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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Greg Focker has finally begun to earn the respect of his ex-CIA father-in-law, Jack Byrnes but one important test still lies ahead: will Greg prove that he has what it takes to be the family's next 'Godfocker', or will the circle of trust be broken for good?
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Since the earliest days in her childhood, Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute, and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice versa when her parents want to communicate with other people. Getting older and more mature, she becomes interested in music and starts to play the clarinet very successfully. Since her parents are deaf, they cannot share Lara's musical career. The day comes...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young girl wants to reunite her divorced parents during the holidays. Determined to carry out her plan, she seeks out the Santa Claus at Macy's to tell him what she truly hopes for.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With levity and sadness, two grown children and their aging parents struggle with the decision whether the older generation should stay in the house where they have lived for fifty years. Shot in the house where the director's parents lived for close to fifty years shortly after they moved out, the film's semi-autobiographical story is memorably acted by a small ensemble cast led by Elliot Gould.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
8 DVDs (27 hours) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Set in the swinging late 1960's, The mothers-in-law centers on the laugh-filled misadventures of longtime neighbors who become related when their children suddenly get married.
6) Give or take
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man's estranged father unexpectedly dies, so he goes home to Cape Cod and prepares the house for sale while sharing it with his father's temperamental live-in boyfriend. Grieving, they circle each other, butt heads, and negotiate how to remember the different man they both loved, and the significance of what he left behind.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot carbine action air rifle. But when gruff dad and doting mom regularly respond with "You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale Santa-begging campaign. He encounters a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in rural Pennsylvania, Deb Callahan's life is changed forever when her teenage daughter mysteriously disappears. Deb is left to raise her young grandson and navigates the trials and tribulations of subsequent years, until a long-awaited discovery of the truth is revealed.
Publisher
LG Premiere
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gilly Hopkins has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Maime Trotter's endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's face it threatens to ruin the only chance she's ever had to be part of a real family.
10) Stoker
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Following the tragic death of her father on her eighteenth birthday, India Stoker meets Charlie, her charismatic uncle, whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with India and her unstable mother, both are drawn to his charming and calming demeanor. But it soon becomes clear that Charlie's arrival was no coincidence, and that the shocking secrets of his past could shatter India's future.
11) Meet the Fockers
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Pam and Greg get their parents together, it turns into one disaster after another. The hippie Fockers are the direct opposite of the uptight Byrneses. With one pitfall after the next, the film takes awkward in-law experiences to new heights.
12) Boyhood
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[Boyhood] was shot over the course of twelve years in the director's native Texas and charts the physical and emotional changes experienced by a child named Mason, his divorced parents, and his older sister." -- back of container.
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a little boy struggles to cope with his difficult home life and his parents' failing marriage, a mysterious girl suddenly appears. Faith, family, and a special kind of magic come together as his new friend teaches them all about love, forgiveness, and healing. Miracles sometimes happen when we least expect them.
14) Yumurta
Series
The Yusuf trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Türkçe
Description
Emotionally distant poet Yusuf returns home to settle his late mother's affairs. A young girl who's a distant relative awaits him in the crumbling house. Yusuf has been unaware of her existence and is surprised to find that she's been living with his mother for the past five years. Yusuf is now obliged to perform a sacrifice which had been his mother's dying wish.
15) Somewhere
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A witty, moving, and empathetic look into the orbit of actor Johnny Marco. You have probably seen him in the tabloids; Johnny is living at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. He has a Ferrari to drive around in, and a constant stream of girls and pills to stay in with. Comfortably numbed, Johnny drifts along. Then, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo from his failed marriage arrives unexpectedly at the Chateau. Their encounters encourage Johnny...
16) A Christmas tail
Publisher
Nasser Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Two single parents fall in love while initiating co-parenting after divorcing over a puppy that both had wanted to give to their children for Christmas.
17) Any day now
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a teenager with Down syndrome is abandoned by his mother, a gay couple takes him in and become the loving family he's never had. But when their living arrangement is discovered, the men are forced to fight a biased legal system to save the life of the child they have come to love as their own.
18) That evening sun
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing the retirement home where his son abandoned him, Abner Meecham sets out to reclaim his beloved Tennessee farmstead, only to find it's been leased to an old enemy, the volatile Lonzo Choat. After Abner intervenes to protect Choat's daughter from her drunken father's abuse, events spiral toward a startling, violent climax.
19) Interiors
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, the emotionally glacial relationships of their three grown daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Flyn, a woman crippled by indecision; and Joey, a budding actress, struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother.
20) Beginners
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
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