Harvey Keitel
1) Lies We Tell
Author
Language
English
Description
When his billionaire boss Demi dies, chauffeur Donald is tasked to wipe out any evidence of Demi's affair with his beautiful, enigmatic mistress Amber. Her dark past pulls him into a life-and-death showdown with her gangster ex-husband.
3) Sister act
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
A sassy, low-rent lounge singer is forced to hide out from the mob in the last place anyone would ever look for her-- a convent.
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Since his childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that he is a decendant of a long line of people whose job it has been to guard a treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers. They hid clues to its whereabouts in the country's currency and on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now, Ben has learned of a plot to steal the Declaration, and has only one option: he had to steal it himself. Even if he pulls off this monumental task, keeping the...
7) Shadrach
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.
8) The piano
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
A woman who refuses to speak, her piano, and her daughter are sent to New Zealand for an arranged marriage.
9) U-571
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A U.S. Navy Captain and his crew are just beginning to enjoy 48 hours of leave when they receive word to immediately return to duty. On a top-secret assignment, they must disguise themselves as Nazis and infiltrate a severely damaged Nazi U-boat.
10) Holy smoke!
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A cult deprogrammer is hired to free a young woman who has fallen under the influence of a religious guru while on a journey in India.
11) Mean streets
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
A film about a cheap, small-time hood working his way up the bottom rungs of the Mafia ladder.
12) Lansky
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Italiano
Description
This documentary offers a deep dive into the ground breaking life and career of Lina Wertmuller, the first woman ever nominated for the **Academy Award** for Best Director for her masterpiece *Seven Beauties*. The documentary spans decades, from the unpublished pictures taken in Cinecitta, when she was Federico Fellini’s assistant director on *8 1/2*, to the places where her most famous films were set, revealing the artistic and human universe of...
15) Bugsy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a ruthless mobster who had it all, and then met a woman who wanted more. Their love affair was passionate, tempestuous and ultimately tragic.
16) Moonrise kingdom
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore, and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
17) Smoke
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
Description
Episodic story, divided into five chapters, each bearing the name of a character. Most of the characters are connected by the fact that they hang out or work at the Brooklyn Cigar Store, where they tell stories and smoke a lot. Chapters explore the interpersonal relationships between this large and diverse group of people.
18) Falling in Love
Language
English
Formats
Description
A shining example of the magic that's created when two of Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars join forces in one special film. Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep play Frank Raftis and Molly Gilmore, two everyday people who meet first by chance, and later by choice. There's just one thing standing between Frank and Molly's intense, newfound love: both are already married. Oscar Winners De Niro, Streep and a fine supporting cast including Harvey Keitel...
19) Pulp fiction
Language
English
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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
Metro-Goldenwyn Mayer Studio Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Two accidental outlaws on a desperate flight across the Southwest after a tragic incident in a roadside bar. With a detective on their trail, a sweet-taking hitchhiker in their path and a string of crimes in their wake, their journey alternates between hilarious, high-speed thrill-ride and empowering personal odyssey even as the law closes in.