Steven Spielberg
Series
[Back to the future trilogy] volume 1
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
A teenager of the 1980s is transported back in time to the 1950s where he must make sure that his parents-to-be meet and fall in love so that he can get back to the future.
3) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Series
[Indiana Jones films] volume 3
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
Indy's Nazi enemies are back and have kidnapped his father, Professor Henry Jones, Sr. to get help in their search for the Holy Grail. Following a trail from America to Venice to the deserts of the Middle East, it's up to Indy to save his father, save the Grail and save the day.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Indy tries to outrace a brilliant and beautiful agent for the mystical, all-powerful Crystal Skull of Akator. Teaming up with a rebellious young biker and his spirited love Marion, Indy takes you on a breathtaking, action-packed adventure.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Film based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, 8 December 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity...
Series
[Indiana Jones films] volume 2
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
Indiana Jones, the adventuresome archaeologist, sets out to find the famous Ankara Stone and thus save hundreds of children who've been enslaved by a mysterious Indian cult.
9) War horse
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter....
10) Jaws
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police ... , a young marine biologist ,,, and a grizzled shark hunter ... embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again"--Container.
Series
[Back to the future trilogy] volume 2
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
When Marty and the Doc return from a visit to the year 2015, they discover someone has tampered with 1985. So, they try to get back again to 1955 and save the future.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense...
14) Minority report
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Language
English
Description
Washington, D.C. has been murder-free thanks to astounding technology which identifies killers before they commit their crimes. But when the chief of the Pre-crime unit is himself accused of a future murder, he has just 36 hours to discover who sets him up.
15) The last days
Publisher
October Films
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Traces the compelling experiences of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to Hitler's brutal war against the Jews during the final days of World War II.
16) Gremlins
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Billy Peltzer's father buys him a new cuddly pet. But heed these three warnings: Don't ever get him wet. Keep him away from bright light. And the most important thing, the one thing you must never forget: no matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs...never, never feed him after midnight.
Series
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.
19) Munich
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the 1972 Olympics and PLO terrorists have just kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. After the tragic incident is over and several of the terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government of Golda Meir recruits Avner to lead a team of undercover agents to hunt down those responsible throughout Europe, and eliminate them one-by-one. It is physically and emotionally messy work, and conflicts between Avner and his team's handler, Ephraim,...
20) The color purple
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
The decades-spanning story of Celie, an uneducated woman living in the rural American south. Forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mr.", Celie turns inward and shares her grief only with God. But she is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.