Walter Wanger
Language
English
Description
Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a terrifying race, for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people.
Series
Criterion collection volume 696
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war. It's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects.
3) Stagecoach
Series
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common are stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.
Series
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Edition
Widescreen and full screen versions.
Language
English
Description
Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a terrifying race for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people.
Series
Criterion collection volume 704
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras.
10) Scarlet Street
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. That rainy night, he rescues delectable Kitty from her abusive boyfriend Johnny. Smitten, amateur painter Chris lets Kitty think he's a wealthy artist. At Johnny's urging, she lets Chris establish her in an apartment (with his shrewish wife's money). There, Chris paints masterpieces; but Johnny sells them under Kitty's name, with disastrous and ironic results.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
With her husband out of town, Lucia Harper has her hands full keeping her household in order. Her headstrong daughter, Bea, has taken up with a louse named Ted Darby and persists in meeting him despite her mother's warnings. During one tryst, Bea and Darby quarrel violently. Bea accidentally kills Darby and runs away. To protect her family, Lucia disposes of the body. Because of this rash act, she faces not only a murder investigation, but two ruthless...
12) Tulsa
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When her father is killed in a fight with the local oil barons, Cherokee Lansing starts her own wells on her ranch to compete. Once the wells start producing oil, Cherokee's desire for revenge turns into a desire for wealth at the expense of her friends and the environment.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1072
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
"Suffused with intoxicating romanticism, History Is Made at Night is a sublime paean to love from Frank Borsage, classic Hollywood's supreme poet of carnal and spiritual desire. On the run through Europe from her wealthy, cruelly possessive husband, an unhappy socialite (Jean Arthur) is thrown together by fate with a suave stranger (Charles Boyer)--and soon the two are bound in a consuming, seemingly impossible affair that stretches across continents...
14) Stagecoach
Series
Criterion collection volume 516
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
[Special edition].
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians. On the National Film Registry. Special features include a documentary, featurette, and more.
"It's impossible to overstate the influence of Ford's magnificent film."--Time Out.
15) Stagecoach
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Nine disparate travelers are thrust together in a perilous journey, a ride on a stagecoach destined for Apache territory.
16) Joan of Arc
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Joan of Arc, a 15th-century French peasant girl rouses a nation and inspires the world with her faith and bravery. Fiercely believing that she is directed by God, Joan triumphantly leads an army into battle against the British, who are driven from France. When a new king is crowned, Joan's influence grows and makes him wary of her power, ultimately betraying her to martyrdom.
17) Sundown
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The adopted daughter of an Arab trader assists British troops in Africa during World War II.
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