A24 (Firm)
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.
2) Men
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. However, someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread soon becomes a fully formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
**Academy Award** winner Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star as a young couple who -- after being separated by loss -- discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite. A GHOST STORY was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2017 **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Nominated for a Best of Next! Award at the **Sundance Film Festival**. *"A simple, wrenching story of love and loss that pries open a window onto eternity."* - Justin...
4) The whale
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
5) Red rocket
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A washed-up porn star clashes with his estranged wife after returning to his hometown in Texas.
6) Lean on Pete
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence-until he...
7) Good time
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robert Pattinson stars in this fast-paced heist thriller about a bank robber who will stop at nothing to free his brother from prison, launching him into a night-long odyssey through New York’s dark and dangerous criminal underworld. Nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of Best Composer at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Director and Best Male Lead (Robert Pattinson) at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. *"Pattinson's performance...
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, the tenuous domestic order he has established with his wife and son is put to the ultimate test with the arrival of a desperate young family seeking refuge. Despite the best intentions of both families, paranoia and mistrust boil over as the horrors outside creep ever-closer, awakening something hidden and monstrous within him as he learns that the protection of his family...
9) Past lives
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.
"A movie that liberates your tears and makes you fall in love with it. It is almost assuredly predestined to be the single best movie you see...
10) Zola
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Zola, a Detroit waitress, is seduced into a weekend of partying in Florida. Her trip turns into a wild saga involving a pimp, an idiot boyfriend, and Tampa's finest strip clubs in this film based on the greatest Twitter story ever told.
11) The Green Knight
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, the film tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) as he and his best friend Greg (Dave Franco) defiantly pursue their dreams and embark on the hilarious odyssey of making the now-infamous cult classic *The Room*. **Oscar** nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. **Golden Globe** winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Nominated for Best Male Lead at the **Film...
13) Talk to me
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world forcing them to choose who to trust: the dead or the living.
14) Lean on Pete
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence--until he...
15) Free fire
Publisher
A24
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a black market arms deal goes outrageously wrong, Justine (Brie Larson) finds herself caught in the crossfire, forced to navigate a warehouse full of trigger-happy madmen all hanging on for dear life in this hilarious action comedy. Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer and Sharlto Copley round out the fantastic cast. Winner of a People's Choice Award at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Ben Wheatley was nominated for Best Director at the **British...
16) Uncut gems
Series
Criterion collection volume 1101
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler in relentless pursuit of the next big score. When he comes into possession of a rare opal, it seems Howard's ship has finally come in as long as he can stay one step ahead of...
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, this gripping and timely thriller follows an idealistic UN employee as he investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that man even involve his own boss.
18) The humans
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group's deepest fears are laid bare. The piercingly funny and haunting debut film from writer-director Stephen Karam, adapted from his Tony Awardʼ-winning play, THE HUMANS explores the hidden dread of a family and the love that binds...
19) The inspection
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense...
20) Woodshock
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hypnotic exploration of isolation, paranoia, and grief that exists in a dream-world all its own. Theresa is a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug.