Ewan McGregor
41) The impossible
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.
42) Black Hawk down
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare. Helicopter-borne U.S. Rangers were assigned to capture key lieutenants of Somali warlord Muhammad Farrah Aidid, but when two Black Hawk choppers were felled by rocket-propelled grenades, the U.S. soldiers were forced to fend for themselves in the battle-torn streets...
44) Miles ahead
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of a dazzling and prolific career at the forefront of modern jazz innovation, Miles Davis disappears from public view for a period of five years in the late 1970s. Alone and holed up in his home, he is beset by chronic pain from a deteriorating hip, his musical voice stifled and numbed by drugs and medications, and his mind haunted my unsettling ghosts from the past.
45) Big fish
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
William Bloom is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward--outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days, William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
47) Shallow grave
Series
Criterion collection volume 616
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When three friends find their new roommate dead and a suitcase full of money under his bed, they have no trouble deciding how to dispose of the cash- but the body is a different story. Their troubles are compounded when they meet the men who come to retrieve the money.
Publisher
Vanguard Cinema
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Freakshow: Alice Cooper introduces this haunting parable of freaks, gluttony and transformation.
Desserts: An unsuspecting man (Ewan McGregor) becomes the victim of a vengeful sea creature.
Doppelganger: Doppelganger tells the story of Brian who finds himself doing bad things apparently in sleep.
A fate foretold: Inspired by the myth of Circe; a cautionary tale about the fleeting nature of youth and beauty.
Reducing Stanley: Reducing Stanley is...
49) Haywire
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
©2012.
Language
English
Description
After freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, Mallory is double-crossed and left for dead, by someone in her own agency. Suddenly the target of assassins who know her every move, Mallory unleashes the fury of her fighting skills to uncover the truth and turn the tables on her ruthless adversary. Special features included.
50) Robots
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
With the help of his misfit mechanical friends, a small town robot named Rodney embarks on the adventure of a lifetime as he heads for the big city to pursue his dreams and ultimately proves that anyone can shine no matter what they're made of.
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Follow Jesus in an imagined chapter from his forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, he struggles with the Devil over the fate of an ordinary family in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test with distinctly human conflicts.
52) Beginners
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
53) Moulin Rouge!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Satine is the dazzling star of a popular French nightclub that caters to society's decadent elite. At the height of her sexual power, the stunning courtesan ignites the innermost longings of all the men who come in contact with her, including a struggling young writer with whom she begins an ill-fated love affair.
54) Brassed off
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Yorkshire mine workers eke out a living but find solace as members of an amateur, all-male brass band. Featuring the real-life musicians--members of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band--on the soundtrack.
55) The ghost writer
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
56) Trainspotting
Series
Criterion collection volume 1204
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A jolt of adrenaline shot straight to the heart of 1990s British cinema, this darkly funny adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel was a breakthrough for director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, and screenwriter John Hodge. With live-wire energy and stylistic verve, Trainspotting bounces across the life and times of Mark Renton, a Scottish heroin addict who, along with his misfit mates, gets high, gets in trouble, gets clean, and gets high again,...
57) Valiant
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Valiant and his feathered friends take to the sky as they work their way into the Royal Air Force during World War II. Together this rag-tag squadron of carrier pigeons engages in aerial adventures at a spitfire pace. From the first bumbling day of basic training through the final feather-raising mission, the flock of friends swoop their way toward victory. Against the odds and an evil German falcon, Valiant is called upon for a very important assignment....
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twisted tale told by Harley Quinn herself, as only Harley can tell it. When Gotham₂s most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis, and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley, Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya₂s paths collide, and the unlikely foursome has no choice but to team up to take Roman down.
59) Haywire
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
An black-ops agent for a government security contractor becomes a target for assassination when she is betrayed and left for dead after a successful mission, so she stops at nothing to uncover the truth and get her revenge.
60) T2 trainspotting
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
First there was an opportunity; then there was a betrayal. Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud, Sick Boy, and Begbie. Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing, fear, regret, diamorphine, self-destruction and mortal danger, they are all lined up to welcome him,...