1651 PALISBN: B000M51WA0Publication Date: 2006Sasha possesses a supernatural power that is able to destroy anything in its path. As a boy, he kills his constantly drunk stepfather who hurts his mom. The older he grows, the more he becomes a rectification tool of injustice. But one day on this path She appears. She loves him in spite of his supernatural abilities. Will Sasha be able to save love, a thing that is so fragile in this cruel world?
Sylvia Scarlett by Call Number: DVD 5062ISBN: 1419848364Publication Date: 1935Sylvia Scarlett is a young woman who is forced to flee with her small-time crook father from Paris to London after her mother dies, and his swindling schemes catch up to him. Sylvia cuts her hair, dons drag, and dubs herself "Sylvester" to help them stay incognito from the law. While on the train to London, they meet a smarmy scoundrel. The trio of crooks team up and work it in London, until they get run out of town. The three hook up with a maid and become a travelling performance troupe. Sylvia (as a boy) falls for a smarmy artist-type.
Tabu: a Story of the South Seas by Call Number: DVD 492ISBN: B00006FMCFPublication Date: 1931"In his final film, F.W. Murnau presents the tale of two young lovers on the idyllic island of Bora Bora in the South Pacific." www.imdb.com
The Talk of the town by Call Number: DVD 5234ISBN: B000083C8KPublication Date: 1942"An escaped prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher." www.imdb.com
Talk to her (Hable con ella) by Call Number: DVD 5869ISBN: B00005JLQWPublication Date: 2002"Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas." www.imdb.com
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Call Number: DVD 2244ISBN: 078886162XPublication Date: 2004A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the mores of her small town.- The Taming of the Shrew by Call Number: DVD 2011Publication Date: 1980The marriage of two strong-minded people provides the spark for a comic confrontation between the sexes: The "shrew," Katharina, is so ill-tempered she seems unlikely to find a husband. Her father refuses to let her younger sister marry until Katherina is off his hands. Petruchio appears, marries Katharina, and "tames" her so well that he wins a bet with two other men on a test of their wives' obedience. Dr. Miller's production portrays Petruchio as an early Puritan, to reflect his view that the play is about the need to set up a sober household.
- The Tempest by Call Number: DVD 2012Publication Date: 1980Prospero, exiled on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, raises a magical tempest to wash ashore a ship carrying the enemies who usurped his dukedom years ago -- his brother Antonio and Alonso, the king of Naples. Alonso's son Ferdinand is feared dead but has washed to another part of the island, where he meets and falls in love with Miranda. Prospero punishes the usurpers and regains his dukedom, as Miranda gains a royal husband.
There's always tomorrow by Call Number: DVD 5221 PALISBN: B0030GBST8Publication Date: 1956A successful toy manufacturer is highly rated at the factory but is ignored and bypassed at home by his wife and children. He sparks a relationship with an old flame but is soon found out by his son.
There's something about Mary by Call Number: DVD 4317 (L)ISBN: B0006GANPAPublication Date: 1998In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. 13 years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Ted learns the truth but continues to encounter offbeat obstacles as he accelerates to Miami in hopes of finding happiness with his true love.
They All Laughed by Call Number: DVD 1695ISBN: 0783142471Publication Date: 1981"A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women." www.imdb.com
Thieves like us by Call Number: DVD 5888ISBN: B000MTFFPOPublication Date: 1974Two convicts break out of Mississippi State Penitentiary in 1936 to join a third on a long spree of bank robbing. The youngest of the gang falls in love with a girl he has met at their hideout. Their last robbery in Yazoo City goes bad and all three become notorious men, who are wanted by the law.
The Thing Called Love by Call Number: DVD 1848ISBN: 1415701830Publication Date: 1993In Nashville, Tennessee, four musical hopefuls become friends and begin a rocky ride to what they hope will be stardom.
The Thomas Crown affair by Call Number: DVD 3546ISBN: 6305657947Publication Date: 1999A wealthy bank robber becomes romantically involved with the insurance investigator assigned to his heists.
Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang) by Call Number: DVD 1688ISBN: 1594441634Publication Date: 2005A rapturous and beautiful love story set in three different eras - a pool hall in 1966, a 1911 brothel, and present-day Taipei. The director brings to life the culture of each period as the tales unfold.
Titanic by Call Number: DVD 2452ISBN: 1415736472Publication Date: 1997"A seventeen-year-old aristocrat, expecting to be married to a rich claimant by her mother, falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic." www.imdb.com- To Catch a Thief by Call Number: DVD 1023ISBN: 0762180429Publication Date: 1955"When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence." www.imdb.com
To Have and Have Not by Call Number: DVD 2436 (L)ISBN: 1419817698Publication Date: 1944An American fisherman becomes involved with a beautiful young drifter and a French freedom fighter who is trying to elude local Nazi collaborators in Martinique.
To Rome with love by Call Number: DVD 4913 (L)ISBN: B00A1O0G3GPublication Date: 2012Set in the romantic city of Rome. The intertwining stories of a worker who wakes up to find himself a celebrity, an architect who takes a trip back to the street he lived on as a student, a young couple on their honeymoon, and a frustrated opera director who has a talent for discovering talented singers.
Tootsie by Call Number: DVD 661ISBN: 076783402XPublication Date: 1982Michael Dorsey is an out-of-work actor who makes himself up as a woman to get a job. When his girlfriend, Sandy, fails an audition for a soap opera, Michael dresses up as "Dorothy Michaels" and lands the part. All goes well until "Dorothy" falls in love with beautiful co-star, Julie, and Julie's father, Les, falls for "Dorothy."
Top five by Call Number: DVD 6106ISBN: B00QY187YAPublication Date: 2014" A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancée talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show." www.imdb.com
Top Hat by Call Number: DVD 1174, DVD 1190 pt.1ISBN: 0780639898Publication Date: 1935Rogers and Astaire are caught up in a mistaken identity plot, in which Rogers assumes that Astaire is already married, and is alternatively charmed and repelled by his advances.- The Top of His Head by Call Number: DVD 3561Publication Date: 1989Gus a successful satellite dish salesman is entirely caught up in the capitalist material world, until he meets the mysterious and alluring Lucy, who is wanted by the cops for her radical performance pieces that espouse environmentalism.
Torch song trilogy by Call Number: DVD 2993ISBN: 0780629205Publication Date: 1988A gay man in New York searches for love, respect, and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him.
Train man (Densha otoko) by Call Number: DVD 2986ISBN: 1934244007Publication Date: 2005A film adaptation of a true event, a shy nerd falls hard for a girl he rescues on a commuter train. Seeking advice on how to ask her out, he turns to the internet and begins soliciting help through an online forum.- Troilus & Cressida by Call Number: DVD 2015Publication Date: 1981A dramatization of Shakespeare's play about two lovers caught in the vicissitudes of the Trojan War.
Tropical Malady by Call Number: DVD 3660ISBN: B000B5Y0D2Publication Date: 2004"A romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around a Thai folk-tale involving a shaman with shape-shifting abilities." www.imdb.com
Tuya's Marriage (Tuya de hun shi) by Call Number: DVD 2386ISBN: 9787798947519Publication Date: 2006"Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care of her, as well as her disabled husband."- Twelfth Night by Call Number: DVD 2016Publication Date: 1980Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and Andrew to humble the presumptuous Malvolio.
Twelfth Night by Call Number: DVD 2240ISBN: 1417230118Publication Date: 1969After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola!
Twelfth Night, or What you will by Call Number: DVD 2236ISBN: 0767083407Publication Date: 1988After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola!
2046 by Call Number: DVD 922 (L)ISBN: 1404989439Publication Date: 2004He was a writer. He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention.....to recapture their lost memories.
The Twilight Samurai by Call Number: DVD 956ISBN: B00065GX0KPublication Date: 2002Set during the Bakumatsu period (mid 19th century) a low-ranking samurai is forced to choose service over love.- Two Careful Fellows (Dos tipos de cuidado) by Call Number: DVD 1026ISBN: B002K3YPE2Publication Date: 1953When two wandering cowboys happen upon a ranch, their romantic involvement with the local women are the basis for some hilarious situations. This is the only movie in which the two Mexican cinema icons Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete appear together, sharing screen time.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Call Number: DVD 182, DVD 1453ISBN: B000CBG5PGPublication Date: 1988Set in Czechoslovakia in the 1960's, the story revolves around a young doctor who has a way with women and an aversion to politics. He suddenly finds himself caught up in his country's political turmoil and in a crisis of commitment with the women in his life.- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Call Number: DVD 1453ISBN: B000CBG5PGPublication Date: 1988Set in Czechoslovakia in the 1960's, the story revolves around a young doctor who has a way with women and an aversion to politics. He suddenly finds himself caught up in his country's political turmoil and in a crisis of commitment with the women in his life.
- Ubitʹ Vecher by Call Number: DVD 2374 PALPublication Date: 2006Viktor's buisiness trip to the small sea port results in the chance meeting with the young woman Liuba. This meeting develops into unexpected love.
- Uncle Moses by Call Number: DVD 1700ISBN: 1585872091Publication Date: 1932"Wealthy, powerful sweatshop owner falls in love with employee's teenage daughter, who feels obligated to marry him after he shares his wealth with her parents, though she actually loves a young Marxist unionizer." www.imdb.com
Under the roofs of Paris (Sous les toits de Paris) by Call Number: DVD 2825ISBN: B000067IY7Publication Date: 1930"A sentimental story of the Paris underworld, with boulevard songs integrated into the action. A Parisian street singer falls in love with a girl, fights her lover and proves himself innocent of theft. The first motion picture produced in France with sound."
Undertow (Contracorriente) by Call Number: DVD 5321ISBN: B004KA1DGGPublication Date: 2009" An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions." www.imdb.com- Underworld by Call Number: DVD 3787 pt.1ISBN: B003N2CVRCPublication Date: 1927A gangster's jealousy toward his girlfriend gets him in trouble, first with a rival gang, then with the police.
An Unmarried Woman by Call Number: DVD 911ISBN: B000BOH918Publication Date: 1978"A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman." www.imdb.com
Up in the Air by Call Number: DVD 3648ISBN: B00337KM2SPublication Date: 2009Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert who flies all over the world on business. Just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles, and meeting the frequent traveler woman of his dreams, his company grounds him. When Bingham goes on his last cross country firing expedition, he will learn that life isn't about the journey, but about the connections made along the way.
Valentin by Call Number: DVD 1487ISBN: 078885674XPublication Date: 2002"An 8-year-old boy, raised by his grandmother, is surrounded by problems in his family he finds only himself capable of solving." www.imdb.com- Vanechka by Call Number: DVD 2102 PALPublication Date: 2007"A young girl dreaming to become an actress goes through hell with an orphan baby on her hands. The whole world seems to be against her. She meets the love of her life when there is no one to stand by her." www.imdb.com
Vanilla Sky by Call Number: DVD 4204 (L)ISBN: 9780792180104Publication Date: 2001In this steamy, intriguingly complex, psychological thriller the line between reality and fantasy is hopelessly blurred. David tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely disfigured. After he is placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn't remember committing, David's only hope is to delve into the depths of his subconscious mind where the answer to ending his living nightmare lies in his dreams.
Vanya on 42nd Street by Call Number: DVD 658ISBN: 0767848926Publication Date: 1994A group of actors meet to rehearse Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and find the same conflicts in their own lives as are dealt with in the play.- Vdokh, Vydokh by Call Number: DVD 2357 PALPublication Date: 2006A man hires a prostitute for 10 hours and they exchange stories of lost love.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona by Call Number: DVD 2828ISBN: B001DJ7PR8Publication Date: 2008"Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture." www.imdb.com
The Virgin Suicides by Call Number: DVD 763, DVD 5782ISBN: 0792166825Publication Date: 1999When school hunk Trip Fontain convinces the beautiful but sheltered Lisbon sisters to go to the prom, the romantic fantasies of a group of neighborhood boys threaten to come true--until all are engulfed in a stunning chain of events that will change their lives forever.- Voenno-polevoĭ roman (War-time Romance) by Call Number: DVD 1113Publication Date: 1983A soldier's brief wartime encounter with an officer's mistress leads to complex and poignant results as he encounters her after the war and attempts to resolve his feelings towards her and towards the woman he has come to love in the interim.
The Vow by Call Number: DVD 4683 (L)ISBN: B005LAIGSMPublication Date: 2012A young couple have a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. After she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband sets his sights on winning her heart again. Based on a true story.
The Waiting List (Lista de Espera) by Call Number: DVD 355ISBN: B000244FNMPublication Date: 2000A diverse group of Cubans pass the time while stranded in a remote bus station when their much-repaired bus breaks down.
Waitress by Call Number: DVD 2272ISBN: B000VY1EYGPublication Date: 2007"Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness." www.imdb.com- Walking the Streets of Moscow (Ya shagayu po Moskve) by Call Number: DVD 1102Publication Date: 1964A day in the life of Kolya, a Moscow construction worker. Kolya has an adventuresome day, walking around Moscow, meeting friends, old and new, before returning to his night job building the metro system. Includes the song made popular by the movie, "I͡A idu, shagai͡u po Moskve."
War and Peace ("Voyna i mir") by Call Number: DVD 3673ISBN: 0769713394Publication Date: 1966A painstakingly detailed adaptation of the Tolstoy novel which follows the interconnected lives of a group of Russian aristocrats from 1805 to 1812, including Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu) by Call Number: DVD 503ISBN: 0780026950Publication Date: 2001"A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers." www.imdb.com
Water by Call Number: DVD 1220 (L)ISBN: B000GIXE86Publication Date: 2005Chuyia, an Indian girl that is married and widowed at eight years old, is sent away to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Her feisty presence affects the other residents, forcing each to confront their faith and society's prejudices.
Water for Elephants by Call Number: DVD 4437ISBN: B0041KKYHEPublication Date: 2011Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband.- Wedding / La Noce by Call Number: DVD 309Publication Date: 2000The beautiful Tanya returns to her small mining town, after supposedly working as a model in Moscow. She decides to marry her shy school sweetheart Mishka, who now works in the mine. The miners finally receive some pay, but Mishka still ends up with no money to buy his bride a gift, so he seeks the help of his perpetually drunk buddy Garkusha. Mishka's poor working-class family all help to put on a fine wedding with copious amounts of vodka, even though they are suspicious of Tanya's occupation in Moscow, and of her connection with her Mafia ex-boyfriend Borodin.
The Wedding Planner by Call Number: DVD 4402 (L)ISBN: 0767863283Publication Date: 2001A romantic comedy about love, marriage and other events you just can't plan for. Mary (Jennifer Lopez) is a successful, work obsessed wedding planner in San Francisco who finally finds a man of her own (Matthew McConaughey), or so she thinks. He turns out to be the groom in the biggest wedding of her career. Will she get the job or the guy?
We Don't Live Here Anymore by Call Number: DVD 1816 (L)ISBN: 0790795558Publication Date: 2004"An indiscretion between two close friends tears down their respective marriages." www.imdb.com- We'll Live Till Monday by Call Number: DVD 1122ISBN: B000CDPM8APublication Date: 1968The film deals mainly with Thursday and Friday in a large urban Russian school. The school includes grades 1 through 12, but the film is mostly concerned with the students of one upper-class-home room, and with their teachers, especially the history teacher (Viacheslav Tickhonov) and the pretty English teacher (Irina Pechernikova), who is probably in love with him as he is probably in love with her ? but on both sides in a love so unspoken you can scarcely distinguish it from very sincere admiration.
Wet Hot American Summer by Call Number: DVD 1162ISBN: 0783273657Publication Date: 2001"Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends." www.imdb.com
What Women Want by Call Number: DVD 3167ISBN: 0792172604Publication Date: 2000A cocky, chauvinistic advertising executive magically acquires the ability to hear what women are thinking.
What's Up Doc? by Call Number: DVD 905ISBN: 0790765314Publication Date: 1972"The accidental mix up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations." www.imdb.com
When night is falling by Call Number: DVD 3509ISBN: 9781934676059Publication Date: 1995Camille, a classical mythology professor at a Christian college, must choose between her fiance, Martin, a fellow theologian, and her new love, Petra, a flamboyant and daring circus performer.
The White Masai (Die weisse Massai) by Call Number: DVD 5318ISBN: B000R7G9IIPublication Date: 2005Based upon an autobiographical novel by Swiss writer Corinne Hofmann, the film tells of a girl, Carola, whose vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover. There, she has to adapt to the Masai's way of life and get used to their food which includes milk mixed with blood. She also has to face her husband's attitude towards women and what he expects from a wife. Nonetheless, Carola is welcomed warmly into the tribe she has chosen to join.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Call Number: DVD 4007ISBN: 0780665902Publication Date: 1966A couple is invited to the home of a professor and his sharp-tongued wife, and are treated to verbal battles by their hosts.
Who's that knocking at my door by Call Number: DVD 4867ISBN: 0790758415Publication Date: 1967This debut feature film of Martin Scorsese is the story of a young, unemployed man who is content to hang out with his equally unambitious buddies in New York's Little Italy. Then he falls in love with a college-educated girl and is forced to look at the neighborhood and life itself in a new way.
Within Our Gates by Call Number: DVD 3257ISBN: B0071CL7SOPublication Date: 1920Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated African American woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished youths.
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Call Number: DVD 2239ISBN: 6305622876Publication Date: 1999In the village of Monte Athena in Italy at the turn of the 19th century, necklines are high, parents are rigid, and marriage is seldom a matter of love. Thus, Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander, while her father wants only Demetrius for his son-in-law. Poor Helena burns hot for Demetrius, who avoids her like the plague. Meanwhile, fairy king Oberon is engaged in a battle of wits with his queen, Titania, and has commanded a trick of Puck, which naturally goes horribly wrong. They are all in the enchanted wood on a midsummer's eve, coming out in the end charged with a gift from the fairies--an enchanted eroticism--that sweeps them away to bed chambers and weddings. The film celebrates love's ability to alter reality while quietly acknowledging that any attempt to portray the feeling of love ultimately falls short.
Without love by Call Number: DVD 5059ISBN: 1419848380Publication Date: 1945" In World War II Washington DC, Jamie Rowan, enters a loveless marriage with scientist Pat Jamieson and becomes his assistant. Struggles bring them closer together." www.imdb.com- Without witness (Bez svideteley) by Call Number: DVD 5658Publication Date: 1983Through the conversation and soliloquies of a man and his ex-wife in her small Moscow apartment, the reasons for their separation are revealed.
Woman of the year by Call Number: DVD 5165ISBN: 0790744910Publication Date: 1942In this excursion into the battle of the sexes, Tracy plays Sam Craig, the down-to-earth sportswriter of the New York Chronicle. As Tess Harding, the paper's bright international columnist, Hepburn makes his life miserable. As soon as they start taking swipes at each other in their columns, there is little peace between them. In the office and in the bedroom the squabbling continues, until their problems are overcome by their deep love for each other.- Woman's property (Zhenskaya sobstvennost)_ by Call Number: DVD 3212Publication Date: 1999Andrei has an affair with the tutor of the University of Theatrical Art, which he tries to enter. She is much older than he, she is lonely and terminally ill. Their relationship ends after three years, and Andrei realizes how much he learned about how to love a woman and make her happy.
Working girl by Call Number: DVD 4943 (L)ISBN: B0007IO6NMPublication Date: 1988A young secretary in New York named Tess McGill has the brains, looks and charm to make it big. All she needs is the right haircut, clothes and job. The opportunity arises when her classy, seductive and treacherous boss breaks a leg skiing. Tess steps into her job, her apartment and her clothes, and all sorts of witty and romantic things follow!
Written on the Wind by Call Number: DVD 1167ISBN: 1559409134Publication Date: 1956"Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister." www.imdb.com
Wuthering Heights by Call Number: DVD 4188ISBN: B00AATUZQAPublication Date: 1939"A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff." www.imdb.com
Wuthering Heights by Call Number: DVD 3338ISBN: 0792186621Publication Date: 1992An adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel about two mismatched lovers and the terrible vengeance one takes on the people he blames for tearing them apart.
Wuthering Heights by Call Number: DVD 6215ISBN: B001PUTN3YPublication Date: 2009Set against the stark beauty of the English moor, the mysterious gypsy boy Heathcliff, who has been adopted by the Earnshaw family, discovers his soul mate in his stepsister Cathy. As a man unable to have the love of his life, he seeks vengeance against anyone who comes between them.
- Xiao ao jiang hu (The Swordsman) by Call Number: DVD 6443Publication Date: 1990A yound swordman named Fox is on a quest to recover a sacred scroll stolen from the imperial library. The scroll contains the secret to a powerful martial arts technique. Whoever possesses it is assured of martial arts supremacy. The eunuch guardians want it back at all costs. So do many warring martial arts factions. they are all more than willing to kill and get it. This leads to betrayal, double crosses and broken allegiances, culminating in a spectacular showdown.
Xiao ao jiang hu II Dong fang Bu bai (The Legend of the Swordsman: Swordsman II)) by Call Number: DVD 6444ISBN: B00000JKWEPublication Date: 1992"
With an entirely new set of actors, this movie continues the story from Swordsman (1990). Blademaster and his martial arts school decide to retire to a distant mountain. Before leaving, he visits his friends, a tribe of snake-wielding women warriors. He finds that they have been attacked, and their leader, Princess Yin-Yin, toward whom he has some romantic feelings, has been abducted. The attacker is her evil uncle Fong, who years before overthrew Yin-Yin's father and took over their sect. Fong also has possession of a sacred scroll which tells how to achieve ultimate martial arts power. Blademaster decides to help Yin-Yin and her imprisoned father, and his romantic complications deepen when his childhood chum and Yin-Yin are joined by a new rival. Blademaster thinks she is an innocent village girl he has saved, but in fact she is Fong! The process of gaining ultimate martial arts power requires self- castration and transmogrification into female form."
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XX/XY by Call Number: DVD 3686ISBN: 0792857194Publication Date: 2002"Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later." (www.imdb.com)
The Yards by Call Number: DVD 856ISBN: 0788858963Publication Date: 2000Released from prison after taking the fall for a group of his friends, Leo Handler just wants to get his life back on track. But when he takes a job with his powerfully inflential Uncle Frank and reconnects with his old friend Willie, Leo finds himself unwittingly drawn into a world of sabotage, high-stakes payoffs and even murder. Then, he discovers a secret that makes him the target of the city's most ruthless family--his own.
Year of Living Dangerously by Call Number: DVD 2223ISBN: 0790744287Publication Date: 1982Guy Hamilton, an ambitious Australian reporter on his first overseas assignment, is befriended by a Eurasian cameraman, Billy Kwan, with connections in high places. Hamilton soon gains an entree to Indonesian Communist Party leaders, as well as insight into Jakarta's grim realities on the eve of a major political upheaval.
A Year of the quiet sun (Rok spokojnego słońca) by Call Number: DVD 5097ISBN: B00006JDSJPublication Date: 1984In the wake of World War II, an American soldier (Norman played by Scott Wilson) forms a delicate friendship with a war widow (Emilia played by Maja Komorowska) amid the devastation of 1946 Poland. In spite of the language barrier, painful memories of their past, and the many cultural divisions that separate them, Norman and Emilia dare to steal a moment of happiness together.
Yentl by Call Number: DVD 2995ISBN: B001P5HI4APublication Date: 1995"A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training." www.imdb.com
You Can't Take it With You by Call Number: DVD 237, DVD 1336 v.4ISBN: 0767889134Publication Date: 1938Comedy about the Sycamores, an eccentric family of free spirits, and the problems that arises when Alice, the one stable memeber, falls for her boss's son.
Young Goethe in Love (Goethe!) by Call Number: DVD 4718ISBN: B0070YPWAWPublication Date: 2010After aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man.
You've Got Mail by Call Number: DVD 2204ISBN: 0790740893Publication Date: 1998"Two business rivals hate each other at the office but fall in love over the internet." www.imdb.com
