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1) Knives out
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
4) Sling Blade
Publisher
Dist. by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1996, [2004]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a man with a developmental disability named Karl Childers who is released from a psychiatric hospital, where he has lived since killing his mother and her lover when he was 12 years old, and the friendship he develops with a young boy.
5) Pearl
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Trapped on her family's secluded farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and domineering watch of her devout mother. Yearning for a glamorous life like she's seen in the movies, Pearl finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this origin story of X's iconic villain.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
The Travis family experiences a stunning tragedy which begins to unravel them. Teenaged son Tim views his life as a bad dream. His father, Ben tunes out and treats his wife and children like strangers. His mother, Sandy sharpens her tongue with sarcasm and dulls her senses with pot while struggling hard to conceal a secret that threatens to ruin them all. The Travises, eventually, learn to accept one another as family - warts and all.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson looms ever closer, provoking existential angst and division among the Roys in the fourth and final season of Jesse Armstrong's Emmy-winning drama series. As the siblings anticipate the prospect of this seismic merger, the ensuing power struggle finds them grappling with what their lives will look like after the deal and weighing a future where their cultural and political...
9) Matilda
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matilda is a super-smart little girl who's woefully misunderstood by her parents, her brother, and an evil school principal. But with the help of a brave best friend and a wonderful teacher, Matilda discovers she doesn't have to get mad to get even.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season two, Logan Roy begins Season Three in a perilous position, scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances. Tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.
11) The glass castle
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the adventures of an eccentric, resilient and tight-knit family. A remarkable story of unconditional love. A young woman who, influenced by the joyfully wild nature of her deeply dysfunctional father, found the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
12) Joe
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A hard-living ex-con who is the unlikeliest of role models, but when he meets a troubled fifteen-year-old homeless boy in need of help from a violent and destitute father, Joe is faced with the heartbreaking choice of redemption or ruin.
13) Run the race
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After their mother's death and their father's abandonment, two brothers work together to earn a football scholarship that will provide a better life for them.
14) Around the block
Author
Publisher
Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An Aboriginal boy discovers his love of acting and is torn between the support he receives from his drama teacher and the problems within his family.
15) Time of the wolf
Publisher
Sterling Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"When young Aaron MacGregor is tragically orphaned he is sent to live with his distant aunt and uncle in the nearby woodlands. While struggling to adept to his new surroundings, Aaron suffers under a strained relationship with his emotional aunt and troublel from a local school bully."--Container.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
�2010
Language
English
Description
The Griffin household includes two teenagers, a cynical dog who is smarter than everyone else, and a mutant baby who makes numerous attempts to eradicate his parents and siblings. Heading up this eclectic household is Peter Griffin. Peter does his best to do what's right for the family, but along the way, he makes mistakes that are the stuff of legends.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014, 2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The darkly hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives converge when a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them"--Container.
18) Reba: Season 3
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
First Reba Hart had to get used to the fact that her husband of twenty years left her to marry his young dental assistant. Now she has to face the fact that her youngest daughter wants to go live with her ex-husband and his new wife. Hurt and angry, Reba struggles to accept her daughter's decision. But when her son also starts spending more time at his father's house, Reba fears she's losing her whole family. Although with her ex-husband's new wife...
19) Joe Dirt
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Joe is searching for the family that left him behind at the Grand Canyon when he was a boy. Along the way he meets up with a shock jock DJ, who targets Joe as the butt of his show. But his plucky spirit and ability to keep it real, has the listeners cheering him on and helps him find a better family than the one he thought he wanted.
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