Danny De Vito
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
2) Tangerine
Author
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football-hero brother, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness.
3) Matilda
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
4) The Lorax
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his destructive ways and heed the wise warnings of the Lorax?
6) Hercules
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
Taken from the gods as a newborn, adopted on earth, Hercules becomes an awkward, teenage pillar of strength.
7) Hercules
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the adventures, labors, and life of Hercules.
8) Smallfoot
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A bright young yeti finds something he thought didn₂t exist: a human. News of this throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in an all-new story about friendship, courage, and the joy of discovery.
11) Space jam
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Michael Jordan is "recruited" from his baseball team to help the Warner Bros. characters defeat a group of aliens in a basketball game where the stakes are their freedom for all time.
12) Twins
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
An ambitious genetic experiment takes the wrong turn when twins -- who look nothing alike -- are born and then separated. Years later the unlikely siblings meet.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack and Joan have their yacht and an easy life. They gradually get bored with each other and their current way of life. Joan accepts an invitation to go trek through the North African desert as a guest of the sheik. Once there, she is abducted and she finds herself involved with the 'jewel.' Jack decides to rescue her with his new partner Ralph. Not even treacherous tribes, deadly dungeons and dangerous villains can stop them from finding, once and...
15) Mars attacks!
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Mean, green invaders from the angry red planet attempt to take over the Earth.
16) Get Shorty
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmaker Harry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea.
17) Dumbo
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer,...
18) Freedom Writers
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives, This assignment...
19) Reality bites
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
The irreverent portrayal of the harsh realities of life after college captures the misadventures of Lelaina, an ambitious TV production assistant, and her relationships with her sarcastic roommate, Vickie, friends Sammy and Troy, and an ambitious video executive, Michael.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
When 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.