John Travolta
4) Carrie
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
A high school misfit has the "secret power" of telekinesis.
5) Old dogs
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Two friends and business partners find their lives changing when they unexpectedly have to care for seven-year-old twins while trying to manage the biggest business deal of their careers.
8) Bolt
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Canine television star Bolt finally realizes he does not have super powers when he is separated from his owner in New York and must find his way back home.
11) Urban cowboy
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bud Davis, a Texas oil refinery worker, meets and falls in love with Sissy at Gilley's, a popular country-western nightclub in Houston. However, their relationship becomes endangered when a mechanical bull-riding ex-convict schemes to steal Sissy's heart.
12) Broken arrow
Publisher
20th Century Fox Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Two military pilots engage in a no-holds-barred battle against time and each other in a race to recover two stolen nuclear warheads.
13) Hairspray
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
In 1962 Baltimore there are changes in the air. Plus-sized teen Tracy Turnblad, with big hair and even bigger heart, has only one passion, to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corney Collins Show" and is transformed overnight from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. The trendsetting Tracy aims to win the heart of teen-dream Link Larkin and stand up for what she believes in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from the perspective of the lawyers, it explores the chaotic dealings behind closed doors and how prosecution overconfidence, defense shrewdness and shocking courtroom twists led to one of the most earth-shattering verdicts of all time. It is based on the best-selling book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin.
15) Pulp fiction
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
16) Phenomenon
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
An ordinary man experiences a piercing, bright light one night and soon begins to develop powers and intelligence beyond normal human capabilities. He is amused but his small town becomes alarmed.
17) Blow out
Series
Criterion collection volume 562
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack is a movie sound-effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. He enlists the help of Sally, a possible eyewitness to the crime who may be in danger herself, to uncover the truth. With its jolting stylistic flourishes, intricate plot, profoundly felt characterizations, and gritty evocation of early-1980s Philadelphia, this is an American paranoia thriller unlike any other, as well as a devilish reflection on...
18) Wild Hogs
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Four middle-aged suburbanite buddies decide to take a road trip on their motorcycles to overcome their midlife crises.
19) Face/off
Language
English
Formats
Description
FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) must go undercover to investigate the location of a lethal biological weapon planted by his arch rival, terrorist-for-hire Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). After undergoing a radical surgical procedure, Archer literally "borrows" Troy's face and identity to carry out his mission. But things go awry when Troy, emerging from a coma, is transformed into Archer and wreaks havoc upon his life, both at work and at home.
20) Grease
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Film version of the musical about high school life in the 1950's. Special guest appearance by Frankie Avalon, Edd Byrnes, Sha-Na-Na, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar.