Amanda Plummer
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
A mother tells her young daughter a curious story from their family history: Great-Aunt Gertrude and a talented frog she names George achieve fame and success as they travel the world performing, before eventually retiring to the south of France, never to be seen or heard from again.
3) Abigail Harm
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
ABIGAIL HARM (Amanda Plummer) is a woman living in a fictionalized New York City, who, after being granted a wish by a strange visitor, asks for love and learns of a creature who might provide it. Inspired by the Korean folktale "The Woodcutter and the Nymph."
6) Courtship
Series
Texas trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The touchng tale of a young woman's coming of age in a small Southern town.
7) Pulp fiction
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A couple of low rent hit men, a fighter forced to throw a fight, the wife of a mobster, and two robbers all find redemption.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
2043 - in a dystopian future a military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are considered property of the regime which trains them to fight. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back. A parable about the experience of the Indigenous peoples of North America, NIGHT RAIDERS is a female-driven sci-fi drama about resilience,...
10) The prophecy
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
At the scene of a bizarre murder, L.A. homicide detective Thomas Dagget discovers a lethal heavenly prophecy now being fulfilled on earth. In his fight to stop the forces of evil--led by the powerful angel Gabriel--Dagget finds an unlikely ally in an elementary school teacher. Together they race against time and terror to save the world as we know it.
11) A simple wish
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
When Anabel wished for a fairy-godmother, she never dreamed his name would be Murray. They have until midnight to rescue her dad, battle a wicked witch and recover stolen magic wands to restore the world to a place where wishes really can come true.
12) Made in heaven
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follows, risking all to find her with no memories of their previous existence.
13) Freeway
Publisher
Republic Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A dark comedy which retells the story of Little Red Riding Hood set against a modern background. A 15-year old girl runs away from home after her mom is arrested for prostitution and her stepdad for molesting her. Along the way her car breaks down and a respectable looking guy picks her up. Turns out he's the freeway rapist the news keeps talking about and now he's set his eyes on her. However, she shoots him and escapes but is arrested by the police...
14) The fisher king
Series
Criterion collection volume 764
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Parry is a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights, and damsels in distress. Jack is New York's number one shock deejay, until the day his off-hand arrogance triggers a tragedy that ruins his career. Penniless and without prospects, Jack finds himself plucked from disaster by the most improbable of saviors, Parry.
15) Freeway
Publisher
MulticomTV
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Attempting to flee her life, teenage juvenile delinquent Vanessa Lutz goes to live with her grandmother. While on her way, she meets Bob Wolverton, a charming yet sadistic serial killer. Cognac Festival du Film Policier: Best Actress - Winner (Reese Witherspoon), Critics Awards - Winner (Matthew Bright), Grand Prix - Winner (Matthew Bright); Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Price (Dramatic) - Nominee (Matthew Bright); Puchon International Fantastic...
16) Needful things
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious new store has opened in Castle Rock, Maine, where every item has a nerve-shattering price. The owner is always willing to make a devil of a deal.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
In the criminal justice system, sexually based crimes such as rape, torture, pedophilia, and child abuse are dealt with in New York City by a special unit of the police department known as the Special Victims Unit.
19) Wildwood
Author
Series
Wildwood chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest in the middle of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabitants.