John Hawkes
4) Lincoln
Pub. Date
2013
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.
5) Everest
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of experienced and amateur climbers ascends the moutain Everest but on the way back gets stranded due to severe weather conditions.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The story of two men: Frank Lucas, former driver, bouncer, and collector for Bumpy Johnson, the so-called Robin Hood of Harlem; and Richie Roberts, night-school lawyer, detective, and honest cop. Frank is importing heroin direct from Bangkok--by-passing the Italian and Sicilian mafia--undercutting their prices, delivering superior product, and making a fortune. Richie, loathed by cops on the take for turning in a million bucks in unmarked bills found...
7) Everest
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, 'Everest' documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle...
8) The sessions
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien has overcome adversity time and time again. But now, at age 38, he faces his toughest challenge yet: losing his virginity. With the help of a beautiful therapist, a sympathetic priest, and his own unbridled sense of optimism and humor, Mark embarks on an extraordinary personal journey to discover the wondrous pleasures that make life worth living.
10) End of sentence
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After Sean is released from prison, he reluctantly embarks on a journey with his alienated father to spread his mother's ashes in her native Ireland.
11) The sessions
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Paralyzed and in an iron lung since childhood, thirty-eight-year-old poet-journalist Mark O'Brien enlists the help of a sex surrogate to lose his virginity.
12) The pardon
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Murder. With all the picturesque glamour of the 1940s, this recounts the unlikely true story of Toni Jo Henry (Jaime King), a woman tried three times and executed in Louisiana, 1942.
13) Low down
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A compassionate, tender look at the complex relationship between Amy-Jo Albany and her father, legendary jazz musician Joe Albany, a man torn between his musical ambition, his devotion to his teenage daughter, and his suffocating heroin addiction.
15) Higher ground
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"A tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith"--Container.
16) Deadwood
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The once-lawless frontier settlement has grown into a town on the threshold of South Dakota's statehood and modernization. Still, the past isn't easily dismissed as old feuds are revived, sins recalled, and allegiances tested.
17) Arcadia
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Greta's dad wakes her up before dawn and crams her and her siblings into a station wagon. They set off on a journey from New England to California. On the way, Tom assures the kids that Mom will soon join them. Greta believes him at first, older sister Caroline nonchalantly accepts his stories, and nine-year-old Nat is too young to suspect a thing. But Tom's mood shifts often, and the kids soon find themselves in unpleasant and dangerous...
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The town of Deadwood, South Dakota is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others,...