Jena Malone
1) Stepmom
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
A divorced mother diagnosed with cancer and the young woman who is going to become her children's stepmother, form an unlikely friendship and learn to grow together.
Publisher
WinStar TV & Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A story about the relationship between two sisters, Mary, a terminally ill but resilient 16-year old and Penny, a jaded ex-poet who doesn't believe in her sister's magical vision of life. It's up to Mary to believe for both of them.
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
George is a man whose struggle to find food and a place to sleep in New York City is beautifully captured with remarkable realism and heartrending compassion. Shuffled into the unforgiving bureaucracy of a men's shelter, George seems destined to wind up as just another lost soul swallowed up by the system, until he meets a gregarious, down-and-out ex-jazzman who inspires George to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
4) Ellen Foster
Publisher
Family Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Having suffered abuse and misfortune for most of her life, a young orphan girl searches for a better life and finally finds it in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
In his first leading role, Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. ..When he finds himself drawn to Olivia...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
It's the true American story of a legendary family feud, one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion, vengeance, courage, sacrifice, crimes, and accusations, while forever transforming the two families and the region where they lived.
8) Donnie Darko
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
An edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face with his dark destiny. Donnie Darko is a delusional high-school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past, and deadly predictions for the future.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
10) For Ellen
Publisher
Tribeca Film
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Joby, is a struggling musician having flirted with fame but never crossed over into true success. He also hasn't been around to be a father, so he takes an overnight long-distance drive in order to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter, Ellen. A story of internal transformation and also a very poignant account of the complexities of the father/daughter relationship.
11) Donnie Darko
Language
English
Formats
Description
The voice of a six-foot tall bunny saves a troubled teen from sure death. As a result, the teen becomes a devout follower of the bunny, even to the point of destruction. Bonus features includes diary of the film, a screen featurette, and commentary. They Made Me Do It Too - The Cult of Donnie Darko; Storyboard-to-Screen Featurette; and more.
12) Sucker punch
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After a young teenager is sent to a psychiatric hospital by her stepfather, she and four other patients retreat to a fantasy world where they envision a plan to escape from the hospital.
13) The ruins
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of American college students go to Mexico for a vacation. They find themselves in a brutal struggle for their lives when, on an archaeological dig in the jungle, they are ambushed by hostile Mayans and forced to the top of an ancient temple. There, a monstrous and diabolically clever entity awaits them among the ruins.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival...
15) Saved!
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Christian high school student Mary becomes pregnant, her best friend Hilary Faye turns on her. Now Mary's only hope for salvation is a group of rebellious misfits. Can they make it to graduation, or will Hilary Faye make their lives a living hell?
16) Life as a house
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In a final attempt to make something meaningful with his life, George launches a last ditch effort to build the house of his dreams. In the process, he renovates his crumbling relationship with friends and family.
17) The badge
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002.
Language
English
Description
A small-time sheriff teams up with a New Orleans stripper to solve a hushed murder. The closer the two unlikely partners get to solving the mystery, the more serious the threat to their own lives.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived. She awakens from the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell deep inside the bunkered catacombs of District 13. Separated from some of her closest allies and fearing for their safety in the Capitol, Katniss finally agrees to be the Mockingjay, the symbolic leader of the rebellion. Still uncertain as to whom she can trust, Katniss must help 13 rise from the shadows, all the while knowing that President Snow has...
19) The neon demon
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has.
20) Antebellum
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.